Basketball roundup: Columbia Falls downs Polson; 1st win for Whitefish girls

by The Daily Inter Lake
| January 10, 2014 12:16 AM

COLUMBIA FALLS — Ty Morgan scored a career high 23 points and Columbia Falls used a 14-2 run to close out the third quarter en route to a 74-53 Northwestern A boys basketball victory Thursday night over Polson.

Polson led 40-35 with three minutes left in the third quarter when Columbia Falls (5-1 overall, 1-1 league) took charge.

Grant Wallace, Jayce Fagerland and Grant Stenger sparked the Wildcats defensively during second-half surge.

Wallace finished with 10 points.

Jared Trinastich and Stenger were the top rebounders with seven and five, respectively.

Andrew Weltz led Polson (2-5, 1-2) in scoring with 16 points. Cedrick Smith added 11.

Polson 9 19 14 11 — 53

Columbia Falls 17 12 20 25 — 74

POLSON — Hudson Smith 4, Cedrick Smith 11, Chris McDonald 6, Andrew Weltz 16, Zadin Bausta 6, Andrew Curley 8, Tanner Wilson 2.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Ty Morgan 23, Grant Wallace 10, Jared Trinastich 8, Alex Presnell 8, Grant Stenger 7, Jayce Fagerland 6, Nakia Alexander 5, Austin Kimmet 4, Trevor Houston 3.

Stillwater Christian 69, Bitterroot Home 23

Peter Venman and BJ Bach both tallied 16 points to guide Stillwater Christian School to an easy Montana Christian Athletic Association Western Division victory over Bitterroot Home School at SCC.

Stillwater (5-3, 3-0) led 22-7 and 35-14 after the first two quarter stops.

Isaac Neumann pulled down a team high 10 rebounds for SCS while Jaron Neumann led in steals (four) and assists (six).

Stillwater hosts North Idaho Christian School tonight at 7:30.

Bitterroot Home 7 7 4 4 — 23

Stillwater Christian 22 13 17 17 — 69

BITTERROOM HOME SCHOOL — Luke Valimont 2, Josiah Van Kirk 2, Timmy Winegart 3, Tim Johnson 14, Mike Williams 2.

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Schuylar Kauffman 2, Peter Venman 16, BJ Bach 16, Jeremiah Hashley 6, Daniel Fetveit 8, Jaron Neumann 5, Isaac Neumann 8, Daniel Lambert 4, Alex Sulzbacher 4.

Girls

Whitefish 44, Eureka 38

EUREKA — Simone Craft hit six of seven free throws down the stretch to help Class A Whitefish hold off a late charge by Class B Eureka in a nonconference matchup.

Craft finished with 18 points. Katie Fyall added 13 for Whitefish (1-7), which picked up its first victory of the season.

Eureka, down 23-9 at the half, outscored Whitefish 29-21 after that.

Amanda Peterson topped Eureka (1-6) offensively with 10 points. Evynn Anderson tallied nine.

Whitefish 9 14 11 10 — 44

Eureka 5 4 12 17 — 38

WHITEFISH — Allie Schulz 2, Katie Fyall 13, Simone Craft 18, Anna Peterson 3, Makenna Benbrook 4, Allix Larsen 2, Victoria Buls 2.

EUREKA — Whitney Williams 6, Caty Gongerio 2, Charity Parsons 1, Evynn Anderson 9, Amanda Peterson 10, Elliott Peterson 4, Stacy Cooper 2, Ashlen Pacella 4.