BASKETBALL: Around the Valley - Columbia Falls girls start season with win, boys dumped by Corvallis
COLUMBIA FALLS — Peyton Kehr tallied 18 points and Kiara Burlage just missed out on a double-double with 10 points and eight rebounds as Columbia Falls dropped Corvallis 57-24 on Saturday in Class A nonconference girls basketball play.
It was the season opener for Columbia Falls.
“The second quarter on, our defense really turned it on,” Columbia Falls coach Cary Finberg said.
“We shared the ball and took care of the ball really well tonight.”
Columbia Falls had just nine turnovers to 22 for Corvallis.
Columbia Falls outrebounded the Blue Devils 39-31.
Corvallis was held to 10 of 46 shooting from the field.
Columbia Falls standout Cydney Finberg did not play because of an ankle sprain. She will be back in action next week.
Corvallis 10 4 4 6 — 24
C. Falls 21 13 14 9 — 57
CORVALLIS — Tully 6, Doyle 4, Sanderson 7, Halderson 4, Stoker 1, Wright 2.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Sydney Grilley 6, Haylie Peacock 2, Ellie Johnson 2, Peyton Kehr 18, Miranda Livingston 6, Kiara Burlage 10, Allyson Gimbel 6, Sydney Hovde 7.
Stillwater 54, Helena Christian 34
Stillwater Christian (1-1) outscored Helena Christian 30-10 in the middle two quarters to pull away for an easy Montana Christian Athletic Association victory at Stillwater Christian School.
Serena Koch led the victors in scoring with 15 points. Dori Smith and Adrianna Lambert followed with 12 and 10, respectively.
Haleigh Schwartz led Stillwater in rebounding with seven.
Helena Cn 13 1 9 11 — 34
Stillwater 10 13 17 19 — 54
HELENA CHRISTIAN — Faith Harlan 3, Emma Kerttula 14, Noa Criddle 6, Shelby Austin 11.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Rochelle Fisher 4, Serena Koch 15, Haleigh Schwartz 5, Adrianna Lambert 10, Dori Smith 12, Alicia Warricks 2, Lulu Neumann 2, Alisa Venman 4.
Flathead Valley 63, Helena Christian 20
Lexi Ehlers scored 16 of her game-high 20 points in the first three quarters and Karissa Williams added 14 as Flathead Valley Homeschool crushed visiting Helena Christian in a Montana Christian Athletic Association matchup on Friday.
FVHS (4-2 overall, 1-0 league) outscored Helena Christian 39-8 in the second half.
Helena Ch. 2 10 4 4 — 20
F. Valley 9 15 21 18 — 63
HELENA CHRISTIAN — Faith Harlan 4, Emma Kerttula 5, Noa Criddle 6, Shelby Austin 5.
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Cassidy Husted 4, Lacey Ehlers 2, Leah Ehlers 2, Priscilla Rajkowski 5, Julia Burden 4, Heidi Schneller 2, Karissa Williams 14, Naomi Dobson 1, Lexi Ehlers 20, Victoria Hanson 9.
Boys
Corvallis 62, Columbia Falls 41
CORVALLIS — Corvallis gained an advantage with a big second quarter, outscoring Columbia Falls 20-6, en route to the Class A nonconference victory.
Corvallis led 29-13 at intermission.
Tyler Murphy tallied 14 points to pace Columbia Falls (0-1). Glenn Morden was next with 10.
C. Falls 7 6 13 16 — 41
Corvallis 9 20 14 19 — 62
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 7, Logan Stephens 3, Austin Green 1, Glenn Morden 10, Tyler Murphy 14, Dakota Bridwell 6.
CORVALLIS — Danner Miller 2, Caleb Powell 4, Jacob Geary 4, Ridge Albright 2, Spencer Jessop 2, Tylor Nixon 14, Justin Catanach 5, Chase Jessop 19, Tannon Allred 10.
Stillwater 73, Helena Christian 31
Isaac Neumann scored a season-high 30 points and Joe Hooker netted 17 and pulled down 18 rebounds as Stillwater (3-0 overall, 1-0 league) rolled by Helena Christian in Montana Christian Athletic Association play at Stillwater Christian School.
Neumann was 13 of 27 shooting from the field.
Stillwater led 33-16 at the half and outscored Helena Christian 23-4 in the fourth quarter.
Helena Cn 7 9 11 4 — 31
Stillwater 18 15 17 23 — 73
Helena Christian — Conner Koenig 12, Brad Ashbury 4, Tanner Marks 6, Zach Fenlason 9.
Stillwater Christian — Micah Friesen 7, BJ Bach 10, Jared Fetveit 3, Joe Hooker 17, Isaac Neumann 30, Nicholas Sulzbacher 4, Daniel Fetveit 2.