Basketball roundup: Sentinel pulls away to beat Braves, 60-39
Missoula Sentinel broke open a tight ballgame with a strong second half, defeating Flathead 60-39 in Western AA boys basketball play.
Flathead (4-11 overall, 1-6 league) enjoyed a strong first half, holding a 26-24 advantage. Things unraveled for the Braves, however, in the second half as they were outscored by Sentinel 36-13.
Zaccheus Darko-Kelly popped for 26 points to pace Sentinel (7-8, 1-6). He was 10 of 17 shooting from the field.
Matt Marshall led Flathead with eight points.
Flathead outrebounded Sentinel 33-27. Cade White and Trae Habel had seven each for Flathead.
Sentinel 14 10 23 13 — 60
Kalispell 14 12 5 8 — 39
MISSOULA SENTINEL — Zaccheus Darko-Kelly 10-17 1-3 26, Sam Beighle 4-8 1-1 11, Jeff Krstulich 1-2 0-0 2, Griffin Line 1-3 2-3 4, Mitch Reynolds 2-3 0-0 4, Mitch Roberts 4-6 0-0 10, Travis Zander 0-1 0-0 0, Jory Breen 1-4 0-0 2, Wacey Thompson 0-4 1-2 1. Totals: 23-48 5-9 60.
FLATHEAD — Matt Marshall 2-6 2-2 8, Seth Adolph 2-4 0-0 5, Alex Croymans 1-8 2-2 4, Kye Auclaire 0-1 0-0 0, Bridger Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Cade White 0-1 0-0 0, Wyatt Smith 1-1 0-0 2, CJ Dugan 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Johnson 2-11 1-1 6, Keaton Krantz 1-4 2-2 4, Blake Wilson 1-2 2-2 4, Micah Bucy 1-1 0-1 2, Trae Habel 1-3 2-2 4. Totals: 12-44 11-12 39.
3-point goals — Sentinel 9-16 (Darko-Kelly 5, Beighle 2, Roberts 2), Glacier 4-13 (Marshall 2, Adolph, Johnson); Total fouls — Sentinel 12, Flathead 11; Fouled out — None; Rebounds — Sentinel 27 (Darko-Kelly 6), Flathead 33 (Cade White 7, Habel 7).
Glacier 44,
Missoula Big Sky 39
Missoula Big Sky pulled away from a 23-all tie with Glacier at the half to take a 36-30 lead in the third quarter, but the Wolfpack regrouped and rallied for the Western AA victory.
Glacier (10-5, 4-3) outscored Big Sky (7-8, 3-4) 14-3 in the fourth quarter.
Jaxen Hashley topped Glacier in scoring with 15 points. Sam McCamley hit a key 3 in the fourth quarter while Hashley scored four big points.
Nick Simmons tallied 10 points for Big Sky.
Big Sky 8 15 13 3 — 39
Glacier 10 13 7 14 — 44
BIG SKY — Alex Simmons 3-5 1-1 8, Jake Tabish 3-8 0-0 6, Daxton Schatz 2-5 0-0 6, Cory Diaz 3-7 1-2 7, Colin Bingham 1-11 0-0 2, Nick Simmons 3-7 1-2 10. Totals: 15-45 3-5 39.
GLACIER — Kade McCutcheon 2-3 1-2 5, Sam McCamley 3-6 0-0 7, Jaxen Hashley 6-8 3-4 15, Cain Boschee 1-2 1-2 3, Truman Pisk 3-8 0-0 6, Taden Gilman 2-3 0-0 4, Jake Norberg 1-1 0-0 3. Totals: 18-36 5-11 44.
3-point goals — Big Sky 6-19 (N. Simmons 3, Schatz 2, A. Simmons), Glacier 2-10 (McCamley, Norberg); Totals fouls — Big Sky 15, Glacier 12; Fouled — None; Rebounds — Big Sky 16 (Schatz 3, Bingham 3), Glacier 34 (Hashley 13).
Eureka 54, Libby 48
LIBBY — Eureka only had four players figure in the scoring, but that was still more than enough to give the Lions a victory over Lincoln County rival Libby.
RJ Glover knocked down 22 points and Chase Bohne followed with 18 for Eureka.
Michael Curtiss led the way for Libby with 16.
Eureka 12 8 23 11 — 54
Libby4 11 16 17 — 48
EUREKA — Brandon Conard 8, RJ Glover 22, Chase Bohne 18, Braden Thier 6.
LIBBY — Jonny Cielak 4, Collin Johnson 19, Colin Maloney 1, Erik Lauer 8, Michael Curtiss 16.
Whitefish 47, Plains 37
PLAINS — Cody Olson tallied 14 points as Whitefish defeated Plains in a nonconference contest.
Whitefish held just a 6-2 lead after eight minutes of play and 20-13 at the half.
Kyle Revier had seven points for Plains.
Whitefish 6 14 14 13 — 47
Plains 2 11 12 12 — 37
WHITEFISH — Peter Mow 4, Derek Kastella 2, Brian FauntLeRoy 2, AJ Wetsch 8, Cody Olson 14, Luke May 4, Jake Streibich 9, Luke Cardon 2, Chaffin Ross 2.
PLAINS — Ryan Ovitt 6, Trent Brouillette 2, Alec Cole 6, Kyle Revier 7, Cole Benson 0, Aaron Baker 6, Nick Barnes 0, Bransen Krebs 4, Brenen Abromeit 6.
Polson 46, Ronan 36
RONAN — Polson took advantage of a cold-shooting Ronan squad to claim the nonconference victory in a rivalry matchup.
Ronan was just 4 of 28 shooting from 3-point range.
Tanner Wilson tallied 17 points to pace Polson.
Cedric Earthboy had 12 for Ronan.
Polson 13 6 14 13 — 46
Ronan 6 6 10 14 — 36
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 2, Payton Lefthand 2, Derek Peel 2, Tanner Wilson 17, Andrew Curley 11, Joe Gallatin 2, Matthew Rensvold 10.
RONAN — Cedric Earthboy 12, Colton McCrea 2, Bryce Cullen 2, Justin Krahn 3, Ty James 6, Zeke Misa 2, Jeremiah North Peigan 1, July Sorrell 5, Rhett Duffey 3.
Girls
Glacier 45,
Missoula Big Sky 38
MISSOULA — Glacier (13-2, 6-1) outscored Missoula Big Sky 32-17 in the second half to rally for the Western AA victory.
Big Sky (11-4, 3-4)held a 21-13 lead at the half.
Hailee Bennett, a junior guard, powered Glacier’s offense with a 21-point performance. She was 3 of 7 from three-point range.
Kendall Mooney had 16 points for Big Sky.
Glacier 7 6 17 15 — 45
Big Sky 11 10 4 13 — 38
GLACIER – Katie Wiley 2 1-2 5, Tessa Krueger 3 2-7 8, Ali Williams 1 0-2 2, Taylor Salonen 2 0-0 4, Hailee Bennett 6 6-9 21, Brielle Bumgarner 2 0-3 4, Nikki Krueger 0 1-2 1. Totals 16 10-25 45.
BIG SKY – Kendall Mooney 7 0-2 16, Kelsi McEnaney 1 0-2 3, Maddy Shaide 4 4-6 13, Julia Riekena 1 0-0 2, Anna Gragg 2 0-0 4, Emily Hooker 0 0-2 0. Totals 15 4-12 38
3-point goals – Glacier 3-10 (Bennett 3-7), Big Sky 4-14 (Mooney 2-3). Total fouls – Glacier 11, Big Sky 18. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Glacier 28 (Bumgarner 8, T. Krueger 7), Big Sky 27 (McKenna Arledge 7, Mooney 7).
Missoula Sentinel 57, Flathead 25
MISSOULA — Kylie Frohlich scored 12 points, Brittany Delridge, Shannon Worster and Jordyn Schweyen were next with 11 apiece as Sentinel cruised to an easy Western AA victory over Flathead.
Sentinel (13-2, 5-2) held a commanding 36-13 lead at the half and never looked back.
Tiana Johson scored 10 points for Flathead (2-13, 0-7).
Flathead 8 5 7 5 — 25
Sentinel 17 19 14 7 — 57
FLATHEAD — Kylee Meredith 1-3 0-0 3, Janae Moon 0-3 0-0 0, Stephanie Wilson 2-3 0-0 4, Johanna Lembke 0-3 1-3 1, Kelsey Gillespie 0-3 0-0 0, Mary Heaton 1-7 2-3 4, Lauren Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Tiana Johnson 3-11 4-5 10, Jessica Simmons 1-5 0-0 3. Totals: 8-39 7-10 25.
SENTINEL — Brittany Delridge 4-6 3-3 11, Haley Rogers 0-9 1-2 1, Grace Stayner 1-1 0-0 2, Kylie Frohlich 5-8 2-2 12, Jill Madsen 0-0 1-2 1, Lexi Steele 0-4 2-2 2, Shannon Worster 4-10 0-0 11, Tizzy Weida 0-1 0-0 0, Lauren Bingham 0-2 0-0 0, Jordyn Schweyen 4-9 3-3 11, Natalie Hamilton 1-4 0-0 2, Jayden Mueller 0-1 0-0 0, Brie Finbraaten 2-2 0-7 4. Totals: 21-57 12-21 57.
3-point goals – Flathead 2-9 (Meredith 1-2, Simmons 1-2), Sentinel 3-8 (Worster 3-6). Total fouls – Flathead 16, Sentinel 8. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Flathead 25 (Johnson 6), Sentinel 40 (Steele 9, Schweyen 8).
Plains 56, Whitefish 29
PLAINS — Whitefish never recovered from a rough start, losing to Plains in a nonconference matchup.
Hailey Phillips dropped in 16 points for Plains.
Katie Fyall led Whitefish with seven.
Whitefish 6 2 10 11 — 29
Plains 18 13 9 16 — 56
WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 3, Allie Schulz 1, Katie Fyall 7, Mariah Drown 3, Haley Nicholson 5, Makenna Benbrook 4, Cailyn Ross 6.
PLAINS — Kimberly Earhart 3, Sami Kinzie 4, Shannon Dimond 3, Jade Ladeaux 2, Carley Vonheeder 10, Hailey Phillips 16, Kayla Holmes 11, Jessica Thompson 4, Leah Thompson 3.
Eureka 42, Libby 38
EUREKA — Amanda Peterson scored a pair of buckets in the final minute to break a tie and lift Eureka to a nonconference victory over Lincoln County rival Libby.
Peterson had 14 points and was a key part to the Lions fourth quarter comeback.
The teams were tied with 45 seconds to play.
Shyla Stevenson led the Loggers with a game-high 16 points and Hailey Craig had 10. Erynn Thier had 10 points for Eureka.
Libby 9 10 15 4 — 38
Eureka 9 16 8 9 — 42
LIBBY — Abby Ennenga 1, Hailey Craig 10, Shyla Stevenson 16, Hailley Moe 5, Shannon Reny 4, Dayln Germany 2.
EUREKA — Charity Parsons 6, Courtney Lemer 3, Rachael Pacella 2, Amanda Peterson 14, Stacy Cooper 7, Erynn Thier 10.
Ronan 54, Polson 37
RONAN — Ronan outscored Polson 21-7 in the first quarter and led 37-13 at halftime in a nonconference rout in Lake County.
Kendra Starkel had 12 points and Alicia Camel and Micalann McCrea 11 each for the Maidens.
Nichole Lake led the Pirates with 15 points.
Polson 7 6 12 12 — 37
Ronan 21 16 13 4 — 54
POLSON – Skyla Krantz 3, Marlee Congdon 8, Dylan Quinn 1, Brenna Clarke 4, Nichole Lake 15, Erin Sampson 2, Makenna Weltz 2, Peyton Anderson 2.
RONAN – Micalann McCrea 11, Jordyn Clairmont 3, Aspen Jore 8, Haley O’Hern 2, Alicia Camel 11, Kendra Starkel 12, Lee Camel 7.