Basketball roundup: Top-ranked Wildkats roll by Bulldogs

WHITEFISH — Top-ranked Columbia Falls easily overmatched Whitefish, routing the Bulldogs 78-22 in a Northwestern A conference girls basketball game on Saturday.

The Wildkats led 25-4 after the first quarter and 52-13 at halftime.

Ciera Finberg had a game-high 18 points for Columbia Falls, which also got 14 from Peyton Kehr.

There were 10 Wildkat players to score in the contest.

Haley Nicholson had six points to pace Whitefish.

Columbia Falls 25 27 13 13 — 78

Whitefish 4 9 8 1 — 22

COLUMBIA FALLS — Summer Burlage 3, Ciera Finberg 18, Sydney Grilley 2, Cydney Finberg 7, Ellie Johnson 7, Peyton Kehr 14, Winter Kemppainen 8, Miranda Livingston 9, Kiara Burlage 6, Allyson Gimble 4.

WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 3, Allie Schulz 2, Katie Fyall 2, Mariah Drown 3, Haley Nicholson 6, Cevana Lawshe 2, Cailyn Ross 4.

Missoula Sentinel 49, Glacier 37

Turnovers and a tentative offensive approach by Glacier helped visiting Missoula Sentinel (14-2, 6-2) steal a Western AA victory from the Wolfpack.

Glacier, who came in averaging 12 turnovers per game, totaled 26 in this one.

“Offensively, we weren’t aggressive attacking their press,” Glacier coach Kris Salonen said.

“We were very tentative against their 2-3 zone.”

Glacier struggled right off the bat and Sentinel capitalized.

Glacier beat Sentinel in Missoula earlier this season, 50-45.

“We started off just awful,” Salonen said.

“Down there, we were the aggressor. Here, they came to play, took us out of things we like to do offensively.”

Shannon Worster led Sentinel, and all scorers, with 16 points. She hit all 10 of her foul shots.

Tessa Krueger had 10 points for Glacier (13-3, 6-2).

Missoula Sentinel 15 8 13 13 — 49

Glacier 9 6 8 14 — 37

MISSOULA SENTINEL — Haley Rogers 2-4 0-0 5, Kylie Frohlich 2-5 3-4 8, Lexi Steele 0-1 0-0 0, Shannon Worster 3-7 10-10 16, Brie Finbraater 4-6 0-2 8, Brittany Delridge 0-2 2-5 2, Jordyn Schweyer 3-7 4-5 10. Totals: 14-32 19-26 49.

GLACIER — Katie Wiley 1-6 0-0 2, Tessa Krueger 5-9 0-2 10, Ali Williams 1-1 1-2 3, Taylor Salonen 3-6 0-0 7, Hailee Bennett 2-10 2-2 7, Brielle Bumgarner 2-2 1-2 5, Hailey Ruggles 0-0 1-2 1, Nikki Krueger 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 15-35 5-10 37.

3-point goal — Sentinel 2-9 (Rogers, Frohlich), Glacier 2-10 (Salonen, Bennett) Rebounds — Sentinel 21 (Frohlich 6), Glacier 19 (Williams 7) Turnovers — Sentinel 20, Glacier 26 Team fouls — Sentinel 11, Glacier 18 Fouled out — Salonen.

Big Sky 57, Flathead 48

Flathead kept the score close, but couldn’t keep pace with Big Sky and Eagles senior Maddy Shaide in the second half in Western AA conference play.

Shaide had 19 points and teammate Kendall Mooney had a game-high 20 points to lead Big Sky, which took control in the third quarter, outscoring the Bravettes 18-10.

Tiana Johnson had 12 points and eight rebounds to lead Flathead. Taryn Gutierez had 13 points and Jessica Simmons 12 for the Bravettes.

Big Sky 12 13 18 14 — 57

Flathead 6 15 10 17 — 48

BIG SKY — Kendall Mooney 6 6-8 20, Emily Hooker 0 0-1 0, Kelsi McEnaney 2 1-2 5, Maddy Shaide 7 4-6 19, Mckenna Arledge 3 1-4 9, Julia Riekena 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 12-21 57.

FLATHEAD — Kylee Merideth 1 4-10 7, Janae Moon 0 1-3 1, Johanna Lembke 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Gillespie 0 2-2 2, Tiana Johnson 5 0-0 12, Jessica Simmons 5 0-1 12, Taryn Gutierez 4 5-9 13. Totals 15 13-27 48.

3-point goals — Big Sky 5 (Arledge, Mooney 2), Flathead 5 (Johnson, Simmons 2). Rebounds — Big Sky 26 (Hooker 6), Flathead 23 (Johnson 8). Total fouls — Big Sky 20, Flathead 16. Fouled out — Big Sky, Riekena.

Bigfork 62, Florence 40

BIGFORK — The Bigfork girls combined for 34 points in the first half as they ran away from Florence in their last game of the regular season.

Lana Berg had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Miranda Campbell scored 14 points in the Class B nonconference rout. Marissa Hiza and Katie Thomas added 11 each for the Valkyries.

Kourtney Kohlman and Autumn Brown each had nine points to lead Florence.

Florence 7 8 11 14 — 40

Bigfork 14 20 6 22 — 62

FLORENCE — Lexi Taulbee 5, Kourtney Kohlman 9, Autumn Brown 9, Ally Rust 8, Jewel Zeiler 3, Jade Zeiler 3, Meghan St. Germain 3.

BIGFORK — Marissa Hiza 11, Riley Coleman 8, Jaime Berg 6, Katie Thomas 11, Lana Berg 12, Miranda Campbell 14.

Troy 46, St. Ignatius 31

ST. IGNATIUS — Aurora Becquart scored 18 points and Kaitlyn Downey had 15 as Troy beat St. Ignatius in a Class B nonconference game.

The Trojans pulled away after halftime, outscoring St. Ignatius 11-4 in the third quarter and 15-9 in the fourth after leading by just two points at the break.

Irene Lopez scored 13 points and Trinity Lewandowski had 11 for the Bulldogs.

Troy 12 8 11 15 — 46

St. Ignatius 11 7 4 9 — 31

TROY — Aurora Becquart 18, Allie Coldwell 2, Kaitlyn Downey 15, Sami Rohrich 2, Allie Brown 9.

ST. IGNATIUS — Irene Lopez 13, Jordyn Eichert 7, Trinity Lewandowski 11.

Libby 30, Polson 23

POLSON — The Libby girls outpaced Polson, pulling away late in a low-scoring Northwestern A contest.

Libby led 11-9 at halftime.

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BOYS

Sentinel 50, Glacier 39

MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel pulled away in the fourth quarter to win a tight Western AA contest with Glacier.

The Spartans outscored Glacier (10-6, 4-4) by eight points in the final eight minutes to earn the season split in the series.

Sam McCamley, Jaxen Hashley and Truman Pisk each had eight points to lead the Wolfpack.

Sam Beighle had a game-high 12 points for Sentinel and Zaccheus Darko-Kelly added 11.

Glacier 9 7 13 10 — 39

Sentinel 11 7 14 18 — 50

GLACIER — Kade McCutcheon 2 0-0 4, Sam McCamley 3 0-2 8, Tucker Rauthe 2 0-1 4, Jaxen Hashley 3 2-4 8, Cain Boschee 1 0-0 2, Dylan Ruggles 1 0-0 3, Cody Norberg 0 2-2 2, Truman Pisk 4 0-0 8. Totals 16 4-9 39

SENTINEL — Zaccheus Darko-Kelly 4 3-4 11, Sam Beighle 4 0-0 12, Jeff Krstulich 1 3-4 5, Will Mytty 1 0-0 3, Griffin Line 0 2-2 2, Mitch Reynolds 1 1-3 3, Mitch Roberts 1 1-2 3, Jory Breen 3 1-2 7, Travis Zander 1 0-0 3. Totals 16 11-17 50

3-point goals – Glacier 3-11 (McCamley 2-4), Sentinel 6-19 (Beighle 4-7). Total fouls – Glacier 19, Sentinel 13. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Glacier 20 (Hashley 6), Sentinel 16 (Darko-Kelly 4, Reynolds 4).

Big Sky 61, Flathead 50

MISSOULA — Flathead fell behind Big Sky 16-4 in the first quarter and couldn’t fight its way back into the contest, losing a Western AA conference game.

Matt Marshall had 11 points to lead the Braves (4-12, 1-7), who played Big Sky even the rest of the contest.

Cory Diaz had a game-high 15 points for Big Sky, which saw four players score in double digits.

Flathead 4 12 12 22 — 50

Big Sky 16 12 11 22 — 61

FLATHEAD — Marshall 3 4-4 11, Adolph 1 4-5 6, B. Johnson 2 2-3 6, White 1 0-0 2, T. Johnson 1 0-0 3, Krantz 2 0-0 4, Wilson 2 1-1 6, Havel 4 1-1 9, Auclaire 0 1-2 1, Dugan 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 13-16 50.

BIG SKY — Bingham 2 1-7 5, Diaz 5 3-9 15, Drew Sheridan 1 0-0 3, Alex Simmons 2 7-8 11, Nick Simmons 4 1-2 13, Jake Tabish 5 4-4 14. Totals 19 16-30 61.

3-point goals – Flathead 3 (Three with 1), Big Sky 7 (Nick Simmons 4). Total fouls – Flathead 19, Big Sky 17. Fouled out – Flathead Habel, Marshall Big Sky, Schatz.

Columbia Falls 70, Whitefish 42

WHITEFISH — Columbia Falls led 39-19 at halftime in a rout of rival Whitefish in a Northwestern A game.

Ty Morgan scored 25 points and Grant Wallace had 14 for the Wildcats in the victory. Trevor Houston had 13 and Jayce Fagerland 10 for Columbia Falls.

Cody Olson had 19 points to lead Whitefish.

Columbia Falls 17 22 14 17 — 70

Whitefish 8 11 11 12 — 42

COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 3, Trevor Houston 13, Grant Stenger 2, Jayce Fagerland 10, Dakota Bridwell 1, Ty Morgan 25, Logan Williams 2, Grant Wallace 14.

WHITEFISH — Zander Wold 2, Brian FauntLeRoy 6, AJ Wetsch 6, Cody Olson 19, Luke May 1, Jack Streibich 5, Chaffin Ross 3.

Bigfork 72, Florence 49

FLORENCE — Isaac Martel had 21 points as Bigfork dumped Florence in a nonconference contest to finish its regular season undefeated in Class B.

The Vikings spread their lead in the second quarter, and outscored the Falcons 20-10 in the third to put the game away.

Josh Sandry had 14 points and Adam Jordt and Ryder Trent each had 12 for Bigfork.

Jake Christopherson had 17 points to lead Florence.

Bigfork 17 14 20 21 — 72

Florence 14 9 10 16 — 49

BIGFORK — Adam Jordt 12, Isaac Martel 21, Tyler Piazzola 4, Jonathan Landon 9, Josh Sandry 14, Ryder Trent 12.

FLORENCE — Jake Kelling 3, Levi Clagett 10, Travern Smith 11, Jake Christopherson 17, Jesse Grabowska 4, Dan Mickelson 4.

Polson 62, Libby 17

POLSON — Polson led by 16 points at halftime and only built its lead in the second half to rout Libby in a Northwestern A conference game.

Matthew Rensvold scored 20 points and Andrew Curley had 17 to lead the Pirates, who saw eight different players score.

Collin Johnson led Libby with five points.

Libby 4 4 3 6 — 17

Polson 11 13 23 15 — 62

LIBBY — Jonny Cielak 2, Collin Johnson 5, Clay Edgmon 3, Jason Brant 3, Erik Lauer 2, Michael Curtiss 2.

POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 4, Grey Fitzpatrick 6, Payton Lefthand 3, Derek Peel 5, Tanner Wilson 5, Andrew Curley 17, Matthew Rensvold 20, Shade Main 2.

St. Ignatius 63, Troy 56

ST. IGNATIUS — Aaron Fisher-Ahenakew scored 36 points to lead St. Ignatius past Troy in a Class B nonconference game.

Fisher-Ahenakew scored 18 points in the fourth quarter alone, sinking four 3-pointers in the contest.

Gage Tallmadge had 22 points and Sean Opland had 17 for the Trojans who tried to keep pace with the hot-shooting Bulldog.

Troy 12 7 14 23 — 56

St. Ignatius 16 15 9 23 — 63

TROY — Gage Tallmadge 22, Brennen Olds 6, Sean Opland 17, Mason Chapel 6, Kolton Wineback 7.

ST. IGNATIUS — Dennis Fisher-Ahenakew 6, Robbie Erickson 3, Tate Weingart 2, Nick Durglo 8, Aaron Fisher-Ahenakew 36, Will Powell 6, Bill VonHoltum 2.