Northwest A divisional: Two basketball titles for Columbia Falls
WHITEFISH — Make that seven straight Northwest A divisional titles for the Columbia Falls Wildcats.
Ty Morgan poured in a game-high 18 points, Grant Wallace and Jayce Fagerland chipped in 12 and 10 respectively, as Columbia Falls broke away from Polson for a 62-48 victory Saturday night in the boys basketball championship game at Whitefish High School.
Morgan hit 9 of 10 foul shots, which is where the Wildcats did almost a third of their scoring. For the game, they were 21 of 26.
Columbia Falls broke away from a 12-all tie at the end of the first period to take a 32-17 lead at the half.
Matthew Rensvold scored 14 points for Polson. Andrew Curley added 12 and Tanner Wilson 11.
Columbia Falls 12 20 12 22 — 62
Polson 12 5 10 21 — 48
COLUMBIA FALLS — Trevor Houston 1 6-7 8, Glenn Morden 0 1-2 1, Grant Stenger 4 1-2 9, Jayce Fagerland 3 2-2 10, Tyler Murphy 1 0-0 2, Ty Morgan 4 9-10 18, Grant Wallace 5 2-3 12, Will Johnson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 21-26 62.
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 0 2-2 2, Grey Fitzpatrick 1 0-0 3, Tanner Wilson 3 5-6 11, Andrew Curley 4 0-1 12, Joe Gallatin 1 0-0 2, Matthew Rensvold 6 2-2 14, Shade Main 2 0-0 4. Totals: 17 9-11 48.
Consolation Final
Frenchtown 55,
Whitefish 41
WHITEFISH — Bridger Truett scored 19 points to lift Frenchtown past Whitefish.
Frenchtown, leading 36-30 after three quarters, outscored the Bulldogs in the fourth 19-11.
Chris Delaney added 10 points for Frenchtown.
Whitefish was led by AJ Wetsch’s 12 points.
Frenchtown 9 16 11 19 — 55
Whitefish 8 12 10 11 — 41
FRENCHTOWN — Jacob Price 1 3-4 5, Kyle Smith 1 0-0 2, Chris Delaney 3 3-4 10, Bridger Truett 6 4-4 19, Austin Means 3 2-3 8, Levi Lind 0 0-2 0, Robert Jones 2 0-0 5, Andrew King 2 2-5 6. Totals: 18 14-22 55.
WHITEFISH — Brian FauntLeRoy 0 2-4 2, AJ Wetsch 5 2-2 12, Cody Olson 3 2-3 8, Luke May 1 2-2 4, Jack Streibich 1 6-8 8, Chaffin Ross 3 1-4 7. Totals: 13 15-23 41.
Loser Out
Whitefish 46, Libby 38
WHITEFISH — AJ Wetsch scored 19 points to power Whitefish to a win over Libby.
Collin Johnson led Libby in scoring with 13 points. Jonny Cielak added 10.
Whitefish 10 13 10 13 — 46
Libby 6 13 11 8 — 38
WHITEFISH — Derek Kastella 1 0-0 2, Brian FauntLeRoy 4 0-1 8, AJ Wetsch 7 5-8 19, Cody Olson 2 0-0 4, Luke May 1 3-5 5, Jack Streibich 3 0-0 6, Chaffin Ross 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 8-14 46.
LIBBY — Luke Adamson 1 0-0 3, Jonny Cielak 2 4-5 10, Collin Johnson 5 2-2 13, Colin Maloney 1 0-0 2, Erik Lauer 2 0-2 4, Brandon Sadewasser 0 0-1 0, Michael Curtiss 3 0-1 6. Totals: 14 6-11 38.
Girls
Championship
Columbia Falls 53, Frenchtown 43
WHITEFISH — Columbia Falls held a lead at the end of all four quarters in beating Frenchtown in the championship game.
It was the second-straight divisional title for the Wildkats and the team’s third in the last five years.
Columbia Falls won a divisional crown in 2011.
Ciera Finberg led Columbia Falls offensively with 12 points. Winter Kemppainen added 10.
Lacey Hochhalter led the way for Frenchtown with 14 points.
After holding a 20-17 advantage at the half, Columbia Falls scored 33 points in the final half to 26 for Frenchtown.
Frenchtown 7 10 13 13 — 43
Columbia Falls 8 12 16 17 — 53
FRENCHTOWN — Haley Cyr 2 3-4 7, Alli Moe 1 0-1 2, Brooke Yarnall 2 2-4 6, Lacey Hochhalter 4 6-7 14, Megan Delaney 2 0-0 6, Alina Williams 4 0-0 8. Totals: 15 11-16 43.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ciera Finberg 3 3-4 12, Sydney Grilley 1 0-0 2, Cydney Finberg 3 1-2 9, Ellie Johnson 2 0-1 6, Peyton Kehr 2 2-2 6, Winter Kemppainen 4 2-2 10, Miranda Livingston 1 2-2 5, Kiara Burlage 0 1-7 1, Allyson Gimbel 1 0-1 2. Totals: 17 11-21 53.
Consolation Final
Libby 48, Whitefish 37
WHITEFISH — Libby outscored Whitefish 18-9 in the second quarter and rolled from there to an 11-point victory.
Shyla Stevenson led the Loggers in scoring with 15 points. She was 6 of 10 shooting from the field and 3 of 5 at the free-throw line.
Hailey Craig had 11 points for Libby.
Mariah Drown topped Whitefish in scoring with seven.
Libby controlled the boards, 33-24. Shannon Reny and Abby Ennenga both had five for Libby.
Mariah Drown had six rebounds for Whitefish.
Whitefish 7 9 9 12 — 37
Libby 10 18 12 8 — 48
WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 2 0-0 4, Allie Schulz 1 2-2 5, Katie Fyall 2 0-0 4, Ellie DeWan 1 0-0 2, Mariah Drown 3 1-2 7, Haley Nicholson 2 0-0 5, Makenna Benbrook 2 0-0 4 Annisa Brown 2 2-3 6. Totals: 15 5-7 37.
LIBBY — Madisen Monigold 1 1-2 3, Abby Ennenga 1 2-2 4, Hailey Craig 4 0-0 11, Shyla Stevenson 6 3-5 15, Hailley Moe 2 2-6 6, Shannon Reny 1 0-0 2, Devon Gallagher 2 0-0 4, Dayln Germany 0 3-5 3. Totals: 17 11-20 48.
Loser Out
Libby 39, Polson 34
WHITEFISH — Hailley Moe scored four of Libby’s seven points in overtime as the Loggers eliminated Polson.
Moe shared scoring honors with Shannon Reny, who did all her scoring from the free-throw line, and Hailey Craig. All three girls tallied nine points.
Nichole Lake topped Polson with 12 points.
Libby 10 4 6 12 7 — 39
Polson 7 3 10 12 2 — 34
LIBBY — Madisen Monigold 1 0-0 2, Abby Ennenga 0 1-2 1, Hailey Craig 3 1-2 9, Shyla Stevenson 1 2-4 4, Hailley Moe 3 3-4 9, Shannon Reny 0 9-10 9, Devon Gallagher 1 3-7 5, Dayln Germany 0 0-1 0. Totals: 9 19-30 39.
POLSON — Skyla Krantz 2 4-6 8, Marlee Congdon 3 0-0 9, Lauren Lefthand 0 1-2 1, Nichole Lake 5 2-2 12, Erin Sampson 0 0-1 0, Peyton Anderson 2 0-0 4. Totals: 12 7-11 34.