Basketball roundup: Broncs nip Bulldogs, 64-61
FRENCHTOWN — Bridger Truett hit a 3-point field goal just inside the half-court line with just over a second to play to give Frenchtown a wild 64-61 Northwestern A boys basketball victory over Whitefish on Saturday.
Whitefish’s Cody Olson tied the game earlier at 61-all by sinking one of two free throws with four seconds remaining.
Whitefish (0-5 overall, 0-2 league) bolted to a 20-8 advantage in the opening quarter before Frenchtown (4-1, 1-1) regrouped.
Truett, a 6-foot-5 senior, ignited the Broncs’ rally with his 36-point, 10-rebound performance. He scored 22 points in the final half.
Austin Means added 15 for the Broncs.
Olson paced Whitefish with 14 points. Cody Ross followed with 11 and Jack Streibich had 10.
Whitefish 20 16 10 15 — 61
Frenchtown 8 22 14 14 — 64
WHITEFISH – Peter Mow 2, Derek Kastella 9, Brian FauntLeRoy 6, AJ Wetsch 7, Cody Olson 14, Luke May 2, Jack Streibich 10, Cody Ross 11.
FRENCHTOWN – Jacob Price 6, Kyle Smith 2, Chris Delaney 3, Bridger Truett 36, Austin Means 15, Andrew King 2.
Columbia Falls 69,
Libby 24
COLUMBIA FALLS — Behind Ty Morgan’s 23 points and a Grant Stenger double-double, the Wildcats stormed to a 45-point Northwest A victory over Libby.
Stenger tallied 10 points while grabbing 12 boards.
The Wildcats (6-1, 2-0) outrebounded the Loggers 41-23.
Libby (0-5, 0-2) was led by Erik Lauer’s team-high nine points.
Libby 4 5 5 10 — 24
Columbia Falls 21 14 12 22 — 69
LIBBY — Jonny Cielak 6, Collin Johnson 2, Zander Petersen 7, Erik Lauer 9.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 2, Trevor Houston 5, Grant Stenger 10, Jayce Fagerland 5, Tyler Murphy 5, Ty Morgan 23, Logan Willaims 4, Grant Wallace 10, Will Johnson 5.
Ronan 55, Polson 53, OT
POLSON — Cedric Earthboy hit a last-second shot to lead Class B Ronan to an overtime victory over Lake County rival Class A Polson in a nonconference game.
Earthboy and teammate Jeremiah North Piegan each finished with a game-high 19 points to lead the Chiefs to victory.
Matthew Rensvold had 17 points to lead Polson and Tanner Wilson had 14.
Ronan 12 10 10 13 10 — 55
Polson 9 8 11 17 8 — 53
RONAN — Cedric Earthboy 7 5-5 19, Colton McRea 3 1-3 7, Bryce Cullen 1 0-0 2, Justin Cullen 2 2-2 6, Aaron Misa 0 1-6 1, Jeremiah North Piegan 8 3-5 19, July Sorrell 0 1-3 1. Totals: 21 11-24 55.
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 1 4-6 6, Peyton Lefthand 2 1-3 6, Derek Peel 2 0-0 5, Tanner Wilson 5 3-4 14, Andrew Curley 1 1-2 3, Joe Gallatin 1 0-0 2, Matthew Rensvold 5 7-10 17. Totals: 17 16-27 53.
3-point goals— Ronan 0, Polson 3 (Lefthand, Peel, Wilson). Total fouls—Ronan 24, Polson 20. Fouled out— none.
Eureka 53, Plains 51
EUREKA — Eureka held off a late charge by Plains to pick up the District 7B victory.
Eureka (2-4, 1-1) led by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter before Plains roared back.
Chase Bohne led Eureka in scoring with 24 points. Trey Bohne was next with 15.
Plains 18 7 10 16 — 51
Eureka 13 11 14 15 — 53
PLAINS — R. Ovitt 8, T. Brouillette 2, A. Cole 7, K. Revier 11, C. Benson 2, A. Baker 13, B. Abromeit 8.
EUREKA — Brandon Conard 8, Trey Bohne 15, Brad Stein 1, Michael Peterson 2, Chase Bohne 24, Braydon Thier 3.
Girls
Frenchtown 63,
Whitefish 33
WHITEFISH — Brooke Yarnall scored 14 points and Alivia Williams 10 to push Frenchtown past Whitefish in Northwestern A play.
Williams also pulled down eight rebounds.
Dani Douglas and Cailyn Ross shared scoring honors for Whitefish with eight points each.
Anna Peterson led the Bulldogs in rebounding with five.
Nearly a third of Frenchtown’s scoring was done at the free-throw line, where the Broncs hit 20 of 33 attempts.
Frenchtown 18 17 12 16 — 63
Whitefish 4 9 10 10 — 33
FRENCHTOWN — Emma Pyron 4, Haley Cyr 7, Laci Willett 3, Krisya Hebnes 6, Alli Moe 5, Brooke Yarnall 14, Lexi Statelen 2, Lacey Hochhalter 5, Megan Delaney 7, Alivia Williams 10.
WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 8, Allie Schulz 3, Anna Peterson 7, Cevana Lawshe 3, Makenna Benbrook 2, Katy Dolan 2, Cailyn Ross 8.
Columbia Falls 61,
Libby 20
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ten Wildkats scored in a Northwestern A drubbing of Libby.
Columbia Falls (7-0, 2-0) led by two after the first quarter, but held Libby to just nine points for the rest of the contest.
Ciera Finberg led Columbia Falls, and all scorers, with 14 points while younger sister Cydney Finberg added 13 points and four assists.
Libby (3-3, 1-1) had seven-point efforts from both Hailey Craig and Devon Gallagher.
Libby 11 4 3 2 — 20
Columbia Falls 13 20 16 12 — 61
LIBBY — Hailey Craig 7, Shyla Stevenson 1, Hailley Moe 2, Devon Gallagaher 7, Dayln Germany 3.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ciera Finberg 14, Syndey Grilley 4, Cyndey Finberg 13, Ellie Johnson 2, Peyton Kehr 8, Winter Kemppainen 2, Miranda Livingston 2, Summer Burlage 9, Allyson Gimbel 5, Syndey Hovde 2.
Plains 50, Eureka 36
EUREKA — Eureka held a slight edge at halftime, but was held to one field goal in the second half as Plains pulled away for the District 7B victory.
Eureka’s other second-half points came at the free-throw line.
Eureka (1-4, 0-2) was led offensively by Charity Parsons and Evynn Anderson. Both players tallied nine points.
Plains 6 16 17 11 — 50
Eureka 10 13 3 10 — 36
PLAINS — K. Erhardt 2, S. Kinzie 3, J. LaDeaux 8, C. VonHeeder 6, H. Phillips 17, K. Holms 11, L. Thompson 3.
EUREKA — Charity Parsons 9, Courtney Lemer 2, Nicole Anderson 1, Evynn Anderson 9, Amanda Peterson 6, Stacy Cooper 4, Erynn Thier 1, Lizz Pacella 2, Caty Gonderio 2.
Ronan 49, Polson 32
POLSON — Ronan outscored Polson 35-18 in the final half to claim the nonconference victory.
Both teams were tied at 14-all at the half.
Lee Camel tallied 15 points and Aspen Jore 13 for Ronan.
Polson’s top scorer was Marlee Congdon with 11.
Ronan 7 7 13 22 — 49
Polson 7 7 4 14 — 32
RONAN – Micalann McCrea 5, Aspen Jore 13, Haley O’Hern 1, Katelyn Graham 2, Kendra Starkel 7, Lee Camel 15, Jordyn Clairmont 6.
POLSON – Skyla Krantz 6, Marlee Congdon 11, Lauren Lefthand 3, Nichole Lake 8, Erin Sampson 4.