Basketball roundup: Bigfork rebounds from tough loss, blows out Troy
BIGFORK — Top-ranked Bigfork bounced back from Friday’s loss to Class A No. 1-ranked Columbia Falls by thumping Troy 74-52 in a District 7B matchup on Friday.
Bigfork (6-1, 3-0) led 42-29 at the half.
Josh Sandry scored 14 of his game-high 20 points in the first half for Bigfork.
Isaac Martel added 15 points, Ryder Trent was 5-for-5 from the field and finished with 13 and Jonathan Landon tallied 10.
Gage Tallmadge paced Troy with 19 points. Sean Opland had 13.
Troy 15 14 10 13 — 52
Bigfork 21 21 17 15 — 74
TROY — Craig Helmrich 6, Trinity Rice 3, Adam Tallmadge 2, Gage Tallmadge 19, Brennan Olds 5, Sean Opland 13, Kolten Winebark 4.
BIGFORK — Matt Farrier 2, Adam Jordt 7, Isaac Martel 15, Tyler Piazolla 6, Jonathan Landon 10, Josh Sandry 20, Ryder Trent 13, Garrett Beville 1.
Florence 54,
Whitefish 49, OT
FLORENCE — The Florence boys hit a free throw with six seconds remaining in regulation to send their nonconference contest with Whitefish to overtime, where they outgunned the Bulldogs 7-2.
Cody Olson had a 14 points and Jack Streibich had 11 for Whitefish. Levi Clagett scored a game-high 25 points for Florence.
Whitefish 15 11 11 10 2 — 49
Florence 6 18 15 8 7 — 54
WHITEFISH — Brian FauntLeRoy 4, AJ Wetsch 9, Cody Olson 14, Luke May 9, Jack Streibich 11, Chaffin Ross 2.
FLORENCE — Brandon Johnson 8, Jake Kelling 1, Levi Clagett 25, Travern Smith 8, Cody Liles 7, Jesse Grabowska 5.
Girls
Bigfork 71, Troy 37
BIGFORK — Miranda Campbell led a balanced offensive display by Bigfork with her season-high 19 points as the Valkyries cruised to an easy District 7B victory over Troy.
Lana Berg had a double-double for Bigfork with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Also in double-figure scoring for the victors were Mattison McAnally with 13 and Marissa Hiza with 12.
Bigfork (5-2, 3-0) led 35-20 at intermission.
Allie Codlwell scored 13 points and Aurora Becquart 10 for Troy.
Troy 10 10 9 8 — 37
Bigfork 18 17 15 21 — 71
TROY — Aurora Becquart 10, Haley Hickman 2, Allie Coldwell 13, Kaitlyn Downey 4, Allie Brown 8.
BIGFORK — Haile Norred 2, Marissa Hiza 12, Reese Nissen 4, Jaime Berg 5, Mattison McAnally 13, Lana Berg 16, Miranda Campbell 19.
Florence 53,
Whitefish 43
WHITEFISH — Florence exploded for 31 points in the second half to runaway with a nonconference win over Whitefish.
The Bulldogs, who led 26-22 at half, scored just 17 points after the intermission and couldn’t keep up with the fast-paced Class B program.
Haley Nicholson had 14 points to lead Whitefish. Ally Rust led Florence with a game-high 16 points.
Florence 12 10 14 17 — 53
Whitefish 15 11 8 9 — 43
FLORENCE — Alexis Taulbee 2 1-2 6, Kourtney Kohlman 2 2-4 6, Autumn Round 5 0-2 10, Ally Rust 7 2-3 16, Jewel Zeiler 0 0-2 0, Jade Zeiler 0 1-2 1, Chloe Arthur 3 4-7 12, Meghan St. Germain 0 2-2 2. Totals: 19 12-24 53.
WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 2 0-0 5, Coral Schulz 1 3-6 5, 0 2-5 2, Mariah Drown 2 1-2 5, Anna Peterson 1 0-0 2, Haley Nicholson 4 4-4 14, Sevana Lawshe 1 0-2 2, Makenna Benbrook 1 0-0 2, Cailyn Ross 3 0-1 6. Totals: 15 10-20 43.
3-point goals—Florence 3-15 (Arthur 2), Whitefish 3-24 (Nicholson 2). Rebounds—Florence 43 (Taulbee 7), Whitefish 42 (Drown 7). Total fouls—Florence 16, Whitefish 19. Fouled out— Whitefish, Drown. Techical fouls—none.
Stillwater 56,
North Idaho 24
Sarah Paolini scored 14 of her game-high 22 points in the first half and Janelle Falk, who was 6-for-6 free-throw shooing, followed with 19 points to carry Stillwater Christian School to a nonconference victory over visiting North Idaho Christian School.
Stillwater (6-2) led 30-14 at the half and never looked back.
N. Idaho Christn 3 11 6 4 — 24
Stillwater 16 14 14 12 — 56
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Rebecca Tenstey 3, Kaylee Prusch 5, Faith Voud 4, Rayla Andrews 6, Lindsa Haag 4, Jenny Sassan 2.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Janelle Falk 19, Adrianna Lambert 2, Alisa Venman 4, Dori Smith 8, Sarah Paolini 22, Megha Tannehill 1.