Basketball roundup: Flathead knocks off Missoula Sentinel
MISSOULA — Flathead outscored Missoula Sentinel 14-7 in the fourth quarter en route to a 50-43 Western AA boys basketball victory on Saturday.
The game was tied at 36-all heading into the last eight minutes of action.
Alex Croymans paced Flathead in scoring with 13 points.
Zaccheus Darko-Kelly netted 13 for Sentinel.
Flathead was 15 of 23 shooting from the charity line.
Flathead 12 10 14 14 — 50
Sentinel 12 16 8 7 — 43
FLATHEAD – Matt Marshall 2-3 5-6 10, Seth Adolph 0-2 0-0 0, Alex Croymans 3-13 6-8 13, Kye Auclaire 1-2 0-1 2, Cade White 1-1 0-2 2, Wyatt Smith 2-2 0-0 4, Tyler Johnson 1-1 0-0 3, Keaton Krantz 1-1 0-0 2, Blake Wilson 1-4 4-6 6, Trae Habel 4-6 0-0 8. Totals: 16-35 15-23 50.
SENTINEL – Zaccheus Darko-Kelly 2-13 7-8 13, Jeff Krstulich 3-5 0-0 6, Will Mytty 1-1 0-1 2, Griffin Line 2-3 0-0 4, Mitch Reynolds 2-5 0-0 4, Mitch Roberts 1-3 0-1 3, John Mitchell 2-10 1-2 6, Jory Breen 1-1 0-0 2, Travis Zander 1-7 0-0 3. Totals: 15-48 8-12 43.
3-point goals – Flathead 3-6 (Marshall 1-2, Croymans 1-3, Johnson 1-1), Sentinel 5-24 (Darko-Kelly 2-5, Roberts 1-2, Mitchell 1-9 Zander 1-6. Total fouls – Flathead 14, Sentinel 22. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Flathead 30 (Habel 6), Sentinel 28 (Darko-Kelly 7). Assists -- Flathead 4, Sentinel 10. Steals -- Flathead 5 (Habel), Sentinel 11 (Darko-Kelly 5).
Missoula Big Sky 55, Glacier 53
MISSOULA — Nick Simmons scored from just inside the free-throw line before the buzzer sounded to give Big Sky (2-1, 3-4) the Western AA victory over Glacier (4-3, 1-1).
Simmons finished with 17 points.
Jaxen Hashley scored 13 to lead Glacier.
Glacier 5 17 14 17 — 53
Big Sky 9 9 17 20 — 55
GLACIER – Kade McCutcheon 2 1-2 5, Sam McCamley 1 2-2 5, Jaxen Hashley 3 5-8 13, Noah Lindsey 0 2-2 2, Cain Boschee 2 3-4 8, Dylan Ruggles 1 0-0 2, Tadan Gilman 1 1-3 3, Jake Norberg 1 2-2 5, Cody Norberg 1 0-0 3, Truman Pisk 3 1-2 7. Totals: 15 17-25 53.
BIG SKY – Kolton Sandau 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Simmons 3-5 6-9 12, Jake Tabish 1-2 2-4 5, Daxton Schatz 1-4 0-1 2, Cory Diaz 1-2 0-0 2, Nick Simmons 5-8 2-2 17, Colin Bingham 5-9 1-2 11, Eric Wells 3-3 0-1 6. Totals: 19-34 11-19 55.
3-point goals – Glacier 6 (Hashley 2, McCamley, Boschee 1, J. Norberg 1, C. Norberg 1), Big Sky 6-9 (N. Simmons 5-7, Tabish 1-1). Total fouls – Glacier n/a, Big Sky n/a. Fouled out – none.
Thompson Falls 54, Eureka 51
EUREKA — Dalton Hooten hit a three-point field goal with .4 seconds left to give Thompson Falls the District 7B victory over Eureka.
Eureka tied it at 51-all on a 3 by Trey Bohne, who finished with 20 points.
Chase Bohne added 14 points and Brandon Conard 11 for Eureka.
Trais Hoisington led Thompson Falls in scoring with 20 points.
Thompson Falls 8 15 16 15 — 54
Eureka 8 19 10 14 — 51
THOMPSON FALLS — Mack Holt 8, Trais Hoisington 20, Tanner Laws 5, Corey Tessier 5, Dylan Vaught 6, Joe Frields 2, Dalton Hooten 6, Tyler Riffle 2.
EUREKA — Brandon Conard 11, Trey Bohne 20, Chase Bohne 14, Bradon Thier 6.
Stillwater Christian 68, Immaculate 55
Isaac Neumann dropped in a game-high 20 points and Clayton Hashley followed with 14 as Stillwater (3-5) defeated Immaculate Conception Academy of Post Falls, Idaho, in a nonconference matchup at Stillwater Christian School.
Stillwater, up 37-29 at the break, enjoyed a big edge free-throw shooting, going 19-for-24.
Immaculate Conception was 14 of 22.
Immaculate 9 20 12 14 — 55
Stillwater Christian 21 16 12 19 — 68
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Patrick Lyons 7, Luke Wilhelm 12, Peter Gillilan 2, Carlos Klocko 2, Sebastian Jones 4, Xavior Kramer 13, Eric Lyons 15.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Clayton Hashley 14, Nathan Chuang 7, BJ Bach 10, Daniel Fetveit 4, Daniel Lambert 4, Matt VanSomeren 3, Isaac Neumann 20, Alex Sulzacher 6.
Columbia Falls 73,
Polson 57
POLSON — Jayce Fagerland hit six 3s and Ty Morgan added 18 points as top-ranked Columbia Falls pulled away from Polson in the second half for a Northwestern A victory.
Fagerland added a regular field goal to finish with a game-high 20 points. Grant Stenger netted 16 points for the victors and Grant Wallace finished with 10.
Payton Lefthand and Andrew Curley both scored 12 points for Polson.
The Pirates trailed by just four points in the third period before the Wildcats (8-1, 3-0) put the game out of reach.
Columbia Falls 18 12 24 19 — 73
Polson 10 14 13 20 — 57
COLUMBIA FALLS — Trevor Houston 7, Glenn Morden 2, Grant Stenger 16, Jayce Fagerland 20, Ty Morgan 18, Grant Wallace 10.
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 3, Grey Fitzpatrick 3, Payton Lefthand 12, Derek Peel 11, Tanner Wilson 7, Andrew Curley 12, Joe Gallatin 1, Matthew Rensvold 8.
Ronan 51, Troy 49
TROY — A career-high scoring performance by Gage Tallmadge still wasn’t enough to give Troy a Class B nonconference victory over Ronan (4-3).
Tallmadge finished with 32 points. He was 14 of 17 at the free-throw line, hit six two-point field goals and had a pair of 3s. He tallied 11 points in the fourth quarter.
Troy (3-4) missed a shot at the end to tie the game and force overtime.
Ronan 14 19 14 4 — 51
Troy 8 9 17 15 — 49
RONAN — Cedric Earthboy 11, Colton McCrea 8, Justin Krahn 7, Jeremiah North Piegan 19, July Sorrell 2, Rhett Duffey 4.
TROY — Gage Tallmadge 32, Brennan Olds 9, Sean Opland 8.
Frenchtown 75, Libby 35
FRENCHTOWN — Bridger Truett tossed in 24 points, 14 coming in the third quarter, and Austin Means tallied 15 to guide Frenchtown to an easy Northwestern A victory over Libby.
Johnny Cielak had 14 points for Libby.
Libby 7 20 4 4 — 35
Frenchtown 14 20 33 8 — 75
LIBBY – Luke Adamson 3, Johnny Cielak 14, Colin Jonhson 6, Erik Lauer 7, Michael Curtiss 5.
FRENCHTOWN – Jacob Price 8, Hall Smith 3, Chris Delaney 8, Bridger Truett 24, Austin Means 15, Levi Lind 8, Robert Jones 2, Andrew King 7.
Girls
Columbia Falls 66,
Polson 22
POLSON — Balanced scoring and a stellar defensive effort carried top-ranked Columbia Falls to an easy Northwestern A victory over Polson.
Columbia Falls (9-0, 3-0) held a commanding 41-13 lead at intermission.
Ciera Finberg led the offense with 15 points. Winter Kemppained had 13, Payton Kehr 11 and Cydney Finberg 10.
Marlee Congdon’s six points paced Polson.
Columbia Falls 19 22 15 10 — 66
Polson 5 8 2 7 — 22
COLUMBIA FALLS – Ciera Finberg 15, Cydney Finberg 10, Ellie Johnson 4, Payton Kehr 11, Winter Kemppainen 13, Miranda Livingston 3, Kiera Burlage 2, Allyson Gimbel 8.
POLSON – Skyla Krantz 3, Marlee Congdon 6, Lauren Lefthand 3, Dylan Quinn 2, Nichole Lake 3, McKenna Weltz 4, Peyton Anderson 1.
Ronan 48, Troy 18
TROY — Micalann McCree and Aspen Jore both scored 10 points to lead Ronan to a Class B nonconference victory over Troy.
Allie Coldwell led Troy in scoring with nine points.
Ronan 15 6 13 14 — 48
Troy 4 7 2 5 — 18
RONAN – Micalann McCree 10, Jordyn Clairmont 4, Aspen Jore 10, Haley Dhern 12, Kendra Starkel 4, Ashley Peterson 2, Lee Camel 6.
TROY – Olivia Roach 1, Allie Coldwell 9, Kaitlyn Downey 4, Sami Rohrich 4.
Thompson Falls 60, Eureka 41
EUREKA — A strong-first half pushed Thompson Falls past Eureka (2-6) in a District 7B matchup.
Thompson Falls held a 30-15 edge at the break.
Evynn Anderson tossed in 14 points and Amanda Peterson 13 to lead Eureka. Charity Parsons added 10.
Thompson Falls 10 20 11 19 — 60
Eureka 9 6 11 15 — 41
THOMPSON FALLS — Lindsay Laws 21, Shey Hannum 13, Sierra Sorlie 2, Gillian Nelson 4, Autrey Hannum 12, Logan Beckman 8.
EUREKA — Charity Parsons 10, Evynn Anderson 14, Amanda Peterson 13, Erynn Thier 2, Lizz Pacella 2.
Frenchtown 46, Libby 38
FRENCHTOWN — Frenchtown outscored Libby 16-7 in the final frame to pull away for the Northwestern A victory.
Devon Gallagher led Libby in scoring with 12 points. Shyla Stevenson added 10.
Libby 8 12 11 7 — 38
Frenchtown 11 11 8 16 — 46
LIBBY – Hailey Craig 6, Shyla Stevenson 10, Hailley Moe 7, Shannon Reny 3, Devon Gallagher 12.
FRENCHTOWN – Haley Cyr 7, Lacie Willett 4, Alli Moe 3, Brooke Yarnall 6, Lexie Statelen 2, Lacey Hochhalter 16, Megan Delaney 2, Alivia Williams 6.