Basketball: Stevi stings Pirates at buzzer
POLSON — The Pirates nonconference loss came at the hands of Stevensville’s Jace Omlid, whose 3-pointer beat the buzzer in overtime and gave the Yellow Jackets a 61-60 road victory on Tuesday.
Omlid finished with 10 points for Stevensville (1-12). Teammate Bryce Torrey led all scorers with 21.
Polson (3-8) was led by Matthew Rensvold, who dropped 17 points for a team-high. Tanner Wilson added 15 and Andrew Curley scored 10.
Polson travels to Frenchtown on Friday for Northwest A action at 7:30 p.m.
Stevensville 8 8 12 22 11 — 61
Polson 8 16 12 14 10 — 60
STEVENSVILLE — Jess Bodner 2, Jace Omlid 10, James Fry 22, Liam LeCoure 2, Dalton Bragg 4, Bryce Torrey 21.
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 4, Grey Fitzpatrick 3, Derek Peel 9, Tanner Wilson 15, Andrew Curley 10, Joe Gallatin 2, Matthew Rensvold 17.
Bigfork 79,
St. Ignatius 50
BIGFORK — No. 1-ranked Bigfork outscored St. Ignatius 22-9 in the second quarter en route to a 79-50 home nonconference victory on Tuesday night.
Four Vikings reached double figures in the win.
Isaac Martel finished with a team-high 15 points and seven assists. He was joined by Jonathan Landon, who also scored 15.
Josh Sandry poured in 14 points, and Adam Jordt scored 12 points to go along with his seven assists.
Despite being outrebounded 33-30, Bigfork committed just 12 turnovers in the contest while forcing the Bulldogs to turn the ball over on 28 occasions.
“The boys played really well,” Bigfork head coach Sam Tudor said.
“They got to shoot it, they got to run it a little bit and we’re getting healthy again. We were battling some illnesses, but I thought they played pretty well.”
Bigfork (11-1) will head to Whitefish for nonconference road action on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
St. Ignatius 12 9 18 11 — 50
Bigfork 17 22 24 16 — 79
ST. IGNATIUS — Dennis Fischer-Ahenakeu 3, Tate Weingart 5, Gentry Brown 12, Nick Durglo 5, Aaron Fischer-Ahenakeu 17, Will Powell 2, Bill Von Holtum 6.
BIGFORK — Matt Farrier 3, Adam Jodrt 12, Joseph Potkonjak 4, Isaac Martel 15, Tyler Piazzola 7, Jonathan Landon 15, Josh Sandry 14, Ryder Trent 5, Lloyd 4.
Loyola Sacred Heart 85, Ronan 45
RONAN — Plauged by a slow start, the Ronan Indians shot just 3 for 32 in the first half of their 85-45 loss to Loyola Sacred Heart on Tuesday.
The Rams were led by Kevin Swanson’s 23-point effort. He was joined in double figures by teammate Lochlin Ermitinger, who finished with 15 points.
The Indians saw Cedrick Earthboy and Colton McCrea each chip in nine points. Rhett Duffey finsihed with eight points for Ronan.
Loyola Sacred Heart 16 21 23 25 — 85
Ronan 7 3 19 16 — 45
LOYOLA — Tommy Tirrell 3, Braden Burke 8, Parker Davis 5, Kevin Swanson 23, Stephen Sellman 7, Carson Chrsitian 6, Mike VanCangan 2, Ryan McHugh 3, Danner Linhart 5, Strother Cooper 2, Lochlin Ermitinger 15, Sam Johnston 6.
RONAN — Cedrick Earthboy 9, Colton McCrea 9, Jayce Nenemay 4, Jax Duffey 2, Bryce Cullen 4, Jeremiah North Piegan 7. July Sorrell 2, Rhett Duffey 8.
GIRLS
Glacier 45,
Missoula Hellgate 39
MISSOULA — The Wolfpack took an early lead before holding off a determined Missoula Hellgate squad for a 45-39 Western AA road victory on Tuesday.
Glacier (10-1) stormed out to a 29-18 hlaftime lead, but managed just six points in the third quarter as the Knights scored 12 to pull within five.
The Wolfpack, led by Katie Wiley’s nine points, held on in the fourth for a six-point victory.
Hailee Bennett scored eight points for Glacier, and Tessa Krueger poured in seven.
The Wolfpack takes on Flathead in crosstown action on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Glacier 10 19 6 10 — 45
Hellgate 8 10 12 9 — 39
GLACIER — Taylor Salonen 1-7 1-2 3, Hailee Bennett 2-10 4-4 8, Brielle Bumgarner 2-5 0-0 4, Hailey Ruggles 1-1 0-0 2, Katie Wiley 4-9 0-0 9, Tessa Krueger 3-5 1-3 7, Nikki Krueger 2-4 2-2 6, Ali Williams 1-2 4-4 6. Totals: 16-43 12-15 45.
HELLGATE — Darby Henthorn 4-5 1-2 10, Lexi Duce 0-8 0-0 0, Claire Hinther 0-1 0-0 0, Kylie McWilliams 3-8 4-4 11, Sydney Riddle 2-4 3-4 7, Katie Stahl 1-7 0-0 3, Kara Hogan 4-7 0-0 8. Totals: 14-40 8-10 39.
3-point goals – Glacier 1-7 (Wiley 1-2), Hellgate 3-12 (Henthorn 1-1, Stahl 1-2). Total fouls — Glacier 10, Hellgate 14. Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Glacier 26 (Salonen 7), Hellgate 27 (Duce 7). Assists — Glacier 11 (Bennett 5), Hellgate 10 (Henthorn 6). Steals — Glacier 9 (Bennett 2, Wiley 2), Hellgate 5 (Duce 3). Blocks — Glacier 4 (Salonen 3), Hellgate 2 (Henthorn, Duce).
Bigfork 57,
St. Ignatius 41
ST. IGNATIUS — Paced by Miranda Campbell’s double-double of 10 points and 13 rebounds, the Bigfork Valkyries stormed to a 57-41 road nonconference victory on Tuesday.
Marissa Hiza also scored 10 points while grabbing nine boards for Bigfork. Lana Berg finished with a team-high 20 points.
St. Ignatius saw Irene Lopez score a game-high 25 points — 21 of which came from behind the arc as she sunk seven 3-pointers in the contest.
Bigfork is back in action on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Whitefish.
Bigfork 6 16 15 20 — 57
St. Ignatius 8 7 7 19 — 41
BIGFORK — Marissa Hiza 10, Jamie Berg 1, Jordan Haveman 2, Mattison McAnally 5, Katie Thomas 9, Lana Berg 20, Miranda Campbell 10.
ST. IGNATIUS — Sydney Castor 5, Irene Lopez 25, Jordyn Eichert 2, Trinity Lewandowski 4, Shania Dubois 5.
Stevensville 30,
Polson 21
STEVENSVILLE — The Lady Pirates (1-10) surrendered their three-point halftime lead in a 30-21 nonconference road loss to Stevensville (2-11) on Tuesday.
Lauren Lefthand led Polson with eight points. Nichole Lake added seven.
Both Carly Sebastian and Payton Tillotson scored 11 points for the Yellow Jackets, who outscored Polson 20-8 in the second half.
Polson is back in action at home against Frenchtown on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Polson 3 10 5 3 — 21
Stevensville 7 3 11 9 — 30
POLSON — Skyla Krantz 2, Marlee Congdon 2, Lauren Lefthand 8, Dylan Quinn 0, Nichole Lake 7, McKenna Weltz 2, Peyton Anderson 0.
STEVENSVILLE — Mariah Hinson 3, Carly Vercruyssen 2, Carly Sebastian 11, Makayla Davids 3, Payton Tillotson 11.
Ronan 67, Loyola 48
MISSOULA — The Maidens led 33-20 at halftime before holding the Breakers to just three points in the third quarter in a 67-48 road victory on Tuesday.
Alicia Camel had a game-high 17 points. lee Camel and Micalann McCrea also finished in double figures, scoring 15 and 12, respectively.
Ronan 20 13 17 17 — 67
Loyola 8 12 3 25 — 48
RONAN — Micalann McCrea 12, Jordyn Clairmont 9, Aspen Jore 6, Haley O’Hern 2, Alicia Camel 17, Kendra Starkel 6, Lee Camel 15.
LOYOLA — Olivia Round 8, Mikayla Schneider 19, Sami Worster 4, Taylor Short 2, Tessa Burke 2, Kelsey Twite 8, Brook Kolar 1, Kaya Resner 4.