Basketball roundup: Columbia Falls downs Eureka
EUREKA — Class B Eureka pushed top-ranked Columbia Falls for all four quarters before falling 55-45 in a nonconference boys basketball game on Thursday evening.
Class A Columbia Falls (12-2 overall) gradually pulled away in the final half by outscoring Eureka (5-8) 31-22.
Columbia Falls held a 24-23 edge at intermission.
Ty Morgan, who was 6 for 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter for Columbia Falls, led all scorers with 21 points.
Teammate Grant Wallace added 10.
Chase Bohne, who hit four 3s, led Eureka with 19 points.
Michael Peterson added 12 points and Trey Bohne 10 for the Lions.
Columbia Falls 13 11 14 17 — 55
Eureka 12 11 10 12 — 45
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 2, Trevor Houston 4, Glenn Morden 3, Grant Stenger 3, Jayce Fagerland 8, Ty Morgan 21, Logan Williams 4, Grant Wallace 10.
EUREKA — Brandon Conard 2, Trey Bohne 10, Michael Peterson 12, Chase Bohne 19, Braden Thier 2.
Bigfork 52, Whitefish 36
WHITEFISH — Top-ranked Class B Bigfork needed a big second half to pull away from Class A Whitefish in a nonconference matchup.
Bigfork (13-1) outscored Whitefish 33-16 in the final half.
Whitefish (5-8) held a 20-19 lead at the half.
Isaac Martel splurged for 17 points to pace Bigfork. Josh Sandry added 15.
AJ Wetsch led Whitefish with 14 points.
Bigfork 12 7 20 13 — 52
Whitefish 13 7 7 9 — 36
BIGFORK — Adam Jordt 8, Isaac Martel 17, Tyler Piazzola 5, Jonathon Landon 4, Josh Sandry 15, Ryder Trent 3.
WHITEFISH — Brian FauntLeRoy 5, AJ Wetsch 14, Cody Olson 4, Luke May 2, Jack Streibich 9, Chaffin Ross 2.
Stillwater 98,
Flathead Valley 71
Isaac Neumann tallied 21 points and Clayton Hashley was close behind with 20 to help Stillwater Christian School spill Flathead Valley Home School in a Montana Christian Athletic Association contest at Swan River School.
Stillwater (7-9) exploded for 34 points in the third period.
Jordan Sproul led Flathead Valley with a game-high 29 points. Sproul had seven of his team’s 12 treys.
Stillwater Christian 27 16 34 21 — 98
Flathead Valley 19 15 15 22 — 71
Stillwater Christian — Schuylar Kauffman 11, Clayton Hashley 20, Nathan Chuang 6, BJ Bach 19, Daniel Fetveit 6, Matt VanSomeren 15, Isaac Neumann 21.
Flathead Valley — Jordan Sproul 29, Joel Landis 5, James Wells 2, Jay Baker 6, Jack Voitlander 2, Jaden Moon 3, Paul Artyomenko 12, Daniel Horton 5, Logan Buckner 4, Taylor Titchburn 3.
Girls
Bigfork 42, Whitefish 22
WHITEFISH — Lana Berg scored 13 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebrounds to lead Class B Bigfork to a 20-point win over Class A Whitefish.
Bigfork (10-3) pulled away with an 18-point third quarter for a 33-17 lead.
Allie Schulz had nine points for Whitefish (2-11) on 3 of 5 shooting from 3-point range.
Cailyn Ross had a game-high nine rebounds for Whitefish.
Bigfork held a big scoring edge at the free-throw line, going 18 for 33. Whitefish had just five attempts and made three.
The battle under the boards was close as Bigfork had 37, just four more than Whitefish.
Bigfork 9 6 18 9 — 42
Whitefish 2 8 7 5 — 22
BIGFORK — Haile Norred 1, Marissa Hiza 2, Riley Coleman 4, Jaime Berg 5, Mattison McAnally 2, Katie Thomas 7, Lana Berg 13, Josie Spoklie 2, Miranda Campbell 6.
WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 4, Allie Schulz 9, Katie Fyall 2, Mariah Drown 2, Anna Peterson 2, Cevana Lawshe 1, Makenna Benbrook 2.
Columbia Falls 80,
Eureka 29
EUREKA — Top-ranked Columbia Falls scored a season-high point total for a game in thumping Class B Eureka.
Class A Columbia Falls (13-1) led 41-9 at the half.
Winter Kemppainen led a balanced Columbia Falls attack with 19 points. Ciera Finberg and Cydney Finberg both scored 14 points.
Amanda Peterson dropped in 12 points for Eureka (5-8).
Columbia Falls 21 20 22 17 — 80
Eureka 4 5 13 7 — 29
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ciera Finberg 14, Cydney Finberg 14, Ellie Johnson 9, Peyton Kehr 10, Winter Kemppainen 19, Miranda Livingston 3, Summer Burlage 4, Allyson Gimbel 7.
EUREKA — Charity Parsons 3, Nicole Anderson 2, Rachel Pacella 2, Evynn Anderson 5, Amanda Peterson 12, Stacy Cooper 5.
Stillwater 42,
Flathead Valley 33
Stillwater Christian School battled back from a slow start to drop Flathead Valley Home School in a Montana Christian Athletic Association game at Swan River School.
Stillwater (11-3, 4-0) trailed 9-2 after the first eight minutes, but rebounded to lead 17-16 at the half and 32-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
Sarah Paolini, 13, and Dori Smith, 12, were scoring leaders for Stillwater.
Paolini had 19 rebounds to eight for Smith.
Flathead Valley’s Lexi Ehlers led all scorers with 17 points.
Stillwater Christian 2 15 15 10 — 42
Flathead Valley 9 7 11 6 — 33
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Serena Koch 6, Janelle Falk 7, Dori Smith 12, Sarah Paolini 13, Megha Tannehill 4.
FLATHEAD VALLEY — Victoria Hanson 8, Karissa Williams 8, Lexi Ehlers 17.