AA state basketball: Glacier girls bounce back
BUTTE — Glacier bounced back to defeat Great Falls C.M. Russell 51-42 on Friday afternoon in loser-out play at the Class AA state girls basketball tournament.
Glacier (18-5) jumped on CMR early, leading 18-9. The Wolfpack took a 31-21 lead to the locker room at the half at the Butte Civic Center.
“Coming off a tough loss (Thursday to Billings West), the girls came out really strong,” Glacier coach Kris Salonen said.
“They battle hard, didn’t give up. These loser-out games are always tough ones.”
Hailee Bennett led Glacier with 21 points.
“It was good to see her have a big state game,” Salonen said.
“She handled the ball very well.”
CMR’s Taylor Edwards had a game-high 28 points.
CMR (9-14) only outscored Glacier in the fourth quarter.
“Today, we were able to maintain the lead and come away with the win,” Salonen said.
“It’s the first Friday win ever for Glacier at state.”
The Wolfpack plays a loser-out game today at 10:30 a.m. versus Missoula Sentinel at Butte High School.
CLARIFICATION: Salonen said the Wolfpack “played hard to the very end” on Thursday in the loss to West. She said a quote in Friday’s Daily Inter Lake “was never intended to mean that the team gave up.”
Glacier 18 13 8 12 — 51
CMR 9 12 5 16 — 42
Glacier – Taylor Solonen 2-5 0-0 4, Hailee Bennett 6-15 7-9 21, Brielle Bumgarner 4-7 1-1 9, Katie Wiley 1-4 0-0 2, Tessa Krueger 3-8 0-0 6, Nikki Krueger 1-3 0-0 2, Ali Williams 2-2 3-4 7. Totals: 19-45 11-14 51.
CMR – Courteney Shovlin 0-7 1-2 1, Briana Easton 1-5 2-2 4, Taylor Edwards 9-19 7-11 28, Lindsay Martinez 1-4 3-4 6, Courtney Schroeder 1-3 0-0 2, Addison Gardner 0-0 1-2 1. Totals: 12-45 14-21 42.
3-point field goals – Glacier 2-11 (Bennett 2-8), CMR 4-13 (Edwards 3-5, Martinez 1-2). Total fouls – Glacier 17, CMR 20. Fouled out – Edwards. Rebounds – Glacier 35, CMR 27.
Loser-out game
Big Sky 8 9 12 5 — 34
Senior 16 13 15 8 — 52
Missoula Big Sky – Kendall Mooney 1-5 2-2 5, Kelsi McEnaney 2-2 0-1 4, Maddy Shaide 5-14 2-2 14, McKenna Arledge 0-9 0-0 0, Anna Gragg 2-7 4-4 8, Cassidy Pierce 0-1 0-0 0, Malae Faitala 0-1 1-2 1, Emily Hooker 0-0 0-0 0, Julia Riekena 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 11-40 9-11 34.
Billings Senior – Kortney McNeil 1-2 2-2 4, Alli Kieckbusch 5-8 1-2 14, Jordyn Wagner 3-7 2-6 11, Naomi Bad Bear 1-3 4-5 6, Taylor Mims 3-5 4-5 10, Taylor Stoltz 0-0 3-4 3, Sydney Norwood 1-3 1-2 4. Totals: 14-28 17-26 52.
3-point goals – Big Sky 3-15 (Shaide 2-6, Mooney 1-5), Senior 7-10 (Kieckbusch 3-3, Wagner 3-5, Norwood 1-1). Total fouls – Big Sky 19, Senior 13. Fouled out – Shaide. Rebounds – Big Sky 26 (Gragg 7, Hooker 7), Senior 22 (McNeil 8).
Semifinals
Sentinel 9 11 8 18 — 46
Bozeman 12 13 12 13 — 50
MISSOULA SENTINEL – Haley Rogers 1-6 0-0 3, Kylie Frohlich 5-13 1-3 11, Lexi Steele 2-7 0-0 4, Shannon Worster 4-13 3-4 13, Brie Finbraaten 0-0 0-0 0, Brittany Delridge 1-2 0-0 2, Jordyn Schweyen 4-7 4-5 12, Natalie Hamilton 0-1 1-2 1. Totals: 17-49 9-14 46.
BOZEMAN – Jacey Delnaey 5-10 0-2 13, Averie Collins 1-8 0-2 2, Caitlin Lonergan 2-5 0-1 4, Bailey O’Leary 5-13 1-1 11, Emerald Toth 2-5 2-4 6, Melanie Johnson 2-6 7-12 12, Amber Tarabochia 0-4 2-2 2, Hailee Olsen 0-2 0-1 0. Totals: 17-53 12-25 50.
3-point goals – Sentinel 3-13 (Worster 2-4, Rogers 1-4), Bozeman 4-11 (Delaney 3-5, Johnson 1-2). Total fouls – Sentinel 18, Bozeman 19. Fouled out – Lonergan. Rebounds – Sentinel 35 (Frohlich 10), Bozeman 43 (Collins 11).
West 11 8 9 6 — 34
Capital 13 20 10 9 — 52
Billings West – Tobey Morning Rose 2-13 0-1 6, Jessi Zuroff 1-6 1-2 3, Bre Latimore 0-2 2-3 2, Haylea Elkin 3-10 9-11 17, Kennedy Hildebrand 0-1 2-4 2, Delaney Clement 0-1 0-0 0, Ambreya Windboy 0-0 1-2 1, Cody Rodgers 0-3 0-0 0, Brianna Shirley 0-2 1-2 1, Maia Wetzel 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 7-39 16-25 34.
HELENA Capital – Tjaden Pallister 3-5 0-3 6, Mary Bryggman 4-9 5-8 13, Rayna Pilgerman 1-6 2-2 4, Kenzie Johnston 3-10 1-4 8, Savanna Bignell 4-7 3-6 13, Madi Quick 0-2 0-0 0, Cassidy Burk 0-1 0-0 0, Kyra Dawes 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor Sullivan 2-5 4-7 8. Totals: 17-45 15-30 52.
3-point goals – West 4-17 (Elkin 2-5, Morning Rose 2-7), Capital 3-9 (Bignell 2-3, Johnston 1-3). Total fouls – West 21, Capital 19. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – West 26 (Zuroff 7), Capital 45 (Bignell 10).
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Today’s Schedule
Loser-out games
At Butte Civic Center
10:30 a.m. — Billings Senior vs. Billings West
At Butte High
10:30 a.m. — Glacier vs. Missoula Sentinel
At Butte Civic Center
Consolation Final
5 p.m. — 10:30 a.m. loser-out winners
Championship
8:30 p.m. — Bozeman vs. Helena Capital
Boys
Semifinals
Capital 13 6 13 7 — 39
Skyview 12 13 13 15 — 53
HELENA CAPITAL – Casey Ebelt 2-6 1-1 5, Sean Mulcahy 6-11 1-1 13, Keegan Syvrud 2-12 0-0 5, Gus Chancy 0-3 0-0 0, Will Hunthausen 0-2 2-2 2, Christian Jacobsen 0-0 1-2 1, Daniel O’Malley 1-2 2-2 5, Cody Lucas 0-1 0-0 0, Sam Bryggman 3-4 2-4 8. Totals: 14-41 8-12 39.
BILLINGS SKYVIEW – RayQuan Evans 3-7 2-4 8, Nolan McHugh 1-7 3-4 5, Trevon Strong 2-5 10-11 15, Kendal Manuel 7-13 3-5 17, Jameson Willems 1-3 0-0 2, Drew Atkeinson 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Trollope 0-1 0-0 0, Brenden Acheson 1-3 1-2 4, Nick Tranel 0-1 0-0 0, Logan Nelson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 16-42 19-26 53.
3-point goals – Capital 3-17 (O’Malley 1-2, Ebelt 1-5, Syvrud 1-7), Skyview 2-8 (Acheson 1-1, Strong 1-2). Total fouls – Capital 16, Skyview 17. Fouled out – Syvrud. Rebounds – Capital 24 (Mulcahy 6), Skyview 33 (McHugh 8).
West 17 16 16 25 — 74
Great Falls 17 15 16 20 — 68
BILLINGS WEST – Trever Spoja 5-7 4-4 17, Danny Betcher 4-9 1-2 9, Kameron Rauch 5-10 5-11 17, Mitch Brott 1-2 0-0 2, Jared Samuelson 3-6 0-0 6, Bryson Deming 3-6 0-0 9, Jayson Leinwand 0-0 5-6 5, Braydon Deming 3-6 1-2 9. Totals: 24-46 16-25 74.
GREAT FALLS – Lukas Vining 5-10 0-0 12, Lester Johnson 1-4 0-0 2, Matthew Wyman 2-9 3-4 7, Brendan Howard 7-15 8-8 24, Jake Wetzel 4-7 1-2 13, Daniel Silverstein 3-4 0-0 8, Kody Torgerson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 23-50 12-14.
3-point goals – West 10-19 (Spoja 3-4, Bry. Deming 3-4, Bra. Deming 2-4, Rauch 2-5), GFH 10-18 (Wetzel 4-5, Vining 2-3, Silverstein 2-3, Howard 2-4). Total fouls – West 17, GFH 14. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – West 31 (Samuelson), GFH 23 (Howard 9).
Loser-out games
Hellgate 21 32 17 5 — 75
Big Sky 9 10 11 7 — 37
Missoula Hellgate – Tres Tinkle 10-18 8-8 30, Rhett Baerlocher 3-9 1-2 9, Devin Bray 1-3 1-2 3, Mark Lebsock 1-4 5-6 8, Brayden Frohlich 1-3 0-2 2, Buckley Belcourt 1-3 0-0 3, Peter Vandam 0-1 0-1 0, Easton Packard 3-6 1-1 7, Justin Koehn 1-1 0-0 2, Jason Koehn 1-2 0-0 3, Connor Schenk 4-4 0-1 8, Bob Schenk 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 26-55 16-23 75.
Missoula Big Sky – Alex Simmons 1-5 2-2 4, Jake Tabish 2-2 0-0 4, Cory Diaz 0-2 0-0 0, Nick Simmons 0-4 2-2 2, Coiln Bingham 5-11 2-2 12, Kolton Sandau 0-1 0-0 0, Daxton Schatz 0-2 4-4 4, Nick Yovetich 1-2 4-6 6, Drew Sheridan 2-4 0-0 5. Totals: 11-33 14-18 37.
3-point goals – Hellgate 7-18 (Tinkle 2-4 Baerlocher 2-5, Lebsock 1-1, Ja. Koehn 1-2, Buckley 1-3), Big Sky 1-7 (Sheridan 1-1). Total fouls – Hellgate 18, Big Sky 24. Fouled out – Diaz, Bingham. Rebounds – Hellgate 35 (Tinkle 12), Big Sky 22 (Bingham 7).
Missoula Sentinel 9 13 11 6 — 39
Bozeman 13 19 14 6 — 52
Missoula Sentinel – Zaccheus Darko-Kelly 6-17 1-1 15, Sam Beighle 2-8 0-0 6, Jeff Krstulich 0-0 0-0 0, Mitch Reynolds 1-1 0-0 3, Jory Breen 0-1 0-0 0, Will Mytty 2-6 1-3 5, Griffin Line 2-2 0-0 4, Mitch Roberts 1-4 1-2 3, John Mitchell 0-2 0-0 0, Wacey Thompson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 15-47 3-6 39.
Bozeman – Adam Huse 6-12 2-2 16, Bennett Hostetler 2-6 4-6 8, Grant Blomstrom 2-3 0-0 4, Jesse Meade 1-1 1-2 3, Trace Bradshaw 4-8 1-3 9, Drew Huse 1-1 0-1 2, Callahan O’Reilly 0-1 0-0 0, Aaron Widenaar 3-11 2-2 10. Totals: 19-43 10-16 52.
3-point goals – Sentinel 6-21 (Beighle 2-6, Darko-Kelly 2-7, Reynolds 1-1, Zander 1-3), Bozeman 4-11 (A. Huse 2-3, Weidenaar 2-5). Total fouls – Sentinel 16, Bozeman 9. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Sentinel 33 (Darko-Kelly 9), Bozeman 28 (Bradshaw 11).
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Today’s Schedule
Loser-out games
At Butte Civic Center
9 a.m. — Bozeman vs. Great Falls
At Butte High
9 a.m. — Helena Capital vs. Missoula Hellgate
At Butte Civic Center
Consolation Final
3:30 p.m. — 9 a.m. loser-out winners
Championship
6:30 p.m. — Billings Skyview vs. Billings West