BOYS BASKETBALL: Bigfork blasts Eureka in home opener
<p>Bigfork guard Anders Epperly is tripped up as he drives past Eureka's Matt Anderson during the second quarter in Bigfork Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Bigfork center Beau Santistevan drives past Eureka's Jake Cardinale during the first quarter of the Vikings' 53-29 victory in Bigfork on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
BIGFORK — The Bigfork boys got their season off to a strong start, blowing away Eureka in the first quarter on the way to a 53-29 rout in a District 7B conference basketball game on Tuesday.
The Vikings (1-0) rolled out to an 18-3 lead after the first quarter and led 28-8 at halftime. Eureka (1-2 overall, 0-1 District 7B) mounted a small comeback as Bigfork got deeper into its bench but couldn’t get within shooting distance of the defending conference champions.
“We played pretty good ball,” Vikings coach Sam Tudor said. “We played a lot of kids tonight. Eureka’s improved a bunch since last year.”
Vikings sophomore Anders Epperly had a game-high 12 points and five assists and junior center Beau Santistevan had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Randy Stultz also had 11 points for Bigfork.
Senior forward Brad Stein led Eureka with 10 points.
Eureka 3 5 10 11 — 29
Bigfork 18 10 19 6 — 53
EUREKA—Brad Stein 10, Matthew Anderson 1, Moe Henderson 3, Riley Durham 8, Colton Cooper 2, Tayler Sherwood 1, Jake Cardinale 4.
BIGFORK—Anders Epperly 12, Clayton Reichenbach 8, Luke Schmit 4, Randy Stultz 11, Logan Taylor 3, Chase Chappuis 2, Logan Gilliard 2, Beau Santistevan 11.