BBALL ROUNDUP: Stillwater smokes FVHS
<p>Stillwater Christian senior Joe Hooker and Flathead Valley Homeschool freshman Jordan Wininger hit the floor for a loose ball during the second quarter at Stillwater on Friday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Flathead Valley Homeschool sophomore Heidi Schneller floats a shot over Stillwater Christian senior Adrianna Lambert during the second quarter of the Cougars' 59-43 win. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Stillwater Christian senior Dori Smith and Flathead Valley Homeschool sophomore Cassidy Husted fight for a loose ball. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
Austin Brown scored 34 points to lead Stillwater Christian to an 85-43 Montana Christian Athletic Association Western Division boys basketball vicotory over rival Flathead Valley Homeschool on Friday night at Stillwater Christian School.
Brown was 10 of 15 from 3-point range.
Stillwater, which had four players in double-figure scoring, led 52-21 at the half.
Isaac Newmann tallied 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds for SCS (5-0 overall) while Joe Hooker finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds and Jeremiah Hooker netted 10.
Flathead Valley 13 8 7 15 — 43
Stillwater Christian 20 32 17 16 — 85
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — NA.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Jorgen Lindborg 3, Jared Fetveit 2, Austin Brown 34, Joe Hooker 13, Jakob Hembroff 2, Isaac Neumann 17, Zack Basnett 1, Jeremiah Hooker 10.
Bigfork 53, Whitefish 50
WHITEFISH — Whitefish battled back from a slow start but couldn’t overtake Bigfork in dropping the nonconference contest.
Whitefish (0-5) trailed 16-8 after the opening quarter, but by halftime Whitefish was within two, down 30-28.
Bigfork held a 10-point edge with two minutes to play when Whitefish rallied again, this time falling three-points short.
Anders Epperly had 16 points and Logan Gilliard 14 for Bigfork.
Derek Kastella topped Whitefish, and all scorers, with 27 points.
Bigfork 16 14 12 11 — 53
Whitefish 8 20 10 12 — 50
BIGFORK — Anders Epperly 16, Clayton Reichenbach 4, Colton Reichenbach 8, Logan Taylor 2, Logan Gilliard 14, Beau Santistevan 9.
WHITEFISH — Alex Keuylian 3, Derek Kastella 27, Sawyer Silliker 4, Ryan Kemm 4, Lee Walburn 9, Dillon Botner 3.
Libby 51,
Thompson Falls 42
THOMPSON FALLS — Ryggs Johnson scored 15 points and the Libby cut through the Thompson Falls defense for their first District 7B conference victory of the season.
Ryan Nagle scored 14 points and Erik Lauer added 13 for the Loggers (2-2), who built a 21-14 lead at halftime and held off a second half charge from the Blue Hawks (0-3).
McKenzie Holt had 14 points to lead Thompson Falls.
Libby 11 10 14 16 – 51
Th. Falls 7 7 16 12 – 42
LIBBY – Ryggs Johnston 15, Gabe Peck 2, Stephen Williams 3, Colin Maloney 4, Ryan Nagle 14, Erik Lauer 13.
THOMPSON FALLS – McKenzie Holt 14, Dylan Beckman 5, Danny Hoisington 11, Payton Frields 10, AJ Sandoval 2
Girls
Stillwater Christian 59,
Flathead Valley 43
Dori Smith scored a career high 32 points and pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds to push Stillwater Christian (3-1, 2-0) to a Montana Christian Athletic Asociation Western Division victory over rival Flathead Valley Homeschool at Stillwater Christian School.
Smith pumped in 18 points in the third quarter.
Stillwater, up 27-20 at the half, outscored FVHS 22-9 in the third quarter to pull away. The Cougars attempted just one free throw.
Victoria Hanson topped Flathead Valley on offense with 23 points. Heidi Schneller added nine.
Flathead Valley 11 9 9 14 — 43
Stillwater Christian 8 19 22 10 — 59
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Victoria Hanson 23,
Heidi Schneller 9, Cassidy Husted 6, Karissa Williams 5.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Ramey Metzger 4, Haleigh Schwartz 2, Adrianna Lambert 5, Chloe Erb 4, Dori Smith 32, Helena Hashley 2, Lulu Neumann 2, Selan Neumann 8.
Bigfork 55, Whitefish 36
WHITEFISH — Jaime Berg led a balanced Bigfork offense with 15 points as the Valkryies beat Whitefish in a nonconference outing.
Bigfork, up 9-6 after the first period, outscored Whitefish 20-7 to take a 29-13 lead at the half.
Whitefish struggled against Bigfork’s 1-3-1 press in the second half. Bigfork totaled 30 steals, led by Abby Ellison with nine.
Rakiah Grende added 12 points and Ellison 10 for Bigfork.
Annisa Brown knocked down 15 points fo Whitefish (0-4).
Whitefish plays a Eureka on Tuesday.
Bigfork (2-2) plays at Libby today.
Bigfork 9 20 8 18 — 55
Whitefish 6 7 15 8 — 36
BIGFORK — Haile Norred 3, Shae Anderson 2, Abby Ellison 10, Reese Nissen 4, Jaime Berg 15, Emilee Park 5, Rakiah Grende 12, Ansleigh Edgerton 4.
WHITEFISH — Libby Nagler 3, Becca Catina 2, Kennedy Grove 3, Bella Wilson 7, Annisa Brown 15, Diana Vasquez 4, Marlee Bender 2.