Glacier girls blast Butte in basketball
BUTTE — Glacier held Butte to four points in the opening quarter and just three for the second half for an easy 48-16 Class AA nonconference girls basketball victory on Wednesday.
Glacier, with a pair of 15-point quarters to open play, led 30-13 at intermission.
Nikki Krueger had 13 points for Glacier (2-2).
Abby Dodge led Butte with six.
Glacier plays at Bozeman today.
Glacier 15 15 11 7 — 48
Butte 4 9 0 3 — 16
Glacier – McKenna Hulslander 4, Ahna Kreitinger 6, Nikki Krueger 13, Kali Gulick 8, Ellie Stevens 7, Courtney Mitchell 4, Cadie Williams 2, Maddie Rauthe 2, Bryn McChesney 2.
Butte – Abby Dodge 6, Haley Herron 4, Alissa Bernhardt 2, Kira Mortenson 2, Kaidy McClafferty 2.
Bozeman 58, Flathead 38
BOZEMAN —Playing without its top player, senior Tiana Johnson, Flathead was no match for Bozeman.
Bozeman took a 35-6 halftime lead and never looked back to claim an easy Class AA nonconference win.
Riana Rogers led Bozeman in scoring with 15 points.
Kylee Meredith tallied 21 for Flathead.
Johnson was sidelined with an illness.
Flathead (3-3) plays at Butte today.
Flathead 2 4 15 17 — 38
Bozeman 21 14 14 9 — 58
BOZEMAN (2-2) — Riana Rogers 15, Tyler Olson 7, Elaine Chandler 5, Amber Tarabochia 7, Brooklyn Mailey 5, Ashlyn Lewis 5, Alex Carey 5, Ayla Embry 5, Hannah Wheeler 1
FLATHEAD — Kylee Meredith 21, Averie Olson 5, Allie Gagnon 2, Mary Heaton 2, Clara Vandenbosch 3, Kelsey Gillespie 1, Sierra Siblerud 4.
Boys
Butte 56, Glacier 37
BUTTE — Butte jumped out to an 11-4 lead and never looked back in spilling Glacier in a Class AA nonconference matchup.
Glacier (3-1) could muster just seven points in the third quarter to trail 40-24.
Jaxen Hashley topped Glacier offensively with 11 points.
Brock Powell had a game-high 16 points for Butte. Ryson Lovshin added 14.
Glacier plays at Bozeman today.
Glacier 4 13 7 13 — 37
Butte 11 17 12 16 — 56
Glacier – Jaxen Hashley 11, Jack Desmul 6, Caden Harkins 4, Tadan Gilman 3, Pat O’Connell 1, Brec Rademacher 7, Kody Jarvis 5.
Butte – Evan Anderson 8, Ryson Lovshin 14, Travis Williams 8, Brock Powell 16, Kash Kelly 7, Lathan Ricketts 3.
Bozeman 67, Flathead 54
BOZEMAN —Bozeman doubled the score on Flathead in the opening quarter and rolled from there to a Class AA nonconference victory.
Down 18-9, Flathead managed to hang with Bozeman for the remainer of play.
Tyler Johnson and Sam Elliott shared scoring honors for Flathead with 14 points each. Wyatt Potter added 11.
Drew Huse poured in 24 points for Bozeman.
Flathead (4-2) plays at Butte today.
Flathead 9 20 15 10 — 54
Bozeman 18 26 11 12 — 67
BOZEMAN (4-0) — Drew Huse 8-18 5-8 24, Callahan O’Reilly 3-6 0-0 7, Bailey Harlin 4-11 0-0 8, Robbie Simpson 1-1 0-0 3, Morgan Hostetler 1-2 0-0 2, Mack Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Lance McCutcheon 3-5 0-0 6, Kyler Ash 3-5 2-2 10, Jack Car 2-3 1-2 5. Totals — 26-53 8-12 67.
FLATHEAD — Cade White 1-5 1-3 3, Wyatt Potter 4-8 0-0 11, Eric Seaman 2-5, 4-4 8, Cole Gunderson 0-3 4-4 4, Tyler Johnson 5-16 2-2 14, Sam Elliott 4-6 6-6 14. Totals — 16-45 17-21 54.
3-pointers — Bozeman 7-19 (Huse 3, Kyler Ash 2), Flathead 5-17 (Potter 3).
Rebounds — Bozeman 31 (O’Reilly 9), Flathead 30 (Elliot 7). Assists — Bozeman 18 (Huse 5, McCutcheon 4), Flathead 5 (Elliot 3). Fouls — Bozeman 21, Flathead 16. Fouled out — Flathead 1 (Potter).