BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Glacier girls bounce back, Flathead boys win OT thriller

Glacier bounced back from a disappointing loss by defeating Helena High 58-46 on Saturday afternoon in girls basketball action at Glacier.

The Pack (10-4, 4-2) held a 30-24 lead at the half of the Western AA battle.

Hailee Bennett went 7 for 9 from the field and made 6 of 7 free throws to lead Glacier, and all scorers, with 22 points. That pushed her past the 1,000-point mark for career scoring.

Nikki Krueger followed with 13 points.

Kamden Hiborn netted 12 points for Helena (10-4, 4-2).

Glacier came up short on Friday at home, falling to Helena Capital, 54-50.

Helena High 15 9 9 13 — 46

Glacier 19 11 12 16 — 58

HELENA HIGH —Kendra Kloker 2-9 0-0 6, Hailey Crawford 3-9 0-0 6, Kamden Hiborn 5-10 2-5 12, Shanna Floerchinger 5-10 1-2 11, Taelyr Krantz 2-11 2-4 6, Sam Holman 0-1 0-0 0, Kindra Dunlap 1-2 0-1 2, Jamie Pickens 1-3 1-2 3. Totals: 19-55 6-14 46.

GLACIER—Taylor Salonen 3-5 0-0 6, Anna Schrade 2-3 2-2 6, Nikki Krueger 5-11 3-4 13, Courtney Mitchell 2-3 1-3 5, Hailee Bennett 7-9 6-7 22, Ahna Kreitinger 0-3 0-0 0, Hailey Ruggles 1-1 0-0 2, Christine Connolly 1-2 0-0 2, Kali Gulick 0-1 2-2 2. Totals: 21-38 14-18 58.

3-point goals—Helena 2-13 (Kloker 2-6, Crawford 0-3, Hiborn 0-2, Krantz 0-1, Pickens 0-1), Glacier 2-3 (Bennett 2-2, Kreitinger 0-1). Rebounds—Helena 27 (Hiborn 6, Foerchinger 6, Krantz 6), Glacier 23 (Salonen 6). Assists—Helena 5 (Hiborn 4), Glacier 11 (Shrade 5). Blocks—Helena 1 (Floerchinger), Glacier 2 (Krueger 2). Steals—Helena 8 (Crawford 3, Hiborn 3), Glacier 5 (Salonen 2). Total fouls—Helena 17, Glacier 12. Fouled out—none. Technical fouls—none.

Helena Capital 57, Flathead 51

A late charge by Flathead (4-10, 0-6) fell short as Helena Capital (7-7, 2-5) hung on for a tight Western AA victory.

Flathead outscored Capital 16-10 in the fourth quarter to make it close at Flathead High School.

Capital opened the game with a 17-7 advantage and led 31-21 at intermission.

Kylee Meredith scored 16 points for Flathead, with 15 of those coming on five treys.

Tiana Johnson was next with 15 points and eight rebounds.

Helena Capital 17 14 16 10 — 57

Flathead 7 14 14 16 — 51

HELENA CAPITAL — Tjaden Pallister 2 4-5 8, Aubrey McMaster 2 0-0 5, Madi Quick 5 0-1 12, Mary Bryggman 4 0-0 8, Megan Linbo 0 0-0 0, Abbie Witham 2 1-4 6, Kyra Dawes 1 0-2 2, Sydney Sheridan 0 0-0 0, Taylor Sullivan 2 5-11 9, Savanna Bignell 3 0-0 7. Totals: 21 10-23 57.

FLATHEAD — Kylee Meredith 5 1-2 16, Mary Heaton 0 4-4 4, Sierra Siblerud 3 1-2 7, Kelsey Gillespie 3 0-1 9, Tiana Johnson 5 3-4 15. Totals: 16 9-13 51.

Columbia Falls 77, Polson 37

POLSON — Columbia Falls raced out to a 41-19 halftime lead and rolled to a Northwest A victory.

The Wildkats (15-1, 5-0) stretched the lead to 37 points in the third quarter before slowing down in the fourth.

Kiara Burlage led Columbia Falls with 20 points. Ellie Johnson added 11 and Sydney Hovde 10.

MaKenna Weltz led Polson (4-11, 0-5) with 14.

C. Falls 21 20 23 13 — 77

Polson 11 8 8 10 — 37

COLUMBIA FALLS — Sydney Grilley 6, Hannah Gedlaman 1, Cydney Finberg 7, Ellie Johnson 11, Peyton Kehr 9, Miranda Livingston 4, Kiara Burlage 20, Allyson Gimbel 9, Sydney Hovde 10.

POLSON — MaKenna Weltz 14, Marlee Congdon 5, Brenna Clarke 2, Nichole Lake 12, Erin Sampson 4.

Corvallis 41, Whitefish 23

CORVALLIS — A strong first quarter was more than enough to send Corvallis past Whitefish in a Class A nonconference game.

Corvallis jumped in front 14-3 and led 18-9 at intermission.

Haley Nicholson scored nine points t Whitefish.

Corinne Sanderson had 15 for Corvallis.

Whitefish 3 6 3 11 — 23

Corvallis 14 4 9 14 — 41

WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 2, Coral Schulz 4, Allie Schulz 2, Anissa Brown 2, Haley Nicholson 9, Makenna Benbrook 4.

CORVALLIS —Taia Tully 3, Kira Doyle 2, Corinne Sanderson 15, Penny Jessop 6, Calla Haldorson 6, Genesis Keith 2, Steffani Stoker 2, Tayler Wright 5.

Missoula Loyola 58, Libby 46

MISSOULA — Missoula Loyola outscored Libby 25-14 in the middle two quarters en route to a Class B nonconference victory.

Loyola led 18-16 and 28-22 after the first two quarter stops. Loyola outpointed Libby 15-8 in the third period for a 43-30 edge.

Shannon Reny led a balanced Libby attack with 14 points. Madison Monigold added 11 points and Abby Ennenga finished with 10.

Tessa Burke had 28 points to lead the way for Loyola.

Libby 16 6 8 16 — 46

Loyola 18 10 15 15 — 58

LIBBY – Madison Monigold 11, Abby Ennenga 10, Jayden Winslow 7, Khalyn Hagness 4, Shannon Reny 14.

LOYOLA SACRED HEART – Tessa Burke 28, Skylar Hollenback 20, Brook Kolar 5, Darien Schneider 5.

FV Homeschool 82, Two Eagle River 43

Flathead Valley Homeschool finished the regular season with a lopsided nonconference victory over Two Eagle River at West Valley School.

FVHS (15-4) held a 51-20 advantage at the half. The Crusaders have won 10 straight.

Two Eagle River 10 10 12 13 — 43

FV Homeschool 28 23 19 12 — 82

TWO EAGLE RIVER — NA.

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Victoria Hanson 12, Heidi Schneller 3, Brit Howery 2, Lecey Ehlers 2, Maddie Sproul 2, Naomi Dobson 2, Cassidy Husted 4, Karissa Williams 23, Lexi Ehlers 24, Priscilla Rajkowski 8.

Eureka 61, Thompson Falls 42

EUREKA — Sienna Utter scored a season-high 19 points to carry Eureka to a District 7B win over Thompson Falls.

Utter had 17 points in the first meeting with the Blue Hawks, also a Eureka victory.

Liz Pacella knocked down 11 points for the Lions.

Thompson Falls 6 9 10 17 — 42

Eureka 16 27 9 9 — 61

THOMPSON FALLS — L. Laws 6, S. Hannum 16, C. Nelson 4, H. Wilson 10, H. Morgan 6.

EUREKA —Jessica Wilson 3, Sienna Utter 19, Liz Pacella 11, Kassie Peterson 6, Ashlyn Waldo 6, Stacy Cooper 10, Amanda Peterson 6.

BOYS

Helena High 42, Glacier 35

HELENA — Helena High rallied in the second half to beat Glacier in a Western AA contest.

Glacier (4-10, 2-5) held a 16-13 lead in a low-scoring first half.

Taylor England led Helena (9-5, 6-0), and all scorers, with 12 points.

Taday Gilman topped Glacier with nine points.

Glacier 8 8 8 11 — 35

Helena 5 8 14 15 — 42

GLACIER — Blayne Bailey 0-1 6-8 6, Noah Lindsey 3-11 0-0 6, Dylan Ruggles 0-3 0-0 0, John Learn 1-3 0-0 2, Tadan Gilman 3-7 0-0 9, Drake Dulin 1-1 0-0 3, Jake Willich 1-3 0-2 3, Pat O’Connell 0-3 0-0 0, Jake Norberg 2-3 0-0 6, Cody Hartsoch 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 11-36 6-10 35.

HELENA — Keair Adgerson 4-9 1-2 11, Taylor England 3-6 6-8 12, Derek Jenneskens 1-3 2-2 4, AJ Kanthack 0-4 10-14 10, Ragen Shein 0-4 0-0 0, Logan Teegarden 0-5 0-0 0, Connor Matthews 1-4 2-3 5, Kendall Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 8-32 21-29 42.

3-pointers - Gla 7-14 (Gilman 3-6), HHS 3-13 (Adgerson 2-4, Matthews 1-3); Rebounds - Gla 28 (three with 5), HHS 30 (England 10, Johnson 4); Assists - Gla 7 (Ruggles 3), HHS 7 (Jenneskens 4); Turnovers - Gla 13, HHS 11; Fouls - Gla 27, HHS 11; Fouled out - None.

Flathead 58, Helena Capital 57 (OT)

HELENA — Flathead rallied in the second half to force overtime, then came out on top in the extra session 8-7 for the victory in its Western AA contest with Helena Capital (8-6, 3-4).

Flathead (4-10, 1-5) trailed 27-18 at the half, but forced overtime by outscoring Capital 32-23 in the second half.

Sophomore Tyler Johnson led Flathead with 19 points and classmate Sam Elliott added 11.

Flathead 9 9 16 16 8 — 58

Capital 15 12 10 13 7 — 57

FLATHEAD — Matthew Marshall 3-11 3-4 10, Seth Adolph 0-0 1-2 1, Cade White 3-6 0-0 6, Kye AuClaire 3-7 0-0 8, Wyatt Potter 1-4 0-1 2, Bridger Johnson 0-4 1-2 1, Wyatt Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Johnson 6-13 4-7 19, Sam Elliott 4-8 2-4 11. Totals 20-54 11-20 58.

CAPITAL — Matt McGinley 1-4 0-0 3, Danny Burton 1-7 0-1 2, Riley Lamb 2-3 0-0 4, Daniel O’Malley 6-9 6-11 21, Will Hunthausen 2-5 0-0 5, Trevor Larson 0-1 0-0 0, Bradley Haller 5-10 2-2 12, Connor Dowdy 5-7 0-0 10. Totals 22-46 8-14 57.

Polson 79, Columbia Falls 35

POLSON — Matthew Rensvold posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to help Polson dump Columbia Falls in Northwest A play.

Polson pulled away in the second quarter for a 40-20 advantage at halftime.

Payton Lefhand added 17 points for the Pirates.

Nathan Riley scored 10 points for Columbia Falls.

Columbia Falls 15 5 10 5 — 35

Polson 17 23 19 20 — 79

COLUMBIA FALLS—Nathan Riley 10, Logan Stephens 5, Austin Green 3, Tyler Murphy 7, Steven DeCamp 2, Dakota Bridwell 4, Matt Morrison 2, Nathan Tucker 2.

POLSON—Wyatt Ducharme 2, J’Von Niemeyer 2, Payton Lefthand 17, Tanner Wilson 9, Shade Main 6, Matthew Rensvold 20, Hudson Smith 2, Jeremiah North Piegan 7, Julian Jones 14.

Loyola 66, Libby 58

MISSOULA — Ryggs Johnston had another stellar offensive showing with 21 points, but it wasn’t quite enough as Loyola pulled out the Class B nonconference win.

Johnny Cielak added 11 points for the Loggers.

Strother Cooper led Loyola in scoring with 14.

Libby 16 9 13 20 — 58

Loyola 13 11 20 22 — 66

LIBBY – Jonny Cielak 11, Ryggs Johnston 21, Zander Peterson 2, Anthony Johnson 6, Jason Brant 3, Colin Maloney 2, Erik Lauer 9, Brandon Sadewasser 4.

LOYOLA SACRED HEART – Noah Pohlman 3, David Koppang 7, Strother Cooper 14, Frank Zheng 7, Fisher Richardson 4, Ryan McHugh 8, Parker Davis 13, Jack Burns 2, Lochlin Ermatinger 8.

Ronan 60, Troy 42

RONAN — Kasey Mock led the way with 21 points and Ronan defeated Troy in Class B nonconference play.

Mason Chapel had 16 points for the Trojans.

Troy 11 11 11 9 — 42

Ronan 14 21 13 12 — 60

TROY — Dillon Savage 5, Tucker Winn 6, Sean Opland 13, Mason Chapel 16, Noah Caballero 2.

RONAN — Ethan Blevins 2, Jackson Duffy 3, Ezekiel Misa 12, Ty James 6, Kasey Mock 21, Aaron Misa 8, Isaiah Arrowtopknot 2, Kobe Morigeau 4, Anthony Camel 2.