Basketball Roundup: Sentinel trips Flathead boys

Flathead rallied from a slow start to make up 10 points in the final quarter, but it wasn’t enough in a 52-46 loss to Western AA conference foe Missoula Sentinel on Thursday at Flathead High School.

Trailing 30-15 at half, the Braves scored 31 points after the break to makeup ground on the Spartans, but couldn’t complete the comeback. Flathead (4-11 overall, 1-6 league) outscored Sentinel 16-6 in the fourth quarter but struggled mightly from deep.

The Braves were 0 of 13 from 3-point range in the contest while Sentinel (7-8, 3-4) made five shots from behind the arc.

Tyler Johnson led Flathead with 15 points and Matthew Marshall had 10 points.

Sam Beighle scored 15 points for the Spartans and Will Mytty had 12 points and six rebounds.

Sentinel 15 15 16 6 — 52

Flathead 6 9 15 16 — 46

SENTINEL—Wacey Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Sam Beighle 5-10 2-2 15, Mitch Roberts 2-8 5-8 9, Will Mytty 6-10 0-4 12, Mitch Reynolds 3-5 1-2 9, Bridger Deden 0-1 2-4 2, Ethan Jones 2-3 0-1 4, Jory Breen 0-1 1-2 1, Griffin Line 0-2 0-2 0. Totals: 18-41 11-25 52.

FLATHEAD—Matthew Marshall 5-11 0-0 10, Cade White 0-1 0-0 0, Kye AuClaire 2-12 6-9 10, Bridger Johnson 0-6 2-2 2, Wyatt Smith 0-1 0-0 0, CJ Dugan 2-2 2-2 6, Sam Elliott 1-6 1-2 3, Tyler Johnson 7-16 1-2 15. Totals: 17-55 12-17 46.

3-point goals—Sentinel 5-13 (Beighle 3-7, Reynolds 2-3, Mytty 0-2, Deden 0-1), Flathead 0-13 (Marshall 0-3, Elliott 0-3, T. Johnson 0-5, AuClaier 0-1, Smith 0-1). Rebounds—Sentinel 34 (Roberts 6, Mytty 6, Reynolds 6), Flathead 36 (Elliott 7). Assists—Sentinel 5 (Beighle 2), Flathead 2 (AuClaire, Dugan). Blocks—Sentinel 2 (Mytty 2), Flathead 3 (Elliott 2). Steals—Sentinel 7 (Mytty 2, Reynolds 2), Flathead 9 (Marshall 3). Total Fouls—Sentinel 18, Flathead 23. Fouled out—none. Technical fouls—none.

Big Sky 44, Glacier 36

Glacier could not overcome a rough night shooting, falling to Missoula Big Sky (5-2, 10-4) at Glacier High School.

The Wolfpack was 11 of 45 shooting overall, going 2 for 11 from 3-point range.

“The kids played hard,” Glacier coach Mark Harkins said. “We failed to score. We had good shots and missed.”

Alex Simmons led Big Sky with 14 points.

Dylan Ruggles had 10 points for Glacier (4-11, 1-6).

Missoula Big Sky 10 10 10 14 — 44

Glacier 9 10 6 11 — 36

MISSOULA BIG SKY — Alex Simmons 5-10 1-2 14, Jake Tabish 1-5 0-1 2, Nick Yovetich 3-6 0-0 6, Seamus Lucostic 2-3 0-0 4, Drew Sheridan 3-5 2-4 9, Kole Sandau 0-1 0-0 0, Luke Lingscheit 1-2 0-0 3, Michael Banna 1-3 2-2 4, Josh Malone 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 17-36 5-9 44.

GLACIER — Noah Lindsay 1-7 4-6, Dylan Ruggles 3-8 4-5 10, John Learn 0-5 2-4, Tadan Gilman 4-13 1-1 9, Jake Norberg 1-3 1-2 4, Blayne Bailey 1-5 0-0 2, Drake Dulin 0-1 0-01 0, Jake Willich 1-1 0-0 3. Totals: 11-45 12-18 36.

3-point goals: Big Sky (Simmons 3, Sheridan, Lingscheit), Glacier (Norberg); Team fouls: Big Sky 13, Glacier 11; Fouled out: None.

Bigfork 87, Polson 84

BIGFORK — Jonathan Landon had a key steal in the late going and went 7 of 8 from the free-throw line to help Bigfork (15-1) hold off Polson in a wild nonconference outing.

Landon finished with 22 points.

“He was big for us down the stretch,” Bigfork coach Sam Tudor said of Landon.

Also in double-figure scoring for Bigfork were George Gibson with 19, Anders Epperly with 19 and Adam Jordt with 16.

Matthew Rensvold scored 28 points for Polson (12-4). Julian Jones tallied 17, Payton Lefthand 12 and Jeremiah NorthPiegan 12.

Polson 24 17 29 14 — 84

Bigfork 15 18 27 27 — 87

POLSON — Jvon Niemeyer 3, Payton Lefthand 13, Tanner Wilson 9, Matthew Rensvold 28, Hudson Smith 2, Jeremiah NorthPiegan 12, Julian Jones 17.

BIGFORK — Anders Epperly 19, Adam Jordt 16, Joseph Potkonjak 7, Jonathan Landon 22, George Gibson 19, Garrett Beville 4.

Libby 63, Eureka 29

EUREKA — A strong second half carried Libby to a District 7B win over Eureka.

Libby, up 23-9 at the half, outscored Eureka in the second half 40-20.

Erik Lauer topped Libby, and all scorers, with 22 points while Jonny Cielak added 13.

Moe Henderson had nine for Eureka.

Libby 10 13 21 19 — 63

Eureka 3 6 11 9 — 29

LIBBY — Jonny Cielak 13, Ryggs Johnston 5, Zander Petersen 5, Giovanni Cano 1, Anthony Johnson 3, Jason Brant 2, Stetson Enyeart 4, Erik Lauer 22, Brandon Sadewasser 8.

EUREKA — Jamie Good 4, Colton Cooper 4, Brad Stein 4, Moe Henderson 9, Sam Hannay 2, Taylor Sherwood 4, Christian Raso 2.

Corvallis 49,

Columbia Falls 42

COLUMBIA FALLS — Corvallis (6-9) held the upper hand early and that carried over for a Class A nonconference victory over Columbia Falls (3-14).

Nathan Riley topped Columbia Falls in scoring with 16 points.

Corvallis 18 9 10 12 — 49

Columbia Falls 13 7 8 14 — 42

CORVALLIS — D. Lewis 9, C. Powell 16, J. Geary 11, T. Nixon 5, J. Catanach 4, K. Jessop 2, T. Allred 2.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 16, Logan Stephens 4, Tyler Murphy 4, Dakota Bridwell 4, Matthew Morrison 6, Mason Tucker 8.

Anaconda 85, Ronan 50

ANACONDA — Anaconda pulled away in the second half to thump Ronan in a District 6B contest.

Isaiah ArrowTopKnot netted 11 points for Ronan.

Ronan 19 12 11 8 — 50

Anaconda 19 19 24 23 — 85

RONAN – Jackson Duffey 6, Ezekiel Misa 8, Ty James 2, Kasey Mock 8, Aaron Misa 8, Isaiah ArrowTopKnot 11, Elijah Cahoon 2, Kobe Morigeau 5.

ANACONDA – Caleb Stetzner 11, Ricco Ungaretti 7, Devon Kopp 3, Bobby Swainston 10, Trent Mikalatos 5, Sean Gallagher 8, Kaden Stetzner 2, Braxton Hill 29, Kayne Cobban 10

Girls

Big Sky 42,Glacier 29

MISSOULA — Missoula Big Sky outscored Glacier 27-13 in the second half to pull away for the Western AA win.

Hailee Bennett topped Glacier (10-5, 4-3) in scoring with 13 points.

Kendall Mooney and Anna Gragg both had 12 for Big Sky (8-6, 3-4).

Glacier 7 9 8 5 — 29

Big Sky 8 7 13 14 — 42

GLACIER – Taylor Salonen 2 3-6 7, Hailee Bennett 3 7-7 13, Ahna Kreitinger 0 0-0 0, Brynn McChesney 0 0-0 0, Nikki Krueger 1 1-3 3, Hailey Ruggles 0 0-0 0, Anna Schrade 1 0-0 2, Christine Connolly 1 0-1 2, Courtney Mitchell 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 11-17 29.

BIG SKY – Cassidy Pierce 0 0-2 0, Megan Sweeney 0 0-0 0, Kendall Mooney 3 6-10 12, Kelsi McEnaney 2 0-0 4, Kendall Rauk 1 0-0 3, McKenna Arledge 1 5-6 7, Julia Riekena 1 2-2 4, Anna Gragg 5 2-3 12. Totals 13 15-23 42.

3-point goals – Glacier 0, Big Sky 1 (Rauk). Total fouls – Glacier 15, Big Sky 13. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Glacier 18, Big Sky 25 (Gragg 6).

Sentinel 74, Flathead 33

MISSOULA — Flathead stuck with Missoula Sentinel for a quarter before the Spartans pulled away for the Western AA victory.

Sentinel led 20-16 after the first period and 37-22 at the half.

Tiana Johnson tallied 20 points for Flathead (4-11, 0-7).

Kordyn Schweyen and Shannon Worster had 15 points each for Sentinel (15-0, 7-0).

Flathead 16 6 5 6 — 33

Sentinel 20 17 21 16 — 74

FLATHEAD – Kylee Meredith 1-2 0-0 3, Sierra Siblerud 1-5 0-0 2, Kelsey Gillespie 1-6 2-2 5, Cadelyn Nunn 1-5 0-0 2, Allison Gagnon 0-1 1-2 1, Tiana Johnson 7-15 4-4 20. Totals: 11-41 7-8 33.

SENTINEL – Brittany Delridge 1-3 2-2 4, Shelby Schweyen 2-7 2-2 6, Grace Stayner 4-4 0-0 9, Kylie Frohlich 4-9 5-6 13, Jordyn Schweyen 3-7 6-6 15, Kayla Daily 1-12-2 4, Emma Blakely 1-2 0-0 2, Shannon Worster 6-11 2-3 15, Bronwyn McCormick 1-3 2-2 4, Maddie Hamilton 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 24-51 21-23 74.

3-point goals – Flathead 4-12 (Johnson 2-4, Meredith 1-2, Gillespie 1-4), Sentinel 5-13 (J. Schweyen 3-6, Stayner 1-1, Worster 1-3). Total fouls – Flathead 15, Sentinel 6. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Flathead 20 (Gillespie 6), Sentinel 34 (Frohlich 7).

Libby 41, Eureka 17

EUREKA — Libby took advantage of a cold-shooting Eureka squad to claim an easy District 7B victory.

Libby led 16-2 at the half and outscored the Lions 25-15 for the remainder of play.

Trinity Wallace and Shannon Reny shared scoring honors for Libby with 11 points each.

Sienna Utter and Amanda Peterson had five each for Eureka.

Libby 10 6 16 9 — 41

Eureka 0 2 8 7 — 17

LIBBY — Trinity Wallace 11, Madison Monigold 2, Abby Ennenga 8, Jayden Winslow 6, Khalyn Hagness 3, Shannon Reny 11.

EUREKA — Sienna Utter 5, Liz Pacella 2, Cassie Peterson 1, Stacy Cooper 4, Amanda Peteerson 5.

Columbia Falls 53,

Corvallis 45

CORVALLIS — A strong fourth quarter helped Columbia Falls best Corvallis in a Class A nonconference matchup.

Columbia Falls (16-1) outscored Corvallis (6-9) 20-10 for the last eight minutes.

Kiara Burlage led the offensive attack for Columbia Falls with 21 points. Sydney Grilley chipped in 15.

Calla Haldorson had 12 points for Corvallis.

Columbia Falls 9 8 16 20 — 53

Corvallis 8 8 19 10 — 45

COLUMBIA FALLS – Sydney Grilley 15, Cydney Finberg 2, Ellie Johnson 2, Peyton Kehr 4, Miranda Livingston 5, Kiara Burlage 21, Sydney Houda 4.

CORVALLIS – Taia Tully 3, Kira Doyle 5, Corinne Sanderson 9, Penny Jessop 4, Calla Haldorson 12, Genesis Keith 5, Tayler Wright 7.

Bigfork 58, Polson 27

BIGFORK — Bigfork jumped on Polson early, taking a 20-6 lead in the opening quarter, en route to an easy nonconference victory.

Bigfork held Polson to one point in the third quarter.

Jaime Berg led the Bigfork attack with 14 points. Lana Berg had 11 points and Rakiah Grende and Miranda Campbell 10 each.

This was Grende’s first action since suffering a heel injury early in the season.

Mattie McAnally had another strong all-around game with five points, six steals and five assists.

Bigfork 20 17 7 15 — 58

Polson 6 13 1 7 — 27

BIGFORK — Haile Norred 6, Shae Anderson 1, Jaime Berg 14, Rakiah Grende 10, Mattie McAnally 5, Lana Berg 11, Lily Stewart 1, Miranda Campbell 10.

POLSON — MaKenna Weltz 4, Marlee Congdon 3, Lefthand 3, Smith 2, Brenna Clarke 3, Nicole Lake 10, Fischer 10.

Ronan 55, Anaconda 47

RONAN — Micalann McCrea tallied 18 points to lead Ronan past Anaconda in a District 6B game.

Anaconda 6 11 11 19 — 47

Ronan 12 9 14 20 — 55

ANACONDA – Alexis Seitzinger 16, Sydnie Peterson 10, Randee Jo Johnson 5, Molly Huber 8, Katie Jorgensen 5, Shea Forsberg 3.

RONAN – Micalann McCrea 18, Jordyn Clairmont 10, Siliye Pete 4, Alicia Camel 10, Lee Camel 13.