Stillwater boys, FV Homeschool girls in state hoop finals
GREAT FALLS — Stillwater Christian and Flathead Valley Homeschool have advanced to championship games at the Montana Christian Athletic Association state basketball tournaments at Paris Gibson Education Center.
The Stillwater boys, looking to repeat as state champions, will face Gallatin Valley Homechool today in the final at 4:30 p.m.
The FVHS girls, seeking their first state title since 2008, face Foothills Community Christian School in the title game at 3 p.m.
Boys
Stillwater Christian 61, Foothills Community 41
GREAT FALLS — Stillwater Christian settled down after a slow start to drop Foothills Community Christian School in the semfinal round on Friday.
BJ Bach led the rally with 18 points. Joe Hooker and Isaac Neumann had 14 each for Stillwater.
Luke Willkes tallied 15 points for Foothills.
Foothills Community 22 7 10 2 — 41
Stillwater Christian 19 15 10 17 — 61
FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — Ben Fried 5, Luke Willkes 15, Caleb Orso 4, Carson Lindseth 4, Dawson Reiman 3, Shane Wood 10.
STILLWATER — Micah Friesen 2, Clay Hashley 3, BJ Bach 18, Jared Fetveit 1, Joe Hooker 14, Isaac Neumann 14, Nich Sulzbacher 5, Rylee Metzger 2, Daniel Fetveit 2.
Girls
FV Homeschool 62,
Billings Christian 37
GREAT FALLS — Lexi Ehlers had a monster game with 26 points and 10 rebounds and Karissa Williams added 22 points as Flathead Valley Homeschool rolled past Billings Christian School in semifinal play.
Ehlers scored 17 points in the first half as the Cruasaders led 30-17 at the break.
Priscilla Rajkowski had three assists, three steals, one block, seven rebounds and six points for FVHS (17-4).
Shaniah Bell knocked down 22 points for Billings Christian.
FV Homeschool 13 17 12 20 — 62
Billings Christian 9 8 11 9 — 37
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Victoria Hansen 6, Heidi Schneller 3, Britney Howery 2. Karissa Williams 22, Lexi Ehlers 26, Priscilla Rajkowski 6.
BILLINGS CHRISTIAN — Emily Taylor 3, Caitlyn Sayer 4, Isabel Erickson 5, Quincee Wilmot 3, Shaniah Bell 22.
Stillwater Christian 57, Heritage Christian 30
GREAT FALLS — Stillwater Christian stayed alive in MCAA state tournament play with a loser-out victory over Heritage Christian School.
Stillwater outpointed Heritage in the middle two quarters 31-13 to pull away for the win.
Dori Smith led Stillwater in scoring with 17 points. Serena Koch had 16 and Helen Hasley 12.
Smith had a team-high eight rebounds. Hashley, Chloe Erb and Lulu Neumann had seven each.
Adrianna Lambert had five assists, which was a team high.
“We shot better today — 40 percent,” SCS coach Sarah O’Rourke said.
“The girls came out ready to play this morning and played well together.
“Our goal is to win two games (today) to take home the third-place trophy.”
Stillwater (8-13) plays a loser-out game today at 8:30 a.m. versus Billings Christian School. That winner moves on to the consolation final at noon.
Stillwater Christian 15 15 16 11 — 57
Heritage Christian 10 5 8 7 — 30
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — Jordan Nuss 2, Taylor Remely 6, Nicole Shepherd 16, Beryl Wytcherley 6.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — Serena Koch 16, Haleigh Schwartz 2, Adrianna Lambert 1, Dori Smith 17, Alicia Warricksw 3, Lulu Neumann 3, Alisa Venman 2, Ramey Metzger 1, Helen Hashley 12.
Bigfork 56,
Thompson Falls 30
THOMPSON FALLS — Lana Berg scored 22 points and Miranda Campbell added 21 as Bigfork rolled by Thompson Falls in a District 7B contest.
Berg also had 10 rebounds.
Mattie McAnally had eight assists and six steals.
Bigfork, up 24-20 at the half, pulled away in the second half for the 26-point victory.
Hailey Wilson topped Thompson Falls in scoring with 12 points.
Bigfork 13 11 12 20 — 56
Thompson Falls 6 14 4 6 — 30
BIGFORK — Haile Norred 6, Jaime Berg 5, Mattie McAnally 2, Lana Berg 22, Miranda Campbell 21.
THOMPSON FALLS — Lyndsay Laws 2, Shey Hannum 10, Gillian Nelson 4, Hailey Wilson 12, Brooke Jacobs 2.
Eureka 47, Troy 40
EUREKA — A trey by Stacy Cooper and free throws by Cooper and Amanda Peterson down the stretch allowed Eureka to rally past Troy for the District 7B victory.
Cooper went 4 for 4 at the line in the fourth quarter while Peterson hit 5 of 8 attempts.
Peterson finished with 18 points. Cooper had nine.
Aurora Becquart led Troy in scoring with 10.
Troy 13 15 7 5 — 40
Eureka 11 11 11 14 — 47
TROY — Aurora Becquart 10, Allie Coldwell 9, Olivia Roach 2, Kaitlyn Downey 7, Sami Rohrich 2, Allie Brown 6, Alyssa Lewis 4.
EUREKA — Sierra Utter 8, Liz Pacella 8, Ashlyn Waldo 4, Stacy Cooper 9, Amanda Peterson 18.
Boys
Bigfork 64,
Thompson Falls 63
THOMPSON FALLS — Jonathan Landon sank a pair of free throw to put Bigfork in front 64-63 and Adam Jordt followed with a steal to ice the game for the Vikings.
Landon finished with 18 points.
Also in double figures for Bigfork (17-1, 8-0) were Adam Jordt with 16 points and George Gibson had 10.
Trais Hoisington topped Thompson Falls in scoring with 16 points.
Bigfork 16 11 14 23 — 64
Thompson Falls 20 15 13 15 — 63
BIGFORK — Anders Epperly 9, Adam Jordt 16, Joseph Potkonjak 9, Jonathan Landon 18, Levi Spanogle 2, George Gibson 10.
THOMPSON FALLS — Tanner Laws 14, Corey Pressier 3, Josh Wolfkuhle 2, Joe Lundberg 13, Trais Hoisington 16, Joe Frields 12, Tyler Riffle 3.
Troy 56, Eureka 37
EUREKA — Sean Opland had 13 points and Mason Chapel followed with 11 as Troy upended Eureka in a District 7B contest.
Brad Stein had 14 points for Eureka, which trailed by only eight points at halftime.
Troy 16 12 13 15 — 56
Eureka 9 11 6 11 — 37
TROY — Dillon Savage 8, Tucker Winn 3, Adam Tallmadge 7, Sean Opland 13, Mason Chapel 11, Kolton Winebark 6, Trinity Rice 8.
EUREKA — Jamie Good 4, Colton Cooper 6, Brad Stein 14, Moe Henderson 8, Lucas Blankers 3, Christian Raso 2.