BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Polson boys pull away from Whitefish
WHITEFISH — Polson outscored Whitefish 25-6 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 57-38 Northwest A boys basketball victory on Saturday evening.
Polson and Whitefish were deadlocked at 32-all after three quarters.
Matthew Rensvold led Polson in scoring with 18 points. Wyatt Ducharme tallied 14 points and Peyton Lefthand added 10.
Derek Kastella had 15 points for Whitefish.
Polson 10 18 4 25 — 57
Whitefish 8 9 15 6 — 38
POLSON — Wyatt Ducharme 14, Peyton Lefthand 10, Tanner Wilson 9, Shade Main 2, Matthew Rensvold 18, Hudson Smith 2, Jeremiah Northpiegan 2.
WHITEFISH — Jansen Anderson 3, Derek Kastella 15, Jacob Henry 8, Zander Wold 1, Luke May 5, Sawyer Silliker 6.
Columbia Falls 52,
Stevensville 45
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley was back in form, scoring 19 points, and Mason Tucker came off the bench to provide some good interior minutes as Columbia Falls defeated Stevensville in a Class A nonconference outing.
Columbia Falls outscored Stevensville 19-13 in the final quarter to pull out the win.
Riley, who has been nursing an ankle injury, led all scorers with 19 points. Tucker added nine.
Bryce Torrey had 11 and Dalton Bragg 10 for Stevensville.
Stevensville 14 6 12 13 — 45
Col. Falls 9 12 12 19 — 52
STEVENSVILLE — Liam LeCoure 6, Jarod Kingsbury 6, Colby Meeds 8, Dalton Bragg 10, Jordan Thomas 3, Cody Coleman 1, Bryce Torrey 11.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 19, Logan Stephens 9, Austin Green 3, Kyler Burns 3, Tyler Murphy 2, Steven DeCamp 5, Mason Tucker 9, DJ Schrade 2.
Lake City 57, Glacier 42
COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — Kenny Louie-McGee scored 22 points, including 6 for 11 from beyond the 3-point line, leading the Timberwolves past the Glacier Wolfpack.
James Carlson had 16 points and six rebounds for Lake City.
Drake Dulin scored 10 points for Glacier.
Glacier 14 12 9 7 — 42
Lake City 10 16 20 11 — 57
GLACIER — Harkins 3, Bailey 2, Cazmler 0, Dulin 10, Turner 0, Lindsay 7, Radewachel 0, Willich 1, Ruggles 4, Learn 0, O’Connell 2, Gilman 9, Norberg 2, Bowden 0, Hartsoch 2.
LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 22, Kolden 6, Wommelduff 0, Butler 4, Hartz 1, Hunter 2, Carlson 16, Manzardo 6.
Libby 57,
Thompson Falls 49
LIBBY — Libby outscored Thompson Falls 38-24 in the second half to rally for a District 7B victory.
Ryggs Johnston scored 16 of his game-high 21 points in the second half. He had four treys in the contest and was 7 of 8 free-throwing shooting, all in the fourth quarter.
Jonny Cielak tallied 15 points for the Loggers.
Tyler Riffle had 16 points and Corey Tessier 12 for Thompson Falls.
T. Falls 13 12 11 13 — 49
Libby 11 8 19 19 — 57
THOMPSON FALLS — Trais Hoisington 8,Tanner Laws 5, Corey Tessier 12, Joe Frields 6, Max Birkholt 2, Tyler Riffle 16.
LIBBY — Jonny Cielak15, Ryggs Johnston 21, Zander Petersen 2, Anthony Johnson 6, Jason Brandt 2, Colin Maloney 3, Erik Lauer 8.
Bigfork 69, Eureka 29
EUREKA — Bigfork never left a doubt, leading 37-10 at half in a District 7B rout.
George Gibson scored 20 points and Joseph Potkonjak had 15 as the Vikings got out to a 15-2 start in the first quarter. The lead only increased from there, as Bigfork scored 22 points in the second quarter and lifted its lead to 52-21 after the third quarter before winning by 40.
Jamie Good led Eureka with nine points.
Bigfork 15 22 15 17 — 69
Eureka 2 8 11 8 — 29
BIGFORK—Anders Epperly 5, Adam Jordt 4, Joseph Potkonjak 15, Randy Stultz 3, Jonathan Landon 8, Levi Spanogle 6, George Gibson 20, Beau Santistevan 4, Garrett Beville 4.
EUREKA—Jamie Good 9, Bryant Little 2, Colton Cooper 3, Brad Stein 4, Moe Henderson 7, Sam Hannay 4.
Florence 63, Troy 29
TROY — Florence jumped out to a 24-10 lead and never looked back in claiming an easy Class B nonconference victory.
Levi Clagett led Florence in scoring with 16 points.
Sean Opland topped Troy with 13.
Florence 24 14 20 5 — 63
Troy 10 8 5 6 — 29
FLORENCE — Bo Zeiler 9, Marcus Zeiler 10, Levi Clagett 16, Cody Liles 10, Jake Christopherson 10, Dan Mickelson 8.
TROY — Zach Cotton 3, Tucker Winn 2, Sean Opland 13, Cody Johnston 3, Mason Chapel 8.
Girls
Glacier 58, Lake City 47
COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — Glacier got off to a great start and pushed its lead out to nearly 20 in a rout of Lake City in the Wolfpack’s final nonconference game of the season.
Hailee Bennett had 18 points and Taylor Salonen had 12 and a game-high seven rebounds and three assists for Glacier, which got out to a 12-3 lead after the first quarter.
The Wolfpack would build its lead to 19 points midway through the third before easing to the finish.
Glacier lost the rebounding battle, but made up for it with a tight pressure defense that forced 14 steals and 21 total turnovers.
Glacier 12 14 16 16 — 58
Lake City 3 13 14 17 — 47
GLACIER—Taylor Salonen 4-5 3-6 12, Anna Schrade 2-7 3-6 7, Nikki Krueger 4-7 7-10 15, Courtney Mitchell 1-3 1-2 3, Hailee Bennett 5-15 6-7 18, Brynn McChesney 1-2 1-2 3, Christine Connolly 0-2 0-0 0, Kali Gulick 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 17-43 21-33 58.
LAKE CITY—Nina Carlson 4-6 0-0 9, Lauren Rewers 5-11 0-2 10, Olivia Maryon 0-0 1-4 1, Whitney Meier 1-5 3-4 6, Keara Simpson 1-5 0-0 2, Cierra Dvorak 3-10 3-6 10, Kate Maryon 0-1 0-0 0, Bridget Rieken 3-4 3-3 9.
3-point goals—Glacier 3-8 (Salonen 1-2, Krueger 0-1, Bennett 2-5), Lake City 3-7 (Carlson 1-1, Meier 1-2, Dvorak 1-4). Rebounds—Glacier 25 (Salonen 7), Lake City 28 (Rieken 7). Assists—Glacier 9 (Salonen 3, Bennett 3), Lake City 10 (O. Maryon 5). Blocks—Glacier 2 (Salonen, Schrade), Lake City 3 (Simpson, Dvorak, Rieken). Steals—Glacier 14 (Schrade 3, Bennett 3), Lake City 2 (Dvorak, Rieken). Total Fouls—Glacier 16, Lake City 18. Fouled out—Glacier, Krueger. Lake City, Rieken. Technical fouls—none.
Columbia Falls 64,
Stevensville 18
COLUMBIA FALLS — Stevensville could muster just two points on 1 of 17 shooting in the first half and turned it over 21 times as Columbia Falls cruised to an easy Class A nonconference win.
Columbia Falls led 25-2 at intermission.
Kiara Burlage had 17 points and Allyson Gimbel 14 for Columbia Falls. Burlage also had a team-high eight rebounds.
Cydney Finberg added nine points for the Wildkats.
Stevensville 2 0 11 5 — 18
Col. Falls 17 8 23 16 — 64
STEVENSVILLE — Deanna Blair 6, Hannah Fry 2, Mariah Hinson 2, Ashlynn Harrington 3, Angel Richards 3, Makayla Davids 2.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Katie Price 2, Sydney Grilley 5, Cydney Finberg 9, Ellie Johnson 6, Peyton Kehr 4, Miranda Livingston 2, Kiara Burlage 17, Allyson Gimbel 14, Sydney Hovde 5.
Whitefish 33, Polson 31
WHITEFISH — Haley Nicholson had a pair of steals in the final 20 seconds and hit a pair of free throws to lift Whitefish over Polson for its first conference win of the season.
Polson scored a go-ahead basket with 46 seconds to play, its first points in more than three minutes, to take a 31-30 lead on the Bulldogs but Nicholson’s heroics altered the game. The junior guard secured a late steal and got the ball off to Coral Schulz, who converted a free throw to tie the game with 11 remaining. After a quick Polson timeout, Nicholson got another steal on the inbounds pass, this time hitting a pair of free throws to give Whitefish a two-point lead.
Nicholson’s only other points, a 3-pointer with four minutes to play, tied the game at 29-29.
Cailyn Ross scored 10 points to lead Whitefish.
Nichole Lake had nine points to lead Polson, which led by five points entering the fourth quarter, but only scored two points in the final eight minutes.
Polson 4 18 7 2 — 31
Whitefish 8 8 8 9 — 33
POLSON—Marlee Congdon 6, Lauren Lefthand 3, Kaelyn Smith 3, Kyler Lundeen 2, Brenna Clarke 7, Nichole Lake 9, Erin Smpson 1.
WHITEFISH—Dani Douglas 5, Coral Schulz 5, Allie Schulz 2, Annisa Brown 4, Haley Nicholson 5, Makenna Benbrook 2, Cailyn Ross 10.
Bigfork 50, Eureka 26
BIGFORK — Lana Berg scored 12 of her 20 points in the second half to help Bigfork pull away from Eureka and stay perfect in District 7B conference play.
The Valkyries led by just six points at the half as Eureka was able to keep the game to a low-scoring affair.
Bigfork scored 16 points in the third quarter to take an 18-point lead by the end of the frame, and added to the lead in the fourth quarter.
Berg finished with 10 rebounds to complete the double-double and Miranda Campbell had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Vals.
Sienna Utter had a team-high eight points for Eureka.
Eureka 6 8 4 8 — 26
Bigfork 8 12 16 14 — 50
EUREKA—Jessica Wilson 2, Sienna Utter 8, Liz Pacella 4, Kassi Peterson 2, Ashlyn Waldo 3, Stacy Cooper 2, Amanda Peterson 5.
BIGFORK—Haile Norred 3, Jaime Berg 7, Mattie McAnally 6, Katie Thomas 2, Lana Berg 20, Miranda Campbell 12.
Libby 55,
Thompson Falls 43
LIBBY — Shannon Reny led a balanced offensive attack as Libby dropped Thompson Falls in a District 7B matchup.
Madisen Monigold finished with 13 points for the victors and Abby Ennenga added 11.
Shey Hannum scored 20 points for Thompson Falls.
T. Falls 15 5 10 13 — 43
Libby 10 14 14 17 — 55
THOMPSON FALLS — Lindsay Laws 11, Shey Hannum 20, Haley Wilson 6, Brooke Jacobs 2, Haley Morgan 4.
LIBBY — Ashley Walker 5, Trinity Wallace 8, Madisen Monigold 13, Abby Ennenga 11, Shannon Reny 16, Abigail Creighton 2.
FV Homeschool 64,
Helena Christian 31
HELENA — Lexi Ehlers scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the opening quarter as Flathead Valley Homeschool whipped Helena Christian in Montana Christian Athletic Association conference play on Friday.
The victory was the fifth straight for FVHS (11-4 overall, 3-0 Western Conference).
Karissa Williams scored 10 of FVHS’s 12 points in the second quarter for a 32-14 halftime lead. She finished with 14 points.
FVHS plays Hot Springs on Monday.
FV Hmscl 20 12 19 13 — 64
Helena Chn 5 9 9 8 — 31
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Lexi Ehlers 21, Heidi Schneller 7, Priscilla Rajkowski 4, Cassidy Husted 4, Karissa Williams 14, Leah Ehlers 2,Lacey Ehlers 2, Victoria Hanson 7, Britney Howery 3.
HELENA CHRISTIAN — NA.