Glacier slips by Hellgate

MISSOULA — Caden Harkins sank a 10-footer in the lane with two seconds remaining to push Glacier past Missoula Hellgate 53-52 in a Western AA boys basketball thriller Thursday evening.

“Hellgate is such a hard place to play,” Glacier coach Mark Harkins said.

“I think this is the first time we’ve beaten them here in six years.”

Glacier (10-1 overall, 3-0 league) was led by Jaxen Hashley, who had a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds.

“That was huge,” Harkins said of his senior center.

Harkins finished with 11 points

Glacier tallied 25 points in the third quarter, “which got us rolling,” Harkins said.

That put Glacier in front 41-35.

“It was back and forth the whole game,” Harkins said.

“A good win on the road.”

Derrius Collins topped Hellgate (7-4, 1-2) in scoring with 17 points.

Glacier hosts Missoula Big Sky on Saturday at 4:15 p.m.

Glacier 10 6 25 12 — 53

Hellgate 10 11 14 17 — 52

GLACIER – Caden Harkins 3 4-4 11, Tadan Gilman 1 2-5 5, Brec Rademacher 5 0-1 14, Jaxen Hashley 7 8-12 23. Totals 16 14-22 53.

HELLGATE – Landon Youbles 1 0-1 2, Derrius Collins 5 5-6 17, Dylan Botsford 1 0-0 3, Dylan Holst 1 2-2 5, Bridger Deden 4 0-0 11, Rollie Worster 4 2-2 12, Bridger Liston 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 7-9 52.

3-point goals – Glacier 7 (Rademacher 4), Hellgate 9 (Deden 3). Total fouls – Glacier 14, Hellgate 17. Fouled out – none.

Big Sky 51, Flathead 48

MISSOULA — Alex Simmons sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Missoula Big Sky (2-8, 1-2) the Western AA victory over Flathead (6-5, 2-1).

Flathead tied the game at 48-all on a 3-pointer by Wyatt Potter with nine seconds remaining.

Flathead led 33-26 at the half.

Simmons finished with 13 points while Potter had six for Flathead.

Tyler Johnson led Flathead, and all scorers, with 20 points.

Flathead hosts Missoula Hellgate on Saturday at 4:15 p.m.

Flathead 18 15 3 12 — 48

Big Sky 17 9 9 16 — 51

FLATHEAD – Cade White 2 2-3 6, Cooper Barrett 1 0-0 2, Wyatt Potter 2 0-0 6, Bridger Johnson 2 1-3 5, Eric Seaman 1 0-0 2, Tyler Johnson 6 5-6 20, Sam Elliott 1 5-8 7. Totals 15 13-20 48.

BIG SKY – Alex Simmons 3 6-7 13, Nick Wakai 5 0-0 12, Nick Yovetich 4 0-2 8, Carl Butz 0 1-2 1, Josh Malone 1 2-2 4, Brady Clawson 1 0-0 2, Jordan Casselman 3 2-2 11. Totals 17 11-15 51.

3-point goals – Flathead 5 (Johnson 3, Potter 2), Big Sky 6 (Simmons 1, Wakai 2, Casselman 3). Rebounds – Flathead 25 (Johnson 6, Elliott 6), Big Sky 25 (Wakai 5). Total fouls – Flathead 11, Big Sky 18. Fouled out – none

Bigfork 56, Whitefish 38

BIGFORK — Anders Epperly scored 13 of his game-high 18 points in the opening quarter and Logan Gilliard finished with a double-double — 11 points and 10 rebounds — as Class B Bigfork rolled to an easy nonconference victory over Class A Whitefish.

Bigfork led 19-3 after eight minutes of play and 30-10 at intermission.

Dillon Botner topped Whitefish in scoring with 10 points.

Bigfork hosts Missoula Loyola on Saturday at 5 p.m. Whitefish plays at Frenchtown on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Whitefish 3 7 10 18 — 38

Bigfork 19 11 9 17 — 56

WHITEFISH — Derek Kastella 7, Murphy Wick 3, Tucker Blake 2, Vegard Ellingsen 2, Sawyer Silliker 3, Ryan Kemm 2, Lee Walburn 9, Dillon Botner 10.

BIGFORK — Anders Epperly 18, Clayton Reichenbach 7, Colton Reichenbach 3, Randy Stultz 2, Logan Taylor 4, Chase Chappius 2, Logan Gilliard 11, Beau Santistevan 7, Brody Lamar 2.

Stillwater 57, Eureka 46

EUREKA — Isaac Neumann scored a game-high 28 points as Stillwater Christian dropped Class B Eureka in a nonconference contest.

Colton Cooper netted a career-high 16 points for Eureka.

Stillwater led 8-6, 20-11 and 38-24 after the first three quarter breaks.

Stillwater 8 12 18 19 — 57

Eureka 6 5 13 22 — 46

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Gerald Fetveit 5, Jordan Neborg 2, Elijah Chuang 2, Austin Brown 11, Isaac Neumann 28, Zack Basnett 2, Jeremiah Hooker 7.

EUREKA — Austin Callender 2, Brad Stein 10, Matthew Anderson 2, Riley Duram 8, Colton Cooper 16, Tayler Sherwood 3, Jake Cardinale 4, Eddie Croucher 1.

Girls

Eureka 47, Stillwater 38

EUREKA — Class B Eureka needed a big fourth quarter to come out on top of Stillwater Christian in a nonconference matchup.

Eureka held a 12-4 edge after eight minutes of play and 35-32 heading into the fourth quarter.

Lulu Neumann led Stillwater in scoring with 11 points.

Eryn Their had 12 points for Eureka.

Stillwater 4 11 17 6 — 38

Eureka 12 11 12 12 — 47

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Cora Boll 2, Adrianna Lambert 9, Dori Smith 8, Alicia Warricks 2, Lulu Neumann 11, Selah Neumann 6.

EUREKA — Avory Escobar 2, Sienna Utter 9, Liz Pacella 6, Maggie Graves 8, Ashlyn Waldo 3, Stacy Cooper 7, Erynn Their 12.

Bigfork 66, Whitefish 24

BIGFORK — Class A Whitefish could muster just six points a quarter in falling to Class B Bigfork.

Jaime Berg led a balanced Bigfork attack with 15 points. Abby Ellison had 13 and Shae Anderson 11.

Becca Catina tallied six points for Whitefish.

Bigfork hosts Missoula Loyola on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Frenchtown is at Whitefish for a 4 p.m. tipoff on Saturday.

Whitefish 6 6 6 6 — 24

Bigfork 12 24 20 10 — 66

WHITEFISH — Libby Nagler 4, Becca Catina 6, Kennedy Grove 3, Amara McDaniel 2, Annisa Brown 3, Diana Vasquez 2, Marlee Bender 4.

BIGFORK — Shae Anderson 11, Abby Ellison 13, Reese Nissen 8, Jaime Berg 15, Ellie Berreth 7, Emily Park 4, Ansleigh Edgerton 6, Izzy Santistevan 2.