FVHS beats Stillwater boys, SCS girls win 40-24
Stillwater Christian's Selah Neumann (40) shoots between Flathead Valley Homeschool defenders Britney Howery (13) and Corey Connerly (22) at Stillwater Christian School on Friday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead Valley Homeschool's Jordan Wininger (23) drives to the hoop for a layup against Stillwater Christian at Stillwater Christian School on Friday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Spencer Burden had 27 points for Flathead Valley Home School as the Crusaders rolled over Stillwater Christian School 59-49 on Friday night at Stillwater.
Bubba Loyda had 14 for FVHS and Jordan Wininger added 12, including 10 in the first half.
Nick Sulbacher paced the Cougars with 14 points and Connor Drish had 9.
FVHS 20 9 14 16 – 59
Stillwater 10 17 12 10 – 49
FVHS: Eli Husted 2, Caleb Turner 4, Bubba Loyda 14, Jordan Wininger 12, Spencer Burden 27.
STILLWATER: Joshua Venman 4, Nick Sulzbacher 14, Elijah Chuang 3, Jeremiah Hooker 5, Colton Johnson 7, Caleb Cole-Tinkham 7, Connor Drish 9.
Whitefish 49, Libby 47
Lee Walburn drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Libby in Northwest A boys basketball action at Whitefish High School.
Walburn paced the Bulldogs in scoring with 18, and Dillon Botner added 15 to help keep Whitefish undefeated.
Libby (2-2) had the hot hand in the first half and took a 30-20 lead into halftime.
“We dug ourselves a hole,” Whitefish coach Scott Smith said.
“They were hot in the first half.”
But the Bulldogs (4-0) did a better job after the break defending near the 3-point arc, Scott said, and Jack Schwaiger did an “amazing job” guarding Libby’s Ryggs Johnston in the second half.
“He’s a big reason why we won the game,” Scott said.
Johnston finished with 16 points, while Keith Johnston and Ryan Goodman had 8 apiece for the Loggers.
Libby 10 20 8 9 – 47
Whitefish 10 10 11 18 – 49
LIBBY: JJ Davis 7, Ryan Goodman 8, Ryggs Johnston 16, Jay Beagle 3, Tim Goodman 1, Keith Johnson 8, Kevin Barnes 4.
WHITEFISH: Jayce Cripe 3, Jack Schwaiger 2, Mark Anderson 4, Sam Menicke 1, Ryan Kemm 6, Lee Walburn 18, Dillon Botner 15.
Girls
Libby 37, Whitefish 32
The Lady Loggers edged the Lady Bulldogs in Northwest A girls basketball on Friday night at Whitefish High School.
No scoring summary was available.
Stillwater Christian School 40,
Flathead Valley
Home School 24
Stillwater Christian held Flathead Valley Home School to 7 points at halftime en route to a victory over the Crusaders.
Selah Neumann had 13 points to lead the Cougars and Madison Morken added 12.
Makaila Burlingame scored 8 points for FVHS.
FVHS 4 3 10 7 – 24
Stillwater 11 4 10 15 – 40
FVHS: Codi Kenney 5, Yayne Myers 2, Elizabeth Buckner 2, Corey Connerly 7, Makaila Burlingame 8.
STILLWATER: Cora Boll 3, Marae Tintzman 3, Madison Morken 12, Helen Hashley 9, Selah Neumann 13.