Eureka sweeps Deer Lodge in hoops opener

by Daily Inter Lake
| December 7, 2019 2:05 AM

EUREKA — Maggie Graves had seven rebounds and Avory Escobar and Megan Hanson had five steals as Eureka opened its girls basketball season with a 38-29 win over Deer Lodge on Saturday.

Eureka sophomore Jadyn Pluid led scoring with 8 points.

Deer Lodge 3 9 8 9 — 29

Eureka 8 12 12 6 — 38

EUREKA — Avory Escobar 4, Karlee Frost 2, Maggie Graves 5, Megan Hanson 2, Rhianna Hawkins 7, Jadyn Pluid 8, Katie Schmidt 1, Michael Shea 3, Reena Truman 7.

Statistics for Deer Lodge not available.

Flathead Valley

Home School 56,

Helena Christian 12

The Flathead Valley Home School Lady Crusaders started their season with a rout of the Helena Christian Lady Rams.

FVHS made 10 of its first 12 shots and led 22-0 after the first quarter.

Codi Kenney went 4 for 5 at the three point line and led the scoring with 18 points.

Corey Connerly scored 15.

The Crusaders next have an away game at Valley Christian in Missoula on Saturday.

FVHS 22 13 15 6 — 56

Helena Christian 0 4 4 4 — 12

FHVS — Codi Kenney 18, Corey Connerly 15, Kassidy Farmer 6, Abby Wiser 6, Starlyn Davis 5, Makaila Burlingame 4, Kayla DeBrita 2.

HC — Caitlyn Walth 4, Dianna Walth 4, Juliet Jungens 2.

Boys

Eureka 51, Deer Lodge 46

EUREKA — The Lions won a tight contest in its season opener against Deer Lodge, outscoring the Rams 20-7 in the fourth quarter to pull away.

Cory Chaney led all scorers with 24 points. AJ Pacella scored 9.

Eureka 8 14 8 20 — 51

Deer Lodge 8 15 16 7 — 46

EUREKA — Cory Chaney 24, AJ Pacella 9, Joey Kindel 5, Jake Kindel 5, Austin Sartori 4, Gavin Bates 2, Alex Lowe 1, Corbin Hurst 1.

DEER LODGE — Ben Anderson 13, Ethan Bossert 6, Logan Nicholson 8, Brodey Freeman 6, Carson Whiteley 4, Ozzie King 2, Keith Kippernan 2, Aiden Thompson 5.