Polson edges C-Falls; Big Sky upsets Glacier
POLSON — Ryker Wenderoth scored 12 points as the Polson Pirates beat the Columbia Falls Wildcats in a Northwest A basketball game at Salish-Kootenai College on Saturday.
Trevor Lake added 10 points for Polson (9-6 overall, 6-2 league), who led 37-20 at the half. Columbia Falls (3-12, 2-5) mounted a comeback attempt in the fourth by outscoring Polson 27-18, but couldn’t erase the deficit.
Dillon Shipp led the Wildcats with 11 points. William Dyon scored 10.
Polson 17 20 15 18 — 70
Columbia Falls 9 11 6 27 — 53
COLUMBIA FALLS — Dillon Shipp 11, William Dyon 10, Jack Price 8, Allec Knapton 7, Cade Morgan 6, Jake Bulawsky 5, Mason Peters 3, Danny Henjum 3.
POLSON — Ryker Wenderoth 12, Trevor Lake 10, Anton Lefthand 9, Bo Kelley 9, Colton Graham 8, Xavier Fisher 7, Garrett Wilson 5 Bronson Hendrickson 4, Gunner Grisak 6.
Class AA
Missoula Big Sky 61,
Glacier 58
MISSOULA – Tre Reed scored 13 points and the Missoula Big Sky Eagles quelled a Glacier rally to earn their first win of the season.
Drew Engellant scored 20 points for the Wolfpack (7-5, 4-5 in the Western AA), which trailed 39-30 midway through the third quarter.
Glacier rallied to tie the game at 50-all on a Weston Price 3-pointer with 4:00 left in the game, but Shawn Phelps converted a three-point play for Big Sky (1-13, 1-9) at the 3:42 mark.
The Eagles had the lead for good, pushing it to 58-51 on two Everett Fred’s two free throws with 1:54 left.
Price scored 16 for Glacier.
Big Sky 10 20 11 20 — 61
GLACIER (7-5, 4-5) – Drew Engellant 20, Weston Price 16, Keifer Spoonhauer 6, KJ Johnson 5, Jaxson Olsen 5, Anthony Heath 4, Michael Schwarz 2.
MISSOULA BIG SKY (1-13, 1-9) – Tre Reed 13, Ben Maehl 11, Draven Lincoln 10, Shawn Phelps 9, Everett Fred 9, Kade Olsen 9.
Missoula Sentinel 87,
Flathead 56
MISSOULA – Alex Germer had another big game with 32 points to lead Missoula Sentinel past Flathead.
Nobody reached double figures for the Braves, who were outscored 47-25 after halftime and fell to 3-9, 2-7 in the Western AA. Huntger Hickey and Cooper Smith scored nine each.
Tony Frohlich-Fair added 18 points for the Spartans (10-2, 7-2).
FLATHEAD (3-10, 2-7) – Tannen Beyl 7, Hunter Hickey 9, Gabe Adams 6, Cooper Smith 9, Gatlin Bruner 6, Ezra Epperly 5, Joston Cripe 8, Max Anderson 4, unidentified player (No. 3) 3.
Sentinel: Alex Germer 32, Tony Frohlich-Fair 18, TJ Rausch 2, Jamie Jacobsen 6, Skye Palmer 2, Zack Larsen 3, Zac Crews 5, Hayden Kolb 11, Parker Lindsay 4, Peyton Stevens 3.