C-Falls girls run wild over Libby
COLUMBIA FALLS — The Columbia Falls Wildkats started off Northwest A conference basketball play the right way on Thursday with a 62-18 drubbing of the Libby Loggers at Columbia Falls High School.
Columbia Falls is undefeated at 6-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
“It was good to get off to 1-0 conference wise and have real balanced scoring,” Wildkats coach Cary Finberg said. “It was nice to see a lot of kids contribute. A good solid game to get the first conference win.”
The Wildkats led 31-8 at the half and their 62 total points is a season high.
LaKia Hill led Columbia Falls’ balanced scoring attack with 11 points. Maddie Robison added 10 points and nine rebounds.
For Libby (1-5, 0-2), Mackenzie Proffitt and Julia Martino scored five points.
Libby 6 2 5 5 —18
Columbia Falls 18 13 14 17 — 62
LIBBY — Mackenzie Proffit 5, Julia Martino 5.
COLUMBIA FALLS — LaKia Hill 11, Maddie Robison 10, Madysen Hoerner 10, Hannah Schweikert 9, Graceanne Sevesind 8.
Eureka 33, Whitefish 30
EUREKA — Michael Shea drained a triple at the buzzer to give the Eureka Lions the edge over the Whitefish Bulldogs.
The game was tied 30-30 before Shea’s shot.
Shea scored 11 points for the Lions, who are 6-1 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
Maggie Graves added 10 points for Eureka.
For Whitefish, Jadi Walburn led all scorers with 12 points.
Whitefish 8 2 11 9 — 30
Eureka 9 6 10 8 — 33
WHITEFISH — Jadi Walburn 12.
EUREKA — Michael Shea 11, Maggie Graves 10.
Class AA
Missoula Sentinel 50, Flathead 22
MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel beat the Flathead Bravettes in Western AA play on Thursday.
Full scoring information was not available.
Flathead — Akilah Kubi 7, Clare Converse 5, Jenna Johnson 5
SENTINEL — Westwater 18; Deeden 15
Boys
Whitefish 49, Eureka 34
EUREKA — Talson Holmquist scored 17 points and the Whitefish Bulldogs beat the Eureka Lions.
The Lions led 20-15 at the half but the Bulldogs scored 20 in the second half to pull away.
Cory Chaney was Eureka’s high scorer with 13 points.
Whitefish 7 22 11 9 — 49
Eureka 10 10 6 8 — 34
WHITEFISH — Talon Holmquist 17, Bodie Smith 14, Jayce Cripe 9, Sam Menicke 4, Garett Brock 1.
EUREKA — Cory Chaney 13, AJ Pacella 8, Corbin Hurst 7, Austin Sartori 5, Jake Kindel 1.