Libby and Eureka hoops split in doubleheader

EUREKA — Keith Johnson and Caden Williams both scored 15 points and the Libby Loggers beat the Eureka Lions 51-39 in nonconference basketball on Tuesday at Eureka High School.

Johnson was also 3-for-4 at the charity stripe.

Ryan Goodman added 10 points and was 4-for-5 at the free throw line.

Eureka’s AJ Pacella led all scorers with a blistering 19 points, including two triples.

Libby 14 15 8 14 — 51

Eureka 15 4 13 7 — 39

LIBBY — Keith Johnson 15, Caden Williams 15, Ryan Goodman 10, Jay Beagle 5, TJ Andersen 4, Chandler Bower 2.

EUREKA — AJ Pacella 19, Jake Kindel 8, Cory Chaney 4, Alex Lowe 4, Joey Kindel 3, Austin Sartori 1.

Girls

Eureka 41, Libby 28

EUREKA — The Eureka Lady Lions improved to 8-1 overall with a nonconference win over the Libby Loggers (1-6 overall).

Katie Schmidt scored a game-high 15 points for Eureka. Maggie Graves added 11.

Libby’s high scorer was Julia Martineau with nine points.

Libby 6 9 9 4 — 28

Eureka 13 11 8 9 — 41

LIBBY — Julia Martineau 9.

EUREKA — Katie Schmidt 16, Maggie Graves 11.

Stillwater Christian 52, Columbia Falls JV 34

Selah Neumann scored 18 points and the Stillwater Christian Cougars defeated Columbia Falls Wildkats JV in nonconference basketball on Tuesday at Stillwater Christian School.

Leading by two at the half, the Cougars pulled away in the second half, scoring 21 points in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth.

Abbie Darsow was Columbia Falls JV’s high scorer with 11.

Columbia Falls JV 8 7 9 10 — 34

Stillwater Christian 6 9 21 16 — 52

SCS — Selah Neumann 18, Sophia Sulazbacher 8, Marae Tintzman 8, Abby Hudson 7, Madison Morken 6.

COLUMBIA FALLS JV — Abbie Darsow 11, Grace Gedlaman 8, Alexis Green 7, Peyton Rhodes 4, Lauren Falkner 3, Scout Medhus 1.