Whitefish girls hit 7 triples, rout Libby
WHITEFISH — Three Whitefish Bulldogs combined for seven triples in a commanding 46-18 win over the Libby Loggers in Northwest A girls basketball at Whitefish High School on Friday.
Gracie Smyley scored 13 points, including three triples and Payton Kastella and Jadi Walburn each scored two triples.
Walburn added 12 points and Kastella scored nine for Whitefish (3-8 overall, 3-2 conference).
Olivia Smith led Libby (3-7, 1-3) with six points.
Libby 6 6 2 4 — 18
Whitefish 23 8 7 8 — 46
LibbY — Olivia Smith 6, Syd Grier 5, Julia Martineau 4, MacKenzie Proffitt 4.
Whitefish — Gracie Smyley 13, Jadi Walburn 12, Payton Kastella 8, Kali Brubaker 5, Taylor Means 2, Erin Wilde 2, Hope Brown 2, Emma Trieweiler 2.
Frenchtown 48, Polson 20
FRENCHTOWN — Frenchtown had two players score in double digits to beat the Polson Pirates in a nonconference game.
Turqouise Pierre led Polson with 12 points.
Polson 5 6 4 5 — 20
Frenchtown 14 14 9 11 — 48
POLSON — Turquoise Pierre 12, Savannah Carpenter 6, Mossy Pauley 2.
FRENCHTOWN — Claire Bagnell 12, Shelby Smith 11, Faith Rebich 6, Cassidy Bagnell 6, Lauren Demmons 5.
Boys
Class B
Bigfork 64, Mission 43
ST. IGNATIUS — Isaac Bjorge scored 18 points and the Bigfork Vikings beat the Mission Bulldogs in a Western 7B game.
Bigfork led 28-22 at the half and pulled away after the break.
Colt Thorness added 12 points for the Vikings.
Bigfork 11 17 16 18 — 64
Mission 7 15 10 11 — 43
BIGFORK — Isaac Bjorge 18, Colt Thorness 12, Asher VanCampen 8, Wyatt Reichenbach 7, Levi Taylor 6, Eli Hines 5, Isak Epperly 4, Walker Fisher 2, Gabe Grende 2.
MISSION — Kolter Guardipee 9, Isaiah Naseutykwe 9, Zaren LeFromhais 7, Fronce Burd 7.
Libby 33, Whitefish 32
WHITEFISH — Libby hung on to edge Whitefish in a tight Northwest A conference game.
Whitefish kept things close all game but never led.
Ryan Goodman, Jay Beagle and Caden Williams all scored nine points for the Loggers (8-2 overall, 3-1 conference).
Sam Menicke led Whitefish (3-8, 1-5) with 10 points.
Libby 12 6 9 6 — 33
Whitefish 10 7 8 7 — 32
LIBBY — Ryan Goodman 9, Jay Beagle 9, Caden Williams 9, TJ Anderson 2, Rider Davis 2, Chandler Bower 2
WHITEFISH — Sam Menicke 10, Jace Cripe 7, Talon Holmquist 7, Bodie Smith 4, Danny Davis 3, Justin Conklin 1.
Frenchtown 60, Polson 47
FRENCHTOWN — Polson’s Colton Graham scored 19 points but it wasn’t enough for the Pirates to overtake Frenchtown (8-3 overall, 4-1 conference) in a nonconference game.
Frenchtown led 33-18 at the half. Polson (7-5, 4-3) tried to rally in the fourth quarter, but the deficit was too much. Xavier Fisher added nine points for the Polson.
Polson 12 6 11 18 — 47
Frenchtown 21 12 12 15 — 60
POLSON — Colton Graham 19, Xavier Fisher 9, Gunner Grisak 6, Ryker Wenderoth 5, Braunson Henriksen 4, Trevor Lake 2.
FRENCHTOWN — Devin Shelton 13, Zack Baker 10, Brandon Finley 10.
, Cade Baker 8.