Vikings top Wildcats; Loggers beat Lions

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 9, 2021 10:07 PM

COLUMBIA FALLS — Walker Fisher scored 22 points, Isak Epperly added 15 and Bigfork used a third-quarter surge to beat Columbia Falls 54-42 for a non-conference boys’ basketball win Tuesday.

Epperly hit two 3-pointers and Fisher hit another as the 7-B Vikings (9-2) built a 47-31 lead going into the fourth quarter. The lead grew to 18 before Columbia Falls (5-8) narrowed it to six late. Jace Hill’s 20 points led the Northwestern A Wildcats.

Bryce Gillard added 10 points for Bigfork.

Bigfork 12 15 20 17 - 64

Col. Falls 12 13 6 21 - 52

BIGFORK — Cormac Benn 7, Isak Epperly 15, Levi Taylor 6, Walker Fisher 22, Dane Hansen 2, Bryce Gillard 10, Collin Wade 2.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Cade Morgan 8, Mason Peters 7, Alihn Anderson 8, Jace Hill 20, Allec Knapton 6, Aaron Trueblood 3.

Libby 54, Eureka 42

LIBBY — Caden Williams scored 23 points and T.J. Anderson added 14 to help Libby win the Battle of the Kootenai boys’ basketball game Tuesday, 54-42 over Eureka.

Both Williams and Anderson had two buckets as Libby surged away from a 35-35 tie after three quarters. Jay Beagle and Ryder Davis also struck for four points in the quarter for the Northwest A Loggers (6-5).

Gavin Bates’ 14 points led the District 7-B Lions (3-10).

Libby 9 16 10 19 - 54

Eureka 17 6 12 7 - 42

LIBBY — Caden Williams 23, T.J. Anderson 14, Jay Beagle 4, Ryder Davis 8, Cy Stevenson 4, Ryker McElmurry 1.

EUREKA — Joe Kindel 8, Danny Dunn 2, Corbin Hurst 2, Colter Casazza 5, Gavin Bates 14, TJ Carr 9, Michael Spoonhunter 2.

Polson 75, Mission 38

PABLO — Colton Graham hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead Polson to the non-conference win over Mission Tuesday.

Jarrett Wilson added 19 points and JC Steele 11 for the Northwestern A Pirates (9-1), who blew the game open with a 29-point third quarter. Wilson had 10 points in the frame, and Graham had nine, including two threes.

Zoran Lafromboise hit four 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the District 7-B Bulldogs (9-5).

Mission 8 19 7 4 - 38

Polson 14 14 29 18 - 75

MISSION — John Komartios 3, Layne Spidel 2, Ross McPherson 4, Kellen McClure 6, Zoran Lafromboise 21, Conner Burke 2.

POLSON — JC Steele 11, Xavier Fisher 7, Jarrett Wilson 19, Trent Wilson 3, Sam Fisher 2, Darian Williams 5, Colton Graham 24, Braunson Henriksen 4.