Gilliard’s 21 powers Vikings past Blue Hawks

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 13, 2021 10:00 PM

THOMPSON FALLS — Bryce Gilliard scored 21 points and Cormac Benn added 15 as Bigfork won a District 7-B boys’ basketball showdown with Thompson Falls Saturday, 67-60.

Gilliard hit two 3-pointers and scored 14 points in the first half while the Vikings (11-2 overall, 7-1 in 7-B games) built a 38-31 lead. The victory avenged an 81-75 loss to Thompson Falls on Jan. 12 and leaves Bigfork alone at the top of the league standings.

Collin Wade added 10 points for the Vikings, five coming in the final quarter.

Justin Morgan hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points to lead the Blue Hawks (11-2, 6-2 in league). Kade Pardee checked in with 12 points for Thompson Falls and Nathan Schraeder added 11.

Bigfork 18 20 13 16 - 67

T. Falls 12 19 10 19 - 60

BIGFORK - Cormac Benn 15, Isak Epperly 3, Bryce Gilliard 21, Collin Wade 10, Walker Fisher 8, Levi Taylor 2, Nick Walker 6, Ian McMann 2..

THOMPSON FALLS - Nathan Schraeder 11, Justin Morgan 14, Dante Micheli 9, Kade Pardee 12, Cody Burk 7, Tristan Subatch 7.

Class A

Polson 55, Libby 44

LIBBY — Colton Graham scored 19 points and the Polson Pirates stayed in command of the Northwest A boys’ basketball race.

Darian Williams and Xavier Fisher added seven points each for Polson (11-1 overall, 7-0 in league), which used two second-quarter threes from JC Steele to open up a 31-16 halftime lead.

Caden Williams scored 19 points to lead the Loggers (6-6, 4-5 in league). He was 8-for-14 on free throws. Jay Beagle added 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Polson 14 17 14 10 - 55

Libby 10 6 15 13 - 44

POLSON - Xavier Fisher 7, Jarrett Wilson 5, Darian Williams 7, Colter Graham 19, Trevor Lake 4, Braunson Henriksen 5, JC Steele 6, Sam Fisher 2.

LIBBY - Ryder Davis 2, Jay Beagle 10, Caden Williams 19, Ryker McElmurry 4, TJ Anderson 6, Cy Stevenson 3.

Class B

Florence 73, Eureka 56

FLORENCE —Beau Neal’s 26 points led the way for District 6-B Florence, which led District 7-B Eureka 46-20 at halftime of its non-conference win.

TJ Carr and Danny Dunn scored 12 points each for the Lions (3-12). Gavin Bates added 11 for Eureka.

Eureka 14 5 13 24 - 56

Florence 24 22 12 15 - 73

EUREKA - TJ Carr 12, Danny Dunn 12, Gavin Bates 11, Joey Kindel 5, Corbin Hurst 5, Hazen Bohn 5, Michael Spoonhunter 3, Colter Casazza 2, Carson Komac 1.

FLORENCE - Beau Neal 26, JP Briney 17, Levi Posey 11, Eli Pedersen 7, Creagan Keller 6, Blake Shoupe 4, Ethan Abbott 2.?