Germer scores 37 as Sentinel downs Flathead
MISSOULA — Alex Germer hit six 3-pointers and scored 37 points Thursday as Missoula Sentinel held off Flathead 77-64 in the boys’ basketball opener for both teams.
Tony Frohlich-Fehr added 19 points for the Spartans, who won the battle of coaching debuts: Sentinel’s Jason Maki got the win thanks in part to a 12-3 surge that put his team up 54-42 midway through the third period.
First-year Flathead coach Dirk Johnsrud saw Joston Cripe score 16 of his team-high 24 points after intermission, as the Braves tried to close the gap. Back-to-back dunks by Germer, who was 12 of 26 from the floor, and Frohlich-Fehr helped keep the game out of reach.
Hunter Hickey added 13 points for Flathead, and Gabe Adams and Ethan VandenBosch scored nine each.
Flathead 14 17 10 23 - 64
Sentinel 16 21 17 23 - 77
FLATHEAD - Hunter Hickey 13, Ethan VandenBosch 9, Gabe Adams 9, Gavin Chouinard 3, Ezra Epperly 4, Joston Cripe 24, Luke Leech 2.
MISSOULA SENTINEL - Alex Germer 37, Tony Frohlich-Fair 19, TJ Rausch 9, Skye Palmer 5, Hayden Kolb 3, Kaden Sheridan 1, Parker Lindsey 3.