Vikings win, Northwest A boys teams falter in Frenchtown
Bigfork's Eli Thorness jumps past Stevensville's TJ Brown to complete an alley-oop play for the Vikings in the first quarter at the Frenchtown Tip Off Tournament on Friday, Dec. 9. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
FRENCHTOWN — The Northwest A boys’ basketball teams didn’t have a good Friday at the Frenchtown Tip-Off Tournament, dropping all six of their matchups with Southwest A opponents.
In fact Class B Bigfork, which will move up and into the Northwest A next school year, provided the lone win: A 49-13 walkover against Stevensville.
Whitefish lost a heart-breaker, falling 75-72 in double overtime to Livingston despite 52 combined points from Mason Genovese and Jade Sears.
The tournament continues Saturday.
Bigfork 58, Stevensville 12
Eli Thorness scored 13 points to lead a balanced attack for Bigfork, which ran out to a 22-0 lead over the Yellowjackerts and didn’t look back.
Bigfork 22 13 12 2 - 49
Stevi 0 4 2 6 - 13
BIGFORK — Eli Thorness 13, Bryce Gilliard 8, Dylan Porrovecchio 7, Jack Jensen 7, Wyatt Johnson 6, Isak Epperly 4, Landon Byerman 4.
STEVENSVILLE — Kellen Beller 6, Brogan Gard 4, Tad Tackes 1, TJ Brown 2.
Livingston 75, Whitefish 72 2OT
Mason Genovese scored 29 points and Jade Sears poured in 23 for Whitefish, but the Bulldogs came up just short in overtime.
Mason Kelch added 11 points for Whitefish.
Calvin Caplis led four Rangers in double figures with 21 points.
Whitefish 13 21 17 8 8 5 - 72
Livingston 16 18 12 13 8 8 - 75
WHITEFISH — Mason Genovese 29, Jade Sears 23, Mason Kelch 11, Josh Downie 6, Ryder Barinowski 3, CJ Thew 2.
LIVINGSTON — Calvin Caplis 21, Ryan Brown 15, Houston Dunn 10, Williams Saile 13, Kimball Smith 5, Ryan Bauer 2.
Corvallis 66, Columbia Falls 57
Five players in double figures led the Corvallis Blue Devils, who led 35-28 at halftime.
Columbia Falls’ Jace Hill tied the Blue Devils’ Ryan Hutchison for game scoring honors, with 14 points.
C-Falls 15 13 15 14 - 57
Corvallis 17 18 13 18 - 66
COLUMBIA FALLS — Jace Hill 14, Bryce Dunham 8, Reggie Sapa 8, Hunter Goodman 8, Cody Schweikert 7, Alihn Anderson 6, Mark Robison 5.
CORVALLIS — Ryan Hutchison 14, Derek Criddle 12, Tyler Weise 12, Dillon Pther 10, Aaron Povel 6.
Dillon 78, Polson 42
Treyton Graham’s 17 points led four Dillon players in double figures.
The game was a rematch of a contest Polson won 53-52 in overtime at the State A Tournament
Dillon 25 22 19 12 - 78
Polson 9 13 10 10 - 42
DILLON — Treyton Graham 17, Tyler Lagunas 11, Carter Curnow 13, Caden Hansen 10, Damon Skradowski 3, Max Davis 4, Eli Nourse 4, Parker Peyear 7, Kyler Engellant 9.
POLSON — Jarrett Wilson 25, Jabez Madplume 6, Espn Fisher 4, Trent Wilson 4, Coler Wilson 2, Dawson DuMont 1.
Hamilton 67, Ronan 59
Asher Magness led Hamilton, which led 51-36 after three quarters, with 17 points.
Marlo Tonasket had 17 to lead Ronan, while Josiah Misa had 16 and Elijah Tonasket, 12.
Ronan 17 12 7 23 - 59
Hamilton 24 12 15 16 - 67
RONAN — Marlo Tonasket 17, Elijah Tonasket 12, Josia Misa 16, Koby Finley 9, Davonne Curley 4.
HAMILTON — Asher Magness 17, Eli Taylor 10, Canaan Magness 7, Cole Dickemore 6, Taylor Searle 6, Liam O’Connell 9, Tyler Jette 5, Jackson Jessop 5.
East Helena 52, Libby 45
An 18-9 burst in the third quarter gave the Vigilantes a 10-point lead they wouldn’t give up. RyanBeagle and Tyler Anderson had 11 points each for Libby.
E. Helena 13 9 18 12 - 52
Libby 8 13 9 15 - 45
EAST HELENA — Colter Charlesworth 16, Kobe Mergenthaler 12, Kaden Sager 9, Curtis Corzine 6, Taigen Hagen 4, Jacob Spencer 3, Trevor Held 2.
LIBBY — Ryan Beagle 11, Tyler Anderson 11, Trevor Collins 7, Connor Hartley 4, Alderic Martinez 3, JR Delmas 2, Cy Williams 2, Caleb Moeller 2.
Frenchtown 54, Browning 44
Kellen Klempel scored 18 points and the Broncs slowed Browning enough to build a 28-20 halftime lead.
Maurice Redhorn III scored a game-high 19 for the Indians.
FrenchTown 13 15 14 12 - 54
Browning 8 12 11 13 - 44
FRENCHTOWN — Kellen Klimpel 18, Connor Michaud 15, Eli Quinn 13, Carter Anciaux 6, Sully Belcourt 2, Carter White 1.
BROWNING — Maurice Redhorn 19, Brayds Vielle 9, Delbert Blackman 4, Jamerson Lazy boy 4, Johnny Lee Edwars 3, Robert Reagan 3, Tommy Running Rabbit 2.
Saturday’s Schedule
10:30 a.m. — Hamilton vs. Browning; Noon — East Helena vs. Ronan; 1:30 p.m. — Livingston vs. Columbia Falls; 3 p.m. — Stevensville vs. Libby; 4:30 — Corva—llis vs. Polson; 6 p.m. — Butte Central vs. Bigfork; 7:30 — Frenchtown vs. Whitefish (Frenchtown Tip-Off).