Eureka, T-Falls boys move on easily at tourney

BIGFORK — Eureka and Thompson Falls boys built substantial halftime leads in the first round of the Western 7-B District tournament Thursday at Bigfork High School.

Eureka topped Plains 73-26 in its first round game and will play again today at 7 p.m. in a semifinal game against No. 2 seed Mission.

Likewise for Thompson Falls, who dispatched Troy 64-24. The Blue Hawks play today at 5:15 p.m. in a semifinal game against tournament host Bigfork.

Eureka 73, Plains 26

Gavin Bates poured in 19 points for the Eureka Lions in a win over the Plains Horsemen.

Danny Dunn added 17 points for Lions, who led 43-13 at the half. Bates also was 2-for-2 at the free throw line.

Parker Bates’ six points came from two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

For Plains, Jayden Wecks scored 14 points, which included four 3-pointers and two free-throws.

Plains 6 10 5 5 — 26

Eureka 25 18 18 12 — 73

PLAINS — Joe Martin 2, Darren Standeford 4, Jayden Wecks 14, Aaron Pfister 2, E. Fleenan 2, Will Tatum 2.

EUREKA — Joey Kindel 4, Danny Dunn 17, Tyson Brouilette 2, Carson Komac 6, Caleb Utter 7, Gavin Bates 19, Parker Bates 6, Cole Sartori 2, Braden Casazza 2, Trent Truman 8.

Thompson Falls 64, Troy 24

Thompson Falls built a big lead and didn’t let off the gas in a first round win over the Troy Trojans.

Nathan Schraeder led the Blue Hawks with 16 points and Braxton Dorscha added 11.

For Troy, Paxton Fisher scored nine.

Troy 3 4 12 5 — 24

Thompson Falls 16 17 15 16 — 64

TROY — Trevor Grant 4, Paxton Fisher 9, Barocko Garcia 2, Cody Todd 2, Michael Foote 7.

T-FALLS — Nick Lessier 2, Nathan Schraeder 16, Adam Childers 3, Braxton Dorscha 11, Bryson LeCoure 8, Josh Wilhite 7, Ben Cooper 2, Jesse Claridge 10, Breck Ferris 5.