Anderson scores 19, Wildcats hold off Ronan

COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls’ Alihn Anderson scored nine of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Wildcats win a back-and-forth boys basketball game from Ronan Thursday, 59-53.

Jace Hill added 17 points and Cody Schweikert had 14 for the Wildcats, who saw Ronan hit five third-quarter 3-pointers — three from Ted Coffman — to surge into a 44-41 lead.

Coffman scored 16 points to lead the Chiefs (6-11 overall, 2-7 in the Northwest A), and Marlo Tonasket added 14.

Bryce Dunham pulled down seven boards for the Cats (13-3, 8-1 in league)..

Ronan 15 4 25 9 - 53

C-Falls 16 16 9 18 - 59

RONAN — Laurance Lazeau 3, Kolby Finley 11, Josiah Misa 5, Ted Coffman 16, Jordan Gatch 4, Marlo Tonasket 14.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Mark Robison 2, Alihn Anderson 19, Jace Hill 17, Bryce Dunham 2, Cody Schweikert 14, Hunter Goodman 5.

Bigfork 60, Thompson Falls 32

THOMPSON FALLS — Wyatt Johnson poured in 11 second-quarter points, finished with 21 and led Bigfork past Thompson Falls in District 7-B play.

Johnson hit four 3-pointers for the Vikings, which wrapped up their regular season at 15-3 overall, 10-0 in league games. Eli Thorness and Nick Walker added 10 points each for Bigfork.

Jesse Claridge had eight points to lead the Bluehawks (7-7, 5-4), who trailed 27-6 at halftime.

Bigfork 14 13 17 16 - 60

T. Falls 2 4 9 17 - 32

BIGFORK — Wyatt Johnson 21, Eli Thorness 10, Jack Jensen 6, Quinn Herring 2, Landon Byerman 7, Bryce Gilliard 4, Nick Walker 10.

THOMPSON FALLS — Jesse Claridge 8, Ben Casper 2, JT Taylor 2, Jacob Britt 3, Braxton Dorscher 4, Bryson LeCoure 7, Nick Tessier 4, Kaiden Robins 2.