Vikings in Western B semis
Bigfork’s Isak Epperly rises above Arlee’s Jake Knoll for a basket in the Vikings’ 71-58 win over the Warriors in the first round of the Western B Divisional Tournament in Anaconda on Thursday, Feb. 23. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
ANACONDA — The Bigfork Vikings used a balanced scoring attack to top Arlee 71-58 in the late first round boys game at the Western B Divisional on Thursday.
Florence held off Eureka 74-66 earlier in the day, despite Tristan Butts putting up 33 points and Braden Casazza adding 20 for the Lions.
Thompson Falls fell to Loyola, 78-27.
Bigfork 71, Arlee 58
Nick Walker led the Vikings with 15 points, and Wyatt Johnson and Bryce Gilliard added 12.
Arlee outscored Bigfork 26-20 in the fourth quarter and Benjamin Old Person-Harlow exploded for 33 points, including seven 3-pointers.
Arlee 12 13 7 26 —58
Bigfork 15 22 14 20 —71
ARLEE — Kaiden Ostby 5, Ethan Fiddler 9, Kendall O’Neill 2, Dallas Swab 3, Jace Area 1, Benjamin Old Person-Harlow 33, Jack Knoll 3.
BIGFORK — Wyatt Johnson 12, Isak Epperly 9, Eli Thorness 10, Quinn Herring 6, Landon Byerman 3, Bryce Gilliard 12, Jack Lucke 2, Nick Walker 15.
Florence 74, Eureka 66
Patrick Duchien paced the Falcons with 22 points, and Jesse Padilla added 21.
Eureka’s Tristan Butts had double digits in the first and fourth quarters for 33 points. Braden Casazza added 20.
Eureka 14 10 14 28 — 66
Florence 14 22 17 21 — 74
EUREKA — Tristan Butts 33, Braden Casazza 20, Keenan McDole 3, Cole Sartori 3, Jake Lane 2, Trent Truman 5.
FLORENCE — Patrick Duchien 22, Caleb Brossman 4, Tyler Abbott 11, Trapper Oster 5, Jesse Padilla 21, Ethan Alexander 8, Bridger Alexander 2.
Loyola 78, Thompson Falls 78
Up by 25 points at the half, Loyola continued to pull away, led by Ethan Stack’s 29 points.
Bryson LeCoure led the Blue Hawks with seven points.
Thompson Falls 13 4 6 4 — 27
Loyola 19 23 25 11 — 78
THOMPSON FALLS — Nick Tessier 2, Bryson LeCoure 7, Cael Thilmony 2, Braxton Dorscher 4, Ben Cooper 6, Jesse Claridge 6, Breck Ferris 2.
LOYOLA — Raef Konzen 2, Talen Reynolds 11, Jack Clevenger 4, Ethan Stack 29, Taylor Jones 4, Jack Fines 3, Declan Harrington 3, Noah Haffey 15, Reynolds Johnston 7.