Ronan girls rally to edge Whitefish

RONAN — Ariana Zepeda’s basket with 6.2 seconds left capped Ronan’s fourth-quarter rally, and the Maidens edged Whitefish 35-34 in a Northwest A girls basketball battle Tuesday.

Olivia Heiner’s seven points led Ronan and Lauryn Buhr and Maddie Duffy added six points each, combining to shoot 6-for-9 from the floor. The rest of the team made just 8 of 37 shots.

Jude Perry scored a game-high 14 points for Whitefish, which led 27-23 going to the final period. Bailey Smith added 10 for the Bulldogs.

Whitefish 7 7 13 7 - 34

Ronan 4 8 11 12 - 35

WHITEFISH — Jude Perry 14, Bailey Smith 10, Brooke Roberts 4, Hailey Ells 3, Ainsley Scott 3.

RONAN — Olivia Heiner 7, Lauryn Buhr 6, Bella Devereau-Trahan 6, Arianna Zepeda 5, Margaret Cordova 4, Ally Luedtke 3, Kylee Kelch 2, Oceanna Arnoux 2.

Stillwater Christian 67, Troy 16

TROY — Zoe Linn scored 17 points, 13 in a dominant first quarter by Stillwater Christian, which downed Troy in girls basketball Tuesday.

Linn hit 8 of 15 shots from the floor for the Cougars, who led 26-0 after one quarter. Katherine Paolino came off the bench to total 10 points, six rebounds and five steals.

Izzy Tunison’s six points led Troy.

Stillwater 26 9 13 17 - 67

Troy 0 4 8 4 - 16

STILLWATER — Bailey Prewitt 7, Belle Schwartz 5, Jolisa Pona 2, Katie Cruse 2, Joe Linn 17, Katherine Paolini 10, Emma Anderson 7, Macy Zemacke 6, Grace Lingle 4, Bella Zemacke 2.

TROY — Izzy Tunison 6, Elaine Folkerts 4, Autumn Fisher 4, Cortenie Rogers 2.