Wildcats beat Pirates, again
Bigfork's Isak Epperly goes to the basket for two of his 13-points against Loyola in Bigfork Saturday, Jan. 28. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
COLUMBIA FALLS — Jace Hill scored 21 points and Columbia Falls pulled away over the final five minutes Saturday to beat Northwest A rival Polson 64-48.
Alihn Anderson added 12 points and Cody Schweikert had nine points and nine rebounds as the Wildcats (11-3 overall, 6-1 in Northwest A games) beat the Pirates (6-8, 4-3) for the second time in three days — by nearly identical scores.
Jarrett Wilson and Cymian Kauley scored 10 points each for Polson, which scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to draw to 49-46.
Polson 13 10 18 7 - 48
Col. Falls 18 14 17 15 - 64
POLSON — Tyler Wenderoth 2, Dawson DuMont 9, Owen McElwee 3, Jarrett Wilson 10, Trent Wilson 9, Espn Fisher 5, Cymian Kauley 10.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Mark Robison 4, Alihn Anderson 12, Jace Hill 21, Bryce Dunham 8, Reggie Sapa 4, Cody Schweikert 9, Hunter Goodman 6.
Missoula Loyola 48, Bigfork 37
BIGFORK — Ethan Stack scored 17 points and Reynolds Johnston added 14, and Missoula Loyola pulled away from Bigfork for a non-conference win.
Johnston scored eight points in the fourth for the District 6-B Rams, who hit 10 of 11 free throws in the period. Noah Haffey hit two threes and added 10 points for Loyola.
Isak Epperly hit three 3-pointers and tied Nick Walker for team high with 13 points for Bigfork (11-3).
Loyola 10 6 13 19 - 48
Bigfork 7 9 10 11 - 37
LOYOLA SACRED HEART — Raef Konzen 5, Jack Cleveinger 2, Ethan Stack 17, Noah Haffey 10, Reynolds Johnston 14.
BIGFORK — Wyatt Johnson 3, Isak Epperly 13, Landon Byerman 2, Bryce Gilliard 3, Nick Walker 13, Eli Thorness 3.
Browning 67, Ronan 54
BROWNING — Maurice Redhorn III and Brayds Vielle scored 18 points each to lead Browning to this Northwest A win.
Ronan’s Kolby Finley tied for game scoring honors with 18 points. The Chiefs fell to 5-8 overall, 2-5 in league games. The Northwest A-leading Indians are 10-4, 7-1 in league.
Browning 67, Ronan 54
Ronan 11 14 10 19 - 54
Browning 14 18 11 24 - 67
RONAN — Kolby Finley 18, Jordan Catch 8, Laruance Lozeau 8, Marlo Tonasket 7, Ted Coffman III 4, Josiah Misa 4, Robbie McCrea 4.
BROWNING — Maurice Redhorn III 18, Braids Vielle 18, Tommy Running Rabbit 15, Payton Grant 2, Jamerson Lazy Boy 4, Delbert Blackman 6, Robert Reagan 2, Tristen Csrawford 2.
Thursday
Columbia Falls 63, Polson 48
POLSON — Jace Hill scored 15 points to lead three Columbia Falls players in double figures, and the Wildcats made hay in the second and fourth quarters of this Northwest A battle.
The Wildcats (10-3, 5-1 in league games) forged a 31-27 halftime lead and then used nine fourth-quarter points from Hunter Goodman — Goodman scored 14 off the bench — to clinch the win.
Cody Schweikert added 13 points for Columbia Falls.
Jarrett Wilson scored 16 points for Polson (6-7, 4-2), 11 coming in the first quarter. Trent Wilson added 11 for the Pirates, who travel to Columbia Falls Saturday, to make up a game postponed on Dec. 22.
Col. Falls 15 16 16 16 - 63
Polson 19 8 16 4 - 48
COLUMBIA FALLS — Mark Robison 2, Alihn Anderson 9, Jace Hill 15, Bryce Dunham 2, Cody Schweikert 13, Hunter Goodman 14, Reggie Sapa 8.
POLSON — Dawson DuMont 3, Jarrett Wilson 16, Trent Wilson 11, Cymian Kauley 6, Espn Fisher 5, Owen McElwee 4, Brock Henriksen 3.
Flathead Valley Home School 63,
Stillwater Christian 60 OT
LAKESIDE — Michael Bartel scored 25 points, Sam Hoback hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers and Flathead Valley Home School rallied to beat Stillwater Christian 63-60 in overtime Thursday.
Hoback scored eight of his 11 points in the fourth period as the Crusaders fought back from a 48-34 deficit. Bartel scored seven points in the frame and Kolten Williams hit a three in OT for FVHS.
Max Gwynn also scored 11 points for FVHS.
For Stillwater Christian, Luke Frampton scored a game-high 28 points, to go with four assists and four steals. Isaac Shawback snared 12 rebounds to go with eight points, and Marcus Strobel had 10 points for the Cougars.
Stillwater 10 20 18 8 4 - 60
FVHS 13 13 8 22 7 - 63
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Taylsen Pond 4, Luke Frampton 28, Isaac Shawback 8, Elijah Linn 6, Macia Strobel 10, Ethan Wolf 4.
FLATHEAD VALLEY HOME SCHOOL — Max Gwynn 11, Kai Lott 4, Kolten Williams 11, SAm Hoback 11, Michael Bartel 23, Kaeleb Mathiason 2, Diontre Baines 3.