C-Falls boys use big first quarter to down Whitefish

WHITEFISH — Bjorn Pedersen scored a team-high 15 points and Columbia Falls raced away from Whitefish early to take a 77-52 win in Northwest A boys basketball Tuesday. 

Easton Brooks added 14 points and Grady Hutton tallied 10 for the Wildcats (13-2 overall, 8-1 in Northwest A games), who led 25-10 after one quarter. 

Will Sisson led all scorers with 17 points for Whitefish (5-7, 2-5), including four 3-pointers. Both teams hit eight shots from behind the arc. 

CJ Thew and Cooper Dudley had seven points apiece for the Bulldogs. 

Columbia Falls    25    19    21    12    -    77 

Whitefish    10    14    18    10    -    52

COLUMBIA FALLS — Easton Brooks 14, Stanley Stremick 5, Jory Hill 4, Bjorn Pedersen 15, Reggie Sapa 8, Nico Young 4, Cooper Ross 9, Banyan Johnston 2, Grady Hutton 10, Silas Ypma 6. 

WHITEFISH — Cooper Dudley 7, Carson Gulick 5, Will Sisson 17, CJ Thew 7, Aiden Rickels 3, Creed Scott 4, Scott Dalen 6, Jayke Thew 3.  

Browning 57, Bigfork 47

BROWNING — Tristan Crawford scored 14 points while teammate Jude Reevis added nine and Browning powered past Bigfork in another Northwest A matchup. 

Roy Madplume tallied eight for the Indians (9-3, 6-1), who saw nine players score. Browning broke the game open by outscoring the Vikings 15-7 in the third quarter. 

Austin Savik led Bigfork (4-10, 2-6) with 18 points, while Tamret Savik added 14. 

Bigfork     13    13    7    10    -    47 

Browning    17    15    15    10    -    57

BIGFORK — Tamret Savik 14, Quinn Herring 2, Treker Hickey 3, Austin Savik 18, Alex Ochs 8, Jack Lucke 2. 

BROWNING — Randy Running Rabbit 2, Jude Reevis 9, Noah Butterfly 6, Royce Madplume 7, Joshua Skunkcap 5, Toy Madplume 8, Shayde St. Goddard 2, Tristan Crawford 14, Rodale Dog Taking Gun 4.