Valkyries keeping rolling with win over Polson

POLSON — Braeden Gunlock outscored the entire Pirates team with a 35-point night, leading the Valkyries to a comfortable win over Polson 71-27 in Northwest A girls basketball Thursday night. 

Olivia Ramirez was the only Pirate (5-10 overall, 3-6 in Northwest A games) to reach double-digits with 10 points. The Valkyries (13-2 overall, 9-0 in Northwest A games) continued their winnings ways as they remained undefeated in conference play. 

Bigfork’s Paeten Gunlock also reached double figures with 10 points and Payton DeSpain added nine. 

Polson        5    6    7    9    -    27 

Bigfork        20    16    18    17    -    71 

POLSON — Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 8, Samantha Ransvold 8, Hinkley Goss 1, Olivia Ramirez 10. 

BIGFORK — Keegan Campbell 2, Leah Gibb 3, Chloe Norred 6, Payton DeSpain 9, Braden Gunlock 35, Somer Campos 2, Paeten Gunlock 10, Ceiley Jensen 4. 

Columbia Falls 55, Libby 12 

LIBBY — Kierra Kempainen led all scorers with 10 points as the Libby Loggers struggled to generate any offense in their loss to Columbia Falls in another Northwest A girls game. 

Rylee Delmas and Dakota Allen were the only players to score a field goal for the Loggers (1-14 overall, 0-9 in Northwest A games), as they each finished with four points.  

Alexa Frisk added eight points for the Wildkats (7-8 , 5-4 in league) and Rylee Sweeney chipped in seven. 

Libby        2    3    5    2    -    12 

C-Falls    22    15    15    3    -    55 

LIBBY — Rylee Delmas 4, Dakota Allen 4, Hadleigh Wood 1, Peyton Waggoner 2, Rachel Kosters 1. 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alexa Frisk 8, Rylie Byrd 2, Onnika Lawrence 6, Addy Bowler 2, Alanis Peterson 2, Taryn Borgen 5, Kierra Kampaninen 10, Emalee Alton 2, Maddy Barker 6, Ava Scholz 5, Rylee Sweeney 7. 

Ronan 63, Whitefish 20 

RONAN — Kailyn Marengo led all scorers with 14 points, including three 3-pointers and Ronan dominated Whitefish in another Northwest A girls game. 

Arianna Zepeda added 13 for Ronan (9-6, 6-3 in league) and Nevaeh Perez finished with 11. No player for Whitefish (4-8, 2-5) reached double figures as Charlize Ullrich led the Bulldogs with eight. 

Allie Shors added seven for the Bulldogs as they were held scoreless from beyond the arc. 

Whitefish    8    5    4    3    -    20 

Ronan        15    29    15    4    -    63     

WHITEFISH — Charlize Ullrich 8, Vivien Trieweiter Schmidt 3, Carmella Alfieri 2, Allie Shors 7. 

RONAN —  Maddy Illig 3, Kailyn Marengo 14, Lauryn Buhr 8, Ally Luedtke 2, Arianna Zepeda 13, Kylee Kelch 3, Natalie Adams 9, Nevaeh Perez 11.