Helena High boys trip Glacier, 57-41

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 23, 2025 12:00 AM

Jaxan Lieberg scored 19 points, Tevin Wetzel added 14 and Helena High beat Glacier 57-41 to complete a weekend sweep of its Kalispell foes.

Lieberg scored nine points in a 23-6 second-quarter surge as the Bengals (13-4 overall, 9-3 in Western AA games) opened up a 36-19 halftime lead. Mase Spaulding and Wetzel each hit a 3-pointer in the burst.

Liam Ells scored 12 points for the Wolfpack; he hit both his 3-pointers and scored eight points in the fourth quarter. Asher Knopik and Luke Nikunen added 11 points each for Glacier (4-13, 2-10 in league).

Helena 13 23 12 9 - 57

Glacier 13 6 5 17 - 41

HELENA HIGH — Jaxan Lieberg 8 2-4 19, Mase Spaulding 3 0-1 7, Madden Spaulding 2 2-4 7, Eli Peterson 1 2-2 4, Tevin Wetzel 6 0-0 14, Cameron Bullock 1 0-0 2, CJ Danforth 1 0-0 2, Reece Silvonen 0 2-2 2. Totals 22 8-11 57.

GLACIER — Liam Ells 4 2-4 12, Easton Kauffman 0 3-4 3, Asher Knopik 4 3-4 11, Luke Nikunen 4 3-4 11, Slate Burrington 1 3-6 5, Pittman 0 2-2 2, Carter Knopik 1 1-3 4, Ethan Kastelitz 0 0-0 0, Cooper Pelc 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 15-25 41.

3-point goals — Helena 5 (Wetzel 2, Madden Spaulding, Mase Spaulding, Lieberg, Glacier 4 (Ells 2, Nikunen, C.Knopik). Fouls — Helena 18, Glacier 12.