C-Falls girls shut down Polson

POLSON — Rylee Sweeney and Taryn Borgen scored 12 points each and Columbia Falls held Polson to 12 second half points as the Wildkats picked up a 51-34 victory in Northwest A girls basketball Tuesday.

Emalee Albon added 10 points for Columbia Falls (10-8 overall, 8-4 in Northwest A games), who led 25-22 at the half.  

The Wildkats held the Pirates (6-12, 4-8) to just two points in the third quarter and ballooned their lead to 34-24. 

Samantha Rensvold led Polson with 12 points, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson tallied nine. 

Columbia Falls    15    10    9    17    -    51 

Polson        10    12    2    10    -    34 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alexa Friske 2, Onnikka Lawrence 6, Addy Bowler 2, Taryn Borgen 12, Kierra Kempainen 7, Emalee Albon 10, Rylee Sweeney 12. 

POLSON — Aleysia Black 2, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 9, Samantha Rensvold 12, Hinkley Moss 4, Olivia Ramirez 3, Josie Henriksen 4. 

Bigfork 67, Whitefish 13 

BIGFORK — Braeden Gunlock took senior night by storm, scoring 28 points and guiding Bigfork to a victory over Whitefish in girls basketball. 

Paeton Gunlock added 18 points and Keni Wade tallied 13 for the Valkyries (16-2, 12-0), who led 41-9 at the half. 

Reese Hudson led the Bulldogs (4-14, 2-10) with five points. 

Whitefish    8    1    4    0    -    13 

Bigfork     18    23    15    11    -    67 

WHITEFISH — Reese Hudson 5, Grace Inabnit 1, Carmella Alfieri 3, Allie Shors 4. 

BIGFORK — Keni Wade 13, Payton DeSpain 2, Ava Davey 3, Braeden Gunlock 28, Somer Campos 2, Paeten Gunlock 18.