Vikings stun Bulldogs with second-half rally

by Daily Inter Lake
| January 31, 2025 12:00 AM

BIGFORK — Treker Hickey scored 20 points and Alex Ochs hit three huge fourth-quarter 3-pointers as Bigfork rallied past Whitefish 58-51 Thursday in Northwest A boys basketball.

Austin Savik added 16 points for the Vikings (4-7 overall, 2-3 in Northwest A games), who trailed 36-21 at halftime and 45-25 after Carson Gulick scored for Whitefish at 5:42 of the third quarter. The Bulldogs didn’t score the rest of the period and Hickey scored eight points as Bigfork pared the gap to 45-37.

In the fourth quarter Ochs hit a 3-pointer from the wing to bring Bigfork to 47-44 at the 4:22 mark; he added carbon-copy corner threes as 3:45 and 2:40 as the Vikings took a 50-47 lead.

Hickey, who had 15 points after halftime, hit a three to put Bigfork up 53-48 with 1:15 left. Will Sisson answered to bring the Bulldogs to 53-51, but they got no closer.

Gulick and Sisson had 10 points each for Whitefish (3-6, 0-4). Sisson, Cooper Dudley and Ryan Conklin all hit two threes.

Whitefish 16 20 9 6 - 51

Bigfork 12 9 18 21 - 58

WHITEFISH — Carson Gulick 10, Will Sisson 10, Ryan Conklin 6, Cooper Akey 7, Cooper Dudley 8, Scott Dalen 7.

BIGFORK — Treker Hickey 20, Austin Savik 18, Tamret Savik 7, Alex Ochs 9, Quinn Herring 2, Grady Campbell 2.

C-Falls 75, Polson 46

POLSON — Cooper Ross hit six 3-pointeres, three in the second quarter, and scored 20 points t lead the Wildcats to the Northwest A win over Polson.

Columbia Falls hit 12 3-pointers in the game, with Grady Hutton hitting a pair. Ross’ second-quarter flurry helped the Cats (9-2 overall, 4-1 in the Northwest A) built a 34-16 halftime lead. Bjorn Pedersen and Reggie Sapa added nine points each for the visitors.

Malakai Curley led the Pirates (6-5, 3-2 in league) with 14.

C-Falls 15 19 22 19 - 75

Polson 6 10 17 13 - 46

COLUMBIA FALLS — Cooper Ross 20, Easton Brooks 6, Stanley Stremick 7, Jory Hill 2, Bjorn Pedersen 9, Reggie Sapa 9, Nico Young 5, Caleb Mee 2, Branyan Johnston 2, Grady Hutton 8, Rhett Lindskoog 3, Silas Ypma 2.

POLSON — Cason Grahm 10, Malakai Curley 14, Cody Haggard 1, Shaedon Perry 5, Maddox Bird 1, Holden Emerson 9, Jesse Vaile 3, Kyson Michel 2.