Wildkats built big lead in win over Polson
COLUMBIA FALLS — Onni Lawrence led a balanced Columbia Falls attack with 12 points, and the Wildkats built a 38-15 halftime lead en route to a 56-39 Northwest A girls basketball win over Polson Thursday.
Kierra Kemppainen and Taryn Borgen each hit two 3-pointers in the first half for Columbia Falls (5-6 overall, 3-2 in Northwest A games). Borgen and Rylee Sweeney each scored 10 points.
Hinkley Moss had 11 points and Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 10 for the Lady Pirates (5-6, 3-2 in league).
Polson 7 8 13 11 - 39
C-Falls 19 19 6 12 - 56
POLSON — Hinkley Moss 11, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 10, Aleysia Black 5, Samantha Rensvold 6, Ahri Rushing 3, Embree Bird 2, Josie Henriksen 2.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Onni Lawrence 12, Taryn Borgen 10, Rylee Sweeney 10, Maddy Barker 6, Kierra Kemppainen 6, Alexa Friske 4, Addi Bowler 3, Alanis Petersen 3, Emalee Alton 2.
Bigfork 51, Whitefish 17
WHITEFISH — Braeden Gunlock scored 21 points and Bigfork seized control early in a Northwest A girls basketball win over Whitefish.
Paeten Gunlock added 11 points for the Valkyries, who led 39-8 at halftime. By then Braeden Gunlock had two 3-pointers and 15 points.
Allie Shors led Whitefish with seven.
Whitefish 3 5 4 5 - 17
Bigfork 20 19 12 0 - 51
WHITEFISH — Allie Shors 7, Stella Frisbee 3, Carmella Alfieri 3, Charlize Ullrich 3, Vivian Trieweiler-Schmidt 1.
BIGFORK — Braeden Gunlock 21, Paeten Gunlock 11, Somer Camps 6, Ava Davey 4, Keni Wade 7, Chloe Norred 2.
Tuesday
Whitefish 33, Libby 30
LIBBY — Carmella Alfieri hit two 3-pointers to spark a Whitefish rally and finished with 10 points — all after halftime — in the Bulldogs’ Northwest A win.
Allie Shors added eight points for Whitefish (3-6 overall, 1-3 in league games), which took a 25-20 lead into the fourth quarter and then hit enough free throws — six out of 14 — to hold on.
Rachel Kosters and Madison Vincent each had eight points for Libby (1-10, 0-5 in league). Rylee Dalmas had seven points, including a three that cut the gap to 33-30 in the final minute.
Whitefish 11 4 10 8 - 33
Libby 11 6 4 10 - 30
WHITEFISH — Reese Hudson 3, Charlize Ullrich 3, Carmella Alfieri 10, Allie Shors 8, Izze Short 6, Stella Frisbee 3.
LIBBY — Kaydence Stanek 2, Madison Vincent 8, Rylee Delmas 7, Rachel Kosters 8, Peyton Waggoner 5.