Browning girls start strong against Polson, earn Western A berth

BROWNING — Shaylee Heavy Runner scored 18 points. 10 coming in Browning’s dominant first quarter, and the Lady Indians beat Polson 65-52 in a Western A Divisional play-in game Saturday.

Teslin Trombley added 12 points and Amari Yellow Owl 11 for Browning, which led 42-15 at halftime. The Lady Indians (11-9) punched their ticket to the divisional that starts Thursday at Whitefish High School. They’ll play Frenchtown in the first round. 

Heavy Runner, Trombley and Yellow Owl all hit three 3-pointers; Heavy Runner converted her first into a four-play. 

Rylee Taylor-Jefferson scored 21 points for Polson, which ended up 7-13. She scored 16 points in the second half. 

Polson    3    12    13    19    -    52 

Browning    22    20    10    13    -    65 

POLSON —  Aleysia Black 11, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 21, Samantha Rensvold 8, Hinkley Moss 109, Ahri Rushing 2. 

BROWNING — Josephine Michael 5, Shaylee Heavy Runner 18, Tashlyn Lazy Boy 5, Teslin Trombley 12, Amari Yellow Owl 11, Zoey Valandra 8, Nyahrae Tatsey 6.  

Western A Girls Divisional 

March 6-8 

Whitefish High School 

(4 teams advance to State) 

Thursday 

Game 1: Dillon (17-1) vs. Ronan (11-7), 9 a.m. 

Game 2: Bigfork (16-2) vs. Butte Central (7-13), 10:30 a.m. 

Game 5: Columbia Falls (10-8) vs. Hamilton 5-12), 3:30 p.m. 

Game 6: Browning (11-9) vs. Frenchtown (15-3), 5 p.m. 

Friday 

Game 9: Loser 1 vs. Loser 2, 9 a.m. 

Game 10: Loser 5 vs. Loser 6, 10:30 a.m. 

Game 13: Winner 1 vs. Winner 2, 3:30 p.m. 

Game 14: Winner 5 vs. Winner 6, 5 p.m. 

Saturday 

Game 19: Loser 16 vs. Winner 11, 10:30 a.m. (Columbia Falls High School) 

Game 20: loser 15 vs. Winner 12, 10:30 a.m. 

Game 22: Winner 19 vs. Winner 20, 5 p.m., third 

Game 24: Winner 15 vs. Winner 16, 8:15  p.m., first