Polson girls remain perfect in Northwestern A basketball
The Daily Inter Lake
COLUMBIA FALLS - Polson outscored Columbia Falls 14-8 in the final frame Thursday to pull away for a 47-40 Northwestern A girls basketball victory.
Polson, 8-0 in league and 15-1 overall, was led by Gracie Sartori's 15 points. Kara Huyser tallied 14.
"It was a great game," said Columbia Falls coach Kris Salonen.
"We were within two. The kids played hard. A good positive step for us."
Callie Spencer scored 17 points for Columbia Falls, 2-7 and 6-10.
Columbia Falls plays at Frenchtown on Saturday.
PIRATES 47, WILDKATS 40
Polson 8 11 14 14 - 47
Columbia Falls 8 5 19 8 - 40
Polson - Jen Orchard 1 1-3 4, Jessica Buckless 1 0-0 2, Gracie Sartori 6 0-0 15, Lisa Mathias 3 4-5 10, Kara Huyser 7 0-0 14, Emily Fors 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 5-8 47.
Columbia Falls - Callie Spencer 8 0-0 17, Amber Lampman 1 0-0 2, Jessica Boyer 1 0-2 2, Alyssa Ladenburg 2 0-2 4, Beth Karper 1 1-2 3, Jessica Davis 3 1-2 8, Kate Marcille 2 0-0 4. Totals: 18 2-8 40.
3-point goals: Orchard, Sartori (3); Spencer, Davis. Team fouls: Polson 14, Columbia Falls 11. Fouled out: Mathias.
Libby 43, Troy 10
LIBBY - Teri Rebo scored 13 points and Sam Schultz had 11 as Libby rolled to an easy non-conference girls basketball victory Thursday over Troy, 2-15.
Libby led 30-3 at the half.
Libby, 8-9 overall, hosts Polson on Feb. 18.
LOGGERS 43, TROJANS 10
Troy 3 0 4 3 - 10
Libby 10 20 5 8 - 43
Troy - Elisha Kampfe 2 2-7 7, Katy Palmer 1 1-3 3, Mirah Davis 0 0-1 0. Totals: 3 3-11 10.
Libby - Brooke Hageness 0 1-2 1, Sam Schultz 5 0-0 11, Shelby Barton 1 0-0 2, Brittany Martin 2 0-0 5, Teri Rebo 6 1-3 13, Kristen Brossman 0 3-6 3, Laice Dedrick 3 2-5 8. Totals: 17 7-16 43.
3-point goals: Kampfe; Schultz, Martin. Team fouls: Troy 16, Libby 10. Fouled out: Troy, Katie Nelson.
Flathead 63, Hellgate 41
MISSOULA - Flathead broke away from a tight halftime lead, 31-26, to bury Missoula Hellgate Thursday in Western AA girls basketball play.
The Bravettes, 5-3 in league and 11-4 overall, outscored Hellgate 32-15 in the final half.
Chelsea Vaudt led FHS with 20 points. Lindsay Ingram and Holli Hashley both had 12.
Flathead hosts Great Falls High on Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
BRAVETTES 63, KNIGHTS 41
Flathead 12 19 15 17 - 63
Missoula Hellgate 10 16 8 7 - 41
Flathead - Chaeney Latimer 2-5 0-0 6, Lindsay Ingram 5-8 2-3 12, Holli Hashley 5-5 2-3 12, Meghan O'Connell 0-2 2-2 2, Chelsea Vaudt 9-12 2-3 20, Christina Zorn 1-6 0-0 2, Kendalynn Habel 0-0 2-2 2, Leslie Quay 1-1 1-3 3, Bailey Watkins 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 25-42 11-17 63.
Missoula Hellgate - Melissa Jenkins 3-9 0-0 7, Carly Morlock 0-6 0-0 0, Catelyn Lower 1-7 0-0 0, Leslie Abbott 7-10 3-4 19, Kirsten Vaculik 2-7 0-0 4, Maddy Sokoloski 0-1 0-0 0, Chelsey Maxson 0-1 0-0 0, Erin O'Reilly 0-1 0-0 0, Ashley Iverson 3-8 2-3 8, Paige Hall 0-0 0-1 0 . Totals 16-50 5-8 41.
3-point goals - Flathead 2-6 (Latimer 2-3, Ingram 0-1, O'Connell 0-1, Zorn 0-1), Hellgate 4-16 (Abbott 2-2, Jenkins 1-3, Lower 1-4, Morlock 0-4, Iverson 0-2, Maxson 0-1). Total fouls - Flathead 16, Hellgate 18. Fouled out - none.
Rebounds - Flathead 19 (Hashley 6, Vaudt 5), Hellgate 22 (Vaculik 9). Turnovers - Flathead19, Hellgate 22. Steals - Flathead10 (Zorn 2, O'Connell 2, Vaudt 2), Hellgate 6 (Jenkins 2, Iverson 2). Assists - Flathead 14 (Zorn 4, O'Connell 3), Hellgate 10 (Abbott 3, Jenkins 2, Lower 2).