Pirates pull away from Bulldogs
The Daily Inter Lake
WHITEFISH - Polson broke out of a shooting slump to knock of Whitefish (5-5 overall, 0-3 league) 58-38 in a Northwestern A boys basketball contest on Saturday.
Louis Mohr led the Pirates offense with 19 points. Kyle Bagnell and Sheldon Fisher both had 10.
Gage Vasquez was Whitefish's scoring leader with 10 points.
Polson 17 14 11 16 - 58
Whitefish 6 9 10 13 - 38
POLSON - Tyler Krell 5, Vince DiGiallonardo 9, Kyle Bagnell 10, Zack Camel 3, Louis Mohr 19, Sheldon Fisher 10, Cody Fischer 2.
WHITEFISH - Mac Roche 8, Gage Vasquez 10, Cooper Olson 4, Drew Galbriath 3, Chris Forrest 4, Jose Sanchez 7, Alex Duroche 2.
Thompson Falls 56, Eureka 49
EUREKA - Thompson Falls had to hold off a big rally by Eureka in the final half to claim a District 7B victory.
Eureka (3-8, 3-4) fell behind 30-12 by intermission, but outscored Thompson Falls 37-26 in the second half.
Bryton Guckenberg led the Lions with 21 points. Tanner Blankers added 15.
Eureka was missing Ryan Holder, who injured a knee in Friday's contest at Bigfork.
Garrett Reinschmidt led Thompson Falls with 20 points.
Thompson Falls 11 19 10 16 - 56
Eureka 3 9 16 21 - 49
THOMPSON FALLS - Jaron Laws 6, Josh Hojem 4, Cody Phillips 4, Garrett Reinschmidt 22, Chalis Wilson 20.
EUREKA - Tanner Peterson 5, Tanner Blankers 15, Andre Derby 6, Bryton Guckenberg 21, Alexander Schmdev 2.
Girls
Polson 57,
Whitefish 15
WHITEFISH - Polson's Riley Kenney scored 19 points as Polson rolled past Whitefish in Northwestern A play.
Polson jumped on top 15-5 after the first period and led 38-10 at the half.
Whitefish (0-10, 0-3) was led by Heather Bailey's five points.
Polson 15 23 12 4 - 57
Whitefish 5 5 2 3 - 15
POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 4, Nina Orozco-Charlo 5, Mariah Hamel 9, Breanne Kelley 9, Riley Kenney 19, Jordan Quinn 2, Jessica Bagnell 2, Jonna Grant 3, Heidi Rausch 4.
WHITEFISH - Taylor Havens 2, Heather Bailey 5, Olivia Curtiss 3, Amanda Foley 2, Simone Craft 3.
Missoula Loyola 49, Columbia Falls 36
MISSOULA - It all fell apart for Columbia Falls in the fourth quarter.
Loyola outscored the Wildkats 16-0 to pull away for a 13-point victory.
Only four players scored for Columbia Falls. Kayla DeWit tossed in a team-high 17 and Jonna Werner finished with 11.
Loyola's Alex Anderson totaled 18 points.
Columbia Falls 11 13 12 0 - 36
Loyola 9 14 10 16 - 49
COLUMBIA FALLS - Kayla DeWit 17, Jonna Werner 11, Hope Burlage 6, Shaun Rowe 2.
LOYOLA - Alex Anderson 18, Kiernan Haggarty 7, Taylor Galiher 7, Ashley Medeiros 6, Maddie Mansch 5, Maggie Crippen 2, Sam Manley 2, Maddy Malsam 2.
Thompson Falls 44, Eureka 36
THOMPSON FALLS - Makayla Becker scored 15 points and Allison Vaught 10 as Thompson Falls nipped Eureka in District 7B play.
Alyssa White scored 10 points for Eureka.
Thompson Falls 4 16 13 11 - 44
Eureka 2 15 8 11 - 36
THOMPSON FALLS - Kelsey Fitchett 8, Makayla Becker 15, Allison Vaught 10, Mara Hanks 7, Hope Reid 4.
EUREKA - Mikayla Grove 3, Alyssa White 10, Cassidy Morgan 6, Carly Allen 6, Alex Holland 3, Alex Krause 2, Brooke Williams 6.