All-tourney honors awarded to five Columbia Falls girls

by The Daily Inter Lake
| March 5, 2017 11:02 PM

Five members of the Class A state championship Columbia Falls girls basketball team have received all-tournament honors in voting by the media and tournament officials.

Peyton Kehr, a 5-foot-11 senior guard/forward, was named the MVP and to the all-tournament first team.

She had 22 points and 10 rebounds in the 73-50 championship win over Hardin Saturday evening at the Butte Civic Center. She scored in double figures in two of the three state games and averaged 15-points per game.

Joining Kehr on the first team was teammate Kiara Burlage, a 6-0 senior guard/forward. Burlage was in double-digit scoring for all three games, averaging 14 per contest. She had 19 points in the title outing.

Sydney Hovde, a 6-1 senior forward, and Dani Douglas, a 5-4 junior guard, were second-team selections.

Hovde led the Wildkats in scoring in the 55-42 semifinal victory over Havre with 18 points and in the opening 59-35 win over Laurel with 15 points. She average 12.3 per game in Butte.

Douglas had 16 points in the final and 11 in the opener. She averaged 11.6 for the tournament.

Cydney Finberg, a 5-11 senior guard/forward, was an honorable mention pick. She had nine points in the title test and average just over seven for the weekend.

There were 11 ballots by the voters.

The championship was the first for Columbia Falls (23-1) since winning the AA title in 1983. The Wildkats were second last year and third the two previous seasons.

Girls State Class A All-Tournament Team

Thursday/Friday/Saturday At The Butte Civic Center

First Team

(MVP) Peyton Kehr, Columbia Falls

Kiara Burlage, Columbia Falls

Madisan Chavez, Hardin

Emily St. John, Butte Central

Aubrey Meiwald, Hardin

Second Team

Kloie Thatcher, Butte Central

Sydney Hovde, Columbia Falls

Dani Douglas, Columbia Falls

Naomi Terry, Havre

Corinne Sanderson, Corvallis

Honorable Mention

Gabby Webber, Belgrade

Karissa Dushane, Hardin

Penny Jessop, Corvallis

Mollie Peoples, Butte Central

Mallory McGill, Hamilton

Sharmayne Hardy, Hardin

Emme Warnken, Corvallis

Cydney Finberg, Columbia Falls

Kiah Hohenstein, Belgrade

Aspen Cotter, Laurel

Samantha Oliver, Havre

Tricia Joyce, Butte Central