Eureka girls top Whitefish; push win streak to 6 games
EUREKA — Sienna Utter tallied a game-high 17 points in leading Class B Eureka past Class A Whitefish 39-28 on Friday evening in nonconference girls basketball action.
Eureka (9-2 overall) pulled away after a slow start to lead 19-12 at the half.
Eureka outscored Whitefish 13-5 to close the game out.
Utter scored eight points in Eureka’s 15-point second quarter.
Maggie Graves flirted with a double-double for the winners, finishing with seven points and eight rebounds.
Megan Hanson had a game-high five assists for Eureka.
Gracie Smyley topped Whitefish in scoring with 12 points.
Eureka, winners of six straight, host St. Ignatius today at 2:30 p.m. in a Western B division test.
Whitefish entertains Stevensville today at 4 p.m. in a Western A divisional outing.
Whitefish 5 7 11 5 — 28
Eureka 4 15 7 13 — 39
WHITEFISH — Kit Anderson 2, Claire Carloss 3, Gracie Smyley 12, Payton Kastella 7, Jadi Walburn 2, Marlee Bender 2.
EUREKA — Rhianna Hawkins 1, Michael Shea 5, Megan Hanson 2, Avory Escobar 4, Sienna Utter 17, Michelle Leonard 3, Maggie Graves 7.
Helena Capital 59,
Glacier 29
Helena Capital (9-1, 3-1) opened it up offensively with a 19-point second quarter and rolled from there for an easy Western AA victory over Glacier (6-2, 2-1) at Glacier High School.
Capital, up 11-10 after the first quarter, took a 30-20 lead into the locker room at the half. Capital went on to outscore Glacier 29-9 in the second half.
Glacier did not score in the fourth quarter.
Glacier was led by Raley Shirey and Aubrie Rademacher with nine and eight points, respectively.
Sidney Sheridan led a balanced attack for Capital with 15 points.
Glacier hosts Helena High today at 2 p.m.
Helena Capital 11 19 13 16 — 59
Glacier 10 10 9 0 — 29
HELENA CAPITAL — Cassie Brisko 4, Megan Lindbo 4, Paige Bartsch 11, Aryanna Ridlon 2, Sidney Sheridan 15, Emily Kidder 13 Dani Bartsch 7, Nicole Ames 3.
GLACIER — Kali Gulick 6, Kaileigh Crawford 2, Aubrie Rademacher 8, Abi Manger 2, Ellie Keller 2, Raley Shirey 9.
Ronan 55, Polson 13
RONAN — Ronan rolled to an easy Northwest A victory over Lake County rival Polson.
Scoring information was not available.
Boys
Helena Capital 53,
Glacier 29
HELENA — Glacier failed to hit double-digit scoring in any of the four quarter in falling to Helena Capital in Western AA play.
Glacier (5-4, 2-1) trailed 25-13 at the half and was outscored 28-16 in the second half.
KJ Johnson, Cole Crosby, Drew Engellant and Bret Michels tallied five points each for Glacier.
Trevor Swanson knocked down 15 for Capital (4-6, 1-3).
Glacier plays at Helena High today at 2:30 p.m.
Glacier 7 6 7 9 — 29
Helena Capital 18 7 15 13 — 53
GLACIER — Drew Deck 2, Ethan Baines 2, KJ Johnson 5, Cole Crosby 5, Christian Hensley 2, Drew Engellant 5, Michael Schwarz 3, Bret Michels 5.
HELENA CAPITAL — Brayden Koch 2, Brady Martin 7, Cade Kidder 3, Bridger Grovom 8, Trevor Swanson 15, Shane Haller 6, Garrett Kueber 8, Peyton Koch 4.
Helena High 65, Flathead 48
HELENA — Helena High used a balanced attack to crush Flathead in Western AA play.
Pierce Brown led the Bengals (6-7, 2-2), and all scorers, with 24 points. Connor Murgel added 14 points, Logan Brown 12 and Carson Woodland 10.
Flathead (4-5, 1-2) was paced by Blake Counts, 14 points, and Gabe Adams with 12.
Blake Counts led the Braves with 14 points and Gabe Adams added 12.
Helena bolted to a 20-7 first-quarter lead, was in front 31-24 at the half and was in control for the remainder of play.
Flathead plays at Helena Capital today at 2:15 p.m.
No scoring was available.
Whitefish 46, Eureka 35
EUREKA — Mark Anderson paced Whitefish with 10 points as the Bulldogs beat the Eureka Lions in a nonconference clash.
For the Lions, Jake Kindel scored 10 points and had five rebounds. Alex Lowe grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and scored eight points.
Whitefish 10 17 10 9 — 46
Eureka 8 9 9 9 — 35
WHITEFISH – Bodie Smith 2, Jack Schwager 4, Mark Anderson 10, Sam Genicke 5, Ryan Kemm 9, Lee Walburn 8, Dillon Botner 8.
EUREKA – Austin Sartori 2, Alex Lowe 8, AJ Pacella 2, Quade Anderson 6, Cory Chaney 7, Jake Kindel 10.
Polson 59, Ronan 50
RONAN — Polson knocked off Lake County rival Ronan in a Northwest A contest.
Scoring information was not available.
Ronan plays at Missoula Sentinel today.