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by Daily Inter Lake
| February 23, 2020 10:12 AM

LIBBY – A.J. Pacella scored 16 points, Corey Channey added 15 and the Eureka Lions held off Mission 49-41 Saturday for the District 7-B boys basketball tournament championship.

Bigfork rallied past Thompson Falls 45-36 to win the consolation, and all four teams advanced to the Western B Divisional Feb. 27-29 in Hamilton. They’ll play the top four teams from the District 6-B tournament.

Thompson Falls won the District 7B girls title 39-28 over Eureka.

Eureka 49, Mission 41

Jake Kindel added another 10 points for the Lions, who led 14-12 after one frame and 27-18 at halftime.

Porcella’s total included four 3-pointers.

Jedi Christy’s 14 points led Mission, and 10 of that came in the third quarter as the Bulldogs attempted to rally. Ross McPherson added nine points for Mission.

Championship

Mission 12 6 14 9 - 41

Eureka 14 13 9 13 - 49

MISSION (10-11) – Zoiran LaFrombois 8, Isaiah Nasewytewa 5, Ross McPherson 9, Davian Adams 3, Jedi Christy 14, Noah Durheim 2.

EUREKA (12-8) – Austin Sartori 2, Alex Lowe 5, A.J. Pacella 16, Corey Channey 15, Joey Kendel 1, Jake Kindel 10.

Bigfork 45,

Thompson Falls 36

Colt Thorness scored eight of his 10 points after halftime and Bryce Gillard had seven of his 11 after intermission to help Bigfork rally past Thompson Falls in the consolation game of the District 7-B tournament Saturday.

Isak Epperly added another 10 points for the Vikings, six coming in the second half. Isaac Bjorge checked in with six points, nine rebounds and four blocks.

Nathan Schraeder scored 10 to lead the Bluehawks.

Consolation

Bigfork 9 6 17 13 - 45

T. Falls 8 12 9 6 - 36

BIGFORK (10-10) – Colt Thorness 10, Wyatt Riechenbach 3, Walker Fisher 3, Wyatt Duke 2, Bryce Gilliard 11, Isak Epperly 10, Isaac Bjorge 6.

THOMPSON FALLS (8-12) – Sidney Akinde 5, Nathan Schraeder 10, Ryan Schraeder 4, Justin Morgan 4, Jack Green 2, Trey Fisher 4, Cody Buck 7.

ELSEWHERE

Browning 69, Polson 66

POLSON – The host Pirates put four players in double figures led by Xavier Fisher’s 15 points, but couldn’t quite catch Northwestern A leader Browning.

Colton Graham added 11 points and Anton Lefthand and Beau Kelley had 10 apiece for Polson (11-7, 7-3 in league games). The Pirates had two possessions in the final 20 seconds but got a shot off neither time.

Riley Spoonhunter’s 23 points led Browning (14-4, 9-1).

Browning 11 18 20 20 - 69

Polson 19 13 15 19 - 66

BROWNING – Brian Duroche 12, Cody Carlson 4, Riley Spoonhunter 23, Chris Reevis 1, Luke Juneau 8, Justin Bird 7, Deion MadPlume 8, Latrelle Bullchild 6.

POLSON – Xavier Fisher 15, Ryker Wenderoth 1, Trevor Schultz 3, Jarrett Wilson 9, Anton Lefthand 10, Beau Kelly 10, Colton Graham 11, Bronson Henriksen 2, Trevor Lake 2, Gunner Grisak 3.

GIRLS

Thompson Falls 39,

Eureka 28

LIBBY — Megan Baxter scored 14 points, six coming in the fourth quarter as Thompson Falls pulled away to beat Eureka in the District 7-B girls basketball championship.

Baxter’s efforts and a 3-pointer by Faith Fields helped the Bluehawks outscore the Lions 15-5 in the final frame.

Eureka had kept close behind eight points from Maggie Graves.

As with the boys tournament, all four teams that played Saturday advance to the Western B Divisional Feb. 27-29 in Hamilton.

Bigfork topped Mission 53-25 in the girls consolation game.

Championship

Eureka 5 7 11 5 - 28

T. Falls 6 11 11 15 - 39

EUREKA (14-6) – Michael Shea 1, Megan Hanson 2, Avery Escobar 2, Katie Schmidt 3, Jayden Pluid 6, Maggie Graves 8, Karlee Frost 6.

THOMPSON FALLS (16-4) – Ellie Pardee 7, Ellie Baxter 2, Riley Wilson 5, Belle Cooper 2, Faith Fields 3, Jody Detlaff 6, Megan Baxter 14.

Bigfork 53, Mission 25

Ansleigh Edgerton poured in 19 points, 17 in the first half, to lead Bigfork past Mission in the District 7-B girls’ consolation game Saturday.

Emma Berreth added 14 points for the Valkries, who led 31-9 at halftime.

Aza Humphrey’s nine points led Mission.

Consolation

Bigfork 14 17 14 8 - 53

Mission 5 4 5 11 - 25

BIGFORK (12-8) – Emma Berreth 14, Audrey Buenz 2, Zoey Albert 2, Madison Chappius 2, Scout Aladeau 8, Ansleigh Edgerton 19, Jessa Newton 1, Izzy Santisteven 5.

MISSION (8-13) – Olivia Garland 2, Aza Humphrey 9, Kooper Page 2, Mady Currie 3, Courtney Mitchell 2, Sydney Brander 7.