Ferrell scored 28 points to lead the Red Devils past Hot Springs 61-53 in the winner-takes-first-place season finale for each squad.
Noxon, which claimed the top seed at next week's district tournament in Ronan, was keyed by a strong first half that saw the Red Devils take a 17-point lead into halftime.
The Red Devils, who received 14 points from Cody Linderman and 11 from Ryan Eichert, led by as many as 19 in the third quarter before Hot Springs charged back. Noxon kept the Savage Heat in the game by shooting just 10-for-20 from the foul line, including an 8-for-15 effort in the fourth quarter.
“To their credit, Hot Springs battled back,” Weltz said. “I guess we just played like a team that wanted it a little more.”
Nick Pavelich scored 24 and Drew Flagen had 19 for Hot Springs (7-3, 11-7).
Hot Springs 12 2 15 24 - 53
Noxon 18 13 16 14 - 61
HOT SPRINGS - Drew Flagen 19, Nick Malinak 2, Nick Pavelich 24, Carter Farrier 2, Will Tumis 2, Blake Herman 4.
NOXON - Chris Herbig 2, Ryan Eichert 11, Pete Ferrell 28, Cody Linderman 14, Keith Therrian 2, Jason Allen 4.
Elsewhere:
Class AA
Missoula Sentinel 69,
Kalispell Glacier 55
At Kalispell, the Spartans put four players in double figures and carved out a big rebounding edge to secure the Western AA victory.
Mark Henkel's 19 points led the way but the Spartans also got 16 from Kendal Maier. Connor Griffith scored 11 and Andy Garland had 10.
Garland also pulled down eight boards to lead Sentinel to a 46-29 rebounding advantage.
The Wolfpack led by one after the first quarter, but surrendered a five-point lead to the second-ranked Spartans by halftime.
“They can score the ball real well, Glacier can,” Sentinel coach Craig Matosich said. “We decided to defend pretty well after that (first quarter) and just kind of slowly pulled away.”
Ben Cutler scored 27 points and Shay Smithwick-Hann had 16 and eight boards for Glacier.
Sentinel 15 16 21 17 - 69
Glacier 16 10 11 18 - 55
SENTINEL - Taylor King 0 1-2 1, Sean Davis 0 0-2 0, Kendal Maier 4 7-7 16, Logan Jacobson 1 0-0 2, Dan Thisselle 1 2-2 4, Ben Roberts 2 0-1 6, Mark Henkel 5 6-6 19, Andy Garland 4 2-3 10, Connor Griffith 5 1-1 11. Totals 22 19-24 69.
GLACIER - Connor Fuller 0-2 1-2 1, Shay Smithwick-Hann 6-15 3-3 16, Logan Quay 2-3 0-0 4, Mike Rasmussen 1-1 0-0 2, Ben Cutler 11-21 2-7 27, Ben Sansaver 2-8 1-2 5, Josh Doty 0-2 0-0 0, Cody Grosswiler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 7-14 55..
3-point goals - Sentinel 6 (Henkel 3, Roberts 2, Maier), Glacier 4 (Cutler 3, Smithwick-Hann). Total fouls - Sentinel 14, Glacier 22. Rebounding - Sentinel. 46 (Garland 8, Henkel 5), Glaciaer 29 (Smithwick-Hann 8).
Flathead Kalispell 67,
Missoula Big Sky 66
At Kalispell, Big Sky rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit but fell just short as the Braves secured the Western AA win behind 25 points and 16 rebounds from Brock Osweiler.
After a late run by the Eagles, Flathead's Jake Thiesen hit two free throws with five seconds left to extend the Braves' lead to four points. Big Sky's Mike Devlin hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap the scoring.
Thiesen finished with 13 points while Charlie Dotson added 12 for Flathead.
Devlin had 16 points to lead the Eagles. Spencer Powell contributed 13.
Big Sky 14 12 17 23 - 66
Flathead 18 18 11 20 - 67
BIG SKY - Mike Devlin 5-10 4-4 16, Spencer Powell 4-6 5-6 13, Mike LaValley 7-13 0-0 17, Justin Montelius 2-13 3-4 9, Brooks Nuanez2-5 1-2 7, Jake Peterson 0-2 0-0 0, Beau Donaldson 2-9 0-0 4, Evan Klaudt 0-1 0-0 0, Ryan Devlin 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 13-16 66..
FLATHEAD - Jake Thiesen 4-9 4-4 13, Sam Tedrow 0-0 0-0 0, Danny Salois 2-3 0-0 5, Austin Roehl 1-3 0-0 2, Charlie Dotson 4-4 4-6 12, Connor Cavigli 4-7 2-2 10, Josh Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Brock Osweiler 7-11 10-13 25. Totals 22-38 20-25 67.
3-point goals - Big Sky 9-19 (LaValley 3-4, M. Devlin 2-4, Montelius 2-4, Nuanez 2-5) , Flathead 3-8 (Salois 1-1, Osweiler 1-2, Thiesen 1-5). Total fouls - .Big Sky 24, Flatheat 17. Rebounding - Big Sky 24 (Powell 8, Montelius 5), Flathead 36 (Osweiler 16).
Class A
Missoula Hellgate 64, Anaconda 28
At Anaconda, Brendan Brown scored 15 points and Clayton Juneau contributed 13 as the Western AA Knights romped over Central A Anaconda.
Nine of Juneau's points came from beyond the 3-point line. The Knights (7-9) held the Copperheads to single digits in three quarters.
Sam Ferguson's 10 points led Anaconda (1-14).
Hellgate 14 20 13 17 - 64
Anaconda 7 5 4 12 - 28
HELLGATE - Brendan Brown 6-9 2-2 15, Brian O'Day 2-3 0-0 6, R.J. Wells 2-5 0-0 4, Taylor Nordby 3-6 3-7 9, Sam Hall 2-5 0-0 4, Clayton Juneau 5-10 0-0 13, Conner Weston 1-1 1-1 3, Travis Peevey 2-4 1-4 5, Justin Reynolds 2-8 1-4 5. Totals 25-51 8-18 64.
ANACONDA - Sam Ferguson 4-10 0-0 10, Lucus Wagner 0-8 2-2 2, Henry Huber 2-7 2-2 6, Steve Collins 2-8 0-0 4, Phil Dedman 0-2 2-2 2, Caleb Adler 1-1 0-0 2, Brock Wigert 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 10-39 6-6 28.
3-point goals - Hellgate 6-16 (Brown 1-2, O'Day 2-3, Juneau 3-7), Anaconda 2-10 (Ferguson 2-4). Total fouls - Hellgate 11, Anaconda 13. Rebounding - .Hellgate 24 (Reynolds 5, Brown 4, Nordby 4), Anaconda 25 (Wagner 10, Huber 4)
Dillon 75, Hamilton 27
At Dillon, Bryce Carver led the top-ranked Beavers to the lopsided Southwestern A win.
Carver led 12 Dillon scorers with 17 points as the Beavers improved to 8-0 in league play and 14-2 overall.
Corey Eisenzimer added 12 for Dillon, which outscored the Broncs 29-3 in the second quarter. Evan Green led Hamilton with 14 points. The Broncs slipped to 4-4, 8-8.
Hamilton 13 3 3 8 - 27
Dillon 14 29 16 16 - 75
HAMILTON - Jake Jessop 5, Ryan Turley 4, Justin Gillespie 2, Ben Endicott 2, Evan Green 14.
DILLON - Bryce Carver 17, Tim Goins 5, Michael Allen 4, Brandon Boka 4, Stephen Resset 6, Brock Myllymaki 9, Dakota Norris 1, Toby Shepherd 1, Trevor Rehm 6, Blade Schuett 4, Dylan Whiting 4, Corey Eisenzimer 12.
Ronan 57, Libby 55
At Ronan, Moss Tanner paced the offense and the Chiefs held off a late rally to post the Northwestern A win.
Tanner went 7-for-12 from the free throw line and finished with a game-high 26 points. Nolan Harris drilled a trio of 3-pointers in the third quarter and closed with 12 points for the Chiefs (6-3, 13-4).
Ronan held a 15-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Loggers, who hit 15 of 17 from the charity stripe in the final eight minutes, closed the gap.
The Loggers (4-4, 9-7) were led by Jim Mee's 21 points.
Libby 14 10 10 21 - 55
Ronan 17 14 18 8 - 57
LIBBY - Zack Rowan 8, Jim Mee 21, Joel Fuller 17, Bryan Cooper 3, Jordan Gragert 5, Brandon Puckett 1.
RONAN - Moss Tanner 26, Ryan Hesselgesser 7, Jordan St. Claire 8, Mike Fisher 2, Micah Lee 2, Nolan Harris 12.
Columbia Falls 56, Whitefish 43
At Columbia Falls, Chase Grilley turned in an all-around strong performance with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead the Wildcats to the Northwestern A win.
Grant Getts added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds for league-leading Columbia Falls (7-2, 12-5), while Zane Ridings also hit double-figures in scoring with 10.
Shawn Watterud finished with a game-high 20 points to lead Whitefish (4-5, 8-8).
Whitefish 7 3 6 27 - 43
Col. Falls 14 14 19 9 - 56
WHITEFISH - Matt Whitehead 7, Aaron Tkachyk 3, Shawn Watterud 20, Austin Green 1, Colt Idol 4, David FauntLeRoy 7, Connor Silliker 1.
COLUMBIA FALLS - Cody Bowman 5, Zane Ridings 10, Chase Grilley 13, Mackey Nolan 2, Tanner Perry 1, Mitchell Wassam 6, Kaleb Johnson 4, Grant Getts 12, Michael Williams 3.
Class B
St. Ignatius 51, Thompson Falls 45
At St. Ignatius, Dallas Cordier's 16 points paced St. Ignatius in a come-from-behind victory over Thompson Falls, the Bluehawks' first District 8-B loss.
Trailing by five points headed into the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs outscored the Bluehawks 22-11 in the final eight minutes.
Jorren Gies scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds for St. Ignatius (3-5 in league; 6-12 overall). Lucas McDonald had 10 points and six steals.
Erik Gilbert's 13 and Brandon Damaskos' 11 points led Thompson Falls (7-1, 13-5).
T. Falls 7 14 13 11 - 45
St. Ignatius 14 2 13 22 - 51
THOMPSON FALLS - Dillon Gerstenberger 2, Brandon Damaskos 11, John Buckingham 3, Brian Schenevar 5, Nathan Nigh 4, Erik Gilbert 13, Mike Wood 2, Dallas VonHeeder 5.
ST. IGNATIUS - Riley Bailey 4, Dallas Cordier 16, Jorren Gies 12, Lucas McDonald 10, Rafael Okuhara 2, Alex Morigeau 7.
Polson 48, Eureka 39
At Eureka, John Rausch and Zach Langston put matching 13s on the scoreboard to lead Northwestern A Polson to a nonconference win over District 8-B Eureka.
Polson went on a 13-5 run in the third quarter to seize command, and improve to 8-8 on the season.
Marcus Pluid collected 13 points and John Davis had 10 to lead Eureka (3-14).
Polson 5 15 13 15 - 48
Eureka 9 11 5 14 - 39
POLSON - John Rausch 13, Ryan Kelley 6, Zach Langston 13, Cody Doyle 7, Tim Rausch 9.
EUREKA - Josiah Begay 5, Ben Dechart 9, John Davis 10, Luke Truman 2, Marcus Pluid 13.
Seeley-Swan 74, Frenchtown 49
At Seeley Lake, Nathan Stone was 11 of 14 from the free throw line and finished with a game-high 31 points to pace Seeley-Swan to the nonconference win.
Ryan Nelson added 15 points and Cody Kohlwes had 10 for the District 7-B Blackhawks, who finished the season with a 16-2 overall record.
Cody Beierle scored 10 points off the bench to lead the Southwestern A Broncs (3-13).
Frenchtown 9 9 14 17 - 49
Seeley-Swan 18 21 21 14 - 74
FRENCHTOWN - David Velasquez 2, Matt Block 5, Jesse Dahlberg 3, Cody Beierle 10, Cody Kirk 5, Nathan Davis 5, Tyler Normand 9, Tyler Wilde 8, Terry Nau 1, Kevin Ochler 1.
SEELEY-SWAN - Zach Evans 1, Nathan Stone 31, Ryan Nelson 15, Eric Ferdinand 4, Cody Kohlwes 10, Canyon Parcell 8, David Cahoon 2, Nathan Wood 1, Chris Birdsbill 2.
Florence 62, Darby 53
At Florence, Brandon Lorensen chipped in a game-high 27 points to guide Florence to the District 7-B win over Darby.
Lorensen and Damon Moe combined for 23 second-half points to help the Falcons take control. Moe finished with 16 for Florence, which wrapped up the regular season at 3-7, 6-12.
Dillon Oliver scored 15 to lead Darby (1-9, 3-15).
Darby 11 14 13 15 - 53
Florence 12 12 25 15 - 62
DARBY - Kyle Rider 3, Tyler Bergren 12, Jake Lindquist 3, Dillon Oliver 15, Mike Stanford 6, RJ Hill 8, Jeremy Trueax 6.
FLORENCE - Reid Baerlocher 8, Brandon Lorensen 27, Damon Moe 16, Alex Mitchell 3, Tyler Barham 2, Max Burns 2, Trevor Stoos 4.
Valley Christian 89,
Two Eagle River 75
District 7-B Valley Christian got big games from Morgan Parsons and Stephen Kasun and beat District 14-C Two Eagle River in Missoula.
Parsons and Kasun each scored 22 points as Valley finished the regular season 6-12. Parsons did much of his damage from beyond the arc, nailing six 3-pointers.
Kasun hit a pair from long range and scored eight in the second quarter. That's when Valley went on a 19-10 spurt with Two Eagle's leading scorer Kyle Stensgar on the bench battling foul trouble.
Stensgar led Two Eagle (9-9) with 20 points.
Two Eagle 23 10 22 21 - 75
Valley Ch. 23 19 19 28 - 89
TWO EAGLE - Kyle Stensgar 20, Nate Drennan 16, James Maestas 12, Jerod Tanner 11, Matthew Hewankorn 12, George Rider Flynn 4.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Morgan Parsons 22, Stephen Kasun 22, Hans Lange 7, Cody Parsons 10, Ben Kesler 13, Grayson Leder 5, Broc Roberts 10.
Three Forks 95, Deer Lodge 72
At Three Forks, Jared Strickland and Weston Kimm led seventh-ranked Three Forks to a high-scoring victory over District 7-B Deer Lodge.
Strickland and Kimm scored 20 points apiece to lead four Three Forks players in double digits. Jordan Overstreet scored 13 and Adam Feisner added 12 for the Wolves.
Trent Thomas scored 19 and Alex Miller had 18 for to lead the Wardens (10-8).
Deer Lodge 15 20 24 13 - 72
Three Forks 28 26 21 20 - 95
DEER LODGE - Alex Miller 18, John Hansen 3, Trent Thomas 19, Dean Despain 7, Joe Stefalo 7, Cody Hendrickson 9, Brendan King 9.
THREE FORKS - Josh Hamilton 1, Jordan Overstreet 13, Sam Pickett 5, Adam Feisner 12, Jared Strickland 20, Josh Oakes 8, Weston Kimm 20, Colter Hanson 2, Kurt Scofield 8, Cole Berg 5.
Class C
Drummond 50, Philipsburg 42
At Philipsburg, Neil Mannix and Levi Coughlin split 30 points to lead the Trojans to the District 13-C win.
Tel Reynolds added 12 for Drummond, which rallied in the fourth quarter. The Trojans improved to 6-4 in league and 12-6 overall.
Charlie McDonald had a game-high 21 points to lead Philipsburg (0-9, 3-14).
Drummond 6 16 9 19 - 50
Philipsburg 12 9 11 10 - 42
DRUMMOND - Parker Rohrer 2, Jordan Mannix 3, Neil Mannix 15, Levi Coughlin 15, Tel Reynolds 12, connor Verlanic 3
PHILPSBURG - Charlie McDonald 21, Bill Metesh 7, Dustin Houg 2, Kal Munis 6, Dayton Posey 6.
Charlo 56, St. Regis 26
At St. Regis, Josh Sharbono led Charlo to the District 14-C win.
Sharbono notched a game-high 18 points for the Vikings, who sprinted out to a 10-point first-quarter lead. Shiloh Kerr and Jeff Bucholz added nine apiece for Charlo, which improved to 3-7 in conference and 4-14 overall.
Nate Cantrell-Field paced St. Regis (0-8, 0-17) with 17 points.
Charlo 15 13 13 15 - 56
St. Regis 5 9 8 4 - 26
CHARLO - Shiloh Kerr 9, Clay Hoit 6, Jeff Bucholz 9, Edward Dumont 4, Chance Firestone 6, Chancee Rosenbaum 2, Josh Sharbono 18, Houston Blevins 2.
ST. REGIS - Nate Cantrell-Field 17, Johnathon Kelley 3, Pat Quinlivan 6.
Alberton 46, Lincoln 34
At Alberton, Jordan Johnson collected 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Panthers to a District 13-C win over Lincoln.
Jaime Davenport added 11 points and Jerry Brovold had 10 for the Panthers, who went into halftime with an 11-point lead. Alberton improved to 8-2 in conference and 14-4 overall.
Tel Menard paced Lincoln with 14 points.
Lincoln 5 4 13 12 - 34
Alberton 10 10 13 13 - 46
LINCOLN - Lee Flemming 8, Landry Grantier 10, Tel Menard 14, Jesse Erickson 2.
ALBERTON - Phillip Brovold 2, Cody Hoose 8, Jerry Brovold 10, Jordan Johnson 15, Jaime Davenport 11.
Victor 77, Arlee 58
At Arlee, Eric Taylor led a quartet of Victor players to hit double figures as the Pirates took the District 13-C win.
Eric Taylor finished with 19 and Mark Frye added 15 as Victor improved to 10-0 in conference and 15-3 overall. Gatlin Lamb, who hit four of the Pirates' 11 3-pointers, finished with 14 points, while Tyler Swanson had 11.
Austin Moran and Wyatt O'Neill combined for 27 points for Arlee (1-9, 5-12).
Victor 23 14 25 15 - 77
Arlee 18 12 15 13 - 58
VICTOR - Gatlin Lamb 14, Eric Bissett 6, Tyler Swanson 11, Eric Taylor 19, Mark Frye 15, Xavier Morigeau 2, Chris Mai 8, Clay Sacks 2.
ARLEE - Cubby Pierre 8, Kyle Felsman 10, Austin Moran 14, Ozzie Old Person 4, Wyatt O'Neill 13, Kevin Allensworth 4, Mark Felsman 3, Richard Pierre 2.
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