“I don't think it was the prettiest game, but I can't remember a game where two teams worked harder than that,” said Libby coach Wally Winslow, whose team moved to 1-0 in Northwestern A action and 4-1 overall. “That's as good of an effort I've seen from any group I've ever coached.”
Benson paced the Loggers with 13 points, followed by Joel Fuller and Cannon each with 10. Winslow lauded Cannon for hitting “big shots at big times” and Alex Cislo for providing an offensive and defensive lift off the bench.
Whitefish 8 15 13 9 - 45
Libby 6 17 10 13 - 46
WHITEFISH - Aaron Tkachyk 10, Willie Roche 3, Mark Hotzfield 5, Connor Silliker 2, Colt Idol 20, David Fauntleroy 5.
LIBBY - T.J. Benson 4, Conner Benson 13, Kelly May 1, Joel Fuller 10, Colton Cannon 10, Alex Cislo 8.
Elsewhere:
Class AA
Great Falls Russell 62, Kalispell Flathead 35
At Kalispell, Kurtis Parsons led a trio of double-digit scorers and the Eastern AA Rustlers downed Western AA Flathead in nonconference action.
Parsons connected twice from 3-point range en route to pacing Russell with 14 points. Josh Huestis scored 11 and Jordan Harper added 10 for the Rustlers.
Russell (4-0) led by just three after the first quarter before outscoring the Braves 16-5 in the second to take a comfortable 14-point lead into halftime.
Karl Ingram's 10 points led Flathead, which dropped to 1-4.
Russell 13 16 15 18 - 62
Flathead 10 5 4 16 - 35
RUSSELL - Wyley Agamenoni 3 0-0 7, Payton Skawinski 2 2-4 6, Alex Martinez 1 1-2 3, Jade Klette 2 0-0 4, Jordan Harper 5 0-1 10, Josh Huestis 4 3-3 11, Kurtis Parsons 5 2-2 14, Tanner Bleskin 3 0-0 6, Greg Oswood 0 1-2 1. Totals 25 9-16 62.
FLATHEAD - Danny Salois 0 4-7 4, Tanner Salois 3 0-0 6, Cody Bouley 0 2-2 2, Karl Ingram 4 2-3 10, George Sherwood 3 3-4 9. Totals 12 11-20 35.
3-point goals - Russell 3 (Parsons 2), Flathead 0. Total fouls - Russell 22, Flathead 18.
Class A
Columbia Falls 68, Missoula Big Sky 44
At Columbia Falls, the Northwestern A Wildcats used a big second quarter to pull away from the Western AA Eagles.
Grant Getts topped Columbia Falls with 16 points. Mackey Nolan added 13 for the Wildcats (3-2) and Mitchell Wassam and Michael Williams scored 12 apiece.
Columbia Falls outscored Big Sky 15-6 in the second quarter by rotating a steady flow of bench players to keep fresh legs on the floor.
Mike LaValley's 14 points paced the Eagles, who slipped to 3-3.
Big Sky 15 6 14 9 - 44
Col. Falls 19 15 22 11 - 68
BIG SKY - Mike LaValley 5 3-5 14, Kevin McHugh 3 0-0 6, Brandt Montelius 3 0-1 6, Ryan Devlin 2 0-0 4, Drew Owens 1 2-2 4, Ed Apostol 4 2-6 10. Totals 18 7-14 44
COLUMBIA FALLS - Kyle Howell 1 0-0 3, Mackey Nolan 5 2-3 13, Mitchell Wassam 6 0-0 12, Grant Getts 7 1-2 16, Michael Williams 4 2-4 12, Tanner Barth 1 1-2 4, Austin Robbins 0 1-2 1, Austin Barth 2 0-0 4, Jacob Calderwood 1 1-1 3. Totals 28 8-14 68.
3-point goals - Big Sky 1 (LaValley), Columbia Falls 6 (Williams 2). Total fouls - Big Sky 14, Columbia Falls 15. Fouled out - none.
Stevensville 56, Polson 39
At Stevensville, the Southwestern A Yellowjackets received a big game from senior Ethan Pateman and rolled past Northwestern A Polson.
Pateman scored 14 of his game-high 22 points in the third quarter as Stevensville moved to 3-2. Jeremy Rusnell added 12 points for the Yellowjackets.
Stevensville opened a 12-point lead at halftime with the help of sting man-to-man defense.
The Pirates (2-2) were led by Craig Bagnell's nine points.
Polson 4 7 13 15 - 39
Stevensville 11 12 22 11 - 56
POLSON - Craig Bagnell 9, Kyle Bagnell 7, Waylon Michel 8, Tim Rausch 6, Ryan Kelly 2, Louis Mohr 4, Joe Andrews 3.
STEVENSVILLE - Boone Chambers 7, Austin Kelling 3, Caleb Vance 1, Tyler Gavlak 6, Ethan Pateman 22, Jeremy Rusnell 12, Josh Schultz 3, Mike Thorstad 2.
Frenchtown 51, Ronan 46
At Frenchtown, senior forward Tyler Wilde helped lift the Southwestern A Broncs past Northwestern A Ronan.
Wilde scored a team-leading 12 points for Frenchtown, which led by 13 after one quarter before the Chiefs rallied to cut that deficit by one at halftime. Ronan (4-1) even pulled ahead by as many as six in the third quarter before Frenchtown regained control.
Tyler Normand and Sean Amundson scored nine points apiece for the Broncs, who improved to 2-2.
Ronan senior guard led all scorers with 16 points.
Ronan 6 16 13 11 - 46
Frenchtown 19 4 16 12 - 51
RONAN - Mike Fisher 16, Dallas Cordier 3, Justin Dusty Bull 4, Eddie Ness 4, Jay Sorrell 2, Nolan Harris 8, Kyle Hendrickx 9.
FRENCHTOWN - Cody Kirk 8, Tyler Normand 9, Sean Amundson 9, Derrick Dauenhauer 2, Tyler Wilde 12, Richard Weber 3, Jake Anderson 8.
Class B
Seeley-Swan 64, Hamilton 62, OT
At Seeley Lake, senior guard Ryan Nelson played the role of hero as the District 6-B Blackhawks edged Southwestern A Hamilton.
Nelson scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, including a 24-foot, 3-pointer at the end of regulation to force the extra period. Nelson, who finished with a game-high 30 points, hit a pair of free throws in overtime to win it.
Chris Birdsbill scored 17 for Seeley-Swan, which moved to 5-1.
Kyle Crowley netted 15 points to lead the Broncs (1-3).
Hamilton 16 8 16 19 3 - 62
Seeley-Swan 13 8 19 19 5 - 64
HAMILTON - Jake Jessop 13, Kyle Crowley 15, Devin Leonardi 7, Phil Silcher 2, Beau Maus 10, Justin Gillespie 3, Tyler Pigman 8, Jeff Embree 2, Graham Silcher 2.
SEELEY-SWAN - Shawn Evans 9, Nathan Wood 2, Ryan Nelson 30, Chris Birdsbill 17, David Cahoon 2, Alex Blenderman 4.
Valley Christian 82, Drummond 77
Morgan Parsons poured in 28 points in leading Valley to a narrow nonconference win at the Eagles' gym.
The Eagles (1-5) benefited from a 28-12 run in the second frame and 33-14 edge at the free-throw line. They hit 22 of 28 shots from the charity stripe in the final period.
Levi Coughlin scored a game-high 29 points for Drummond (2-2).
Drummond 20 12 17 28 - 77
Valley Ch. 16 28 13 25 - 82
DRUMMOND - Conner Verlanic 2, Nate Bignell 4, Parker Bignell 10, Jordan Mannix 8, Gage Martell 6, Levi Coughlin 29, Neil Mannix 18.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Morgan Parsons 28, Christopher Wiley 8, Matthew Bohlken 16, Brock Roberts 4, Jason Koemans 15, Caleb Huber 9, Kyle Collie 2.
Eureka 67, St. Ignatius 31
At Eureka, the Lions took an early lead and rolled to the District 7-B victory.
Ryan Holder and Ben Dechart scored 15 points apiece for Eureka, which improved to 1-1 in league play and 1-4 overall.
The Lions took a 10-point lead after eight minutes, then outscored St. Ignatius 24-5 in the second stanza to go into halftime ahead 43-14.
Jorren Gies scored nine points to pace the Bulldogs (0-1, 1-3).
St. Ignatius 9 5 7 10 - 31
Eureka 19 24 16 8 - 67
ST. IGNATIUS - Wyatt McCollum 2, Austin Durglo 1, Spencer Ahlborn 1, Jorren Gies 9, Lynn Serf 2, Jordan Rohrich 4, Harry Suta 3, Lakota Matt 8, Josh Durglo 2
EUREKA - Cade Davis 4, Jesse Thompson 7, Dylan Day 2, Sanders 4, Ryan Holder 15, Ben Dechart 15, Marcus Pluid 9, Mark Goode 2, Caleb Curtis 9.
Deer Lodge 65, Darby 35
At Darby, Cody Hendrickson was nearly unstoppable in leading the Wardens to the District 6-B victory.
Hendrickson did the majority of his damage in the paint and scored seven points in the first quarter en route to a game-high 24.
Deer Lodge held a significant advantage on the boards and turned its offensive rebounds into second-half points. The Wardens improved to 3-0, 5-1.
Kyle Rider scored nine points to lead Darby (0-3, 0-6).
Deer Lodge 13 14 8 30 - 65
Darby 7 3 13 12 - 35
DEER LODGE - Paul Vasquez 8, Drew Dorian 1, Alex Miller 10, Cody Hendrickson 24, Brendan King 7, Jake Davenport 2, Troy Thomas 6, Robert Stone 3, Matt Pomeroy 4.
DARBY - John Pyles 4, Kyle Rider 9, Tyler Bergren 5, Jake Lindquist 1, Aaron Larsen 3, Ben Robbins 3, Jesse Golden 2, Steven Morgan 7.
Florence 57, Thompson Falls 54
At Florence, Brandon Lorenson led the way as the District 6-B Flacons edged District 7-B Thompson Falls.
Lorenson struck for 11 points in the first half en route to a game-high 19. Alex Mitchell added 12 points for the Falcons.
Florence (2-4) turned a four-point deficit at the end of the first quarter into a 28-26 lead at the half by outscoring the Bluehawks 15-9 in the second quarter.
Thompson Falls (4-2) received 10 points from John Buckingham.
T. Falls 17 9 16 12 - 54
Florence 13 15 15 14 - 57
THOMPSON FALLS - Dillon Gerstenberger 9, Nate Nigh 6, John Buckingham 10, Chris Molzhon 5, Will Dalby 8, Chuck Clark 5, Skyler Kinkade 3, Mike Wood 8.
FLORENCE - Reid Baerlocher 8, Brandon Lorenson 19, Tyler Lind 9, Alex Mitchell 12, Chris Benson 8, Ross Mangun 1.
Class C
Troy 73, Noxon 67
At Noxon, the District 7-B Trojans gutted out the win in a back-and-forth contest with District 14-C Noxon.
The Red Devils led 55-50 with 23 seconds left in regulation before Troy scored from 3-point range and added a deuce to send it to the first overtime.
Cody Linderman sent it to the second overtime when he drained a 3-pointer for Noxon with 10 seconds left in the frame.
Aaron Palmer came off the bench to lead the Trojans (5-1) with 29 points. Jesse Day had 21 and Shado Garrett added 10 for Troy.
Linderman scored a game-high 31 and Jason Allen had 19 for Noxon (1-3).
Troy 14 13 13 15 10 8 - 73
Noxon 14 17 9 15 10 2 - 67
TROY - Jesse Day 21, Shado Garrett 10, Brian Hammrich 5, Clayton Kyriss 4, Dalton Powell 1, Aaron Palmer 29, Steph Jones 3.
NOXON - Chris Herbig 2, Bryant Eaton 4, Jesse Hay 6, Jason Allen 19, Cody Linderman 31, Tyrell Wilkinson 2, Banks Stocking 3.
Victor 51, Alberton 41
At Victor, solid third-quarter defense helped the Pirates to the District 13-C win.
Gatlin Lamb and Clay Sacks scored 13 points apiece for Victor, which improved to 3-1, 3-2.
Victor led by one at halftime before using a press to create turnovers while outscoring the Panthers 17-6 in the third quarter.
Cody Hoose and Jerry Brovold scored 11 points apiece to lead Alberton (2-1, 3-2).
Alberton 10 11 6 14 - 41
Victor 11 12 17 11 - 51
ALBERTON - Cody Hoose 11, Jerry Brovold 11, Kyle Ishler 4, Jame Wemple 4, Zack Brown 7, Jake Thompson 4.
VICTOR - Gatlin Lamb 13, Saxton Coorough 5, Dustin Harris 2, Alex Bishop 6, Clay Sacks 13, Dalton Buker 8, Matt McClintick 4.
Charlo 51, Two Eagle River 30
At Charlo, Chance Firestone scored 15 points, six of which came in the decisive third quarter, to lead the Vikings to a District 14-C victory over the Eagles.
Leading by one at halftime, Charlo outscored Two Eagle 21-3 in the third quarter to put the game away.
Houston Blevins chipped in with 10 points for the Vikings (2-0, 3-1).
Two Eagle (0-1, 1-4) was led by Chauncy Miller with eight points. James Maestas added 6.
Two Eagle 5 13 3 9 - 30
Charlo 9 10 21 11 - 51
TWO EAGLE - Chauncy Miller 8, James Maestas 7, Kurt Burland 6, Nate Drennan 4, John Emery Steele 4, Chris Mahkuk 1.
CHARLO - Chance Firestone 15, Houston Blevins 10, Tyler Krell 9, Clay Hoyt 4, Kolten Andrews 4, Ed Dumont 3, Chance Frame 2, Chance Rosenbaum 2, Josh Sharbono 1, Shiloh Kerr 1.
Lincoln 82, St. Regis 53
At Lincoln, the Lynx moved to 3-3 overall with the nonconference blowout win.
Brant Lumpkin scored 21 points to lead five Lincoln players in double figures. Teammates Lee Fleming and Jesse Erickson added 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Willy Roper tallied a team-high 16 points for St. Regis.
St. Regis 11 18 10 14 - 53
Lincoln 19 26 23 14 - 82
ST. REGIS - Willy Roper 16, Thomas Spencer 11, Jordan Kinney 11, Pat Quinlivan 11, Shad Hotchkiss 4.
LINCOLN - Zack Hagen 8, Brant Lumpkin 21, Zane Tams 11, Jesse Erickson 14, Lee Fleming 15, Siawasch Ebrahin 13.
Arlee 68, Philipsburg 31
At Arlee, Wyatt O'Neill led the charge and the Warriors raced to an early lead in downing District 13-C-foe Philipsburg.
O'Neill scored eight of his game-high 20 points in the first quarter as Arlee built a 17-4 advantage. The Warriors (1-1, 3-1) used a 22-7 advantage in the second quarter to take a 28-point lead into halftime.
Cubby Pierre added 13 points and five rebounds for Arlee, which held a 29-16 advantage on the boards.
Ladd Hogue's nine points led the Prospectors, who slipped to 0-3, 1-5.
Philipsburg 4 7 8 12 - 31
Arlee 17 22 21 8 - 68
PHILIPSBURG - Billy Metesh 8, Ladd Hogue 9, Ethan Dallaserra 3, Dustin Houg 1, Dayton Poser 4, Jay Hemrick 6.
ARLEE - Cubby Pierre 13, Kyle Felsman 6, Wyatt O'Neill 20, Kevin Allensworth 8, Kody Morigeau 5, Jesse Pfau 4, Trae Burland 4, Thomas McClure 6, John Sansavere 2.
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