Arlee and Charlo advance to District 14-C boys' championship game

Arlee 53, Two Eagle 51

Did anyone expect this game not to be close. Two Eagle came back from a 39-26 deficit after three quarters but it wasn't quite enough to get over the hump against the Warriors. That matches up Arlee against the Charlo Vikings for the championship of District 14-C, tomorrow at 8 p.m.

The Eagles took the early lead, 17-12 after the first quarter but scored just nine points in the next two periods. Then they mounted a 25-14 rally in the fourth to come within a hair of upending the Warriors.

Arlee continues to do good things in the post as they collected 26 points in the paint and out-rebounded the Eagles, 28-11. Senior Jesse Pfau was the man of the night with a double-double. He scored 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.

Two Eagle was much more effective from the three-point line, hitting five of them and shooting over 38 percent from behind the line. Junior Artie Mendoza led the team with 14 points.

TER - 17 - 4 - 5 - 25 - 51

Arlee - 12 - 14 - 13 - 14 - 53

Eagles scoring - Artie Mendoza 14, Skyler Rossbach 10, Clayton Malatare 9, Marcus Brown 7, Trevor Butterfly 6, TJ Cutfinger 5

Warriors scoring - Jesse Pfau 18, Thomas McClure 12, Kasey Bridgewater 7, Harvey Sansavere 6, Trae Burland 6, Eneas Inmee 2, Beau Couture 2

Charlo 49, Noxon 42

Noxon showed why it was one of the most feared (along with Two Eagle) teams in this tournament. They mounted a fourth-quarter comeback but came up short against the Charlo Vikings, 49-42. Senior Chico Stipe led the Vikings with 11 points.

Charlo had a 22-17 lead at halftime before pulling away with a 16-10 run in the third. Then the Red Devils came alive themselves in the fourth but the Vikings held them off.

Senior post Chance Rosenbaum scored eight points and pulled down 11 rebounds to give Charlo a strong post presence. Dillon Delaney also had 10 points.

Charlo will now face Arlee for the district championship at 8 p.m.

Noxon - 8 - 9 - 10 - 15 - 42

Charlo - 11 - 11 - 16 - 11 - 49

Vikings scoring - Chico Stipe 11, Dillon Delaney 10, Garrett Herron 8, Chance Rosenbaum 8, Kolten Andrews 4, Stephen Delaney 6, Webb O'Neill 2, Tra Ludeman 0, Tyler Delaney 0