Arlee boys start season strong

DRUMMOND — Arlee’s basketball teams were some of county’s the few to hit the road this weekend as they traveled to Drummond’s invitational tournament.

The Warriors saw senior Josh Reed average 30 points per game in their two victories—62-49 over Seeley-Swan and 70-64 over host Drummond—on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

“The offense involves our high post, and fortunately he just shot really well,” first-year coach Zanen Pitts said.

Pitts said that despite Reed’s scoring numbers, the wins were the result of well-rounded team play, something he would like to see continue.

“It was a pretty awesome team effort,” he said. “…All the kids together contributed to both wins.”

Drummond got hot from the field in the second game of the weekend, piquing doubts in Pitts’ mind about the outcome.

“Any shot they put up, it was money,” Pitts said. “They were tough. I didn’t think we were going to beat them.”

He said that “typical first-game jitters” like ball-handling mistakes and decision-making contributed to the nail-biting tendency of the contest, but that some big shots by Reed and Patrick BigSam, who scored 14 points in the game, were enough to pull through.

The Arlee girls didn’t enjoy the same luck, though, dropping their two games to Seeley-Swan, 60-46, and Drummond, 59-34.

Violet Pablo scored 12 points in each game, and Whitney Malatare added 24 points in the loss to Seeley-Swan.

Boys

Arlee 70, Drummond 64

Arlee 16 17 20 17 – 70

Drummond 21 15 7 21 – 64

ARLEE – Josh Reed 31, Isaac Camel 5, Zane Ligas 9, Dom Burland 2, Riley Rogers 2, Patrick BigSam 14, Justis Haynes 5, Isaac Desjarlais 2.

DRUMMOND – Kevin Oberweiser 28, Joseph Parke 7, Danny Mannix 22, Greg Schindler 3, Jonathon Brown 4.

Arlee 62, Seeley-Swan 49

Arlee 12 13 15 23 – 62

Seeley-Swan 4 7 16 22 – 49

ARLEE – Josh Reed 29, Isaac Camel 2, Zane Ligas 3, Dom Burland 1, P.J. Haynes 2, Patrick BigSam 8, Justis Haynes 3, Isaac Desjarlais 13, Aaron Perry 2.

SEELEY-SWAN – Tylen Dial 11, Cole Henriken 4, Joshua Cahoon 10, Chrstian Cahoon 10, Micah Nicholas 1, Justin Grimes 5, Justin Cahoon 3, Jacob Hurley 5.

Girls

Drummond 59, Arlee 34

Arlee 3 10 2 19 – 34

Drummond 19 11 19 10 – 59

ARLEE – Violet Pablo 12, Alicia Camel 8, Whitney Malatare 5, Megan Shick 4, Becca Whitesell 3, Alexis Shick 2.

DRUMMOND – Paige Fickler 15, Krissy Paske 15, Samantha Henderson 11, Addison Schindler 6, Audrie Parke 4, Alexys Bryant 4, Frankie Bignell 4.

Seeley-Swan 60, Arlee 46

Arlee 11 12 15 8 – 46

Seeley-Swan 8 21 17 14 – 60

ARLEE – Whitney Malatare 24, Violet Pablo 12, Morgan Malatare 5, Alexis Shick 3, Alicia Camel 2.

SEELEY-SWAN – Shelby Holmes 15, Mackenzie Richards 1, Paige Holmes 10, KeAnna Conley 16, Mariah Cooper-Neis 6, Shepthanie Robbis 4, Alex Bohlman 2.