Lady Vikings, Scarlets renew rivarly

The Arlee High School girls basketball team was able to hold off a late third-quarter charge by its cross-county conference rival Charlo to a 36-24 conference victory Saturday night at Charlo High School.

The Scarlet defense was able to shut down the Lady Vikes’ offense in the fourth quarter and holding them to no points after Kaitlyn Cox scored seven consecutive Charlo points in the third quarter to keep them in the basketball game.

Scarlet’s Coach Bill Stockton said his team just cranked up the defensive pressure in the fourth quarter.

“The fourth quarter was huge and we held them scoreless,” Stockton said. “Carly Hergett was also 8-of-9 from the free throw line (in the fourth quarter) and that made a huge difference.”

Stockton said the Charlo-Arlee conference game is “always intense.”

“Anytime we play them it’s pretty close and we expected it to be a close game going in,” Stockton said. “The fact that we hadn’t played them this season made us pretty excited about the way that we played in the fourth quarter. We were able to finish out the game with our defensive intensity.”

Stockton said the Scarlets modified their strategy in the second half.

“Early in the game we keyed on Cheyenne Nagy and tried to deny and extend the zone to wherever Nagy was,” Stockton said. “We just ran a little more zone and we had the top of our zone with Noelle West. She just did a great job extending the perimeter past the 3-point line. With shooters like what Charlo has, you want to extend it past the three-point line and locate the shooters at all times.”

Stockton said the Lady Vikes’ grit made it a difficult match up for his team.

“Charlo’s team are hustlers, they got every rebound and I was a little upset at our intensity on offense,” Stockton said. “We got out-rebounded on the offensive end and that isn’t normal for us.”

Against the Lady Vikings, Stockton said he felt his team kept its composure.

“I felt like we did a great job keeping our composure and our defense was outstanding,” Stockton said. “There are no stats on paper for how Noelle West played but it’s those little things and giving it 100-percent.”

The Scarlets also played St. Ignatius Thursday in St. Ignatius and won a hard-fought rivalry game 67-32.

Arlee 36, Charlo 24

Hergett reeled in her varsity career 400th rebound

Arlee 9 9 8 10 – 36

Charlo 5 7 12 0 – 24*

ARLEE – Carly Hergett 3 8-9 14, Nellie Desjarlais 2 3-4 7, Alyssa Vanderburg 3 0-0 6, Bryndle Goyins 1 2-2 4, Abby Yocum 1 1-2 3, Noelle West 0 2-4 2.

CHARLO – Cheyenne Nagy 9, Kaitlin Cox 7, Tyrah Hammond 4, SaKoya Gaustad 2, Ashley Shenyer 2.

A25REB (Vanderburg 6, West 4, Yocum 4, Goyins 4, Hergett 3, Desjarlais 3, Tanner). A5ASST (Goyins 3, West 2). A10STL (West 2, Hergett 2, Tanner 2, Vanderburg 2, Desjarlais, Goyins). A5BLK (Desjarlais 2, Vanderburg 2, Hergett). A23DEFL (Hergett 7, West 5, Vanderburg 4, Yocum 3, Goyins 2, Tanner, Desjarlais). (Sa14Jan17)

Asterisk (*) denotes stat variant(s): C4q 5p = C29p was incorrect in daily coverage

LADY SCARLETS STAT PACK

Arlee 73, Two Eagle River 10

At Arlee,

Two Eagle 2 6 0 2 – 10

Arlee 42 13 9 9 – 73

TWO EAGLE – Espa Charlo 4, Whisper Michel 2, Kristan Hewanakorn 2, Justina BigBeaver 2.

ARLEE – Alyssa Vanderburg 18, Noelle West 15, Carly Hergett 8, Emily Fiddler 7, Bryndle Goyins 7, Nellie Desjarlais 5, Sydni Rogers 4, Abby Yocum 3, Summer DarcAngelo 2, Shawntaya Nelson 2, Ashley Tanner 2.

3FGs A3-5 (West 2, Desjarlais). A35REB (Vanderburg 7, Darcangelo 5, Hergett 4, Goyins 4, West 3, Yocum 2, Rogers 2, Nelson 2, Desjarlais 2, Tanner 2, Fiddler 2). A14ASST (West 6, Hergett 2, Yocum 2, Tanner 2, Vanderburg, Goyins). A20STL (Goyins 4, Darcangelo 4, Hergett 2, Rogers 2, Tanner 2, Vanderburg 2, West, Yocum, Nelson, Shepherd). A3BLK (Vanderburg 2, Desjarlais). A11DEFL (West 4, Desjarlais 3). (Fr13Jan17)

Arlee 67, Mission 32

At St. Ignatius,

Arlee 25 10 12 20 – 67

Mission 5 7 8 12 – 32

ARLEE – Alyssia Vanderburg 12 8-11 32, Carly Hergett 2 3-7 7, Abby Yocum 3 1-2 7, Bryndle Goyins 0 5-9 5, Nellie Desjarlais 0 5-6 5, Summer Darcangelo 2 0-0 4, Hailey Shepherd 3, Noelle West 1 0-2 2, Sydni Rogers 2.

MISSION – Bryar McCrea 3 2-4 7, Addison Arlint 3 0-0 6, Nalani Linsebigler 1 2-6 5, Ran’Dee Charlo 4, Courtney Mitchell 4, Leila Marsh 0 2-2 2, Afton Brander 2, Karolyna Buck *2.

3FGs – A1-10 (Shepherd), *M2-7 (*McCrea, Linsebigler). REBOUNDS – A53 (Vanderburg 11, Goyins 9, Hergett 9, Yocum 9, Desjarlais 8, Rogers 3, Ashley Tanner 3, Darcangelo), M11 (Arlint 5, Linsebigler 3, McCrea, Charlo, Brander). ASSISTS – A9 (Hergett 4, Tanner 2, Goyins, Desjarlais, Emily Fiddler), M1 (Buck). STEALS – A20 (Desjarlais 4, West 3, Hergett 3, Yocum 3, Tanner 3, Vanderburg 2, Goyins 2), M6 (Linsebigler 3, Charlo 2, Marsh). BLOCKS – A5 (Desjarlais 3, Vanderburg, Goyins), M4 (Buck 2, Charlo *2). A14DEFL (West 3, Hergett 3, Yocum 3, Rogers, Desjarlais, Vanderburg, Goyins, Darcangelo). (Tu10Jan17)

Asterisk (*) denotes stat variant(s) that differ between MaxPreps posting and sideline specs: 3FGs: M3-7 (McCrea 2, Linsebigler); McCrea 8p (3FG 2-4, 2FG 1-3, FT 2-4), Buck 0p (3FG 0-1, 2FG 0-2) Charlo 0b.