Vikings post pair of tourney victories

At Frenchtown for the Class C Tip-Off, the Charlo Vikings would prevail in both contests by a slim margin. On Friday against Valley Christian, Landers Smith led all scorers with 18 points. The Vikings held a 10-point lead entering the final frame, but had to hold off a rally by the Eagles.

On Saturday, the Vikings used a strong first half, then countered the contributions of their AA opponent during a second-half run by the Spartans. Coach Reese Cox pinpointed a key component of the outcome that hinged in Charlo’s favor, “We held Sentinel, a much taller team, to five offensive boards to our thirteen,” he said. Connor Koenig turned in a varsity career-high performance, while Nate Delaney and Smith scored in double digits as Charlo posted their second win of the Tip-Off.

Charlo will host Victor on Friday, Dec. 7.

Charlo 38, Valley Christian 35

14C Charlo (1-0), 13C VC

Valley Christian 5 5 8 17 – 35

Charlo 15 6 7 10 – 38

VALLEY CHRISTIAN – Brennan Cox 10, Eyan Becker *8, Branson Becker 5, Riley Reimer 5, Ty Messner 3, Cameron Fritz 2, Micah McCloy 2.

CHARLO – Landers Smith 6 5-6 *18, Nate Delaney 2 2-2 6, Connor Koenig 2 1-2 5, Garett Vaughn 4, Brock Tomlin 2 0-4 *4, Phil Marquez 0 1-2 1

3FGs – VC3( Cox 2, Reimer), C1 (Smith 1-4, Delaney 0-5, Koenig 0-6, P.Marquez 0-1). (Fr30Nov18)

Charlo 47, Sentinel JV 42

Charlo (2-0), Sentinel JV (1-1)

Charlo 13 10 13 11 – 47

Sentinel JV 10 7 8 17 – 42

CHARLO – Connor Koenig 4 3-6 14, Nate Delaney 4 2-4 11, Landers Smith 2 6-11 10, Garrett Vaughan 3 1-2 7, Phil Marquez 2 1-1 5.

SENTINEL JV – Colin Presnell 15, JJ Rausch 14, Donovan Douth 5, Zac Crews 4, Haden Crews 2, Peyton Stevens 2.

3FGs – C4 (Koenig 3, Delaney), MSJV3 (Presnell 2, Douth). (Sa01Dec18)