Basketball Roundup: Chiefs close out season with a win
Marlo Tonasket scored 14 points to lead three Ronan players in double figures, and the Chiefs beat Columbia Falls 54-49 in a Northwest A boys basketball game Monday.
The game, a make-up of one postponed on Jan. 17, decided who will host a Western A Divisional play-in game. Ronan (9-8 overall, 4-6 in league) needed to win by 10 or more, and Columbia Falls (10-8, 4-6) ended up holding possession in the final minutes to keep the margin under double digits.
The Wildcats and Chiefs will battle in Columbia Falls on Friday night; it’ll be their third matchup in eight days. Columbia Falls won 74-65 at Ronan on Feb. 10.
Ruben Couture and Elijah Tonasket scored 11 points each for Ronan. Alihn Anderson scored a game-high 17 for the Wildcats, while Jace Hill had 14 and Cody Schweikert, 10.
Monday: Ronan 54, Columbia Falls 49
Ronan 13 - 16 - 13 - 12 – 54
C-Falls 10 - 16 - 16 - 7 – 49
RONAN – Marlo Tonasket 5 3-8 14(6r,3a,1s,1b), Elijah Tonasket 4 2-2 11(7r,1a,3s), Ruben Couture 3 2-2 11(8r,2a,1s,2b), Payton Cates 4 0-0 8(7r,1s,1b), Ted Coffman 3 0-0 7(7r,7a,1s,1b), Sage Coffman 3, Dillon PrettyOnTop (1s). 21 7-12 54(35r,13a,8s,5b)
COLUMBIA FALLS – Alihn Anderson 17, Jace Hill 14, Cody Schweikert 10, Mark Robison 6, Cade Morgan 2.
3FGs – R5-14 (S.Coffman 1-1, T.Coffman 1-2, R.Couture 1-2, M.Tonasket 1-4, E.Tonasket 1-4)
Feb. 10: Columbia Falls 74, Ronan 65
C-Falls 19 - 17 - 16 - 22 – 74
Ronan 8 - 19 - 17 - 21 – 65
COLUMBIA FALLS – Jace Hill 28(7a,4s), Cody Schweikert 14(6r), Alihn Anderson 9, Mark Robison 8, Mason Peters 7, Cade Morgan 4, Bryce Dunham 2, John Dyon 2. 25 20-30 74(23r,19a,12s,2b)
RONAN – Elijah Tonasket 6 3-4 18(1r,3a,3s), Marlo Tonasket 4 4-4 14(5r,2a,2s,1b), Payton Cates 5 3-6 13(8r,2a,2s), Ruben Couture 5 2-2 12(9r,3a,1s), Dillon PrettyOnTop 3, Ted Coffman 2(3r,5a), Sage Coffman 2(1r), Jordan Gatch 1(1r), Kylin MedicineBull 0(2r,2a). 23 13-18 65(30r,17a,8s3b)
3FGs – CF4-14 (Hill 2-6, Robison 1-2, Anderson 1-5), R6-15 (E.Tonasket 3-7, M.Tonasket 2-2, DillonPOT 1-3).
Bulldogs stay hot
The Mission boys improved to 15-2 on the season with a 71-35 home win over Thompson Falls on Thursday, followed by a 80-28 rout of Plains at home on Saturday.
Zoran LaFrombois scored 26 points and had nine assists against T-Falls, while Cedrick McDonald had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Kellen McClure also finished in double figures with 10 points.
Ross McPherson led all scorers with 22 points to go with nine rebounds against Plains.
Mission and Bigfork will be the two top seeds at this weekend’s 7B district tournament at Bigfork.
Mission 80, Plains 28
Plains 14 - 5 - 6 - 3 – 28
St.Ign 23 - 23 - 16 - 18 – 80
PLAINS – Darren Standeford 12, Aaron Pfister 5, Joe Martin 4, Will Tatum 4, Zayden Allen 2, Jaydon Lapierre 1. 9 4-6 28
MISSION – Ross McPherson 10 1-1 22(9r,2a,1s,2b), Zoran LaFrombois 5 0-0 13(4r,10a,4s), Cedrick McDonald 6 0-0 12(4r,2a,2s), Kellen McClure 3 0-0 8(4r,4a,2s,1b), Jadence Peone 2 1-1 6(3r,4a,2s), Jose O'Brien 2 0-0 5, Landry Leishman 2 0-0 4(1r), Justin Brown 1 1-2 3(2r,3s,1b), Erich Morigeau 3, Mike Wheeler 2(2r,3a), Kenny Ness 2(1b). 34 3-4 80(29r,25a,15s,5b)
3FGs – P6-9 (Standeford 4-6, Pfister 1-1, Martin 1-1), MSI 9-19 (LaFrombois 3-5, McClure 2-2, McPherson 1-1, O'Brien 1-1, Morigeau 1-1, Peone 1-3).
Mission 71, Thompson Falls 35
T-Falls 13 - 5 - 6 - 11 – 35
Mission 22 - 15 - 16 - 18 – 71
THOMPSON FALLS – Nathan Schraeder 12, Josh Wilhite 6, Bryson LeCoure 6, Adam Childers 5, Breck Ferros 4. Braxton Dorscher 2.
MISSION – Zoran LaFrombois 10 2-3 26(1r,9a,2s), Cedrick McDonald 7 0-0 14(13r,4a,2s,2b), Kellen McClure 4 2-2 10(2r,1a,3s), Ross McPherson 4 1-4 9(9r,1s,2b), Michael Wheeler 2(3r,1s), Andrew Rush 3(2r,1a), Justin Brown 2(1a), Jose O'Brien 2(2r,1a), Kenny Ness 2(2r), Jadence Peone 1(1r,1a,1s), Landry Leishman 0(3r). 29 8-14 71(38r,18a,10s,4b)
3FGs – TF (na), MSI 5-20 (LaFrombois 4-9, Rush 1-2).
Warriors dominate Plains
Levi Fullerton scored 20 points and Ben OldPerson Harlow had 14 as the Arlee boys (11-7) earned a 61-20 home win over Plains on Feb. 10.
Deon RedCloud added 12 points.
Arlee visits Missoula Loyola for a district game Thursday night. The 7B district tournament wraps up Saturday at Florence.
Arlee 61, Plains 20
Plains 6 - 3 - 2 - 9 – 20
Arlee 17 - 19 - 21 - 4 – 61
PLAINS – Darren Standeford 11, Aaron Pfister 6, Ez Fleenor 2, Joe Martin 0 1-4 1, Will Tatum 0 0-2 0, Zayden Allen 0, Jayden Lappierre 0, Coby Anderson 0, Shawn O'Keefe 0. 7 5-15 20
ARLEE – Levi Fullerton 9 2-2 20, Ben OldPerson Harlow 6 0-0 14, Deon RedCloud 6 0-1 12, Tucker Brown 2 0-0 6, Larenz SmallBoy 2 0-0 4, Ethan Fiddler 3, Jake Knoll 1 0-2 2, Jace Arca 0 0-2 0, Payton Mays 0, Kendall O'Neill 0, Kaden Ostby 0. 27 2-7 61
3FG – P1-11 (Standeford 1-5), A5-16 (Harlow 2-2, Brown 2-3, Fiddler 1-2). (Th10Feb22)
Maidens finish third
The Ronan girls went 1-1 last week to finish the regular season with a 13-5 record. No. 3 seed Ronan hosts No. 6 Libby for a district play-in game on Friday night.
Columbia Falls 59, Ronan 41
Ronan 5 - 10 - 14 - 12 – 41
C-Falls 12 - 21 - 17 - 9 – 59
RONAN – Olivia Heiner 4 3-3 13(2r,1a,1s), Dani Coffman 3 2-3 10(9r,1s,1b), LaReina Cordova 1 3-3 5(5r,4a,9b), Lauryn Buhr 2 1-1 5, Margaret Cordova 3(2r,4a,2s,1b), Leina Ulutoa 2(2r), Haylie Webster 2(1r,1b), Kylie Fetui 1(6r), Isabella Devereaux-Trahan (1r,1a,1b), Arianna Zepeda (1a), Kylee Kelch (1a), Ally Luedtke 0. 13 10-12 41(29r,11a,4s,13b)
COLUMBIA FALLS – Maddie Robison 18, Grace Gedlaman 11, Hope McAtee 0 10-12 10, Abbie Darsow 6, Lexi Oberholtzer 6, Maddie Stutsman 2, Alexis Green 2, Addy Bowler 2, Emalee Alton 2. 21 11-20 59(40r,20a,9s)
3FGs – R5-17 (Coffman 2-3, Heiner 2-8, M.Cordova 1-2), CF6-20 (Robison 4-7, Darsow 2-5).
Ronan 47, Arlee 15
Ronan 11 - 6 - 13 - 17 – 47
Arlee 5 - 0 - 4 - 6 – 15
RONAN – Dani Coffman 5 4-7 15(4r,1a,2s,1b), Leina Ulutoa 4 4-6 12(4r,2a,2s), Haylie Webster 1 2-2 4(2r,1a,1s), Lauryn Buhr 2 0-0 4(2s), Oceanna Arnoux 2 0-1 4(1r,1s), Margaret Cordova 2(4a,5s), LaReina Cordova 1 0-4 2(5r,4a,2s,3b), Olivia Heiner 0(1r,1a,1s), Arianna Zepeda 2(1a,2s), Isabella Devereaux-Trahan 2, Kylie Fetui 0(1r,2s), Kylee Kelch 0 0-2 0(2r), Wenona Patten-Tenas 0(1a). 18 10-22 47(20r,15a,20s,4b)
ARLEE – McKirah Fisher 1 3-4 6, Raven Parson 2 0-0 5, Princess Bolen 1 1-6 3, Xaria Jacobson 1, Cheyenne Pablo 0 0-2 0. 4 5-14 15(32r,5s,2b)
3FGs – R1-5 (Coffman 1-1), A2-9 (McKi.Fisher, Parson).
Lady Pirates to face Whitefish
Polson lost a pair of games to finish out their regular season and will visit Whitefish on Friday in a district play-in game. The teams split their two previous meetings this season.
Browning 68, Polson 38
Polson (3-7, 4-14), Browning (8-1, 13-3)
Browning 17 - 19 - 10 - 22 – 68
Polson 2 - 9 - 17 - 10 – 38
BROWNING – Mecca BullChild 11, Jerel WhiteGrass 11, Kalcie Connelley 10, Sugar SpoonHunter 8, Lish SpoonHunter 8, Kinsley Bird 5, Brailey Racine 5, Cara Guardipee 4, Amari CalfRobe-Thomas 3, Tashlyn LazyBoy 3. 26 9-13 68(47r,0a,15s,5b)
POLSON – Ari Burke 4 1-2 12(5r,1a,2s), Lexi Wirz 3 2-2 9(3r,3a,3s), Gianna Fyant 1 2-4 4(2r,1a), Mckenna Hanson 2 0-0 4(4r,1s), Jazlyn Dalbey 3(2r,1a), Turquoise Pierre 1 1-3 3(4r,1a,3s), Ilysia Adams 2(2r,1s), Julia Barnard 0 1-5 1(1r,1a,2s), Grace Simonich 0 0-2 0(5r), Jaivin BadBear 0(3r). 13 7-18 38(28r,7a,12s,0b)
3FGs – B7-17 (K.Connelly 2, MeccaBC, SugarSH, AmariCR, Bird, TashlynLB), P5-21 (Burke 3-7, L.Wirz 1-3, Dalbey 1-8).
Bigfork 77, Polson 42
Polson 14 - 10 - 6 - 12 – 42
Bigfork 16 - 24 - 21 - 16 – 77
POLSON – Ari Burke 4 0-0 11(5r,4a,1s), Julia Barnard 3 1-2 7(1a,1s), Turquoise Pierre 2 2-4 6(3r,1a,1s), Mckenna Hanson 2 2-2 6(3r,2s), Nikki Kendall 2 1-2 5(4r), Lexi Wirz 3, Grace Simonich 1 0-2 2(1r), Ilysia Adams 2(3r,1a), Jaivin BadBear 0(3r,1s), Jazlyn Dalbey 0(1r,2s). 16 6-12 42(23r,6a,9s)
BIGFORK – Braeden Gunlock 24(9r), Emma Berreth 19, Scout Nadeau 13(6s), Ava Davey 2 3-4 7, Callie Martinz 5, Madison Chappuis 4(8r), Hannah Ayers 3, Zoey Albert 2. 27 16-22 77(33r,11a,20s,1b)
3FGs – P4-13 (Burke 3-7, Wirz 1-2), B7-18 (Gunlock 4-9, Ayers 1-1, Nadeau 1-3, Berreth 1-4).
Mission girls go 1-1
Kooper Page scored 25 points and had 13 rebounds in Mission’s 75-42 win over Plains on Saturday. Kason Page scored 20 for the Lady Bulldogs (6-4, 11-7), who will host Thompson Falls in a district game Thursday. The BlueHawks surged late to beat Mission 52-51 at St. Ignatius on Feb. 10.
Mission 75, Plains 42
Plains 6 - 16 - 10 - 10 – 42
St.Ign 28 - 17 - 13 - 17 – 75
PLAINS – Carlie Wagoner 4 4-8 13(12r,3a), Krystena Boes 5 2-3 12(8r,1s), Celsey VonHeeder 3 2-4 8(5r), Kaylah Standeford 3(3r,4a,3s), Jaelyn Carr 3(5r), Genna Deschamps 0 2-2 2(6r,1s,1b), Kassidy O'Keefe 1, Izzy Crabb (1r). 14 11-19 42(44r,7a,5s,1b)
MISSION ST. IGNATIUS – Kooper Page 10 0-0 25(13r,6a,9s), Kason Page 9 0-0 20(8r,1a,4s), Madyson Currie 6 1-2 14(5r,9a,6s,2b), Izzy Evans 3 1-4 8(5r,2a,4s,1b), Gabby Smith 1 0-2 2(3r,1a), Olivia Adams 2(2r,1s), Rowan McElderry 2(1s), Amelia Cronk 2, Cedar Hunt 0(3r,1b), Ernie Tapia-Torossian 0(1r). 32 2-8 75(44r,19a,25s,4b)
3FGs – P3-16 (Wagoner 1-4, Carr 1-4, Standeford 1-6), MSI 9-29 (Ko.Page 5-9, Ka.Page 2-7, Evans 1-4, Currie 1-7).
Thompson Falls 52, Mission 51
T-Falls 10 - 11 - 14 - 17 – 52
St.Ign 13 - 18 - 13 - 7 – 51
THOMPSON FALLS – Natalie Roberts 14, Maliyah LeCoure 4 2-5 12, Caity Alexander 3 2-9 8, Avery Burgess 7, Chesney Lowe 7, Ellie Baxter 2, Hattie Neesvig 2. 20 9-26 52(51r,9a,17s)
MISSION ST. IGNATIUS – Kooper Page 6 5-6 19(7r,5a,2s), Izzy Evans 4 1-2 10(7r,1a,1s), Kason Page 3 0-0 9(10r,4s), Madyson Currie 4 0-0 9(8r,3a,3s,2b), Gabby Smith 2(2r,1a,1s), Cedar Hunt 0 2-4 2(3r). 18 8-12 51(41r,10a,12s,2b)
3FGs – TF3-17 (LeCoure 2-5, Lowe 1-1), MSI 7-25 (Ka.Page 3-7, Ko.Page 2-9, Evans 1-3, Currie 1-5).
OTHER RECENT GIRLS RESULTS:
Loyola 61, Arlee 23 (Feb. 7)
Ronan 47, Arlee 15 (Feb. 8)
Arlee 44, Plains 22
6B Arlee (4-14), 7B Plains (2-14)
Plains 10 - 3 - 8 - 1 – 22
Arlee 13 - 11 - 5 - 15 – 44
PLAINS – Carlie Wagoner 3 3-8 9, Jaelyn Carr 2 0-0 6, Celsey VonHeeder 2 0-2 4, Kaylah Standeford 1 1-5 3, Kass O'Keefe 0 0-2 0, Genna Deschamps 0 0-2 0. 8 4-19 22
ARLEE – McKirah Fisher 5 0-0 13, Cheyenne Pablo 3 4-6 10, Addy Jacobson 3 0-2 7, Xaria Jacobson 2 0-0 4, Raven Parson 2 0-0 4, Princess Bolen 1 2-4 4, Nikki IronShell 2. 17 6-12 44
3FGs – P2 (Carr 2), A4 (McKi.Fisher 3, A.Jacobson). (Feb. 10)
Noxon 48, Two Eagle River 22
TwoEagle (0-10, 0-15), Noxon (3-7, 4-13)
TwoEagle 3 - 10 - 2 - 7 – 22
Noxon 15 - 9 - 17 - 7 – 48
TWO EAGLE RIVER – Dayani Piapot 3 4-8 12, TaRae GoodLuck 0 4-6 4, Sarah Gardipe 2 0-2 4, Lahtai Finley 1 0-4 2, Olivia Brueggeman 0 0-3 0. 6 8-23 22
NOXON – Emily Brown 8 9-12 25, Stephanie Everett 2 2-2 6, Jaedyn Murray 2 1-8 5, Seanna Richter 1 0-2 3, Callie Cano 1 1-2 3, Farah Bohme 0 2-2 2, Emma Swanson 2, Maygan Swanson 2. 16 15-28 48
3FGs – TER2 (Piapot 2), N1 (Richter). (Feb. 10)
Darby 50, Two Eagle 28
14C TER (0-14), 13C Darby (6-10)
TwoEagle 5 - 2 - 12 - 9
Darby 11 - 18 - 11 - 10
TWO EAGLE RIVER – TaRae GoodLuck 12, Sarah Gardipe 5, Janelle AfterBuffalo 5, Dayani Piapot 4, Olivia Brueggeman 2.
DARBY – Amber Anderson 19, Makena Hawkinson 10, Kylie Schlapman 7, Kimmie Berry 5, Sammy Shull 2, Petra Mustafa 2, Hadassah Wilson 2, Georgia Fisher 2, Kayla Fisher 1. (Feb. 8)