Class B Roundup: Mission boys rebound to claim 3 seed
Mission's Jadence Peone glides in for two against Eureka's Dan E Dunn during action at the District 7B basketball tournament Friday in Bigfork. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Mission's Kooper Page takes the ball to the basket against Plains defender Kaylah Standeford during action at the District 7B basketball tournament in Bigfork. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Zoran LaFrombois hit five 3-pointers during a second-quarter blitz that put the Bulldogs (17-3) up 50-16 in a 79-41 win over Thompson Falls on Saturday in the third-place game of the 7B District tournament in Bigfork.
LaFrombois had 29 of those points himself, and added three more threes in the second half. He finished with a school-record 44 points, surpassing a mark set by JR Camel in the 1990s.
Cederick McDonald hit another pair of 3-pointers and added 13 points for Mission.
Nathan Schraeder led the Bluehawks (12-10) with 12 points, including two 3-pointers.
The Bulldogs were the No. 2 seed going into the tournament, but a 65-53 loss to Eureka in the semifinals sent them to consolation play.
Bigfork seized the district title with a 55-38 win over Eureka on Saturday.
The Bulldogs take on Missoula Loyola at 9:45 a.m. Thursday in the opening round of the Western B divisional tournament at Ronan.
Mission 79, Thompson Falls 41
T-Falls 11 - 5 - 7 - 18 – 41
St.Ign 23 - 27 - 14 - 15 – 79
THOMPSON FALLS – Nathan Schraeder 12, Ben Cooper 9, Jesse Claridge 9, Bryson LeCoure 4, Josh Wilhite 3, Braxton Dorscher 1.
MISSION – Zoran LaFrombois 44 Cederick McDonald 13 Kellen McClure 9 Justin Brown 4, Landry Leishman 3, Kenny Ness 2, Ross McPherson 2, Erich Morigeau 2.
Mission 88, Troy 42
St.Ign 26 - 21 - 30 - 11 – 88
Troy 6 - 17 - 8 - 11 – 42
MISSION ST. IGNATIUS – Zoran LaFrombois 23, Ross McPherson 19, Cederick McDonald 18, Kellen McClure 8, Justin Brown 7, Erich Morigeau 5, Kenny Ness 4, Leo Pierce 3, Mike Wheeler 1.
TROY – Michael Foote 17, Paxton Fisher 9, Trevor Grant 8, Cody Todd 6, Seth Newton 2.
Eureka 65, Mission 53
Mission 19 - 13 - 12 - 9 – 53
Eureka 18 - 21 - 13 - 13 – 65
MISSION – Zoran LaFrombois 22, Ross McPherson 10, Mike Wheeler 6, Cederick McDonald 6, Jadence Peone 5, Kellen McClure 2, Justin Brown 2.
EUREKA – Joey Kindel 28, Gavin Bates 27, Carson Komac 6, Dan Dunn 2, Caleb Utter 2.
Lady Bulldogs third as well
The Mission girls went 3-1 at Bigfork to claim the No. 3 seed at divisionals this weekend at Ronan.
Madyson Currie’s 21 points led the way for Mission, and she scored nine in a 22-5 second-quarter burst that put the Bulldogs in command of the third-place game, which Mission won 62-25.
Kooper Page hit three 3-pointers and scored 13 of her 14 points in the first half for the Bulldogs (13-8).
Natalie Roberts led the Bluehawks (14-7) with 10 points.
Mission takes on Florence-Carlton at 1:15 p.m. Thursday.
Mission 62, Thompson Falls 35
St.Ign 14 - 22 - 14 - 12 – 62
T-Falls 15 - 5 - 2 - 13 – 35
MISSION – Madyson Currie 21, Kason Page 14, Gabby Smith 14, Kooper Page 7, Izzy Evans 4, Olivia Adams 2.
THOMPSON FALLS – Natalie Roberts 10, Ellie Baxter 7, Avery Burgess 6, Caity Alexander 4, Maliyah LeCoure 4, Chesney Lowe 2, Danni Jo VanHuss 2.
Mission 56, Troy 17
Troy 4 - 5 - 4 - 4 – 17
St.Ign 20 - 17 - 17 - 2 – 56
TROY – Izzy Tunison 6, Autumn Fisher 4, Leslie Gravier 4, Elaine Folkerts 2, Anna Pallister 1.
MISSION – Madyson Currie 16, Kooper Page 13, Kason Page 7, Izzy Evans 6, Olivia Adams 6, Emie Tapia-Torosian 5.
Bigfork 55, Mission 27
St.Ign 0 - 8 - 14 - 5 – 27
Bigfork 20 - 14 - 12 - 9 – 55
MISSION – Madyson Currie 4 0-0 11(4r,1a,5s), Kason Page 4 0-0 10(1r), Kooper Page 1 2-2 4(2r,2a,5s), Izzy Evans 2(3r,2s), Gabby Smith 0(2r), Olivia Adams 0(1r), Cedar Hunt 0, Ernie Tapia-Torrosian (1r). 10 2-2 27(19r,3a,13s)
BIGFORK – Emma Berreth 21, Braeden Gunlock 15(8r,4s), Callie Martinez 6, Madison Chappuis 4, Scout Nadeau 3, Ava Davey 2, Zoey Albert 2, Callie Gembala 2. 22 9-12 52(37r,6a,13s)
3FGs – MSI 5-27(Currie 3-8, Ka.Page 2-5), B1-16 (Berreth 1-7).
Mission 60, Plains 24
St.Ign 21 - 25 - 6 - 8 – 60
Plains 8 - 4 - 7 - 5 – 24
MISSION – Madyson Currie 9 0-0 20(9r,4a,3s,1b), Kooper Page 6 1-1 16(5r,3a,7s), Gabby Smith 3 1-4 7(5r,1a,5s), Olivia Adams 2 0-0 4(4r,2a,1s), Cedar Hunt 2 0-0 4(4r,1b), Ernie Tapia-Torosian 1 1-3 3(1r,1b), Kason Page 0 2-4 2(5r,3a,5s), Izzy Evans 1 0-1 2(5r,1a,3s), Rowan McElderry 2(2r) MSI#5 0(2r). 25 5-13 60(50r,15a,24s,3b)
PLAINS – Krystena Boes 9(10r), Carlie Wagoner 6(15r), Celsey VonHeeder 4(9r), Kaylah Standeford 3(3a,4s), Jaelyn Carr 1, Kassidy O'Keefe 1. 10 3-13 24(48r,6a,13s,1b)
3FGs – MSI 5-34(Ko.Page 3-12, Currie 2-5), P1-16 (Standeford 1-10).
Warriors live to see another day
The Arlee boys suffered a 88-64 loss to Missoula Loyola in the opening round of the 7B boys district tournament on Feb. 17, then lost a close game to Deer Lodge, 46-42, in the third-place game on Saturday. The Warriors (10-9) advance to the Western B divisional tournament at Ronan as a No. 4 seed. They’ll open the tournament at 8 a.m. Thursday against No. 1 seed Bigfork.
Additional information from the Warriors’ games was not available.
Wardens oust Scarlets
Raven Parson led the Scarlets (4-15) with 15 points in a 6B district play-in game against Deer Lodge (3-16) on Feb. 15. The Wardens won 44-28, ending Arlee’s season. Additional stats from the game were not available.
