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Saturday, January 07 RESULTS/STATS
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POLSON 74 COLUMBIA FALLS 62* |
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FRENCHTOWN 46 CORVALLIS 31 |
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HAMILTON 80 WHITEFISH 70 |
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BUTTE CENTRAL 51 PARK 46 |
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DILLON 56 STEVENSVILLE 41* |
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BELGRADE 71 BROWNING 37* |
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HAVRE 60 FERGUS 51* |
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WEST 53 BILLINGS CENTRAL 41 |
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HARDIN 102 SIDNEY 59* |
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GLENDIVE 63 WOLF PT 44 |
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LAUREL 54 MILES CITY 49* |
POLSON 74 COLUMBIA FALLS 62
Columbia Falls 8 16 22 16 — 62
Polson 19 23 8 24 — 74
COLUMBIA FALLS — Austin Green 11, Logan Stephens 14, LJ Panasuk 2, Quintin Schriver 2, Dakota Bridwell 14, Matthew Morrison 5, DJ Schrade 14.
POLSON — Jaden Bautista 19, Tanner Wilson 15, Jeremiah North Peigan 17, Connor Lanier 6, Shade Main 2, Matthew Rensvold 15.
Dillon 56, Stevensville 41
Stevensville 6 8 13 14 -- 41
Dillon 13 20 14 9 -- 56
Stevensville – Colby Meads 2, Jarod Kingsbury 5, James Fry 9, Dalton Bragg 5, Chanse Richards 10, Luis Estrada 10. Totals: 18 4-12.
Dillon – Michael Haverfield 3, Jamie Richardson 7, Coby King 4, Kyson Wilson 8, Jancen Anderson 4, Troy Anderson 7, Tanner Haverfield 23. Totals: 18 14-16.
Three point goals – Fry 1, Richardson 1, T. Haverfield 5. Total fouls Dillon 16, Stevensville 15. Fouled out – Meads.
Hamilton 80, Whitefish 70
Hamilton 17 19 21 23 -- 80
Whitefish 28 12 17 13 -- 70
Hamilton – Camron Righie 6, Bridger Bauder 3, Ky Burch 13, Tyler Chouinard 3, Hunter Omlid 15, Jalen Taggart 4, Tanner Goligoski 18, Carter Kearns 18.
Whitefish – Derek Kastella 24, Sawyer Siliker 23, Lee Walburn 14, Dillon Botner 2.
Havre 60, Lewistown 51
Lewistown 12 9 4 26 -- 51
Havre 10 19 14 17 -- 60
Lewistown – T. Trafton 23, J. Clinton 2, E. Knox 3, A. Lalum 12, K. Kynett 2, N. Kindzerski 9. Totals: 14 18-30.
Havre – N. Krob 10, J. LaBrie 14, I. Warp 21, B. Dersonett 9, R. Bakke 2, I. Aageson 2, M. Loftus 2. Totals: 20 10-18.
Three point goals – Trafton 1, Knox 1, Kindzerski 3, LaBrie 4, Warp 4, Dersonett 2. Total fouls – Lewistown 16, Havre 20. Fouled out – Lalum, Bakke, Aageson, Loftus.
Maroons halt losing streak with road victory
LIVINGSTON — This time the Butte Central boys’ basketball team doesn’t have to think about what might have been.
The Maroons, plagued by string of close losses early in the season, beat Livingston 51-46 in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon. The win snapped BC’s five-game losing streak and gave the Maroons some momentum heading into Thursday’s showdown with Butte High.
Nate McGree scored 15 points, and Sam Johnston and Dan McCloskey each scored 11 points to lead the Maroons, who improved to 3-5. McCloskey knocked down three 3-pointers, while Johnston hit on two.
The Maroons also got six points from Matt Simkins and Cade Holter. Aaron Richards tossed in two points. Tyge Yelenich, Luke Heaphy and Jared Simkins also played for the Maroons.
Jakim Rickets scored eight of his game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Rangers.
BUTTE CENTRAL (3-5) — Sam Johnston 2 5-6 11, Matt Simkins 3 0-0 6, Tanner Kump 0 0-0 0, Nate McGree 6 3-6 15, Dan McCloskey 3 2-4 11, Tyge Yelenich 0 0-0 0, Cade Holter 3 0-0 6, Luke Heaphy 0 0-0 0, Aaron Richards 1 0-0 2, Jared Simkins 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-16 51.
LIVINGSTON — Brock Peterson 1 2-2 5, Dawson Purkett 0 0-0 0, Rydell Floyd 2 2-2 6, Dalton Walker 2 0-0 6, Jakim Ricketts 4 8-7 17, Austoin Parker 2 4-6 8, Shea Bergserg 2 0-0 4. Totals 13 15-18 46.
Butte Central 14 10 11 16 — 51
Livingston 11 15 6 14 — 46
3-pont goals — BC 5 (McCloskey 3, Johnston 2), Livingston 5 (Walker 2, Ricketts 2, Peterson). Fouls — BC 15, Livingston 16. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.
• Dakota Boehler scored 21 points and Rylee Clark had 18 points off six 3-pointers as Laurel downed Miles City 63-51 in a Class A girls game. The Locomotives led 34-32 at the half and outscored the Cowboys 13-5 in the fourth quarter. Mile’s City’s highest scorer was Kaelei Koenigwith 21.
• Layne Willis and Dawson Cortese combined for 31 points on the road as Laurel beat Miles City 54-49 in an Eastern A boys game. Willis finished with 17 and Cortese 14. The game’s high scorer was Miles City’s Tyler Burk with 20.
• Famous Lefthand poured in 27 points and David Evans added 20 as Hardin (7-0) remained perfect with a 102-59 rout over unbeaten Eastern A rival Sidney (5-1). The Bulldogs jumped to a 32-10 first quarter lead and led 53-30 at halftime.
• Defending Class A boys champ Dillon remained undefeated with a 56-41 win over Stevensville.Tanner Haverfield scored 23 points to help the Beavers improve to 7-0.
Frenchtown 46, Corvallis 31
At Frenchtown, Austin Means, a Colorado School of the Mines basketball signee, finished with a game-high 15 points in his Broncs' nonconference win against Corvallis.
The 6-foot-8 senior hit five buckets and was 5 for 9 from the free-throw line. Jacob Price joined Means in double figures with 11 points, and the Broncs improved to 5-2 overall.
Justin Catanach and Kobe Jessop led eight Blue Devils in scoring with six points apiece. Corvallis fell to 2-5 overall.
Frenchtown 46, Corvallis 31
Corvallis;13;3;8;7;–;31
Frenchtown;13;6;12;15;–;46
CORVALLIS – Liang Liedle 4, Logan Roth 5, Ridge Albright 3, Kolton Mahan 5, Tylor Nixon 1, Justin Catanach 6, Zach Jessop 1, Kobe Jessop 6.
FRENCHTOWN – Ethan Pyron 4, Jacob Price 11, Ty Hoppie 6, Cade Baker 4, Adam Botkin 2, Hank Rugg 1, Austin Means 15, Jared Cole 3.
Braydon Deming, Billings West handle Billings Central
Billings West coach Kelly Darragh had a simple directive for Braydon Deming in the third quarter.
“He told me to get my butt inside,” offered Deming with a smile. “And it ended up working.”
Deming had been hanging around the 3-point line and Darragh wanted the 6-foot-4 senior closer to the basket.
Photos: West vs. Central boys basketball
Images from the Billings West vs. Billings Central boys basketball game Saturday at West High.
Deming listened, making all five shot attempts in the third quarter en route to a game-high 19 points in the Bears’ 53-41 win over Billings Central on Saturday night in nonconference boys basketball.
“Those were just some high percentage shots,” said Deming, who also unofficially had a game-high 12 rebounds. “We were getting the ball inside and hitting our bunnies.”
“He’s arguably the best 3-point shooter in the state,” said Darragh. “And he’s so big and physical, he’s hard to guard inside. You have to reach a happy medium. We wanted him getting some touches inside.”
Twin brother Bryson added 10 points, eight in the first half.
Sweeping the boards, West opened an early 18-8 lead. The Rams stayed within striking distance on three Jet Campbell 3-pointers, pulling within 25-20 late in the first half.
“Billings Central is a good team. We know they will always come at us with their best,” said Braydon Deming.
Campbell led Central with 12 points.
“Physically, we got pushed around,” said Rams’ coach Jim Stergar. “You have to rebound against these big teams. When we did, then we’d come down and get just one shot. When we moved the ball around, we made some plays.”
It was Central’s third game in five days. They defeated Billings Senior (Tuesday) and Miles City (Friday) earlier in the week.
“It was a treacherous week,” Stergar said. “Considering everything, we had great effort.”
West led by as many as 15, 48-33 late in the game. “We kept them in front of us. We made it hard for them to get the ball inside,” Deming said.
“We just wanted to bounce back and get a good win,” he added.
West was coming off 71-68 overtime loss to Billings Skyview on Tuesday.
It was West’s (2-2) first home game of the season. “We wanted to make it a good one,” Darragh said.
The Bears play at Miles City on Tuesday and take on Billings Senior at Rimrock Auto Arena on Friday. West’s next game at the Golden Dome is Feb. 4.
Billings Central returns to Eastern A play with home games against Sidney and Glendive next weekend.
Billings West 53, Billings Central 41
| Billings Central | 8 | 13 | 10 | 10 | — | 41 |
| Billings West | 18 | 9 | 14 | 12 | — | 53 |
Billings Central (4-2): Peyton Hanser 2, Shay Dantic 7, Chrishon Dixon 9, Jet Campbell 12, Noah Gaudreau 4, Andrew Nelson 1, Sam Gray 2, Seth Sasich 3, Cade Herriford 1.
Billings West (2-2): Bryson Deming 10, Jake Bell 6, Brayden Deming 19, Jesse Owens 6, Cleveland Harvey 6, DJ Peretti 2, Kaleb Martin 2, Derek Fisher 2.
BELGRADE BRUSHES ASIDE BROWNING:
Panthers head coach Mike Deming said his players were so excited for Saturday night’s game against Browning at Worthington Arena that most showed up to watch the Montana State women play at 2 p.m. and remained there until their own tip-off at 8.
The Panthers didn’t disappoint, jumping out to a 27-10 lead after eight minutes and earning a running clock by the fourth of a 71-37 triumph.
“They were so anxious to play and they couldn’t wait to be there,” Deming said. “They took advantage of it.”
Dawson Fowler led Belgrade (6-2, 3-1 Central A) with 18 points, Brock Salsbury added 16, and Ethan Page 12. The Indians struggled to guard the Panthers, who hit six hit 3-pointers.
“We shot the ball unbelievably well,” Deming said. “Defense wasn’t great, but was good enough to cause some problems. I was very pleased with effort tonight. I thought they shared the ball. It would go inside, and if anybody helped, we kicked it to the open person and shot it. … It’s hard to guard a team with so many shooters.”
Trey Layman added seven assists.
| BELGRADE 71 | |
| PLAYER | PTS |
| Austin Edwards11 | 6 |
| Dawson Fowler11 | 18 |
| Trey Layman12 | 6 |
| Easton Page10 | 12 |
| Brock Salisbury12 | 16 |
| Hayden VanWinkle12 | 5 |
| BROWNING 37 | |
| Brandon Aimsback11 | 2 |
| Justin CalfBossRibs12 | 6 |
| Landon Magee12 | 8 |
| Ty Running Fisher12 | 4 |
| Harold Tail Feathers12 | 4 |
| Tyree Whitcomb10 | 6 |
Belgrade 56, Livingston 37
(Friday)
| Belgrade | 15 | 10 | 17 | 14 | — | 56 |
| Livingston | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | — | 37 |
Belgrade: D. Fowler 10, T. Mounts 5, T. Layman 12, B. Salsbury 24, H. VanWinkle 5.
Livingston: Matt Netley 2, Brock Peterson 5, Morgan Rosberg 2, Rydell Floyd 6, Jakim Ricketts 13, Dustin Parkes 5, Shea Bengsing 4.
Laurel 54, Miles City 49
| Laurel | 15 | 11 | 18 | 10 | — | 54 |
| Miles City | 12 | 12 | 6 | 19 | — | 49 |
Laurel: Gaje Leischmer 3, Isaiah Renner 4, Shay Osborne 4, Christian Jones 9, Layne Willis 17, Dawson Cortese 14, Chance Lawrence 3.
Miles City: Brooks Jally 3, Gabe Gandlack 13, Kaden Stradley 7, Zack Deuards 2, S. Ray 2, Kelly Brison 2, Tyler Burk 20.
Hardin 102, Sidney 59
| Hardin | 32 | 21 | 30 | 19 | — | 102 |
| Sidney | 10 | 20 | 17 | 12 | — | 59 |
Hardin: McCormick 9, F. Lefthand 27, Real Bird 12, Shane 2, Hugs 3, Evans 20, House 7, D. Lefthand 13.
Sidney: Lovegren 10, Jones 2, Steinbeisser 10, McGinnis 4, Monsen 1, Norby 15, Beyer 4, Larson 13.
Glendive 63, Wolf Point 44
| Wolf Point | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | — | 44 |
| Glendive | 19 | 18 | 7 | 19 | — | 63 |
Wolf Point: Brady Babb 5, Morgan Baver 16, Owen Lepper 8, Joseph Williamson 12, Chevy Bogs 3.
Glendive: Wyatt Buxbaum 8, Davide Bernasco 12, Robby Keiser 7, Jory Opp 2, Stephen Steinbron 32, David Skerritt 2.
