BIGFORK - Balanced scoring carried Bigfork to a 58-50 District 7B boys basketball victory over a scrappy St. Ignatius squad on Tuesday.

Ian Lorang led all scorers with 15 points. Austin Jordt and Cody Dopps followed with 13 each.

Chris Landon added nine.

Bigfork (5-1 overall, 3-0 league) jumped out to an 18-8 advantage after eight minutes of play, but St. Ignatius did not fold in battling the Vikings for the remainder of play.

Stuart Grant scored 12 points for St. Ignatius.

St. Ignatius 8 14 14 14 - 50

Bigfork 18 15 8 17 - 58

ST. IGNATIUS - Dillon Evans 11, Stuart Grant 12, Nikko Alexander 8, Austin Durglo 8, Jared Smith-Brown 6, Will Powell 5.

BIGFORK - Ian Lorang 15, Austin Jordt 13, Cody Dopps 13, Chris Landon 9, Connor Coleman 4, Dillon Fraley 4.

Whitefish 79,

Eureka 47

WHITEFISH - Whitefish's defensive pressure in the first half gave the Bulldogs a big lead en route to a nonconference victory over Eureka.

Whitefish (3-3) led at the half 37-12.

Gage Vasquez tossed in 27 points to pace Whitefish. Cooper Olson scored 17.

Ryan Holder was tops for Eureka with 15.

Éureka 9 3 18 17 - 47

Whitefish 17 20 26 16 - 79

EUREKA - Dalton Smith 4, Tanner Peterson 4, Ryan Holder 15, Tanner Blankers 7, Chris Ibach 4, Bryton Guckenberg 9, Caleb Curtiss 4.

WHITEFISH - Chris Forrest 7, Jake Slaybaugh 9, Bryce Wehrli 6, E.J. Havens 2, Logan Harwood 2, Gage Vasquez 27, Cooper Olson 17, Jace Kalbfleisch 5, Keaton Nicholson 4.

Stillwater 51,

Columbia Falls JV 46

Josh Bray scored a game-high 27 points and Trevor Holladay 15 as Stillwater Christian School improved to 7-1 with a nonconference victory over the Columbia Falls JV.

Josh Topp and Bray led the Cougars in rebounding with 11 and 10, respectively.

Topp had a team-high three assists and Bray a team-best three steals.

Jared Trinastich led Columbia Falls JV with 16 points. Luke Kazlauskas was next with 10.

Columbia Falls JV 5 11 16 14 - 46

Stillwater 16 13 7 15 - 51

COLUMBIA FALLS JV - Alex Presnell 6, Austin Martin 7, Colin King 7, Luke Kazlauskas 10, Jared Trinastich 16.

STILLWATER - Zane Kloeckl 4, Josh Bray 27, Ryan Koch 2, Josh Topp 3, Trevor Holladay 15.

Girls

Bigfork 50,

St. Ignatius 36

ST. IGNATIUS - Melissa VanDerveer powered Bigfork to a District 7B victory over St. Ignatius.

VanDerveer netted a game-high 20 points. She was the lone player to finish in double-figure scoring.

Bigfork led 12-8 and 25-14 after the first two quarter breaks.

Bigfork 12 13 10 15 - 50

St. Ignatius 8 6 13 9 - 36

BIGFORK - McKinze Shults 7, Alanis Stallknecht 2, Shelby Scoggins 5, Taylor Peck 7, Melissa VanDerveer 20, Tessa Robertson 9.

ST. IGNATIUS - Loren Erickson 6, Sophia Woodcock 5, Stephanie Lewandowski 9, Bryanna Steele 8, Cecilia Koskela 3, Katrina Stevens 3, Twyla Hogge 2.

Stillwater 41,

Columbia Falls JV 27

COLUMBIA FALLS - Stillwater Christian School pulled away from the Columbia Falls JV in the second half to improve to 7-1 on the season.

Stillwater trailed 12-9 at intermission.

Samantha Red Elk led SCS offensively with 15 points. Jordan Danz tallied 14 points and pulled down nine rebounds.

Morgan Paolini had eight rebounds for the Cougars.

Summer Burlage was the top scorer for Columbia Falls JV with nine points.

Stillwater 7 2 12 20 - 41

Columbia Falls JV 4 8 5 10 - 27

STILLWATER - Samantha Red Elk 15, Sarah Smith 14, Morgan Paolini 7, Sarah Paolini 4, Evelyn Miller 1.

COLUMBIA FALLS JV - Summer Burlage 9, Ciera Finberg 4, Andrea Getts 4, Winter Kemppainen 2, Hailey Belgarde 8.