BUTTE — Florence-Carlton captured third place at the Class B state boys basketball tournament Saturday afternoon with a 61-49 victory over Western division rival Bigfork at the Butte Civic Center.

This marked the fourth meeting between Florence-Carlton (25-2) and Bigfork (20-7) this season. Florence-Carlton won for the third straight time.

The last matchup was in the Western B divisional title game in Kalispell on Feb. 23, a 48-38 victory for Florence-Carlton.

Bigfork trailed Saturday’s contest 15-11 and 31-21 after the first two periods. The second half was played on near-even terms.

Bigfork was led by Austin Jordt’s 13 points. Christian Evans tossed in 11.

Ryne Baerlocher topped Florence-Carlton, and all scorers, with 21 points. Aaron Ward added 17 and Rhett Baerlocher 12.

Bigfork advanced to the third-place game with a 65-44 loser-out victory over Columbus, while Florence-Carlton edged Choteau 57-52.

In the state championship game, Kendall Denham scored 22 points as Malta defeated Wolf Point 66-62 in triple overtime.

In the girls state championship game, Fairfield downed Townsend 45-32.

Consolation Final

Bigfork 11 10 12 16 — 49

Florence-Carlton 15 16 17 13 — 61

BIGFORK (20-7) — Austin Jordt 6 1-2 13, Colter Trent 1 4-4 6, Chris Landon 1 2-2 4, Tyler Kirby 2 1-3 5, Christian Evans 3 4-6 11, Seth Roessmann 1 1-2 3, Josh Sandry 1 0-0 2, Wyatt Fisher 0 0-0 0, Logan Lamm 0 0-0 0, Cameron Nissen 1 3-4 5, Isaac Martel 0 0-0 0, Ryder Trent 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 16 16-23 49.

FLORENCE-CARLTON (25-2) — Ryne Baerlocher 9 1-1 21, Rhett Baerlocher 4 3-3 12, Chantz Hotsinpiller 1 2-2 4, Mike Finlay 2 1-2 5, Aaron Ward 5 6-8 17, Brady Pickering 0 0-0 0, Brandon Johnson 0 0-0 0, Kade Hornady 0 0-0 0, Tynan Heck 0 0-0 0, Tommy Shepard 0 0-0 0, Ryan Mangun 1 0-0 2, Brad Schaffer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 22 13-16 61.

3-point field goals: BF 1-9 (Evans 1-2), FC 4-11 (Ryne Baerlocher 2-4, Rhett Baerlocher 1-1, Ward 1-5); Rebounds: BF 24 (NA), FC 26 (Rhett Baerlocher 5); Assists: BF 8 (Jordt), FC 13 (Ward 4, Ryne Baerlocher4); Blocks: BF 3 (Trent), FC 1 (Rhett Baerlocher); Steals: BF 0, FC 7 (Ward 3); Total Fouls: BF 15, FC 14; Fouled Out: None; Turnovers: BF 11, FC 8.

Championship

Malta 10 10 12 16 6 6 6 — 66

Wolf Point 16 12 7 13 6 6 2 — 62

Malta – Kendall Denham 5-13 10-14 22, Kaden Bedwell 1-2 1-2 4, Zach Handley 4-17 5-7 17, Zach Czereda 1-3 2-2 4, Tucker Schye 5-13 7-10 17, Dalton Brooke 0-5 1-2 1, Spencer Vanwichen 0-1 1-6 1. Totals: 16-54 27-43.

Wolf Point – Easton Copenhaver 5-10 3-4 16, Hayden Hanks 0-2 0-2 0, Matthew Weeks 8-18 0-0 22, Mechiah Zilkoski 7-17 3-3 18, Patrick Laney 2-8 0-0 4, Dalton Hafner 0-0 0-0 0, Mervin Garfield 1-4 0-0 2, Tyson Bridges 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 23-59 6-9.

Total fouls: Malta 15, Wolf Point 28. Fouled out: Hanks, Laney. Three pointers: Denham 2, Bedwell 1, Handley 4, Copenhaver 3, Weeks 6, Zilkoski 1.

Loser Out

Columbus 15 8 9 12 — 44

Bigfork 14 17 11 23 — 65

COLUMBUS — Anthony Panella 5-11 2-3 13, Brady Wiggs 3-13 1-2 8, Phillip Holton 0-7 0-0 0, Kade Osborne 1-2 0-0 2, Daniel Wiggs 1-3 1-1 2, Tyler Ostrum 3-4 1-1 8, Marshall Corriz 0-1 0-1 0, Peyton Gross 1-4 0-0 2, Josiah Redman 0-1 0-0 0, Job Brooks 0-1 0-0 0. Team totals: 17-54 6-12 44.

BIGFORK — Austin Jordt 4-8 2-5 11, Colter Trent 3-8 2-2 8, Chris Landon 3-4 5-6 11, Tyler Kirby 2-2 0-0 4, Christian Evans 5-13 3-4 14, Seth Roessmann 1-2 3-4 5, Josh Sandry 1-1 2-3 4, Logan Lamm 0-1 0-0 0, Cameron Nissen 2-2 1-2 5, Isacc Martel 1-1 1-2 3. Team totals: 22-42 19-28 65.

3-point goals: Columbus 4-23 (Wiggs 1-6, Tyler Ostrum 1-2, Trey Ostrum 2-4), Bigfork 2-4 (Jordt 1-2, Evans 1-1). Rebounds: Columbus 29 (Panella 6, Holton 6), Bigfork 36 (Jordt 8, Landon 7). Total fouls: Columbus 25, Bigfork 18. Fouled out: Tyler Ostrum.

Florence-Carlton 16 5 13 23 — 57

Choteau 13 9 8 22 — 52

FLORENCE-CARLTON — Ryne Baerlocher 4-8 1-4 9, Rhett Baerlocher 5-11 1-3 12, Chantz Hotsinpiller 0-2 5-6 5, Mike Finlay 2-2 2-3 6, Aaron Ward 7-14 4-10 18, Ryan Mangun 2-3 0-0 4, Brad Schaff 1-1 0-1 3. Team totals: 21-41 14-27 57.

CHOTEAU — Wyatt Pannabecker 10-17 4-5 26, Liam Breen 0-3 0-0 0, Kyle Gollehon 0-3 4-4 4, Collin Achenbach 6-13 3-3 17, Derrek Durocher 1-1 0-0 3, Dylan Pannabecker 1-7 0-0 2, Logan Howard 0-1 0-0 0. Team totals: 18-45 11-12 52.

3-point goals: Florence 1-5 (Rhett Baerlocher 1-2), Choteau 5-16 (W. Pannabecker 2-4, Achenbach 2-4, Durocher 1-1). Rebounds: Florence 32 (Finlay 8), Choteau25 (Gollehon 7). Total fouls: Florence 17, Choteau 21. Fouled out: Dylan Pannabecker.

Girls

Consolation Final

Deer Lodge 9 16 9 6 — 40

Colstrip 7 13 10 29 — 59

DEER LODGE (24-3)

Lacie Thomas 2 5-5 9, Michele Christnacht 1 6-10 9, Bailee Senecal 2 2-6 6, Shayla Therriault 1 5-8 7, Dani Walker 0 2-2 2, Natalie Padovich 0 2-2 2, Hunter Therriault 0 0-0 0, Jaciee Senecal 0 0-0 0, Kadeshia Clark q1 1-2 3, Kelsie Gray 0 0-0 0, Annie Lombardi 1 0-1 2, Lenora Campbell 0 0-0 0. TO-TALS: 8 23-36 40.

COLSTRIP (24-4) —Allison Hert 1 0-2 2, Emily Kautzman 2 2-3 7, Jehe Dennehy 2 0-0 4, Taylor Holcomb 2 2-2 6, Tori Rootes 6 9-10 21, Kile Denny 3 3-6 9, Brina Hull 3 0-1 6, Keelie Smith 0 0-0 0, Tanya Thompson 1 0-0 2, Kendal Neumiller 0 0-0 0, Taylor Falcon 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 21 16-24 59.

3-point field goals: DL 1-5 ( Christnacht 1-2), Colstrip 1-7 (Kautzman 1-2); Rebounds: DL 34 (Walker 6), Colstrip 35 (Dennehy 8); Assists: DL 4 (Thomas 3), Colstrip 6 (Holcomb 2); Blocks: DL 1 (Walker 1), Colstrip 1 (Hull 1); Steals: DL 12 (B. Senecal 6), 11 (Denny 4); Total Fouls: DL 26, Colstrip 26; Fouled Out: B. Senecal, Walker; Turnovers: DL 30, Colstrip 23.

Championship Game

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