HELENA — Top-ranked Capital pulled away in the middle two quarters to whip Glacier 67-45 in a Western AA boys basketball contest on Friday night.

Capital (12-1 overall, 6-0 league) outscored Glacier 21-8 in the second quarter to lead 40-21 at the half.

Capital came back with a 19-point third quarter to hold a 59-34 edge going into the final eight minutes.

Evan Epperly and Tanner Olsen both scored 10 points for Glacier (7-7, 3-3).

Kyle Harrington topped Capital, and all scorers, with 21 points.

Capital hosts Flathead today at 2 p.m.

Glacier 13 8 13 11 — 45

Capital 19 21 19 8 — 67

GLACIER — Sam McCarley 3-6 0-0 9, Greg Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Evan Epperly 5-12 0-0 10, Bryan Michaels 3-7 2-3 8, Kyler Harkins 1-5 0-0 3, Tanner Olsen 5-8 0-1 10, Cain Boschee 0-2 1-2 1, Jaxon Hashley 1-1 0-0 2, Kevin Malloy 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 19-44 3-6 45.

CAPITAL — Kyle Nickol 3-8 0-0 7, Casey Ebelt 1-3 1-2 3, Keeley Larson 1-5 0-0 3, Kyle Harrington 8-13 1-1 21, Sean Mulcahy 2-7 2-2 6, Hunter Beto 5-7 0-0 13, Gus Chancy 0-1 0-0 0, Carson Dummer 5-7 2-3 12, Sam Bryggman 1-2 0-3 2. Totals 26-53 6-11 67.

3-pointers - Gla 4-16 (McCarley 3-5), CHS 9-22 Harrington 4-6, Beto 3-3); Rebounds - Gla 24 (Michaels 6), CHS 33 (Dummer 14, Mulcahy 6); Assists - Gla 12 (Michaels 4), CHS 18 (Harrington 6); Turnovers - Gla 15, CHS 9; Fouls - Gla 17, CHS 8; Fouled out - None; Technicals - None.

Helena 58, Flathead 41

HELENA — Flathead struggled through two tough quarters and never recovered in losing a Western AA contest to Helena High.

Flathead was held to nine points in the second quarter, to trail 30-19 at the half, and was held to two points in the third period to fall behind, 46-21.

Alex Croymans popped for nine points to lead Flathead (5-8, 1-4) in scoring.

Troy Arntson tallied 19 points for Helena (6-8, 2-4).

Flathead plays at top-ranked Helena Capital today.

Flathead 10 9 2 20 — 41

Helena 11 19 16 12 — 58

FLATHEAD — Matt Marshall 1-2 0-0 2, Alex Croymans 3-4 2-3 9, Blaine Newman 0-5 0-0 0, Tommie Owens 0-1 1-2 1, Easton Johnson 0-2 2-2 2, Cade White 0-0 1-2 1, Will Cronk 1-3 6-8 8, Chandler Escalante 1-8 0-0 3, Trae Habel 1-2 3-3 5, Cody Norberg 1-2 0-0 2, Blayne Bailey 0-2 1-2 1, Adam Bradley 0-1 4-9 4, Matt Quist 1-2 1-1 3; Totals 9-28 21-32 41.

HELENA — Garth Grimsrud 1-3 2-2 4, Tyler Tolman 2-2 1-2 6, Kyle Cochran 1-5 5-6 7, Troy Arntson 6-11 3-4 19, McBride Galt 0-5 0-0 0, Derek Jenneskens 0-0 2-2 2, Chase South 2-7 2-2 7, Ragen Shein 0-4 3-4 3, Henry Garrett 4-6 2-4 10; 16-43 20-26 58.

3-pointers - Flat 2-11, HHS 6-15 (Arntson 4-7); Rebounds - Flat 20 (Croymans 4, Owens 4), HHS 29 (Garrett 7, Grimsrud 6); Assists - Flat 2, HHS 16 (South 5, Garrett 4); Turnovers - Flat 21, HHS 13; Fouls - Flat 23, HHS 24; Fouled out - Johnson; Technicals - None.

Bigfork 64, Troy 44

BIGFORK — Bigfork defeated Troy in a District 7B game to remain undefeated on the season.

No results were available.

Bigfork is the top-ranked team in Class A.

Bigfork (16-0, 7-0) plays at Thompson Falls on Friday.

Girls

Bigfork 48, Troy 18

BIGFORK — Josie Spoklie came off the bench to hit 3 of 6 shots from 3-point range and finished with 11 points to help Bigfork crush Troy in a District 7B matchup.

Mattison McAnally also had 11 points for Bigfork (12-4, 5-2).

Tessa Robertson had a team-high nine rebounds for the winners and Riley Coleman led in assists with three.

Kellie Lundin and Allie Brown both scored five points to pace Troy.

Bigfork is off until Friday with a league game at Thompson Falls.

Troy 2 3 8 5 — 18

Bigfork 8 16 13 11 — 48

TROY — Kellie Lundin 5, Allie Brown 5, Makaylin Randall 4, Tana Thill 2, Caitlin Johnson 2.

BIGFORK — Marissa Hiza 6, Riley Coleman 7, Aluana Weilacher 1, Mattison McAnally 11, Lana Berg 6, Josie Spoklie 11, Tessa Robertson 2, Miranda Campbell 4.