HELENA — A 21-point third quarter allowed top-ranked Helena Capital to pull away from Flathead for good, winning the Western AA boys basketball contest 63-37 on Saturday afternoon.

Capital (13-1 overall, 7-0 league) held Flathead (5-9, 1-5) to single-digit scoring in every quarter but the third.

Capital led 25-17 at the half and 46-29 heading into the fourth quarter.

Carson Dummer tallied 18 points for Capital. Kyle Harrington and Kyle Nickol were next with 16 and 14, respectively.

Matt Quist topped Flathead with nine points.

Flathead 8 9 12 8 — 37

Capital 13 12 21 17 — 63

Flathead — Alex Croymans 2-3 2-2 6, Blaine Newman 1-6 0-0 2, Easton Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Will Cronk 2-4 0-0 5, Chandler Escalante 1-4 0-0 3, Trae Habel 1-3 1-1 3, Adam Bradley 3-3 1-3 7, Matt Quist 4-9 0-0 9. Team totals 15-34 4-5 37.

Capital — Kyle Nickol 6-11 0-0 14, Casey Ebelt 0-2 0-0 0, Keeley Larson 0-1 0-0 0, Kyle Harrington 6-9 2-2 16, Sean Mulcahy 2-3 4-4 8, Hunter Beto 1-5 2-2 5, Gus Chancy 1-1 0-0 2, Carson Dummer 7-9 4-7 18, Sam Bryggman 0-2 0-0 0. Team totals 23-43 12-15 63.

3-pointers - Flathead 3-8 (Cronk 1-3, Escalnate 1-3, Quist 1-1); Capital 5-15 (Nickol 2-5, Harrington 2-4, Beto 1-4). Rebounds - Flathead 18 (Quist 6); Capital 23 (Dummer 7). Assists - Flathead 12 (Newman 4); Capital 13 (Beto 6). Turnovers - Flathead 22, Capital 11. Fouls - Flathead 17, Capital 6. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.

Columbia Falls 58,

Polson 41

POLSON — Columbia Falls held a 10-point lead after eight minutes of play and dominated action after that for a Northwestern A win over Polson.

Columbia Falls led 30-14 at the half.

Ty Morgan led a balanced Columbia Falls attack with 15 points.

Andrew Weltz topped Polson with 10 points.

Polson travels to Corvallis on Tuesday while Columbia Falls plays at Ronan on Thursday.

Columbia Falls 16 14 12 16 — 58

Polson 6 8 11 16 — 41

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alex Presnell 13, Trevor Houston 2, Grant Stenger 2, Jayce Fagerland 3, Austin Kimmet 3, Nikia Alexander 2, Ty Morgan 15, Mason Gedlaman 3, Jared Trinastich 11, Grant Wallace 4.

POLSON — Cedrick Smith 9, Andrew Weltz 10, Chris McDonald 6, Hudson Smith 4, Andrew Curley 7, Matthew Rensvold 4, Wyatt DuCharme 1.

Frenchtown 78,

Libby 67

FRENCHTOWN — John Chapman tallied 25 points to guide Frenchtown past Libby in a Northwestern A contest.

Libby’s Jared Winslow had a monster game with 26 points.

Libby 16 14 19 18 — 67

Frenchtown 19 18 17 24 — 78

LIBBY – Jonny Cielak 9, Collin Johnson 15, Jared Winslow 26, Michael Curtiss 15, Quinn Sullivan 2.

FRENCHTOWN – John Chapman 25, Quintin Mazzola 4, Chris Delaney 7, Andrew Honken 12, Bridger Truett 18, Jordan Moe 4, Bobby Erbaugh 8.

Eureka 61,

Thompson Falls 60

THOMPSON FALLS — Eureka outscored Thompson Falls 21-11 in the fourth quarter to rally for the District 7B victory.

Trey Bohne scored 20 points and Chase Bohne 17 for Eureka.

Eureka 17 6 17 21 — 61

Thompson Falls 27 8 14 11 — 60

EUREKA – Austin Perez 9, Myles Griffin 6, Colton Henrie 5, RJ Glover 3, Dalton Smith 6, Trey Bohne 20, Chase Bohne 17.

THOMPSON FALLS – Caleb Bates 9, Tanner Laws 11, Dylan Vaught 6, Trais Hoisington 23, Dalton Hooten 5, Tyler Riffle 6.

Bigfork 64, Troy 44

BIGFORK — Christian Evans tallied 16 points to help top-ranked Bigfork drill Troy in District 7B play on Friday.

Bigfork (16-0, 7-0) had eight different players score. Ryder Trent finished with 10.

Gabe Hickman scored 23 points for Troy.

Troy 9 9 12 14 — 44

Bigfork 19 12 12 21 — 64

TROY — Bruce Metz 5, Gabe Hickman 23, Gage Tallmadge 3, Nathan Olds 2, Ryan Huffman 2, Sean Opland 9.

BIGFORK — Adam Jordt 6, Cameron Nissen 9, Christian Evans 16, Isaac Martel 5, Jon Landon 7, Josh Sandry 9, Kyle Thomson 2, Ryder Trent 10.

Girls

Frenchtown 59, Libby 16

FRENCHTOWN — Frenchtown held Libby to three points in the final half to claim an easy Northwestern A victory.

Frenchtown led 29-13 at the half.

Vanessa Stavish had 23 points for Frenchtown.

Shyla Stevenson and Taylor Quinn had four points each for Libby.

Libby 7 6 3 0 — 16

Frenchtown 14 15 21 9 — 59

LIBBY — Shyla Stevenson 4, Hailley Moe 2, Taylor Quinn 4, Dayln Germany 3, Devon Gallagher 3.

FRENCHTOWN — Emma Pyron 2, Haley Cyr 9, Vanessa Stavish 23, Kayla Blood 8, Alli Moe 3, Brooke Yarnall 2, Keegan Wickman 4, Lacey Hochhalter 8.

Thompson Falls 69, Eureka 44

EUREKA — Thompson Falls took advantage of a poor second quarter by Eureka to post a District 7B victory.

Thompson Falls outscored the Lions 17-4 in the second frame to lead 35-19 at the half.

Amanda Peterson scored 14 points for Eureka.

Thompson Falls 18 17 20 14 — 69

Eureka 15 4 14 11 — 44

THOMPSON FALLS – Madi Wheeler 6, Shey Hannum 12, Erica Sorlie 4, Madi Fitchett 2, Angela Padden 14, Haley Wilson 8, Gillian Nelson 2, Autrey Hannum 10, Logan Beckman 11.

EUREKA – Whitney Williams 4, Caty Ganderio 6, Nicole Anderson 6, Evynn Anderson 5, Amanda Peterson 14, Jamie Soderling 2, Ashlen Pacella 7.

Columbia Falls 59,

Polson 18

POLSON — Ciera Finberg dropped in 16 points as No. 1-ranked Columbia Falls whipped Polson in Northwestern A play.

Winter Kemppainen added 10.

Columbia Falls 15 11 23 10 – 59

Polson 5 5 5 3 – 18

COLUMB IA FALLS – Summer Burlage 2, Ciera Finberg 16, Cydney Finberg 8, Ellie Johnson 4, Andrea Getts 2, Winter Kemppainen 10, Miranda Livingston 1, Kjara Burlage 4, Allyson Gimbel 3, Haley Belgarde 9.

POLSON – Skyla Krantz 5, Nichole Lake 7, Monika Frame 6.