Dogs fall short against Wildcats
Whitefish Pilot | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 11 months AGO
The Whitefish boys basketball team was outscored in every quarter of their rematch with rival Columbia Falls on Saturday as the Wildcats rolled to a 74-52 victory at home.
Alex Presnell and Jared Trinastich scored 18 points each to pace the Wildcats.
Art Doorn scored 13 points to lead Whitefish. Keaton Nicholson added 11.
The loss dropped Whitefish to 4-3 in the league and 9-8 overall.
On Thursday, Whitefish picked up a 56-33 non-conference win over Plains. Doorn had 14 points to lead the winning effort.
The Dogs travel to Polson on Saturday for their final conference game before the Northwest A divisional tournament begins Feb. 27.
Doorn is the top scorer for Whitefish so far this season at 12.3 points per game.
Bulldog forward Garrett Anderson is the league’s top rebounder, averaging 10 boards per game. Senior guard EJ Havens has 61 assists this season, second-best in the league, while guard Alex Wilson has a league-best 53 steals.
C. Falls 19 14 15 26 – 74
Whitefish 10 10 11 21 – 52
COLUMBIA FALLS – Alex Presnell 18, Trevor Houston 2, Grant Stenger 5, Jayce Fagerland 6, Austin Kimmet 4, Nakia Alexander 5, Ty Morgan 13, Justice McManus 3, Jared Trinastich 18.
WHITEFISH – Keaton Nicholson 11, A.J. Wetsch 8, Alex Wilson 3, EJ Havens 10, Art Doorn 13, Garrett Anderson 7.
Whitefish 14 13 23 6 – 56
Plains 6 9 7 11 – 33
WHITEFISH – Keaton Nicholson 9, AJ Wetsch 2, Cody Olson 7, EJ Havens 8, Art Doorn 14, Hugh Ramlow 2, Jed Nagler 4, Garrett Anderson 10.
PLAINS – Ryan Ovitt 3, Alec Cole 7, Aaron Baker 5, Kyle Revier 4, James Rulison 7, Wyatt Winebrenner 4, Brady Ovitt 3.
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