The Daily Inter Lake

GREAT FALLS — Glacier held off C.M. Russell for a 49-48 Class AA girls basketball victory Friday night.

Glacier (1-0) was led by Nikki Krueger’s 11 points.

Addison Gardner led CMR with 13.

Glacier outscored CMR 15-10 to head into the fourth quarter with a five-point edge.

Glacier 12 10 15 12 — 49

CMR 12 10 10 16 — 48

Glacier —Taylor Salonen 2 0-2 5, Hailee Bennett 2 3-4 8, Alana Kuetinger 1 0-0 2, Bryan McChesney 0 5-6 5, Nikki Krueger 4 3-5 11, Hailey Ruggles 1 1-2 3, Anna Schrade 2 1-2 5, Christina Connolly 3 0-1 6, Courtney Mitchell 1 2-2 4. Totals: 16 15-20.

CMR — Akasia Denton 1 2-3 5, Zuzu Rudio 2 0-1 4, Mady Skawinski 3 3-5 10, Courteney Shovlin 2 0-0 5, Addison Gardner 4 3-3 13, Kyra Willis 2 3-5 9, Cailey Froehle 1 0-0 2, Courtney Schroeder 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 11-17.

Total fouls: Glacier 18, CMR 19. Fouled out: Bennett, Shovlin. 3-pointers: Salonen, Bennett, Denton, Skawinski, Shovlin, Gardner 2, Willis 2.

Eureka 59, Stillwater Christian 40

EUREKA — Amanda Peterson netted 24 points to power Eureka to a nonconference girls basketball victory over Stillwater Christian School.

Eureka (1-1 overall) bolted to a 20-12 first-quarter lead and pushed its advantage at the half to 35-17.

Serena Koch had 17 points for Stillwater (1-3).

Stillwater 12 5 15 8 — 40

Eureka 20 15 12 11 — 59

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Rochelle Fisher 4, Serena Koch 17, Adriana Lambert 1, Dori Smith 12, Lulu Neumann 1, Alisa Venmann 4, Raney Metzger 1.

EUREKA — Sienna Utter 6, Liz Pacella 6, Amanda Peterson 24, Rylee Morgan 4, Darian Truman 2, Ashlyn Waldo 8, Stacy Cooper 9.

Foothills Christian 49, Flathead Valley 47

GREAT FALLS — Karissa Williams led a balanced Flathead Valley Homeschool attack with 15 points, but it wasn’t quite enough as Foothills Christian School, the defending Montana Christian Athletic Association state champions, pulled out a tight victory Thursday evening.

Williams, who had four 3s in the game, missed a trey with 10 seconds left.

Victory Hansen added 12 points for Flathead Valley.

Flathead 15 7 12 13 — 47

Foothills 13 12 12 12 — 49

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOMESCHOOL — Naomi Dobson 3, Heidi Schneller 9, Karissa Williams 15, Lexi Ehlers 8, Victory Hansen 12.

FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN — NA.

Boys

Stillwater 54, Eureka 30

EUREKA — Stillwater capitalized on a strong start to thump Eureka in a nonconference matchup.

Stillwater led 23-4 after the first quarter and 36-9 at the half.

Isaac Neumann had 15 points for Stillwater. Clayton Hashley was next with 13.

Jake Cardinale had eight for Eureka.

Stillwater 23 13 10 8 — 54

Eureka 4 5 6 15 — 30

STILLWATER — Micah Friesen 2, Clayton Hashley 13, BJ Bach 6, Joe Hooker 8, Gerald Fetveit 3, Isaac Neumann 15, Nicholas Sulzbacher 4, Riley Metzger, Daniel Fetveit 1.

EUREKA — Jamie Good 7, Dawson Henrie 6, Sam Hannay 6, Taylor Sherwood 3, Jake Cardinale 8.