BIGFORK — The Bigfork Valkyries and Thompson Falls Blue Hawks sure know how to entertain a crowd.

After Bigfork swept the regular season series by a combined six points, including a 49-47 victory in the first matchup between the conference foes, Thursday night’s District 7B tournament semifinal contest was as wild as predicted.

The Valkyries shrugged off early turnovers and a sluggish shooting performance to erase a six point third-quarter deficit, surging to a 49-39 home victory.

“It took us a whole half to get going, but we figured it out,” Valkyries head coach Jami Grende said. “We worked out the kinks and were able to execute our plays in the second half.”

Bigfork’s first four possessions of the contest resulted in consecutive turnovers as the Blue Hawks jumped out to an early 5-0 lead.

Thompson Falls claimed its biggest lead of the night at the end of the first half when Brooke Jacobs’ jumper from the left corner fell through the hoop as the buzzer sounded.

The Blue Hawks led 29-21 at the break, but it was a different Bigfork team to start the third quarter.

Junior Katie Thomas found junior Lana Berg on a back door cut on the Valkyries first possession of the second half. After a defensive stop, Thomas drove the lane for a layup and Thompson Falls quickly called a timeout.

Coming out of the break, Jamie Berg hit a 3-point from the left corner and Bigfork had a 7-1 run in the first four minutes of the third quarter.

The Blue Hawks scored just three points in the third and 10 in the second half as Bigfork found its rhythm and never looked back.

“In the second half we were able to look for the open player and shots were falling,” Grende said.

“The defense has definitely won games for us. When we can’t get the ball through the hoop then we can rely on our defense to hold them. The girls do a good job. They work hard and they know what their job is on the floor defensively.”

Thompson Falls tied the game at 38 with just over four minutes remaining, but Bigfork’s Miranda Campbell, who scored 14 of her game-high 18 points in the second half, iced the victory with two easy layups in the final two minutes.

“Miranada Campbell had a great game tonight,” Grende said. “What a great game for her to step up. We’re short Matti McAnally (concussion), but Miranda had a great game.”

Lana Berg grabbed a game-high nine rebounds for Bigfork. Thomas added seven assists to her eight-point effort.

“(Lana) is a fighter. She’s a competitor. She loves to compete. When the game gets tough she gets tougher,” Grende said.

“She never came out of the game and neither did Katie Thomas. That’s a lot of minutes on the floor without a break, but we needed them.”

With the win, Bigfork with take on Plains in the 7B title game at Columbia Falls on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Thompson Falls 15 14 3 7 — 39

Bigfork 8 13 13 15 — 49

THOMPSON FALLS — Lindsay Laws 4, Shey Hannum 8, Brooke Jacobs 4, Autrey Hannum 16, Logan Beckman 7.

BIGFORK — Haile Norred 1, Marissa Hiza 8, Riley Coleman 2, Jamie Berg 5, Katie Thomas 8, Lana Berg 7, Miranda Campbell 18.

Plains 53, Troy 26

PLAINS — Four Trotters scored in double figures as Plains routed Troy in a District 7B semifinal contest.

Hailey Phillips and Kayla Holmes finished with a team-high 12 points for Plains. Kimberly Earhart scored 11 and Carley Vonheeder added 10.

Plains held Troy to single digits in each quarter.

Troy’s Kaitln Downey led all scorers with 14 points.

Plains will battle Bigfork in the 7B title game at Columbia Falls on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Troy 4 7 7 8 — 26

Plains 17 17 8 9 — 53

TROY — Aurora Becquart 6, Allie Coldwell 4, Kaitlyn Downey 14, Sami Rohrich 2.

PLAINS — Kimberly Earhart 11, Carley Vonheeder 10, Hailey Phillips 12, Lily Huenink 2, Kayla Holmes 12, Leah Thompson 6.