HELENA — Helena Capital jumped out to a 17-7 first-quarter lead and pulled away for good with a strong second half to dump Glacier 56-32 on Saturday afternoon in Western AA girls basketball action.

Capital, up 26-13 at the half, outscored Glacier 30-19 in the second half.

Hailee Bennett led Glacier (11-7 overall, 5-5 league) offensively with 13 points.

Tjaden Pallister topped Capital (10-8, 4-6) with 20 points.

Glacier 7 6 11 8 — 32

Capital 17 9 16 14 — 56

GLACIER – Taylor Salonen 1-6 1-2 3, Hailee Bennett 4-9 3-4 13, Ahna Kreitinger 0-2 1-2 1, Brynn McChesney 0-2 0-0 0, Kali Gulick 0-4 0-0 0, Nikki Krueger 1-1 0-3 2, Hailey Ruggles 2-4 0-0 4, Anna Schrade 1-5 1-2 3, Christine Connolly 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney Mitchell 2-7 1-2 5, Cadie Williams 0-1 1-2 1, Madison Rauthe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-41 8-17 32.

CAPITAL – Tjaden Pallister 8-11 0-0 20, Aubrey McMaster 1-4 3-4 5, Madi Quick 1-1 2-2 5, Mary Bryggman 2-6 0-0 4, Megan Lindbo 0-1 0-0 0, Katie Culver 0-0 0-0 0, Ayanna Syvrud 0-0 0-0 0, Abbie Witham 1-1 0-1 2, Kyra Dawes 0-1 0-2 0, Elena Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Sydney Sheridan 0-3 0-0 0, Aryn Cummings 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor Sullivan 1-4 7-11 9, Savanna Bignell 3-7 3-3 9, Shea Sampson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 17-39 17-25 56.

Helena High 63, Flathead 41

HELENA — Helena High (12-6, 6-4) outscored Flathead 24-7 in the second quarter to break open a tight ballgame en route to a Western AA victory.

Flathead (4-14. 0-10) trailed 34-14 at the half and 45-25 after three quarters.

Tiana Johnson led Flathead, and all scorers, with 23 points.

Taelyr Krantz totaled 19 points for Helena.

Flathead 7 7 11 16 — 41

Helena 10 24 11 18— 63

FLATHEAD – Kylee Meredith 0-0 0-0 0, Mary Heaton 2-2 1-2 5, Sierra Siblerud 0-5 0-0 0, Cadelyn Nunn 1-5 0-1 2, Allison Gagnon 1-3 0-0 2, Taylor Henley 2-6 3-4 7, Tiana Johnson 8-17 3-4 23, Kylee Beccari 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 15-41 7-11 41.

HELENA HIGH – Sam Holman 2-5 2-3 6, Kendra Kloker 4-8 3-5 14, Hailey Crawford 1-5 1-2 3, Kamden Hilborn 2-6 1-4 5, Madi Tyson 0-0 0-0 0, Shanna Floerchinger 2-5 2-4 6, Taelyr Krantz 7-11 5-5 19, Kindra Dunlap 0-2 2-4 2, Jessica Ellsworth 1-5 1-1 3, Jamie Pickens 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 21-50 18-30 63.