MISSOULA — The Hellgate boys clinched the Western AA championship with a 50-34 win over Glacier on Thursday.

The Knights ran out to a 10-4 lead after the first quarter, but never truly pulled away until after halftime, outscoring Glacier 16-9 in the third to take a 38-25 lead.

Connor Schenk scored 15 points and Derrius Collins had 13 points to lead Hellgate (17-3 overall, 10-2 Western AA), which finished the regular season with the conference’s best record.

Tadan Gilman had 10 points to lead Glacier (6-13, 3-8).

The Wolfpack will host Flathead tonight, with tip scheduled for 8 p.m.

Glacier 4 12 9 9 – 34

Hellgate 10 12 16 12 – 50

GLACIER – Caden Harkins 1 3-3 5, Blayne Bailey 0 2-2 2, Collin Kazmier 1 0-0 3, Drake Dulin 1 0-0 2, Noah Lindsay 2 1-4 5, B Brec Rademacher 0 0-1 0, Jake Willich1 0-0 2, Dylan Ruggles 1 0-1 2, Pat O’Connell 1 0-0 2, Tadan Gilman 4 0-0 10, Torin Bowden 0 1-2 1. Totals: 12 7-13 34.

HELLGATE – Landon Youbles 0 2-2 2, Derrius Collins 6 0-0 13, Buckley Belcourt 1 1-2 4, Peter Vandam 1 0-0 3, Bob Schenk 1 0-2 2, Dylan Botsford 0 0-2 0, Jason Koehn 2 2-4 6, Justin Koehn 1 1-2 4, Connor Schenk 5 4-4 15, Connor Reid 0 1-2 1. Totals: 17 11-20 50.

3-point goals – Glacier 3 (Gilman 2, Kazier 1), Hellgate 5 (Collins, Belcourt, Vandam, Ju. Koehn, C. Schenk). Total fouls – Glacier 16, Hellgate 13. Fouled out – none.