Mission girls’ run ends at divisionals
SCOT HEISEL | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 1 month AGO
RONAN — Senior Madyson Currie scored 15 points to lead the Mission girls in a season-ending 55-42 loss to Eureka (15-8) on Saturday in a consolation game at the Western A divisional tournament. It was the final career high school game for Currie, the team’s lone senior.
Currie gave Mission (15-10) a 2-0 lead with a couple of early free throws before the Lady Lions pulled ahead. Eureka’s Ixone Coteron banked in a jumper at the buzzer to put her team up 16-7 after one period.
Mission chipped away at the lead and momentarily pulled ahead by four points during a stretch that saw a -pointer from Mission’s Kason Page, a successful three-point play by Page and a free throw by Izzy Evans.
Jadyn Pluid hit a 3-pointer with 22 seconds remaining to give the Lady Lions a 30-27 halftime lead, and Eureka pulled away throughout the second half.
Kason Page finished with 10 points, while Kooper Page added seven for the Lady Bulldogs.
Mission, a 3 seed coming into the tournament, opened Thursday against No. 2 seed Florence-Carlton, with the Falcons (12-10) winning 54-42.
Kason Page scored a team-high 15 points in Thursday’s loss, while Gabby Smith finished with seven and Evans added six.
The Falcons outscored Mission 27-19 in the second half to pull away.
Mission’s lone victory of the tournament came in a loser-out game Friday, when they defeated Powell County (Deer Lodge) 66-47.
The Lady Bulldogs pounced on the Lady Wardens and led 17-5 after the first period. They led 39-20 at half.
Currie and Kooper Page led the way with 17 points each, while Kason Page contributed 15 points in the win.
The surprise of the tournament was No. 4 seed Thompson Fall’s run to the championship game against top-seeded Bigfork, with wins over Missoula Loyola and Eureka along the way.
The Valkyries (22-1) won the title game 45-26 and will be the West No. 1 seed at the class B state tournament March 10-12 at Bozeman. Thompson Falls (16-8) will represent the West as a No. 2 seed.
Bigfork’s only defeat so far this season was a 52-44 loss at Mission on Jan. 22.
Eureka 55, Mission 42
Eureka 16 - 14 - 15 - 10 – 55
St.Ign 7 - 20 - 7 - 8 – 42
EUREKA – Jadyn Pluid 22(14r,3a), Remmi Stanger 13, Ixone Coteron 3 3-3 9(5a,3s), Reena Truman 6(2b), Dylan Sharp 3, Jimena Sanchez 2(6r,1b). Team: 21 9-15 55 (46r,15a,7s,3b).
MISSION – Madyson Currie 4 6-9 15(5r,2a,2s), Kason Page 3 3-5 10(3r,1s), Kooper Page 3 0-0 7(11r,3a,4s), Gabby Smith 2 1-4 5(8r,1a,1s), Izzy Evans 1 3-3 5(5r,2s), Olivia Adams 0(2r), Rowan McElderry 0. Team: 13 12-20 42 (38r,6a,10s).
3FGs – Eureka 4-14 (Pluid 3-7, Stanger 1-1), MSI 3-32 (Currie 1-8, Ka.Page 1-9, Ko.Page 1-10).
Mission 66, Deer Lodge 47
St.Ignatius 17 - 22 - 16 - 11 – 66
DeerLodge 5 - 15 - 11 - 16 – 47
MISSION – Kooper Page 7 0-0 17(6r,4a,5s), Madyson Currie 7 3-4 17(2r,5a,6s,2b), Kason Page 6 3-3 15(3r,7a,6s), Olivia Adams 2 2-4 6(3r), Gabby Smith 1 3-4 5(7r,2s), Rowan McElderry 1 1-2 4(4r), Izzy Evans 2(2r,1s), Leina Peone 0(4r), Cedar Hunt (3r), Amelia Cronk (1r,1a). Team: 25 12-17 66 (38r,17a,20s,2b).
DEER LODGE – Nia McClanahan 14(15r,6s), Natalie Spring 13(9r,2a), Taylor Stevenson 11, Taryn Lamb 6(4s), Clara Gravely 3, Mary Hansen 0(3a). Team: 16 9-20 47 (41r,9a,14s).
3FGs – MSI 4-25 (Ko.Page 3-12, McElderry 1-1), DL 6-24 (Hansen 3-10, McClanahan 1-1, Gravely 1-1, Lamb 1-4).
Florence 54, Mission 42
Florence 10 - 17 - 10 - 17 – 54
St.Ign 11 - 12 - 7 - 12 – 42
FLORENCE-CARLTON – Kasidy Yeoman 17(3a,2s), Kylie Kovatch 12(10r), Olivia Coulter 10, Kolbi Wood 6(11r,4a), Elise Schneiter 5, Josie Lewis 4. Team: 20 10-26 54 (49r,14a,6s,3b).
MISSION – Kason Page 5 3-4 15(4r,1a,3s), Gabby Smith 2 3-8 7(3r,2s), Izzy Evans 2 1-4 6(4r,3s), Olivia Adams 1 3-4 5(5r,2s), Madyson Currie 2 0-0 4(4r,4a,1s), Kooper Page 1 0-1 3(15r,6a,3s), Rowan McElderry 2(1r), Ernie Tapia-Torosian 0(1r). Team: 14 10-21 42 (39r,11a,14s).
3FGs – F4-21 (Yeoman 2-5, Colter 2-8), MSI 4-23 (Ka.Page 2-9, Evans 1-4, Ko.Page 1-7).
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