A girls roundup: Whitefish holds off Ronan

RONAN — Allie Shors and Avery Orme tallied double-doubles as Whitefish bested Ronan 42-37 in Northwest A girls basketball Thursday.

Shors led the Bulldogs (9-4 overall, 5-2 in Northwest A games) with 18 points and added 12 boards, while Orme finished with 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. 

Reese Hudson added 10 for Whitefish, who jumped ahead 22-15 at the half. 

Nefertiti Stewart led the Maidens (3-11, 2-6 in conference) with 10 points, while Kailun Marengo added eight. 

Whitefish    14    8    12    8    -    42 

Ronan    10    5    12    10    -    37 

WHITEFISH — Reese Hudson 10, Avery Orme 10, Allie Shors 18, Stella Frisbee 4. 

RONAN — Maddy Illig 5, Kailyn Marengo 8, Bailee Woll 2, Kai-Cee Sorrell 5, Nefertiti Stewart 10, Neveah Perez 7. 

Bigfork 54, Polson 39 

BIGFORK — Paeten Gunlock scored 28 points, 21 coming in the first half as Bigfork pulled away from Polson 54-39 Thursday. 

Gunlock knocked down four triples for the Valkyries (11-4, 8-1 in conference), while Payton DeSpain added 10. Bigfork took a 31-18 lead into the half. 

Aleysia Black led the Pirates (8-5, 4-3 in conference) with 18 points, including three 3-pointers. Hinkley Moss tallied eight. 

Bigfork     15    16    12    11    -    54 

Polson     9    9    14    7    -    39 

BIGFORK — Keegan Campbell 2, Payton DeSpain 10, Eva Heil 2, Savanah Hedges 5, Paeten Gunlock 28, Desi Dell 2, Emma Pargman 5. 

POLSON — Aleysia Black 18, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 7, Hinkley Moss 8, Olivia Ramirez 2, Olivia Cottet 2, Eternity Running Rabbit 2. 

Columbia Falls 50, Libby 22

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alexa Friske and Rylee Sweeney scored 12 points each and Columbia Falls surged ahead early in its Northwest A win over Libby. 

Friske hit two 3-pointers and Alanis Peterson one for the Wildkats (7-6 overall, 5-2 in league games).  

Rylee Delmas led the Loggers (2-12, 0-8 in league) with nine points, including two threes. Hadleigh Wood also hit from long distance. 

Libby    3    9    6    4    -    22     

C-Falls    14    10    11    15    -    50

LIBBY — Hadleigh Wood 5, Rylee Delmas 9, Leah Rusdal 4, Selena Schnackenberg 2, Alli  Clemons 2. 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alexa Friske 12, Onnika Lawrence 9, Peyton Ross 9, Alanis Peterson 3, Rylee Sweeney 12, Lana Beyers 3, Kylor Gretzen 2.