Saturday boys hoops: Ronan surges past Polson

RONAN — Four Ronan players reached double figures, led by Kolby Finley’s 18 points, and the Chiefs rallied past Polson 59-54 in Northwest A boys basketball Saturday night.

Matiya Nenemay hit three 3-pointers and added 16 points for Ronan, which is 14-3 overall and 9-2 in league games. He hit two threes in the fourth quarter, with the first one putting his team up for good, 47-45.  

Finley went 5-for-6 at the line in the final frame. Siouxprixm Qualtier and Jhett McDonald had 12 points each, and Qualtier had three 3-pointers. 

Malakai Curley hit three 3-pointers and scored 13 points to help Polson (4-6, 7-9) take a 32-26 halftime lead. He finished with four treys and 20 points. 

Polson    15    17    11    11    -    54 

Ronan    13    13    16    17    -    59

POLSON — Kyson Michel 5, Holden Emerson 4, Maddox Bird 12, Malakai Curley 20, Cody Haggard 4, Roman Sawyer 4, Ama Old Shoes 5. 

RONAN — Matiya Nenemay 16, Siouxprixm Qualtier 12, Kolby Finley 18, Jhett McDonald 12, Oliver Rowe 3. 

Browning 74, Libby 57

LIBBY — Royce Madplume scored 13 points and Eli Edwards added 12 off the bench as Browning used a balanced offense to solve Northwest A rival Libby. 

Jesse Denny and Jhett Cobell hit two 3-pointers each for the Runnin’ Indians (10-7, 7-4 Northwest A). 

That offset a 28-point night from the Loggers’ Tristan Andersen, who had 19 points after halftime. Bransen Holzer added 13 points for Libby (2-15, 0-11). 

Browning    19    19    19    17    -    74 

Libby    8    11    19    19    -    57

BROWNING — Noah Butterfly 6, Shayde St. Goddard 5, Reis Reevis 10, Royce Madplume 13, Eli Edwards 12, Jesse Denny 67, Jack Billedeaux 5, Jhett Cobell 8, Layton Wing 9,  

LIBBY — Tristan Andersen 28, Kale Hall 5, James Woody 3, Blaise Erickson 8, Bransen Holzer 13. 

Bigfork 77, Whitefish 40

WHITEFISH — Austin Savik scored 21 points, 11 coming during Bigfork’s explosive second quarter, and the Vikings put away Whitefish in Northwest A play. 

Alex Oches hit three 3-pointers and added 11 points for Bigfork (10-7, 7-4 in Northwest A games), and teammate Tamret Savik added 12 points. Treker Hickey scored all of his 10 points in the first half. 

Leo Bungener’s 11 points led Whitefish (6-10, 2-8). 

Bigfork    17    28    22    10    -    77 

Whitefish    7    11    12    10    -    40

BIGFORK — Tayden West 6, Tamret Savik 12, Grady Campbell 2, Treker Hickey 10, Austin Savik 21, Alex Ochs 11, Justin Gates 6, Quinn Kerr 2, Lance Peterson 4, Cavin Wiest 3.  

WHITEFISH — Will Sisson 9, Aiden Rickens 2, Jayke Thew 2, Reyd Hobart 3, Finn Ryan 2, Leo Bungener 11, Jake Shors 6, Cooper Dudley 5.  

Eureka 73, Plains 63

EUREKA — Rowan Burow scored 19 points to lead four players in double figures for Eureka, which surged late to take the Western 7-B win over the Horsemen. 

Tyce Van Orden added 17 points for the Lions (7-6 overall, 4-0 in 7-B games), seven coming in the final period. Brody Chapman knocked down a 3-pointer in the final minute that broke a 63-63 tie, starting a closing 10-0 run. 

Jarrett Weeks had 19 points for Plains (3-14, 2-6) and hit jumpers that tied the game at 61-all and 63-63.  

Eureka 22    8    20    23    -    73 

Plains    17    18    14    14    -    63

EUREKA — Tyce Van Orden 17, Brody Chapman 10, Rowan Burow 19, Logan Cuffe 11, Leif Burow 8. 

PLAINS —Tristan Allen 2, Jarrett Weeks 19, Chase Depau 10, Cooper Meredith 6, Eddie Stubert 6, Ben Alendye 16.