Boys basketball: Indians sink Pirates

BROWNING — Noah Butterfly scored 14 points to lead a balanced Browning scoring attack, and the Indians downed Polson 68-52 in Northwest A boys basketball Saturday.

Jhett Cobell added 11 points for Browning (11-7 overall, 8-4 in the Northwest A).  

Kyson Michel hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 16 for Polson (7-10, 4-7), which pared a 37-17 gap down to 46-36 in the third quarter behind 12 points from Malakai Curley. 

Nine different players scored in the fourth for Browning to keep the Pirates at bay.  

Polson    8    9    19    16    -    52 

Browning    17    20    9    22    -    68 

POLSON — Kyson Michel 16, Holden Emerson 2, Maddox Bird 6, Malakai Curley 15, Cody Haggard 4, Case Cox 4, Ryan Lake 3, Luke Horner 2. 

BROWNING — Jhett Cobell 11, Layton Ewing 7, Noah Butterfly 14, Jesse Denny 1, Jack Billedeaux 2, Ayden Warden 2, Roy Mad Plume 6, Shayde St. Goddard 6, Reis Reevis 9, Royce Mad Plume 7, Trell Mad Plume 3. 

Ronan 84, Libby 55

LIBBY — Matiya Nenemay scored 21 points, Kolby Finley added 18 and Ronan beat Northwest A rival Libby in the regular season finle for both teams.

Nenemay scored eight points while the Chiefs (15-3 overall, 10-2 in the Northwest A) put up 28 in the second quarter, building a 44-28 lead. Jhett McDonald and Tryance Matt also reached double figures; McDonald hit two of Ronan’s seven 3-pointers.

Tristan Andersen scored a game-high 28 for the Loggers (2-16, 0-12) and Bransen Holzer checked in with 19. Andersen had 13 in the second quarter. 

Ronan    16    28    17    23    -    84 

Libby    14    14    15    12    -    55

RONAN — Devon Big Medicine 6, Nate Bisson 6, Masyn Wayman 4, Kolby Finley 18, Matiya Nenemay 21, Siouxprixm Qualtier 8, Jhett McDonald 10, Tryance Matt 11. 

LIBBY — Tristan Andersen 28, Kale Hall 4, Jonathan Cano 2, Bransen Holzer 19, Blaise Erickson 2. 

Eureka 42, Mission 35 

ST. IGNATIUS — Logan Cuffe scored 15 points and Eureka outlasted Mission in Western 7-B boys basketball. 

Cuffe and Rowan Burow had five each in the pivotal fourth quarter for the Lions (9-6 overall, 6-0 in 7-B games). 

Lex LaFrombois had a game-high 22 points for the host Bulldogs (6-11, 4-3). 

Eureka    11    8    11    12    -    42 

Mission    11    8    10    7    -     35 

EUREKA — Tyce Van Orden 5, Brody Chapman 9, Rowan Burow 9, Mason Parrish 2, Logan Cuffe 15, Leif Burow 2.  

MISSION — Lex LaFrombois 21, Jason Leishman 6, Vinnie Shepherd 4, Wyatt Ransen 3.