Helena High rolls past Glacier girls

Helena High raced to a fast start and never looked back, defeating Glacier 64-32 in Western AA girls basketball on Friday evening. 

Lauryn Lieberg led the Bengals (10-9 overall, 8-6 in Western AA games) with 17 points, Cassidy Smith added 16 and Dakota Lieberg chipped in 11. 

For Glacier (1-17, 0-13), Karley Allen scored nine, Cassidy Daniels added two triples to score eight total, and Olivia Warriner contributed seven in the third period. The Wolfpack hit four 3-pointers but struggled to keep pace with Helena’s balanced attack.  

L. Lieberg and Smith combined for 23 first half points to give Helena High an 38-16 advantage at halftime.  

The Glacier girls finish their season on Saturday against Helena Capital at 2 p.m. 

Helena    18    20    18    8    -    64 

Glacier    9    7    9    7    -    32 

HELENA HIGH — Lauryn Lieberg 5 6-8 17, Dakota Lieberg 3 4-6 11, Alexa Lundstrom 1 0-0 2, McKenna Pipinich 4 0-0 9, Kortney McKay 1 0-0 2, Izzy Lundstrom 0 0-0 0, Emmie Beringham 0 1-2 1, Cassidy Smith 7 0-1 16, Greata Petersen 2 2-4 4, Jessie Leland 0 2-2 2. Totals 27 12-20 64. 

GLACIER — Nika Wangerin 1 2-6 4, Addison Brisendine 1 0-0 2, Lucy Holloway 0 0-4 0, Karley Allen 3 2-2 9, Olivia Warriner 2 2-2 7, Cassidy Daniels 3 0-0 8, Cadence Daniels 0 0-0 0, Remi Osler 0 1-2 1, Clara Ahner 0 0-0 0, Alauna Hagen 0 1-4 1, Ava Grady 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-17 32.   

3-point goals — Helena 9 (Smith 2, Bermingham 2, McCullough 2, L. Lieberg, D. Lieberg, Pipinich), Glacier 4 (Cassidy Daniels 2, Warriner, Allen). Fouls — Helena 13, Glacier 15. Fouled out — none.