Girls hoops: Whitefish's Orme scores 31; 1st league win for Ronan

POLSON — Avery Orme poured in 31 points, 21 coming during a dominant first half by Whitefish, and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Bulldogs beat Polson 62-40 in Northwest A girls basketball Tuesday.

Orme hit all three of her 3-pointers in the first half while Whitefish (8-4, 4-1 in the Northwest A) built a 40-20 lead. 

Alli Shors added 12 for the Bulldogs, nine coming in the first half. 

Rylee Taylor-Jefferson’s 17 points led the Lady Pirates (7-4, 3-2 in league. She and teammate Aleysia Black hit three 3-pointers each.

Aleysia Black added 14 points for Ronan 

Whitefish    20    20    11    11    -    62     

Polson    14    6    10    10    -    40

WHITEFISH — Reese Hudson 5, Sammie Shors 8, Blake Ruta 2, Avery Orme 31, Allie Shors 12, Stella Frisbee 4. 

POLSON — Aleysia Black 14, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 17, Hinkley Moss 7, Dakota Ramirez 2.  

Ronan 61, Columbia Falls 60

RONAN — Neveah Perez scored 12 points, including a put-back for the winning points with 18 seconds left, and Ronan beat Columbia Falls for its first Northwest A victory.

Maddy Illig scored 13 points to lead the Maidens (2-10 overall, 1-5 in the Northwest A); she hit three 3-pointers.  

Perez, who had eight points in the second half, scored after Columbia Falls’ Onnika Lawrence hit two free throws to put her team up 60-59 with 1:40 left.  

Lawrence had had 27 points for the Wildkats (6-5, 4-2 in league), including five 3-pointers.  

C-Falls    17    12    12    19    -    60     

Ronan    12    15    21    13    -    61

COLUMBIA FALLS — Alexa Friske 3, Onnika Lawrence 27, Peyton Ross 11, Alarus Peterson 7, Rylee Sweeney 4, Ava Scholz 6, Lana Byers 2. 

RONAN — Maddy Illig 13, Kailyn Marengo 2, Natalie Adams 7, Nefertiti Stewart 6, Neveah Perez 12, Dallas St. Goddard 2, Bailee Woll 3, Kai-Cee Sorrell 6, Aizjah Sherwood 10.