COLUMBIA FALLS — On a frigid Friday night at Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Field it was Reggie Sapa’s cool demeanor that allowed the Columbia Falls Wildcats to escape with a 9-8 win in a back-and-forth game against a gritty Whitefish Bulldogs team.
WHITEFISH — Bigfork held Butte Central scoreless in the second quarter, outscoring them by 16 to extend their lead to 23 by halftime in a 51-24 win in Western A girls basketball divisionals Thursday morning.
On senior night, Flathead sophomore Grace Gall kept the team afloat with her game-high 24 points until seniors Ava Malmin and Mattie Thompson sealed the win.
In the game of basketball nothing is given for free, but how a team performs at the charity stripe can be the biggest difference between wins and losses.
Hudson Luedtke outscored the Glacier Wolfpack 15-4 in the fourth quarter to complete the Butte Bulldogs’ comeback for a 57-54 road win at the Wolf Den Friday night.
Sophomore Cadence Graham led all scorers with 26 points and guided the Butte Bulldogs to a road victory of the Glacier Wolfpack 61-52 at the Wolf Den Friday night.
After trailing at halftime, the Helena Bengals outscored the Flathead Bravettes 28-15 in the second half for a comfortable 46-34-win Saturday afternoon.
A scoreless third quarter from the Flathead Bravettes was all the difference in the game, as the Bozeman Hawks won a non-conference girls basketball game easily 43-20 Friday night.
From the tipoff at the Wolf Den the Glacier Wolfpack’s defense hounded the Great Falls Bison in their first boys basketball win of the season, 38-22 Saturday afternoon.
