BOYS BASKETBALL: Potkonjak, Vikings shoot past Wildcats
<p>Bigfork's Adam Jordt flies past Columbia Falls' Nathan Riley for a basket during the second quarter in Columbia Falls on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
COLUMBIA FALLS — Bigfork senior Joseph Potkonjak made a school record eight second-half 3-pointers to lead the Vikings to an 87-75 nonconference victory at Columbia Falls on Thursday.
Potkonjak, who was scoreless in the first half, finished with a game-high 24 points, with his shooting barrage helping Bigfork run away from a tight game.
Nathan Riley scored 18 points to lead the hot-shooting Wildcats, who also got 12 points from both Tyler Murphy and Dakota Bridwell. Austin Green had 11 points for Columbia Falls.
Bigfork 17 19 27 24 — 87
C. Falls 15 22 19 19 — 75
BIGFORK — Anders Epperly 11, Adam Jordt 12, Joseph Potkonjak 24, Clayton Reichenbach 2, Jonathan Landon 8, Levi Spanogle 1, George Gibson 17, Beau Santistevan 6, Garrett Beville 6.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Nathan Riley 18, Logan Stephens 8, Austin Green 11, Tyler Murphy 12, Steven DeCamp 5, Dakota Bridwell 12, Mason Tucket 9.