Boys drop Bigfork, but lose to Polson
Jace Hill takes a shot against Polson. (JP Edge photo)
Hungry Horse News
The Columbia Falls boys basketball team split last week, dropping Bigfork 49-28, but losing to conference rival Polson, 58-47.
Jace hill led the Wildcats with 14 apiece in both games.
Against Bigfork, the Cats held the Vikings to just 14 points in each half.
The Cats had 11 steals and 31 rebounds in the win.
Against The Pirates, the Cats were up by four at the break, but Polson outscored them 21-9 in the third quarter and the Cats never recovered.
The Cats had 21 turnovers in the loss, which didn’t help, coach Chris Finberg noted.
It’s still a very young team in a conference that doesn’t really have any weak teams. The Cats start three sophomores — Hill, Alihn Anderson and Cody Schweikert.
“Our conference is pretty good from top to bottom,” Finberg noted. “Almost everyone is at or above .500.”
The Cats played pretty solid ball against Bigfork.
“We shot the real well,” Finberg said.
The boys are 7-5 overall and 2-4 in conference play.
They play a lot of basketball this week. They face Libby at home Thursday night at 7:15 p.m., then Shelby Friday at home then travel to Shelby Saturday.
The Loggers have two 6-5 kids that are good players. Finberg said they’ll try to force some turnovers and make it an up and down game.
Shelby features 6-8 junior Rhett Reynolds, who has already committed to play ball for the University of Montana. They’ll need to at least slow him down a bit.
Bigfork 6 8 6 8 - 28
C-Falls 16 12 8 13 - 49
BIGFORK — Wyatt Johnson 8, Isak Epperly 2, Levi Taylor 3, Bryce Gilliard 3, Colin Wade 3, Cole Knopic 1, Eli Thorness 3, Nick Walker 5.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Cade Morgan 4, Mark Robison 9, Alihn Anderson 6, Jace Hill 14, Bryce Dunham 2, John Dyon 2, Chance Miller 2, Cody Schweikert 3, Dayne Tu 1, Hunter Goodman 6.
Polson 16 4 21 17 - 58
C-Falls 18 6 9 14 - 47
POLSON — Xavier Fisher 6, Jarrett Wilson 10, Trent Wilson 15, Dawson Dumont 2, Colton Graham 11, Braunsen Henriksen 6, Nik Figaro 8.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Cade Morgan 7, Mark Robison 6, Mason Peters 2, Alihn Anderson 4, Jace Hill 14, John Dyon 2, Cody Schweikert 12.