Cats nab three key conference wins

The Columbia Falls boys basketball team got three key conference wins last week, dropping Ronan 57-37 at home Friday and then coming back to beat Bigfork 52-46 at home Saturday and they walloped Whitefish Tuesday on the road, 

Against Ronan the Wildcats were led by Bjorn Pedersen with 19. Cooper Ross had 12 off the bench and Silas Ypma had his best scoring game of the season with 11.

The win evened the score against Ronan, as the Chiefs beat the Cats earlier this season in Ronan.

“We played well start to finish,” coach Chris Finberg said. “It was a complete game.”

Against Bigfork, the Wildcats were down by nine at the break and then held Bigfork to just five points in the fourth to pull away for the win as they went on a 13-0 run with about 7 minutes to play.

Jory Hill and Reggie Sapa led the team with 12 in the win. Sapa had nine rebounds as well. The Cats had a tough time from beyond the arc, shooting just 24%. But they shot 48% from the field and had just seven turnovers.

Pedersen led the Cats against the Bulldogs with 15, Easton Brooks had 14 as 10 players got in the scoring column.

Right now the boys are 13-2 overall and 8-1 in conference play. 

If they win out these last three games, they’d win the conference title.

Bigfork     15    15    11    5    -    46 

C-Falls    16    5    18    13    -    52 

BIGFORK — Tamret Savik 4, Quinn Herring 2, Grady Campbell 1, Treker Hickey 4, Austin Savik 20, Alex Ochs 12, Jack Lucke 3. 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Easton Brooks 6, Jory Hill 12, Bjorn Pedersen 7, Reggie Sapa, Nico Young 3, Cooper Ross 5, Grady Hutton 7. 

Ronan        9    9    15    4    -    37 

C-Falls    17    19    12    9    -    57 

RONAN — Tayen Edmo 10, Kolby Finley 6, Laurence Lozeau 4, Sean Small 4, Jhett McDonald 5, Chad Higgins 6, Souixprixm Qualtier 2. 

Columbia Falls    25    19    21    12    -    77 

Whitefish    10    14    18    10    -    52 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Easton Brooks 14, Stanley Stremick 5, Jory Hill 4, Bjorn Pedersen 15, Reggie Sapa 8, Nico Young 4, Cooper Ross 9, Banyan Johnston 2, Grady Hutton 10, Silas Ypma 6. 

WHITEFISH — Cooper Dudley 7, Carson Gulick 5, Will Sisson 17, CJ Thew 7, Aiden Rickels 3, Creed Scott 4, Scott Dalen 6, Jayke Thew 3.