Girls Roundup: Stanger, Lady Lions hand Mission first 7-B defeat

Feb. 2—EUREKA — Eureka's Kara Stanger poured in 28 points, 20 in the second half as the Lions rallied past Mission 64-59 in girls basketball, handing the Lady Bulldogs their first District 7-B loss.

Stanger, who went 11 of 13 from the line, had eight points in the third quarter as the Lions (7-7 overall, 6-1 in 7-B games) took a 48-40 lead. Aubrey Casazza hit two 3-pointers in the frame on the way to 10 points.

Cora Matt's 16 points led four players in double figures for Mission (11-3, 5-1 in league). She and Ellannah Flatlip combined for 22 first-half points.

Mission 12 17 11 19 — 59

Eureka 19 7 22 16 — 64

MISSION — Kason Page 7, Izzy Evans 12, Cora Matt 16, Ellannah Flatlip 13, Kieran Incashola 10, Madison Incashola 1.

EUREKA — Kara Stanger 28, Aubrey Casazza 10, Haidyn Guckenberg 9, Bryn Van Orden 6, Dylan Sharp 4, Brynn Miller 4, Katlyn Chaney 4.

Whitefish 45, Ronan 38

RONAN — Bailey Smith hit three 3-pointers and scored 22 points for Whitefish, which rallied from a 21-18 halftime deficit in Northwest A play.

Smith had 19 points after halftime and Jude Perry added 12 points for the Bulldogs (5-8 overall, 2-5 in Northwest A games).

A one-point third period doomed the Maidens (6-8, 3-5 in league), who were led by Ariana Zepeda's 10 points.

Whitefish 7 11 12 15 — 45

Ronan 9 12 1 16 — 38

WHITEFISH — Jude Perry 10, Bailey Smith 22, Camrella Alfieri 3, Charlize Ullrich 5, Ainsley Scott 5.

RONAN — Maddy Illig 5, Lauryn Buhr 5, Ally Luedtke 2, Ariana Zepeda 10, Kylee Kelch 4, Zailee Hewankorn 3, Kailyn Marengo 1, Nikki Kendall 6, Navaeh Perez 2.

Bigfork 62, Browning 33

BROWNING — Braeden Gunlock scored 19 points and Bigfork took another convincing Northwest A victory on the road.

Paeten Gunlock hit three 3-pointers and added 17 points for the Valkyries, now 15-1 and 9-0 in Northwest A play. Ava Davey added 12 points for Bigfork.

Teslin Trombley scored 10 points to lead Browning, which fell to 8-5, 5-2.

Bigfork 16 18 10 18 — 62

Browning 12 6 8 7 — 33

BIGFORK — Ava Davey 12, Afton Lambrecht 5, Braeden Gunlock 19, Paeten Gunlock 17, Callie Gembala 9.

BROWNING — Sugar Spoonhunter 2, Teslin Trombley 10, Joshlyn Lazy Boy 1, Amari Calf Robe 4, Jerel White Grass 7, Kalcie Connelly 7, Josey Michael 2.

Columbia Falls 67, Libby 21

COLUMBIA FALLS — Ellie Stutsman led three Columbia Falls players in double figures with 14 points, and the Wildkats made short work of Libby in Northwest A girls basketball Thursday.

Stutsman had seven rebounds to go with her points for the Wildkats (6-8 overall, 5-3 in league), while Taryn Borgen added 13 points and five steals, and Hope McAtee had 12 points and five assists.

Rylee Delmas led the Loggers (1-13, 0-8) with 10 points.

Libby 2 3 6 10 — 21

C-Falls 20 21 17 9 — 67

LIBBY — Rylee Delmas 10, Madison Vincent 8, Kaydence Stanek 3.

COLUMBIA FALLS — Onnika Lawrence 5, Alanis Peterson 1, Hope McAtee 12, Taryn Borgen 13, Kierra Kemppainen 2, Emalee Alton 4, Maddie Moultray 7, Ashlyn Dunham 9, Ellie Stutsman 14.