DILLON – In a clash of Southwestern A girls’ basketball contenders, No. 2 Hamilton had a strong second half and held on to edge No. 5 Dillon 43-38 on Saturday.
Taylor Goligoski scored 14 points for the Broncs, who outscored the Beavers 8-5 in the third quarter and 12-9 in the fourth.
Hamilton, which improved to 4-1 in conference, 9-1 overall, shot 9 for 13 from the free-throw line compared to just 4 for 8 by Dillon.
Rachael Nye was the leading scorer for the Beavers with nine points. Dillon fell to 2-2, 5-2.
Hamilton 10 13 8 12 – 43
Dillon 13 11 5 9 – 38
HAMILTON – Taylor Goligoski 14, Kali Hayes 6, Jaylee Albert 6, Bri Huggans 9, Sami Kratofil 8.
DILLON – Jannett Moore 8, Courtni Linder 7, Audrey Schurg 5, Kayla Meine 4, Tiffany Hayden 3, Cierra Lamey 2, Rachael Nye 9.
Butte Central 47, Corvallis 34
At Corvallis, Danee Leary dialed in offensively and tallied 19 points in leading the Maroons to the Southwestern A victory.
Central (5-0 conference, 8-2 overall) set the tone in the first half by jumping to a 23-9 lead. The Blue Devils (0-4, 1-8) regrouped and outscored the No. 2 Maroons in the second half, 25-24. But it was too little, too late.
Lakyn Connors led Corvallis with 12 points.
Bu. Central 12 11 16 8 – 47
Corvallis 6 3 13 12 – 34
BUTTE CENTRAL – Danee Leary 19, Alysea Pica 10, Annie Ossello 4, Danika Neumann 2, Aleesha LaBreche 2, Mariah Cooney 8, Hannah Stajcar 2.
CORVALLIS – Lakyn Connors 12, Chelsi Clark 2, Kayla Lewis 2, Breann Luedecke 4, Courtney Albright 4, Jordan Miller 4, Carlie Jessop 6.
Columbia Falls 55, Whitefish 29
At Whitefish, No. 1 Columbia Falls went to work against Northwestern A rival Whitefish and came away with a big win.
Hope Burlage and Haley Belgarde scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, to lead the Wildkats to their seventh win (3-0 in conference, 7-2 overall).
The Wildkats outscored the Bulldogs 19-6 in the first quarter and 17-4 in the fourth.
Whitefish’s Simone Craft scored 16 points to lead all scorers, but her team remained winless at 0-3, 0-9.
C. Falls 19 7 12 17 – 55
Whitefish 6 8 11 4 – 29
COLUMBIA FALLS – Summer Burlage 2, Ciera Finberg 8, Tori Price 7, Hope Burlage 12, Andrea Getts 2, Winter Kemppainen 8, Ellie Johnson 2, Haley Belgarde 11, Shannon Hay 2.
WHITEFISH – Ashlee Brewer 8, Simone Craft 16, Maura Kalbfleisch 2, Allie Schulz 1, Shannon Craft 2.
Polson 52, Libby 37
At Libby, Anna DiGiallonardo had a big game to help Polson beat Libby and get its first Northwestern A conference win.
DiGiallonardo scored 16 points for the Pirates, who overcame an eight-point halftime deficit. They outscored the Loggers 37-14 in the second half.
Hailey Craig, Dayln Germany and Devon Gallagher had eight points each to lead Libby (1-3 conference, 1-7 overall).
The Pirates improved to 1-1, 2-7.
Polson 3 12 16 21 – 52
Libby 9 14 5 9 – 37
POLSON – Mackenzie Banner 9, Tegan Bauer 10, Anna DiGiallonardo 16, Hallie Hovenkotter 2, Monika Frame 2, Heidi Rausch 13.
LIBBY – Kaitlyn Gilder 3, Hannah England 6, Hailey Craig 8, Gavvy Oliver 2, Hailley Moe 2, Dayln Germany 8, Devon Gallagher 8.
Frenchtown 63, Anaconda 38
At Frenchtown, Vanessa Stavish had a huge game to help the Broncs sting the Copperheads in the nonconference showdown.
Stavish had 15 rebounds to go along with a game-high 27 points for the double-double. She scored seven in the opening period as Frenchtown (7-3 overall) outscored Anaconda 20-2.
Kayla Blood had seven steals, six assists and three points, and Larissa Berg had 12 boards with four points for the Broncs.
Courtney Moodry scored eight to lead the Copperheads, who fell to 3-6 overall.
Anaconda 2 18 14 4 – 38
Frenchtown 20 9 16 18 – 63
ANACONDA – Taylor Flynn 4, Courtney Moodry 8, Kiernan Gallagher 3, Molly Huber 7, Natasha Strommen 5, Julia Peterson 6, Khali Knadler 4, Tyler Baustadt 1.
FRENCHTOWN – Abby Indreland 9, Haley Cyr 9, Vanessa Stavish 27, Kayla Blood 3, Holly Jacobs 11, Larissa Berg 4.
