DAY 1 AT TIP-OFF TOURNEY, CATS 33 DILLON 32

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Whitefish 42, Hamilton 39

At Ronan, Willie Roche and Connor Silliker each scored a dozen points to lead Northwestern A Whitefish past Southwestern A Hamilton.

Silliker and Gage Vasquez combined on nine rebounds. Vasquez scored eight points for the Bulldogs, who used an 11-5 burst in the first quarter to take control.

Tyler Pigman scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Broncs.

Whitefish 11 10 10 11 - 42

Hamilton 5 11 9 14 - 39

WHITEFISH - Willie Roche 12, Connor Silliker 12, Gage Vasquez 8, Austin Green 5, Cooper Olson 3, Christopher Forrest 2.

HAMILTON - Tyler Pigman 11, Jeremy Powell 6, Brad Palin 6, Beau Maus 5, Jeff Embree 5, Zach Stoeger 4, Graham Silcher 2.

Libby 46, Anaconda 37

At Ronan, Alex Cislo and Kelly May paced the Northwestern A Loggers past Southwestern A Anaconda.

Cislo netted a team-leading 19 points while May chipped in 11.

Libby pulled ahead in the second quarter with a 15-6 burst to lead by nine at the half.

Kyle Moore's game-high 20 points weren't enough for the Copperheads.

Libby 10 15 6 15 - 46

Anaconda 10 6 7 14 - 37

LIBBY - Alex Cislo 19, Kelly May 11, Colton Cannon 8, Nate Broden 4, T.J. Benson 2, Matt Nelson 2.

ANACONDA - Kyle Moore 20, Hans Dierenfeldt 2, Matt King 1, Marcus Fischer 6, Nate Staedler 5, Eric Boyd 3.

Bigfork 74, Frenchtown 49

At Ronan, guard Evan Jordt notched 17 points as Class B Bigfork knocked off Southwestern A Frenchtown.

The Vikings, who played in the Northwestern A last year, also received 16 points from Keenan Evans and 10 from Travis Knoll.

Austin Blank put in 18 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the Broncs.

Bigfork 14 17 15 28 - 74

Frenchtown 14 11 10 14 - 49

BIGFORK - Evan Jordt 17, Keenan Evans 16, Travis Knoll 10, Ben Sandry 9, Cody Dopps 7, Ian Lorang 6, Carter Sorenson 5, Lael Richmond 2, Jackson Boese 1, Conner Coleman 1.

FRENCHTOWN - Austin Blank 18, Daniel Aichlmayr 12, Brydon Peacock 8, Richard Weber 5, Jackson Mahlum 2, Jack Anderson 2, Pat Bagnell 2.

Stevensville 60, Ronan 47

At Ronan, Josh Schultz scored 20 points to lead the Yellowjackets, who came to life in the fourth quarter to knock off the Chiefs, one of the tourney's hosts.

Tyler Gavlak and Austin Kelling added 11 points each for Stevensville, which outscored Ronan 20-7 in the final frame after entering the quarter tied at 40-40.

Kevin Wroblewski tallied 15 points to lead the Chiefs.

Ronan 12 18 10 7 - 47

Stevensville 10 16 14 20 - 60

RONAN - Kevin Wroblewski 15, Lucas Black 8, Jarod Tanner 7, Marcus Hungerford 7, Jordan Franklin 7, Jordan Franklin 4, Gordon Northpiegen 4, Justin Dustybull 2.

STEVENSVILLE - Josh Schultz 20, Tyler Gavlak 11, Austin Kelling 11, Brendan Jones 7, Price Miller 5, Josh Haynes 4, Caleb Vance 2.

Columbia Falls 33,

Dillon 32

At Ronan, a balanced attack helped Columbia Falls hold off Dillon in a rematch of last year's State A title game.

Kaleb Johnson led the Wildcats with just eight points and Kyle Howell chipped in seven.

Dillon, which won last year's title game, outscored Columbia Falls 12-8 in the fourth, but couldn't make up the five-point deficit it faced heading into the final quarter.

Trevor Rehm had 14 points to lead the Beavers.

Col. Falls 12 5 8 8 - 33

Dillon 11 4 5 12 - 32

COLUMBIA FALLS - Kaleb Johnson 8, Kyle Howell 7, Mitchell Wassam 6, Austin Barth 6, Michael Williams 4, Nick Emerson 2/

DILLON - Trevor Rehm 14, Wes Knox 4, Toby Shepard 4, Garrett Banning 4, Monte Folsom 4, Pete Walde 2.

Corvallis 78, Polson 58

At Ronan, junior guard Rodee Anderson scored 24 points to lead Southwestern A favorite Corvallis over Northwestern A Polson.

Sophomore guard Riley Bradshaw added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Blue Devils and Drew Zeiler had 16 points before fouling out.

Tim Rausch scored 14 points to pace the Pirates.

Polson 8 6 16 28 - 58

Corvallis 14 15 29 20 - 78

POLSON - Tim Rausch 14, Kyle Bagnell 11, Tyler Krell 8, Vince DiGiallonardo 6, Cody Fischer 6, Ian Laimbeer 5, Derrick Rathe 5, Zach Camel 3.

CORVALLIS - Rodee Anderson 24, Riley Bradshaw 17, Drew Zeiler 16, Tyler Tintzman 6, Mahlone Jessop 4, Todd Marchant 4, Trevor Brown 4, Joel Connolly 2, Dustin Marchant 1.