THURS., 01-10 GIRLS BBALL RESULTS

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Prep girls' basketball: Hamilton scores thrilling win over Stevensville, 52-51

STEVENSVILLE – Taylor Goligoski got Hamilton going, as usual. Bri Huggans finished.

Huggans’ bucket underneath lifted the Broncs to a last-second, 52-51 win over Stevensville in a Southwestern A girls’ basketball battle Thursday.

Huggans’ buzzer-beater capped a wild final 10 seconds in the Bitterroot Valley: Stevensville had gone up 51-50 on senior center Alycia Sims’ three-point play.

Hamilton was able to move the ball downcourt, where it went out of play to the Broncs. Huggans, who had eight points, scored off an inbounds play.

Goligoski scored 17 points for Hamilton, which improved to 2-1 in league play and 8-1 overall. Jaylee Albert added 10 points and Makayl Rothie chipped in with three 3-pointers and nine points for the Broncs.

Sims poured in 31 points for the Yellowjackets, who fell to 2-3 and 4-5.

Hamilton 10 14 6 22 – 52

Stevensville 11 8 10 22 – 51

HAMILTON – Taylor Goligoski 17, Jaylee Albert 10, Makayl Rothie 9, Bri Huggans 8, Sami Kratofil 4, Cali Hayes 4.

STEVENSVILLE – Alycia Sims 31, Bailey Vercruyssen 8, Kyla Paulsen 7, Kayla Peterson 2, Madison Boesch 2, Carly Vercruyssen 1.

Elsewhere

Class A

Plains 45, Whitefish 29

At Whitefish, Ashley Holmes scored 17 points and District7-B Plains shook off a slow start to top Northwestern A Whitefish.

Felicia Earhart added 14 points for the Trotters (4-5), who trailed 12-6 after the first quarter.

Ashlee Brewer scored 14 points for the Bulldogs (0-8).

Plains 6 14 8 17 – 45

Whitefish 12 3 2 12 – 29

PLAINS – Felicia Earhart 14, Hailey Phillips 7, Jessica Hensen 6, Ashley Holmes 17, Leah Thompson 1.

WHITEFISH – Melissa Poe 2, Ashlee Brewer 14, Jessica Baldonado 2, Simone Craft 7, Shannon Craft 4.

Kalispell Glacier 57, Columbia Falls 35

At Columbia Falls, Hailee Bennett dropped in 13 points to help the Wolfpack vanquish the Wildkats.

Glacier led 28-16 at halftime and outscored Columbia Falls 24-9 in the final quarter. The Wolfpack shot 70 percent from the charity stripe.

Winter Kemppainen was the high scorer for the Wildkats (6-2 overall) with 9 points.

Rachel Chery joined Bennett in double figures with 11 points to help Glacier improve to 4-2 overall.

Glacier 14 14 5 24 – 57

C. Falls 7 9 10 9 – 35

GLACIER – Hailee Bennett 6 1-1 13, Rachel Chery 5 1-2 11, Cassi Hashley 4 2-2 10, Kailea Vaudt 4 0-0 8, Kirstyn Haugenoe 3 0-1 6, Taylor Loomis 2 1-2 5, Hannah Atlee 0 2-2 2, Kylie Peck 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 7-10 57.

COLUMBIA FALLS – Winter Kemppainen 3 2-2 9, Hope Burlage 2 4-4 8, Haley Belgarde 2 2-2 6, Andrea Getts 2 1-5 5, Ally Gimbel 1 1-2 3, Tori Price 1 0-0 2, Ciera Finberg 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 10-15 35.

3-point goals – Glacier 0, Columbia Falls 1 (Kemppainen).

Manhattan 36, Belgrade 34

Belgrade — Clingsmith 3, Dahinden 6, Hirsch 6, Fowler 7, Holiday 8, Woolman 4.

Manhattan — Tori Lucier 5, Tessa Miller 2, Savannah Carr 1, Mariah Harvey 6, Brooke Jones 22.

Bulldog girls hold off BC rally

Butte High built a 24-point lead and held off a fierce Butte Central rally for a 55-52 girls’ basketball victory tonight at the Butte Civic Center.

Butte Highs scored 24 straight points to take a 24-2 lead. Danika Neumann sparked the BC comeback, scoring 15 of her career-high 20 points in the second half.

Butte Central actually took the lead at 52-51 after Hannah Stajcar turned a steal into a pair of free throws.

Hattie Thatcher, though, answered with two free throws to put the Bulldogs up for good.

More to come …

BUTTE CENTRAL (7-2) — Hannah Stajcar 2 3-4 7, Danee leary 3 4-5 16, Alysea Pica 4 0-1 8, Annie Ossello 0 1-2 1, Mariah Cooney 3 0-2 6, Danika Neumann 7 3-3 20, Chandra McCurdy 0 0-0 0, Shawnee Hjelt 0 0-0 0, Aleesha LaBreche 0 0-0 0, Teresa Piazzola 0 0-0 0, Shelby Paffhausen 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 11-17 52.
BUTTE HIGH (6-2) — Hailey Hoagland 1 4-4 7, Natalee Faupell 1 6-8 9, Sammy McGree 3 1-2 9, Hattie Thatcher 1 3-6 5, Carlie Haeffner 2 3-3 7, Mariah Richardson 3 0-0 8, Ashten McCloskey 1 0-0 2, Erika McLeod 0 4-4 4, Maria Michelotti 0 0-0 0, Andie Hogan 1 2-2 4. Totals 13 13-19 55.
Central                        2   12   26   12 — 52
Butte                            21  13   11   10 — 55
3-point goals — BC 3 (Neumann 3), Butte 6 (McGree 2, Richardson 2, Hoagland, Faupel). Fouls — BC 22, Butte 17. Fouled out — Pica. Technicals — non