Prep boys’ basketball: Glacier thumps Columbia Falls

COLUMBIA FALLS – Ryan Edwards scored 15 points and Kyle Griffith added 13 to lead Kalispell Glacier to a 67-42 nonconference boys’ basketball win over Columbia Falls on Thursday.

Edwards also came down with a game-high eight rebounds and blocked four shots as the Western AA Wolfpack (6-1) won the battle of No. 3-ranked teams.

Reid Siderius rounded out the Glacier trio of double-figure scorers with 10 points.

Jared Trinastich led the Northwestern A Wildcats (6-2) with 12 points and five rebounds.

Luke Kazlauskas added 10 points for Columbia Falls.

Glacier 15 17 17 18 – 67

C. Falls 12 6 12 12 – 42

GLACIER – Kyle Griffith 6-13 0-0 13, Evan Epperly 2-5 1-3 6, Logan Iverson 3-7 1-2 8, Matt Peters 3-6 0-0 7, Ryan Edwards 7-9 1-2 15, Charlie Obermiller 1-3 0-0 2, Reid Siderius 4-4 1-2 10, Bryan Michaels 1-4 2-2 4, Kalen Reed 1-3 0-0 2. Totals: 28-55 6-11 67.

COLUMBIA FALLS – Alex Presnell 3-9 2-2 9, Luke Kazlauskas 3-9 4-6 10, Ty Morgan 3-5 2-2 9, Jared Trinastich 4-10 4-6 12, Mason Gedlaman 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 14-41 12-28 42.

3-pointers — Glacier 5-11 (Griffith, Epperly, Iverson, Peters, Siderius), CF 2-8 (Presnell, Morgan). Rebounds — Glacier 35 (Edwards 8), CF 21 (Trinastich 5). Assists — Glacier 15 (Epperly, Griffith 3), CF 3 (Kazlauskas, Morgan, Gedlaman). Blocks — Glacier 5 (Edwards 4), CF 0. Steals — Glacier 15 (Epperly 7), CF 8 (Kazlauskas 3). Fouls — Glacier 19, CF 12. Technical fouls — none. Fouled out — none.

Elsewhere

Class A

Libby 54, Thompson Falls 41

At Libby, Kraig Nelson scored 16 of his game-high 21 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Northwestern A Loggers past the District 7-B Bluehawks.

Thompson Falls led 34-33 entering the fourth quarter before the Loggers finished the game on a 21-7 run.

Dan Leggins and Jared Winslow added 11 points apiece for Libby (3-6).

Baptiste Seynaeve and Tyler Bates scored 10 points apiece for Thompson Falls (4-5).

Th. Falls 15 7 12 7 – 41

Libby 9 12 12 21 – 54

THOMPSON FALLS –Tanner Laws 2, Baptiste Seynaeve 10, Ross Dalby 6, Dominique Holt 2, Trais Hoisington 3, Derek Whittenburg 8, Tyler Bates 10.

LIBBY – Colin Johnson 3, Dan Leggins 11, Jared Winslow 11, Barak Lapka 8, Kraig Nelson 21.

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