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Browning, Bigfork girls win big at Western A

Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont.
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Feb. 23—BUTTE — Natalee St. Goddard led a balanced Browning scoring attack with 11 points, and the Lady Indians thumped Hamilton 68-37 in the first round of the Western A Divisional Thursday.

Shaylee Heavy Runner added 10 points for Browning (14-5), which will take on Frenchtown in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Broncs (18-1) beat Ronan 66-40 to advance.

In Thursday's late games Columbia Falls fell to Dillon 52-31, and Bigfork thumped Corvallis 69-17. The Valkyries will meet Dillon in Friday's late semifinal.

Browning 68, Hamilton 37

Brooke Blue hit two 3-pointers and added nine points off the bench for Browning, which built a 30-15 halftime lead and had 10 players hit the scoring column. Teslin Trombley and Tashlyn Lazy Boy added eight points each; Tromley had nine rebounds.

Ashlynn McKern had a game-high 18 points for Hamilton, including a 9 of 14 performance at the line.

Hamilton 7 8 11 11 — 37

Browning 15 15 16 22 — 68

HAMILTON — Adya Griffin 2, Lavana Wetzel 6, Taylor McCarthy 4, Ashlynn McKern 18, Meryn Leonardi 2, Tricia Wilson 2, Mariah Domingo 1, Haylee McKern 2.

BROWNING — Natalee St. Goddard 11, Sugar Spoonhunter 5, Amari Calf Robe 7, Jerel White Grass 6, Kalcie Connelly 2, Teslin Trombley 8, Shaylee Heavy Runner 10, Tashlyn Lazyboy 8, Peyton Eagle Feathers 2, Brooke Blue 9.

Frenchtown 66, Ronan 40

Ronan (8-13) kept pace for a quarter, but the Frenchtown duo of Madi Kaufman (21 points) and Mason Quinn (20) was too much to overcome.

Kaufmann shot 5 of 11 from 3-point land; Quinn had eight rebounds. Sadie Smith added another 14 points for the Broncs.

Kailyn Marengo and Maddy Illig had nine points each for Ronan, which committed 28 turnovers. Zailee Hewankorn had four points and six rebounds. The Maidens play Hamilton at noon in loser-out action.

Ronan 16 8 7 9 — 40

Frenchtown 17 19 25 5 — 66

RONAN — Maddy Illig 9, Lauryn Buhr 8, Arianna Zepeda 5, Zailee Hewankorn 4, Kailyn Marengo 9, Kylee Kelch 1, Dallas St. Goddard 1, Neveah Perez 3.

FRENCHTOWN — Mason Quinn 20, Madi Kaufman 21, Heather Haskins 3, Sadie Smith1 4, Maya Skinner 2, Haylee Kaufman 3, Bailey Hansen 3.

Dillon 52, Columbia Falls 31

Hope McAtee shot 4 of 9 from the field and scored a game-high 14 points for the Wildcats. Problem was the rest of the team was just 3 of 22 from the field, and fell to 9-10.

Kenleigh Graham and Halle Fitzgerald scored 11 points each to lead Dillon (16-3), which pulled away from a 22-20 halftime lead. Kylie Konen grabbed 13 rebounds for the Beavers.

C-Falls 14 8 20 10 — 52

Dillon 14 6 7 4 — 31

COLUMBIA FALLS — Hope McAtee 14, Taryn Borgen 7, Emalee Alton 2, Onnika Lawrnce 3, Addy Bowler 1, Rylee Sweeney 2, Ellie Stutsman 2.

DILLON — Kenleigh Graham 11, Sydney Petersen 8, Halle Fitzgerald 11, Leila Stennerson 9, Kylee Konen 3, Josie Robbins 6, Sage Tash 4.

Bigfork 69, Corvallis 17

Ava Davey's 17 points led the way for Bigfork, which cruised out to 46-6 halftime lead.

Braeden Gunlock checked in with 12 points and 10 rebounds; Keni Wade added 10 points for the 18-1 Vals, and Haley Schara contributed six points and six boards.

Corvallis 4 2 4 7 — 17

Bigfork 20 26 14 9 — 69

CORVALLIS — Ella Varner 4, Brecklyn Jessop 6, Autumn Benson 2, Ava Loran 3, Taryn Hochholter 2.

BIGFORK — Ava Davey 17, Afton Lambrecht 6, Braeden Gunlock 12, Paeten Gunlock 9, Keegan Campbell 5, Lillie Suffia 2, Keni Wade 10, Haley Schara 6, Callie Gembala.