Boys Basketball: Loggers' season ends at divisionals

The Libby High School boys basketball team’s season ended on Saturday afternoon with a 49-43 loss to Ronan in the consolation final of the Northwestern A Tournament.

The Loggers opened the tourney on Friday with a 55-37 setback to Polson.

Libby put together a good first half to hold leads of 14-10 after the first and 23-17 at halftime but hit a wall in the third quarter. Polson outscored the Loggers, 21-2, in the third and never looked back.

Alex Cislo scored 18 points for the Loggers. Polson’s Louis Mohr scored 16 points, nine of those in the third quarter, and Sheldon Fisher added 11.

Ronan then downed the Loggers on Saturday by pulling away in the fourth. The Chiefs led 18-17 at halftime and the game was tied 30-30 with eight minutes to play.

The game came down to the end and Ronan junior Jerod Tanner scored the go-ahead basket with 10 seconds remaining. Ronan advanced into a challenge game on Monday against Polson with the winner advancing to state.

Libby’s Colton Cannon scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds and Kelly May added 11. Cislo finished with a game-high eight rebounds and T.J. Benson had six steals.

The Loggers end the season at 8-12.

Polson 55, Libby 37

Thursday at Kalispell

Scoring by Quarters:

Libby      14    9      2    12—37

Polson    10    7    21    17—55

LIBBY (37)

Benson 2 0-0 4, Maloney 1 0-0 2, May 0 4-4 4, Cannon 1 0-0 3, Broden 1 0-0 2, Cislo 9 0-1 18, Hare 2 0-0 4. Totals 16 4-5 37.

POLSON (55)

DiGiallonardo 2 0-0 4, Bagnell 2 2-4 6, Fisher 4 0-0 11, Rausch 3 2-4 9, Mohr 6 1-1 16, Rathe 1 1-2 3, Krell 3 0-2 6. Totals 21 6-13 55.

3-point goals–Libby 1 (Cannon), Polson 7 (Fisher 3, Rausch 1, Mohr 3). Total fouls–Libby 11, Polson 8. Fouled out–None.

Ronan 49, Libby 43

Saturday at Kalispell

Scoring by Quarters:

Ronan    9    9    12    19—49

Libby    10    7    13    13—43

RONAN (49)

Tanner 3 0-0 7, Hungerford 2 0-0 4, Black 1 1-2 3, Dustybull 6 4-4 16, Wroblewski 5 2-2 17, Cheff 1 0-0 2, Oakland 0 0-0 0, North Piegan III 0 0-0 0, Gauthier 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 7-8 49.

LIBBY (43)

Benson 4 0-0 9, May 4 1-4 11, Cannon 5 1-2 12, Cislo 2 0-4 4, Broden 2 3-5 7, Craig 0 0-0 0, Germany 0 0-0 0, Maloney 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 5-15 43.

3-point goals–Ronan 6 (Wroblewski 5, Tanner), Libby 4 (May 2, Benson, Cannon). Rebounds–Ronan 19 (Dustybull 5), Libby 28 (Cislo 8). Team fouls–Ronan 16, Libby 10. Fouled out–None.

Northwestern A Tournament

BOYS

Thursday

Ronan 56, Whitefish 41

Friday

Columbia Falls 64, Ronan 36

Polson 55, Libby 37

Saturday

Ronan 57, Whitefish 51

Consolation Final

Ronan 49, Libby 43

Championship

Columbia Falls 60, Polson 46

Monday

Challenge Game

Ronan vs. Polson, late