Cats take care of business

The roll continues. On Feb. 2, the Columbia Falls boys basketball team downed Bigfork 53-38. Two days later, they snuck past conference-rival Polson 43-42. Both games were on the road.

Bigfork had the lead at the half 21-20, but the Cats had a monster fourth quarter, outscoring the Vikings 22-10 in the stanza.

Anthony Correa led the team with 21, and Bigfork was called for two technical fouls in the fourth, which helped Columbia Falls widen their lead.

Correa also had a great game against the Pirates, scoring nine points and blocking a last-second shot by Polson as time expired. Parker Johnson led the scoring against Polson with 16, including a late shot that put the Cats up by a point.

The boys (12-3, 6-0) face Ronan and Whitefish away on Thursday and Saturday respectively.

The Whitefish game has a 6 p.m. scheduled start. A win against the Bulldogs would lock up the regular season conference title.

Columbia Falls 6 20 7 10 - 43

Polson 17 15 0 10 - 42

COLUMBIA FALLS - Parker Johnson 16, Anthony Correa 9, Luke Kazlauskas 6, Ronny Gallegos 5, Alex Presnell 3, Austin Barth 2, Jared Trinastich 2.

POLSON - Zach Camel 17, Ian Laimbeer 7, Vince DiGiallonardo 6, Riley Sampson 5, Will Davey 4, Tyler Krell 2, Cody Fischer 1.

Col. Falls 9 11 11 22 - 53

Bigfork 11 10 7 10 - 38

COLUMBIA FALLS - Anthony Correa 21, Austin Barth 8, Luke Kazlauskas 7, Ronny Gallegos 4, Parker Johnson 4, Jared Trinastich 3, Austin Kimmet 2, Alex Presnell 2, Brian Marcille 2.

BIGFORK - Ian Lorang 13, Chris Landon 13, Cody Dopps 6, Austin Jordt 2, Connor Coleman 2, Jackson Boese 2.