Wildkats slide past Lady Dogs

Playing a more uptempo game, the Lady

Bulldogs kept it close for two quarters at rival Columbia Falls on

Saturday. Their speed wasn’t enough in the end.

The favored Wildkats pulled away in the

second half and handed Whitefish a 66-28 conference loss.

Whitefish was led by six points from

Ashlee Brewer and saw eight players on the final score sheet.

Melissa Poe played a good offensive

game in the post. She put in a nice baseline jumper and a pair of

free throws in the first quarter, and finished with five

points.

Late in the first quarter, senior

Taylor Havens nailed a 12-foot jumper to make the score 12-7.

Senior Amanda Foley followed with a three-pointer to close the

opening period.

Ashley O’Dell put in a jumper from the

corner in front of the Columbia Falls bench to pull Whitefish

within 19 at the half.

Columbia Falls put the game away in the

second half and outscored Whitefish 31-12.

Despite the blowout score, the Lady

Dogs showed tenacity late in the game. Ashley Millard earned a

tough and-1 after putting in a circus shot below the rim.

Whitefish (1-1, 1-8) next plays at

Glacier on Friday and hosts Polson on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Whitefish 9 7 8 4 - 28

Columbia Falls 14 21 20 11 - 66

WHITEFISH - Taylor Havens 4, Ashley

Millard 3, Amanda Foley 4, Ashlee Brewer 6, Ashley O’Dell 2, Simone

Craft 2, Melissa Poe 5, Shannon Craft 2.

COLUMBIA FALLS - Kaity Presnell 2,

Ciera Finberg 2, Tori Price 2, Alli Dierenfield 1, Kathryn Jetty 2,

Hope Burlage 22, Madison Sandefer 6, Cortney White 5, Andrea Getts

6, Winter Kemppainen 10, Haley Belgarde 8.