Buzzer-beater sinks Dogs on the road

The Whitefish boys basketball team suffered a pair of losses last week, no thanks to a cold shooting night and a half-court buzzer-beater.

On Friday at Bigfork, the Dogs were outscored 40-10 in the first half as the Vikings rolled to the 65-26 nonconference victory.

The Class B Vikings outrebounded Whitefish 35-15.

Cody Olson and Luke May each had nine points to lead the Dogs.

On Saturday at Frenchtown, Whitefish came out hot and opened a 17 point lead, only to let it slip away in the second half.

The Broncs rallied and won the Northwest A game 64-61 when Bridger Truett hit a 3-pointer from nearly half court with 1.2 seconds on the clock.

Cody Olson led Whitefish with 14 points. The senior hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at 61-61 before Truett hit the game-winner.

Whitefish is now 1-1 in the league and 3-4 overall. The Dogs travel to Florence on Friday.

Whitefish 20 16 10 15 –61

Frenchtown 8 22 14 14 – 64

WHITEFISH – Peter Mow 2, Derek Kastella 9, Brian FauntLeRoy 6, AJ Wetsch 7, Cody Olson 14, Luke May 2, Jake Streibich 10, Chaffin Ross 11.

FRENCHTOWN – Jacob Price 6, Kyle Smith 2, Chris Delaney 3, Bridger Truett 36, Austin Means 15, Andrew King 2.

Whitefish 2 8 9 7 – 26

Bigfork 20 20 9 7 – 65

WHITEFISH – Derek Kastella 2, Brian FauntLeRoy 2, AJ Wetsch 2, Cody Olson 9, Luke May 9, Chassin Ross 2.

BIGFORK – Adam Jordt 14, Isaac Martel 11, Tyler Piazzola 6, Johnathan Landon 11, Josh Sandry 5, Ryder Trent 16, George Gibson 2.