Lady Dogs drop two at home

The Whitefish girls basketball team dropped a pair of close non-conference contests last week despite solid scoring efforts.

The shooting touch that has recently evaded the Lady Dogs returned on Thursday against Eureka.

Freshman Dani Douglas put in 15 and Cailyn Ross added 13 to keep the Lady Dogs within reach. Whitefish’s fourth-quarter rally came up just short, as Class B Eureka held on for the 43-39 victory.

The scoring carried over to Friday’s contest with Florence. Whitefish led 15-12 after one period and took a four point lead into halftime.

Florence rallied to regain the lead in the third period and dominated the fourth to take the nonconference win 53-43.

Haley Nicholson led the Lady Dogs with 14 points, including a pair of treys.

Mariah Drown had seven of the Dogs’ 42 rebounds.

Whitefish (2-7, 0-2) travels to top-ranked Columbia Falls (9-0, 3-0) on Saturday.

Eureka 15 12 9 7 — 43

Whitefish 6 11 9 13 — 39

EUREKA — Charity Parsons 7, Rachael Pacella 6, Evynn Anderson 5, Amanda Peterson 12, Stacy Cooper 2, Erynn Thier 9, Elizabeth Pacella 2.

WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 15, Mariah Drown 6, Haley Nicholson 4, Cevana Lawshe 1, Cailyn Ross 13.

Florence 12 10 14 17 — 53

Whitefish 15 11 8 9 — 43

FLORENCE — Alexis Taulbee 2 1-2 6, Kourtney Kohlman 2 2-4 6, Autumn Round 5 0-2 10, Ally Rust 7 2-3 16, Jewel Zeiler 0 0-2 0, Jade Zeiler 0 1-2 1, Chloe Arthur 3 4-7 12, Meghan St. Germain 0 2-2 2. Totals: 19 12-24 53.

WHITEFISH — Dani Douglas 2 0-0 5, Coral Schulz 1 3-6 5, 0 2-5 2, Mariah Drown 2 1-2 5, Anna Peterson 1 0-0 2, Haley Nicholson 4 4-4 14, Sevana Lawshe 1 0-2 2, Makenna Benbrook 1 0-0 2, Cailyn Ross 3 0-1 6. Totals: 15 10-20 43.

3-point goals—Florence 3-15 (Arthur 2), Whitefish 3-24 (Nicholson 2). Rebounds—Florence 43 (Taulbee 7), Whitefish 42 (Drown 7). Total fouls—Florence 16, Whitefish 19. Fouled out— Whitefish, Drown. Techical fouls—none.