Columbia Falls sweeps Cat-Dog games
Mason Kelch makes a free throw for the Bulldogs playing Columbia Falls Tuesday, Jan. 30. (Avery Howe photo)
Avery Howe
Columbia Falls is firmly in first place of the Northwest A Conference after their Cat-Dog victory over Whitefish by a score of 58-45 on Friday, Feb. 2. The Wildcats — winners of eight straight — improved to 8-1 in conference play and 10-5 overall.
“During our winning streak, we’ve been getting healthy and getting our basketball legs under us,” Columbia Falls Head Coach Chris Finberg said. “A lot of our guys played football that made that run to the state championship game. Some guys we’re banged up from that season, so we’re now getting healthy and playing good basketball.”
Jace Hill scored 20 for the Wildcats in the victory. Columbia Falls was able to jump out to a 20-10 lead in the first quarter thanks to two three-pointers by Alihn Anderson. After going into halftime with a 31-23 lead and extended that advantage by six points in the third quarter.
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