The Hamilton Broncs came back from a loss a week ago to Butte Central to defeat Frenchtown in Southwest A conference action on Thursday, and Whitefish on Saturday.
After trailing in the first quarter, Carson Rostad stepped up and sank six points to power Hamilton ahead in the second quarter while the entire team ramped up their rebounding.
“I was really proud of our composure, the boys played really hard all game. I thought we stuck together and did a lot of things right tonight. We’re inexperienced as we’re going into the year and we’re just learning as we go,” said Hamilton coach Travis Blome.
Hamilton’s big man in the paint, Tyler Burrows, made a difference rebounding and kept the ball alive for the Broncs. He finished with a game high 14 points. On the perimeter, the Broncs had several different players step up and run the plays. Freshman Eli Taylor did a good job of handling the pressure at the point but did get into foul trouble late in the game. Hamilton held off a surge in the third quarter by Frenchtown but a a press breaker offense by Hamilton changed the momentum and the lead was in Hamilton’s pocket the rest of the game.
Hamilton 54, Frenchtown 46
Hamilton – Carson Rostad 11, Austin Drake 12, Tyson Rostad 4, Trey Searle 13, Tyler Burrows 14.
Frenchtown – Baker 9, Finley 20, Rugg 4, Z. Baker 13.
Hamilton defeated Whitefish in non conference action, 51-41. No further information was available.
Frenchtown defeated Hamilton, 67-46, on Saturday. The Broncs jumped out to a 14 point lead in the first quarter and made the Blue Devils play catch up the rest of the game. Corvallis had 18 points from Caleb Warnken but the Broncs shut down the middle and inside.
Frenchtown 67, Corvallis 46
Corvallis – Caleb Warnken 18, Tanner Jessop 8, Jacob Loran 6, Luke Wolsky 6, Jaymark Liedle 2, Konner Provence 2, Cole Trexler 2, Mitch Spinetta 2.
Frenchtown – Brandon Finley 10, Devin Shelton 10, Hank Rugg 8, Zack Baker 8, Cade Baker 7, Ben Larson 7, Carson Shepard 7, Mason Pyron 6, Kaiden Romney 2, Tel Arthur 2.
Dillon topped Stevensville, 48-33, on Saturday. A strong first half by the Beavers had the ‘Jackets trying to play catch up the rest of the game. Kellen Beller led the Yellowjackets with 15 points. Ethan Shobe had six, Carlos Morales five and Sean Craft three points in the loss.
Florence was host to the Arlee Warriors on Saturday. Arlee has moved up to Class B in basketball this year so this was a Western B divisional game. The Falcons relied upon long range shooting to propel them to a 74-63 win. JP Briney had five treys enroute to dropping in a game high 27 points. Levi Posey added 17 more points and had four treys.
Florence 74, Arlee 63.
Arlee – Levi Fullerton 10, Micah Johnson 3, Cody Tanner 12, Amare Vandenberg 10, Zach Running Crane 2, Billy Fisher 11, Tapit Haynes 13, Dallas Swab 2.
Florence – Creagon Keller 4, Eli Pederson 3, JP Briney 27, Blake Shoupe 10, Caden Zaluski 2, Beau Neal 9, Levi Posey 17, Caleb Kroll 2.
Darby ran over Drummond, 68-39, in Class C action. The Tigers held Drummond to only four points in the first quarter while scoring 24 themselves enroute to the win. Jordan Anderson pumped in 23 points and Gabe Smith added 18.
Darby 68, Drummond 39
Darby – Jordan Anderson 23, Gabe Smith 18, Nelson Smith 8, Preston Smith 7, Tyler Davis 5, Christian Humphrey 3, Jackson Hundley 2, Cullen Duggan 2.
Earlier in the week, the Tigers defeated Valley Christian, 65-52. Nelson Smith had 28 points and Gabe Smith added 17 in the win.
Victor lost to Clark Fork, 46-26. The Pirates had a difficult time in the first half but after an adjustment at halftime by the team, they gave Clark Fork a hard time in the second half. Skyler Webberson led the Pirates with eight points.