Polson sweeps Hamilton last night in basketball

(From the Daily Interlake)

Polson Girls 50, Hamilton 44
POLSON - Breanne Kelley scored all 12 of her points in the fourth quarter as Polson defeated Hamilton in a nonconference outing.

Polson (7-4) outscored Hamilton 23-10 in the final period.

Riley Kenney finished with a double-double for Polson, scoring 15 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Mackenzie Banner added 12 points for Polson, who has won four straight.

Hamilton hit seven straight treys to open the contest. The Broncs led 25-20 at the half.

Polson hosts Stevensville on Saturday in another nonleague outing.

Hamilton - 15 - 10 - 9 - 10 - 44
Polson - 9 - 11 - 7 - 23 - 50

HAMILTON - Rebecca Hood 11, Presley Chadwick 7, Casey Shifflett 1, Kaurie Albert 15, Mary Conwell 4, Meghan Kratofil 6.

POLSON - Mackenzie Banner 12, Nina Orozco-Charlo 8, Breanne Kelley 12, Riley Kenney 15, Jonna Grant 2, Heidi Rausch 1.

Here's also the write-up on the game by John Heglie...

At Polson, the visiting Hamilton Lady Broncs put the host Lady Pirates on their heels with a first half shooting clinic, dialing long distance 7 of 9 times from behind the arc to take a 20-25 lead into intermission. Hamilton opened the 3rd Qtr with their 8th trey of the night that reflected a blistering 80 percent conversion rate at that point.

Lady Pirate junior post Riley Kenney was sent crashing to the floor with 5 minutes remaining in the third and left the game for the bench visibly in pain.

Fortunately for the home team, that would not the the last the visitors would hear from her. The Lady Broncs would eventually stretch their 5 point halftime margin into a double digit 12 point lead 22-34 with 3 minutes remaining in the third frame.

At that point the Lady Pirates dialed up their game mode and began to convert their own shots, trimming the visitors lead down 27-34 entering the final quarter. The free throw shooting of "Bodacious" MacKenzie Banner and Riley Kenney would prove crucial as Polson shifted the momentum back to the home team to trim the Hamilton lead to a mere point, followed by a only steal of the night for the NWA queen of basketball thieves Breanne Kelley that she converted to give Polson its first lead of the night 35-34.

The Lady Pirates would expand that lead to 4 with the score 38-34, but a deuce in the paint by Hamilton's Meghan Kratofil and a pair of free throws by Rebecka Hood notted things up at 38 apiece with 4 minutes remaining. Kelley would dial long distance for the second time in the quarter to give Polson back the lead 41-38.

Kenney would drain a pair of free throws to give her team a 5 point lead before she would have to leave the game a second time due to injury with just under 3 minutes remaining. Kenney would return for the final minute of the game in which she contributed a strong double-double. At that juncture the remainder of the game boiled down to a lot of free throws being traded back and forth.

"Bodacious" MacKenzie Banner would go 3-4 from the charity stripe, Nina Orozco-Charlo would make half of her two trips and Kelley would drain both of her attempts to account for the rest of the Polson scoring. Hood would make one during her trip to the line before she would foul out, Kaurie Albert would convert both of her attempts with a deuce thrown in and Presley Chadwick would add one further to round out the scoring for Hamilton.

(Thanks to ihigh.com for this writeup)

Polson Boys 75, Hamilton 57

HAMILTON - Louis Mohr scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the final half as Polson crushed Hamilton in Class A nonconference play.

Mohr was 6-for-6 from the free throw line, all in the final half.

Kyle Bagnell added 17 points for Polson.

Polson continues with nonconference action on Saturday at Stevensville.

Polson - 21 - 18 - 20 - 15 - 74
Hamilton - 15 - 9 - 15 - 18 - 57

POLSON - Tyler Krell 8, Vince DiGiallonardo 9, Kyle Bagnell 17, Zack Camel 7, Sheldon Fisher 7, Cody Fischer 4, Louis Mohr 22.

HAMILTON - Zach Stoeger 2, Brad Palin 10, Eli Rogers 2, Cody Lewis 2, Dale Moerkerke 14, Beau Mavs 17, Grahm Silcher 2, Tyler Pigman 6, Reese Isherwood 2.