Pirate Basketball – 2021

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Pirates nip Broncs in low scoring contest

Polson 30, Hamilton 29

At Salish Kootenai College in Pablo for the Polson boys basketball season opener Thursday, the host Pirates squeezed out a 30-29 win against Hamilton that went down to the wire. Trailing 28-29 with 25.6 seconds remaining, Polson’s Jarrett Wilson corralled the rebound of a narrowly missed Broncos shot at one end of the court and sailed coast to coast, scoring the winning basket with a three seconds remaining on the clock.  Wilson finished with a team-high nine points.

Hamilton  3 13 5 8 — 29
Polson      6 11 6 7 — 30

HAMILTON: Tanner Hanson 9  Boston Drake 6  Tyler Buirrows 6  Liam O’Connell 3  Colter Kirkland 2  Eli Taylor 0.

POLSON: Jarrett Wilson 9  Colton Graham 6  JC Steele 5  Sam Fisher 4  Braunson Henriksen 4  Xavier Fisher 2.


Saturday, January 9, 2021

Pirates slam Cats

Polson 81, Columbia Falls 49

On Saturday at Columbia Falls, the Pirates turned in two huge middle frames on their way to a convincing 81-49 NWA conference win. Five Pirates scored in double figures. Colton Graham led the way with a team-high 22, while Jarrett Wilson and Xavier Fisher collaborated on 25 points. The Pirates generated 20 assists over the course of the contest with Wilson, Darian Wiliams and JC Steele dishing four each. Trevor Lake crested the double century point plateau for varsity career scoring.

Polson (1-0, 2-0), C-Falls (1-1, 2-1)

Polson  12 31 23 15 – 81
C-Falls   8 13 15 13 – 49

POLSON – Colton Graham 9 2-3 22(6r,3a,2s,1b), Jarrett Wilson 6 0-2 13(9r,4a,7s), Xavier Fisher 5 0-1 12(5r,2a,1s), Trevor Lake 3 5-6 11(4r,2s), Darian Williams 4 0-0 10(5r,4a,1s,1b), Braunson Henriksen 1 3-6 5(3r,1a,2b), Trent Wilson 2 1-1 5(3r,1s), Robert Perez 3(1r,2a), JC Steele (4r,4a,1s), Sam Fisher (2r). 31 11-22 81(42r,20a,15s,4b)

COLUMBIA FALLS – Jace Hill 12, Alihn Anderson 11, Allec Knapton 11, Cade Morgan 7, Aaron Trueblood 6, Mason Peters 2. 16 14-24 49(29r,10a,4s,2b)

3FG – P8-23 (Graham 2-4, Williams 2-5, X.Fisher 2-7, J.Wilson 1-1, R.Perez 1-1), CF 3-20 (Trueblood 1-2, Anderson 1-5, Morgan 1-6). (Sa09Jan21)


Thursday, January 14, 2021

Polson roars back, downs Frencthown

Polson overcame a 27-18 halftime deficit to score a 52-50 win over Frenchtown. Polson (3-0) stole a Frenchtown inbounds pass with 4.1 seconds left to secure the win after outscoring the Broncs 21-7 in the third quarter and 34-23 in the second half. Jarrett Wilson had 18 points for Polson, Darian Williams scored 10 and Colton Graham added nine. Brandon Finley led Frenchtown with 12 points, Devin Shelton scored 11 and Jeff Jacobs had 10.

Polson 52, Frenchtown 50

Frenchtown  16 11   7 16 — 50
Polson            8 10 21 13 — 52

FRENCHTOWN: Brandon FInley 12  Devin Shelton 11  Jeff Jacobs 10  Carson Shepard 9  Wyatt Hayes 4  Tel Arthur 2  Connor Michaud 2.

POLSON: Jarrett Wilson 18  Darian Williams 10  Colton Graham 9  JC Steele 5  Xavier Fisher 4  Braunson Henriksen 4  Trevor Lake 2.


Saturday, January 16, 2021

Pirates remain undefeated

Jarrett Wilson led with 16 points and Xavier Fisher backed him with 11 as Polson remained unbeaten with a 58-46 toppling of Libby. The Pirates led 19-10 after one quarter. Caden Williams scored 17, Jay Beagle 13 and Cy Stevenson 11 for the Loggers.

Polson 58, Libby 46

Libby  10 14 12 10 — 46
Polson  0   0   0  0 — 58

LIBBY: Caden Williams 17  Jay Beagle 13  Cy Stevenson 11  TJ Andersen 5.
POLSON: Jarrett Wilson 16; Xavier Fisher 11; Colton Graham 9; Braunson Henriksen 7; Darian Williams 5; JC Steele 4; Trevor Lake 4; Sam Fisher 2.