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    Whitefish Girls Basketball Shocks Bigfork; Boys Falter

    Monday, February 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM

    By Cole Havens X @C_Havens22

    Both Whitefish High School Basketball teams were in Bigfork, on Saturday, for a conference double header.

    The Lady Dawgs entered the contest with redemption on the mind after falling in OT, the last time they met.

    Allie Shors pregame stated "we have to have grit."

    The Lady Dawgs used stifling defense & timely shooting to upend the Bigfork Valkyries, Saturday, by a final score of 41-40.

    Saturday’s 41–40 win ended a drought that dated back to January 12, 2005 — the last time the Lady Dawgs defeated Bigfork.

    Whitefish opened the game strong, highlighted by an Allie Shors buzzer beating three to close out the opening frame. Whitefish led 17-13 after one quarter of play.

    This game would turn into a low scoring slugfest with each team exchanging blow for blow. Reese Hudson would put her stamp on things in the 2nd, closing out the 1st half, dropping in a big three with seconds to go and the Lady Dawgs took a 26-22 lead into the intermission.

    Bigfork's Paeton Gunlock, the Carroll College Commit, dropped in 13 first half points.

    The third quarter was a grind with each team showing off their defensive prowess. Hudson had the highlight play of the quarter, hitting on a 4-point play (made the 3 and was fouled). The Lady Dawgs held a 36-31 advantage after 3 quarters.

    Bigfork would score the first 6 points of the 4th quarter but Whitefish had answeres from Avery Orme and Sammie Shors.

    Whitefish held the 41-40 advantage late with just a few seconds to go. Paeten Gunlock grabbed the inbounds pass and was met by Orme defensively. Gunlock went for the crossover, Orme fell down while Gunlock simultaneously tossed up a circus shot and missed. Sammie Shors pulled down the rebound, was fouled with just 0.4 on the clock and the Lady Dawgs held on for the win.

    Avery Orme led the way with 14 points while Allie Shors added 11. Reese Hudson had 10 and Sammie Shors finished with 6 and the game sealing rebound. 

    Bigfork's Paeten Gunlock led all scorers with 22.

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    In the boys game, the Bigfork Vikings had themselves the game of the season.

    The Vikings scored a season high 77 points en route to the victory. Final score was 77-40.

    Bigfork led 17-7 after one and dropped 28 second quarter points to take a huge 45-18 lead into the halftime break. 

    It was much more of the same in the third as Bigfork dropped 22 in the quarter. Add stifling defense to the mix and the Vikings cruised to the victory.

    Bigfork had 10 players score led by Austin Savik with 21.

    Whitefish was led by Leo Bungener with 11.

    Following all the weekend's action here's a look at how each team sits.

    The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs are now 11-5 overall, 7-3 in conference play. They sit in a tie with Columbia Falls for the No. 2 seed in the Northwest "A". C-Falls owns the tiebreaker.

    The Bigfork Vals fall to 12-5 overall, 9-2 in conference play. The Vals still own the No. 1 spot in the conference. Bigfork's final game of the season is against C-Falls.

    The Whitefish Boys fall to 6-10 on the season, 2-8 in conference play. The Dawgs are the No. 6 seed in the conference. They'll most likely match-up with Polson in the play-in tournament.

    The Bigfork Boys improve to 10-7 overall, 7-4 in conference play. They are tied with Browning as they look for the No. 3 seed.

    Up Next: Both Whitefish Basketball teams take to the road to face C-Falls in round 2 of the Dog-Cat Rivalry game.

    That match-up is scheduled for Tuesday the 16th with the girls up first at 6pm, followed by the boys.

    Catch all the action live on 102.7FM & 1240AM Outlaw Country.

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