DARBY – A Lacey Dolcater free throw with almost no time remaining lifted Darby over St. Regis in a nonconference Class C girls’ basketball game on Saturday, 54-53.

St. Regis fouled Dolcater while shooting a 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds on the clock of a tied game after Darby had already made up a 46-37 deficit in the fourth quarter. Her first two free throws were off the mark, but the junior sank the third to hand Darby (6-2) the narrow victory.

She finished with six points while Lauren Dolcater had 19 to lead the team.

Pilar Cantrell-Field led St. Regis (5-3) with 17 points and Arianna Jones had another 12 in the loss.

St. Regis 18 13 15 7 – 53

Darby 15 14 8 17 – 54

ST. REGIS – Courtney Cheesman 2, Gabby Moeller 12, Arianna Jones 16, Madison Hill 6, Pilar Cantrell-Field 17.

DARBY – Keely Ehmann 11, Seanna Abrahamsen 4, Lacey Dolcater 6, Lauren Dolcater 19, Siri Nojd 10, Sydney Bergren 4.

Free throw the difference as Darby edges St. Regis in barnburner

Darby 52, Valley Christian 34

The Tigers boosted their District 13-C record to 4-0 with the win at the Eagles’ gym.

Darby (5-1 overall) made its move in the second quarter with a 24-16 run. The Tigers then salted away the game with a 10-1 run in the third period.

Lacey Dolcater scored 21 points and Lauren Dolcater 14 to lead the visitors. Linnea Hill had 15 points for Valley Christian (1-3 conference, 2-4 overall).

Darby 8 24 10 10 – 52

Valley Chr. 8 16 1 9 – 34

DARBY – Tori Johnston 2, Keely Ehmann 3, Lacey Dolcater 21, Lauren Dolcater 14, Siri Nojd 2, Sarai McCollaum 10.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN – Kaileigh Moser 1, Taylor Kelly 3, Sam Bestwick 2, Linnea Hill 15, Brie Lange 10, Darby Dybdal 3.

Darby 54, Philipsburg 25

At Darby, the Tigers rolled to a 25-7 halftime lead on their way to a big District 13-C victory.

Sarai McCollaum scored 13 points for Darby (3-0 in league, 4-1 overall) and the Dolcaters were each in double digits scoring as well with Lauren netting 12 and Lacey 10.

Anna Pence scored the majority of the points for the Prospectors (1-2, 2-3) with 15.

Philipsburg 3 4 13 5 – 25

Darby 9 16 15 14 – 54

PHILIPSBURG – Maggie Althaus 4, Anna Pence 15, Liz Graham 4, Nikki Shattuck 2.

DARBY – Tori Johnston 2, Keely Ehman 3, Lacey Dolcater 10, Lauren Dolcater 12, Siri Nojd 8, Sydney Bergren 4, Sarai McCollaum 13, Jessica Campbell 2.

Darby 46, Victor 45

At Victor, the Tigers hit a pair of free throws with under a minute to play to edge past the Pirates in a District 13-C contest.

Siri Nojd and Lauren Dolcater shared team-high scoring honors for Darby with 11 points apiece. Keely Ehmann added 10 points for the Tigers, who moved to 1-0 in league play, 2-1 overall.

Victor (0-1, 0-3) was led by Ryanne Tracy with 18 points. The Pirates had a chance to knot the game or go ahead as time was running out but failed to get off a shot in turning the ball over.

Darby 9 12 14 11 – 46

Victor 13 11 10 11 – 45

DARBY – Keely Ehmann 10, Seanna Abrahamsen 2, Lacey Dolcater 2, Lauren Dolcater 11, Siri Nojd 11, Sydney Bergren 2, Sarai McCollaum 4, Jessica Campbell 4.

VICTOR – Carly Jean Conley 4, Ryanne Tracy 18, Hailey Kay 1, Skye Mitcham 3, Haley Tillotson 9, Payton Tillotson 10.

Darby 50, Lincoln 33

At Lincoln, Lauren Dolcater exploded for 13 points in the third quarter, nine coming on three triples, in leading the Tigers to the Western 13-C win.

The game was knotted at 16-16 at intermission. Darby went on a 23-7 run in the third period and cruised from there.

Dolcater finished with 18 points to lead all scorers. Keely Ehmann chipped in 14 for the Tigers (2-0 conference, 3-1 overall).

Cailey DenBoer led Lincoln (0-1, 1-3) with 12 points.

Darby 5 11 23 11 – 50

Lincoln 8 8 7 10 – 33

DARBY – Lauren Dolcater 18, Keely Ehmann 14, Siri Nojd 7, Lacey Dolcater 6, Sarai McCollaum 3, Jessica Campbell 2.

LINCOLN – Cailey DenBoer 12, Abby Erickson 9, Carley Deluca 6, Abby Castagne 4, Katie Deluca 2.