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The North Idaho Christian (Hayden, ID) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Flathead Valley (Kalispell, MT) by a score of 31-26.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Flathead Valley	-	-	-	-	26
NICHS	-	-	-	-	31

Final score provided by K. Andrews.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Flathead Valley (25-26)

Flathead Valley has not entered stats for this game.

North Idaho Christian (25-26)

North Idaho Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	31	13	48	27	30
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	14	6	14	43	50
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	4	1	7	14	14
10	C. Collins (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	9	4	13	31	35
24	Hollie Smith (So)	4	2	8	25	25

North Idaho Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	31	3	17	18	2	9	22	10	31	32
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	14	2	6	33	0	2	0	4	8	50
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	4	0	3	0	2	4	50	1	4	25
10	C. Collins (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	9	1	4	25	0	1	0	3	9	33
24	Hollie Smith (So)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	25

North Idaho Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	31	14	27	41	12	18	5	25
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	0	1	4	5	6	3	0	4
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	14	2	8	10	0	4	1	5
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	4	1	5	6	4	6	0	5
10	C. Collins (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	9	4	2	6	1	3	1	5
24	Hollie Smith (So)	4	6	8	14	0	1	3	3

North Idaho Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.48	0.72
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	1.50	0.75
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	0.00	0.80
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	0.80	1.20
10	C. Collins (Jr)	0.33	0.33
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	0.20	0.60
24	Hollie Smith (So)	0.00	0.33

Game Story

Idaho High School Basketball - Flathead Valley can't get by North Idaho Christian

January 17, 2026: Hayden, ID 83835

The Flathead Valley Crusaders basketball squad (Kalispell, MT), was tipped 31-26 in Saturday's non-league challenge with the host North Idaho Christian Royals (Hayden, ID)

The Royals (6-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Pullman Christian (Pullman, WA). The Sharks come into the Mountain Christian challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Pullman Christian was tipped by North Idaho Christian (Hayden, ID), 38-33, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Crusaders battle the Bonners Ferry Badgers (Bonners Ferry, ID) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 24. Flathead Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-1 season record. The Badgers come into the challenge with a 9-6 record after their 79-53 league loss to Timberlake (Spirit Lake, ID).

FVHS @ NICHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 17, 2026 @ 7p

The North Idaho Christian (Hayden, ID) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Flathead Valley (Kalispell, MT) by a score of 31-26.

Rankings & Records

Flathead Valley (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
2-2	0-1	1-1	1-0	.500	160	136

North Idaho Christian (25-26)

ID	Class
94	1

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-10	8-3	9-4	3-3	0-3	.545	.727	906	842

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Flathead Valley	5.5	15.0	11.5	14.5	40.0
North Idaho Christian	9.3	9.7	11.8	10.8	41.2

Head-to-Head

Flathead Valley won on 12/30/2025

12/30 @ 11a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Flathead Valley 8 15 16 14 53
NICHS 4 11 12 7 34

The Flathead Valley (Kalispell, MT) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against North Idaho Christian (Hayden, ID) by a score of 53-34.
Box score
North Idaho Christian won last month

1/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Flathead Valley - - - - 26
NICHS - - - - 31

The Flathead Valley (Kalispell, MT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against North Idaho Christian (Hayden, ID) by a score of 31-26.
Box score

12/30 @ 11a	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Flathead Valley	8	15	16	14	53
NICHS	4	11	12	7	34

Team Stat Comparison

Flathead Valley		North Idaho Christian
-	Points Per Game	41.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	33.4
-	Assists Per Game	12.9
-	Steals Per Game	10.2
-	Blocks Per Game	4.8

Team Leaders

Flathead Valley		North Idaho Christian	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Chelsey Cate16.8	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Chelsey Cate11.0	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Sydney Ellis4.0	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#21 Belle Jordan2.9	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#3 Chelsey Cate3.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Flathead Valley	1-0		North Idaho Christian	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/25	Flathead Valley	Foothills Community Christian	(W) 41-13		11/22/25	North Idaho Christian	Foothills Community Christian	(L) 32-28

Record Breakdown

Flathead Valley (25-26)		N North Idaho Christian (25-26)
2-2	Overall	12-10
0-0	League	8-3
2-2	Non-League	2-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
1-0	Common Opponent	0-1
0-1	Home	9-4
1-1	Away	3-3
1-0	Neutral	0-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-0	In-State	8-1
1-2	Out-of-State	4-7