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

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

Final score provided by j. bittner.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
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	34	14	28	50	54
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	12	6	11	55	55
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
10	C. Collins (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
15	Annabelle Henry (So)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	14	4	9	44	56
24	Hollie Smith (So)	4	2	2	100	100

North Idaho Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	34	2	10	20	4	4	100	12	18	67
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	2							1	1	100
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	12	0	3	0				6	8	75
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
10	C. Collins (Jr)	2							1	1	100
15	Annabelle Henry (So)	0							0	1	0
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	14	2	5	40	4	4	100	2	4	50
24	Hollie Smith (So)	4							2	2	100

North Idaho Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	34	18	19	37	14	9	6	30
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	2	2	3	5	4	3		7
2	P. Peterson (Fr)								1
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	12	5	5	10	2	2	4	3
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	0	3	2	5	4	1	1	6
10	C. Collins (Jr)	2	2	2	4	2			6
15	Annabelle Henry (So)	0			0		1		1
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	14	3	4	7	1	2		4
24	Hollie Smith (So)	4	3	3	6	1		1	2

North Idaho Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.47	0.30
1	Sydney Ellis (Sr)	0.57	0.43
3	Chelsey Cate (Sr)	0.67	0.67
4	Madison Salaiz (Sr)	0.67	0.17
10	C. Collins (Jr)	0.33
15	Annabelle Henry (So)		1.00
21	Belle Jordan (Jr)	0.25	0.50
24	Hollie Smith (So)	0.50

Game Story

Idaho High School Basketball - Flathead Valley fells North Idaho Christian

December 30, 2025: Hayden, ID 83835

The Flathead Valley Crusaders basketball team scored 53 points and limited the host North Idaho Christian Royals to 34 in the Crusaders non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Crusaders now possess a 2-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to North Idaho Christian for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 17.

The Royals (4-5) will now prepare for their outing against Christian Center (Hayden, ID). The come into the Mountain Christian outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Christian Center was defeated by North Idaho Christian (Hayden, ID), 41-35, in a league game.

Players of the Game

Flathead Valley (25-26)

Flathead Valley has not selected any Players of the Game.

North Idaho Christian (25-26)

Congratulations to #21 Belle Jordan for being selected the North Idaho Christian Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

FVHS @ NICHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 30, 2025 @ 11a

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

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
95	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

1/17 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Flathead Valley	-	-	-	-	26
NICHS	-	-	-	-	31

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 Cate11.6	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Madison Salaiz4.2	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#21 Belle Jordan3.1	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#3 Chelsey Cate3.5	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
2/19/26	Flathead Valley	Foothills Community Christian

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