Warriors become back-to-back divisional champions
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BUTTE — For the second year in a row, the Arlee Warriors are headed back to the Class C Championship Tournament as the Western C Divisional Champions.
And they defeated the Manhattan Christian Eagles during the Western C Divisional Tournament, held at the Maroon Activities Center on Saturday evening.
The Warriors led the Eagles 41-34 at the half and used a 27-19 run in the third quarter to pull away for the 85- 67 championship victory. Junior Phillip Malatare led the Warriors in double figures with a game-high of 26 points. Will Mesteth scored 18 points, Tyler Tanner had 15 points, and Alex Moran added 13 more points.
The Warriors made their way through the brackets to the championship game on Thursday by routing Gardiner 95-56 and on Friday topping Ennis 71- 64.
In the Gardiner game, Malatare scored a gamehigh of 27 points and Mesteth followed up with 20 more. Against Ennis, Tanner scored a game-high of 24 points for the Warriors.
The Warriors will head to Bozeman March 9-11 to continue their quest for the State Class C Championship title.
On the girl’s side of the bracket, the Scarlets advanced to the championship round on Saturday by besting White Sulphur springs 54-32 on Thursday and Seeley-Swan 40-32 on Friday.
In both games, Alyssia Vanderburg led the Scarlets with game-high scoring efforts of 20 and 16 points.
On Saturday, the Scarlets fell 43-39 to undefeated Twin Bridges in the championship game. In the loss, Vanderburg scored a team high of 11 points, and Nellie Desjarlais followed up with 10 more. As the runner- up team, the Scarlets will head to Belgrade on Thursday to compete in the State Class C Championship tournament.
Warriors Arlee 95, Gardiner 56
Gardiner 14 17 16 9 - 56
Arlee 29 21 27 18 - 95
Arlee - Phillip Malatare 27, Will Mesteth 20, Tyler Tanner 15, Greg Whitesell 9, Alex Moran 8, Lane Johnson 6, Isaac Fisher 4, Cody Tanner 2, Ivory Brien 2, Billy Fisher 2
Arlee 71, Ennis 64
Ennis 20 13 19 12 - 64
Arlee 21 23 15 12 - 71
Arlee - Tyler Tanner 24, Phillip Malatare 14, Will Mesteth 11, Alex Moran 11, Greg Whitesell 7, Lane Johnson 3, Isaac Fisher 1
Arlee 85, Manhattan Christian 67
Arlee 24 17 27 17 - 85
Manhattan Christian 21 13 19 14 - 67
Arlee - Phillip Malatare 26, Will Mesteth 18, Tyler Tanner 15, Alex Moran 13, Greg Whitesell 9, Lane Johnson 2, Isaac Fisher 2. Scarlets
Arlee 54, White Sulphur Springs 32
White Sulphur Springs 5 10 11 6 - 32
Arlee 16 15 12 11 - 54
Arlee - Alyssia Vanderburg 20, Carly Hergett 11, Bryndle Goyins 11, Noelle West 4, Abby Yocum 4, Nellie Desjarlais 4 Arlee 40, Seeley 32 Seeley 8 10 2 12 - 32 Arlee 11 12 5 12 - 40 Arlee - Alyssia Vanderburg 16, Noelle West 8, Nellie Desjarlais 5, Abby Yocum 4, Bryndle Goyins 4, Carly Hergett 3 Twin Bridges 43, Arlee 39 Arlee 10 4 16 9 - 39 Twin Bridges 12 6 9 16 - 43 Arlee - Alyssia Vanderburg 11, Nellie Desjarlais 10, Carly Hergett 7, Bryndle Goyins 6, Noelle West 3, Abby Yocum 2
