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GREAT FALLS — Both the Ronan Chiefs and Maidens high school basketball teams finished their seasons on the road in Great Falls last weekend competing at the Four Seasons Arena during the State A tournament. In tournament first round action on Wednesday, the Chiefs dreams of a state championship were derailed in a 62-44 loss to the Laurel Locomotives. Playing to a 24-24 deadlock at the half, Laurel took control of the game when it outscored the Chiefs 15-9 in the third quarter and 23-11 in the fourth quarter. Leonard Burke paced the Chiefs with 12 points. After dropping their tournament opener, it didn’t take long for the Chiefs to get back in the win column ...
POLSON — More than 150 of the state’s best swimmers gathered to compete during the Class A-B State Swim Championship at the Mission Valley Aquatic and Fitness Center on Saturday. The MVAFC has been the host for numerous swim events in the past, but Saturday’s championship was the first o...
EUREKA — Another prep high school basketball season is in the books as the Mission Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs both closed their season during Western B Basketball Divisional action in Eureka last weekend. On Thursday, the Bulldogs opened the tournament against the Deer Lodge Wardens. The Bulldogs ou...
MILES CITY — Polson Pirate wrestlers Ryley Knutson and Maysn Cowell both took fifth place in their respective weight classes during the State A wrestling tournament held at Custer County District High School in Miles City on Saturday. Wrestling in the 126-pound weight class, Cowell capped his senior...
Twenty-five Mission Valley Prep wrestlers secured coveted bracket spots in last weekend’s State A wrestling tournament in Miles City and State B/C wrestling tournament in Shelby. Wrestling in Friday and Saturday’s Western A Divisional Tournament, held in Libby, 10 Ronan Chiefs and 10 Polson Pi...
BUTTE — The Ronan Chiefs grabbed a third-place divisional trophy and their first State Class A boys basketball tournament bracket spot in more than a decade by defeating the Butte Central Maroons 54-49 at the Western A divisional boys’ basketball tournament consolation round on Saturday. On Th...
DEER LODGE — The Lady Vikings opened tournament action on Wednesday evening with a close 42-30 win over the Twin Bridges Lady Falcons. Charlo’s Lady Vikings entered the Western C Divisional tournament last weekend as the top seed out of District 14C. The Charlo team knew, from past tourn...
BUTTE — The Polson Pirates are headed to their second consecutive State Class A boys basketball tournament after out-lasting the Hamilton Broncs during the Western A divisional boys’ basketball tournament, held in Butte last weekend. In Thursday’s first round of action, the Broncs explod...
BUTTE — The Ronan Maidens collected a Western A divisional girls’ basketball tournament second-place trophy and a bracket slot in the upcoming State Class A tournament this past weekend. Playing in the opening round in the Western A Divisional tournament held at the Butte Central Maroon Center...
HOT SPRINGS — The Charlo Vikings boys’ basketball team battled their way through the District 14C championship consolation rounds to clinch a third-place finish by defeating the hosting Hot Springs Savage Heat 46-42 on Saturday evening. On Tuesday evening, the Vikings opened to...
