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District 1B is tough in basketball, and this winter has been no different. Every night is a battle. And last Friday night, the Chinook boys basketball team won a very tough battle with the Conrad Cowboys. Chinook overcame an injury to leading scorer Ryan Bell and was able to beat Conrad 43-39 in a thrilling game. The Sugarbeeters fought through being short-handed and used defense and rebounding to really hold off the Cowboys. Offensively, the Beeters also got huge contributions from Jameson and...
Another week of high school basketball on the Hi-Line is now in the books. And that week started off with a bang for the Turner girls. Last Friday, Turner won an important District 9C game with a 38-28 win over North Star. Turner took an early lead and played one of its best defensive games of the season in the conference victory. Things didn't go as well for the Turner boys, as the Tornadoes were crushed by the Knights, 61-26. North Star ran out to a 26-4 lead in the first quarter, and the...
The Chinook wrestling teams are closing in on the postseason, and the Sugarbeeters, under head coach Ben Stroh, faced a strong test at last weekend’s Cowboy Invitational. Held last Friday and Saturday in Miles City, the Chinook boys scored 66.5 points in the 30-team field won by Billings West, while the Chinook girls scored 66.6 points to finish 12th overall in the Cowgirl Invitational. Individually, the Chinook boys got a sixth-place finish from Charlie Buck at 103 pounds, while Hayden Berreth placed fifth at 132. Griffin Crowley took s...
In their first full tournament of 2026, the Chinook boys and girls wrestling teams were very sharp. Competing at the always tough Cut Bank Invitational last Friday and Saturday, the Chinook boys scored 162 points to finish third overall, while the Chinook girls scored 60 points to finish in the Top 10 as well. The Cut Bank Invite featured teams from Great Falls High and CMR in Class AA, as well as Class A power Havre, and a host of Class B and C schools, so the finish for the Beeters,...
Week two of the new year is in the books, and the Chinook boys basketball team got last week off to a great start. Last Thursday night, the Sugarbeeters got their first win of 2026, as they beat District 1B rival Cut Bank, 56-45. Behind Ryan Bell's 34 points, which included four 3-pointers, the Beeters were able to pull away from the Wolves in the final eight minutes. Bell got help, too. Jameson Nordboe poured in 24 points for the Beeters, who bounced back from two tough losses last week. After...
Another week of high school basketball in the Hi-Line area is now history. And it was a busy one for many area squads. Harlem was in action last Thursday as the Wildcats played girls and boys games against Box Elder. Harlem got right back to its winning ways on Friday night as the Wildcats took down District 2B rival Wolf Point, 70-53. The game was close until the Wildcats outscored the Wolves 15-3 in the final eight minutes to grab the conference win. Harlem is now 5-1 overall this season. The...
High school basketball returned to the area this past weekend, and there were plenty of exciting games on the slate. For the undefeated Harlem boys, last Friday saw the Wildcats suffer their first loss of the season. In a District 2B showdown in Malta, the Mustangs edged the Wildcats 80-72. Harlem trailed big heading into the fourth quarter, and even a 25-11 to run in the final eight minutes wasn't enough to catch all the way up. The Harlem boys had another tough road game on Saturday, but the...
After what seemed like a lengthy Christmas break, it was time for the Chinook boys and girls basketball teams to get back on the hardwood. And last Friday night, the Sugarbeeters hosted Box Elder in a battle of former District 9C rivals. In the boys game, things came right down to the end, before Box Elder was able to win 56-51. It was a back-and-forth game, but the Bears stayed ahead in the fourth stanza to pull off the win for the 9C. Britt Powell led the Beeters with 14 points, while Cooper Standiford added 10 points and seven rebounds...
The Holiday Break has come and gone, and that means winter sports will really start to heat up. Basketball will be exciting from here until March, and the return of high school hoops starts this weekend. The Chinook boys and girls basketball teams will play a pair of non-conference games, starting this Friday when the Sugarbeeters host former 9C rival Box Elder. Both teams welcome in another former 9C rival in Fort Benton this Saturday, while the Beeters will return to District 1B action Jan. 8...
In his fourth season at Montana State University-Northern, former Chinook basketball standout Oskar Pula is really starting to come into his own. Pula, a former Class C All-State star for the Sugarbeeters, is averaging nearly 14 minutes per game for Northern head coach Shawn Huse, and the Lights, who are 7-5 this season. As an important player on Northern's talented roster, Pula has been a consistent contributor, while also playing excellent defense. Pula scored a career-high nine points in a Dec. 7 game against Bismark State, while he grabbed...
The Harlem boys basketball season is off to a highly-successful start. After their season-opening wins over Huntley, 99-82 and Lame Deer 84-58 two weeks ago, the Wildcats began last weekend with a win over Poplar 78-50 last Friday night. The victory was a big rivalry win for the Wildcats, who got a crazy 43 points from Cody McCabe in the win. Lathan Black Wolf added 24 points to the win. The Wildcats are now off for Christmas Break and will return to action on Jan. 2 when they travel to Malta fo...
After an opening weekend snowstorm, and a tough first loss, the Chinook boys basketball team bounced back in a huge way this past weekend. The Sugarbeeters opened District 1B play with a pair of wins last weekend. Chinook’s first home game of the season saw them beat the Rocky Boy Stars 63-54 at the Chinook High gymnasium. Ryan Bell had 22 points to lead the way, but the Beeters also got 21 points from Jameson Norboe in the victory. Chinook followed the victory over Rocky Boy with a 54-46 road win over arch rival Shelby. It was a huge v...
The Chinook body wrestling team can be a small fish in a big pond when it comes to the annual CMR Holiday Classic. But that didn't stop the Sugarbeeters from finding success this past weekend in Great Falls. Chinook finished 19th out of nearly 50 teams at the 2025 CMR Holiday Classic, as head coach Ben Stoh's team scored 76 points. The Chinook girls also scored 49 points at the two-day tournament in Great Falls. The Chinook boys were paced by Hayden Berreth, who scored a fourth-place finish at...
The high school basketball season is underway. And for the Chinook Sygarebeeters, the basketball season began last weekend in Shelby at the Coyote Classic. The start of the season was interrupted by the weather as a powerful winter storm caused plenty of cancellations. On Saturday however, the Chinook girls met up with an old rival in the Belt Huskies. And things didn’t go well for the Beeters as they fell to the Huskies 58-23. Chinook struggled offensively, while Belt looked to be in mid-season form already. The Chinook boys also faced off aga...
The Scottie Invitational wrestling tournament is one of the big early-season tournaments on the schedule for teams like Chinook and Harlem, and many others in eastern Montana. Last weekend’s blizzard, however, put a small damper on the event. While the tourney was still held over the weekend, many teams were unable to make the trip to Glasgow, which made the brackets much smaller. That included the Chinook Sugarbeteers. There were some area teams that did compete at the tournament, including the Harlem Wildcats, as well as Class C schools like...
After a run to the Class B state tournament just one year ago, the Chinook girls basketball team is back for a new season. The Sugarbeeters are ready to be strong once again. Chinook won the District 1B title and battled Malta at both the Northern B and Class B state tournaments a season ago, in what was an exciting season for the Sugarbeeters on the hardwood. The Sugarbeeters will have a new head coach this season, as former Fairfield star and Gonzaga standout Jill Barta takes over the program...
The high school basketball season has arrived, and that means Chinook boys basketball is back in action. The Sugarbeeters are under the direction of head coach Mike Bell, and Bell has an outstanding returning cast of players that will look to make a big splash in District 1B and beyond this season. Senior leader Britt Powell is surrounded by a strong junior contingent that includes Ryan Bell and 6-4 center Jameson Nordboe. Cooper Stadisch is also part of an outstanding junior class, while the sophomore group will also be strong. Bryce Elliott,...
Winter sports are always exciting along the Hi-Line, and the 2025–26 winter will be no different as Harlem, Turner, and Hays-Lodge Pole all take to gyms around the area for a brand-new season of winter athletics. The Harlem boys and girls basketball teams will begin their new season this weekend at the Lockwood Tip-Off Tournament. The Harlem boys are coming off a magical season a year ago in which they finished in a tie for fifth place at the Class B State Tournament in Missoula. The W...
Winter has arrived, and inside gyms around the Treasure State, high school wrestling has returned. Of course, high school wrestling has always been a winter focal point in Chinook, and this season will be no different. Head coach Ben Stroh, a former Chinook four-time state champion and star for the Montana State University–Northern Lights, returns to lead the Chinook boys and girls on the mat this season, a season that began at last weekend's Havre Invitational. The Chinook boys scored 27.5 p...
The third Saturday in November is the biggest football Saturday in Montana each and every year. And while there have been some huge Cat-Griz games in recent history, none may be bigger then what's about to take place Saturday in Missoula when the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats meet for the 124th time. And though there have been so many classic games between the Bobcats and Grizzlies, this one might just be the biggest of them all. That's because Montana is ranked No. 2 and Montana...
The Northern B Divisional volleyball tournament marked the end of the line for both the Chinook Sugarbeeters and the Harlem Wildcats. Last weekend in Wolf Point, Chinook went 0-2 at the Northern B, losing its opening match to archrival Harlem on Thursday. The Wildcats defeated the Beeters by scores of 25-19, 20-25, 25-20, and 25-23 to advance to the second round. Meanwhile, the Beeters exited the tournament with a loss to Malta on Friday morning. In the loser-out match, the M-Ettes topped the Be...
Home was certainly where the heart was for the Chinook volleyball team. The Sugarbeeters hosted the District 1B Tournament last weekend, where the Beeters reached the championship match before falling to Choteau in four games. The second-place finish advanced the Beeters to this weekend's Northern B Divisional Tournament, where they'll try to reach the state tourney next week in Bozeman. Chinook opened the tournament with a 3-0 win over Cut Bank last Thursday, then the Beeters beat Fairfield in...
An exciting high school football season came to an end for the Chinook Sugarbeeters Saturday afternoon in Circle. In the opening round of the 8-Man Playoffs, the Beeters fell to the Circle Wildcats, 30-28. Saturday's playoff game was a back-and-forth affair as Chinook led 8-6 late in the first quarter, but Circle took an 18-16 lead into halftime. Chinook battled back in the third, but the Beeters trailed going into the fourth. Still, the Beeters had a chance to advance with one final drive. But...
Last weekend saw the opening round of the 2025 Class C volleyball postseason, and many area squads found success. At the District 9C Tournament in Belt, the North Star Knights finished second, losing to Belt 3-0 in the championship match last Saturday night. North Star had beaten Big Sandy in the third-place match in a 3-2 thriller to advance. The Pioneers reached the third-place match with a 3-1 win over the Box Elder Bears. The 9C Tournament was the end of the line for the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds. The T-Birds lost to North Star 3-0 and...
What a finish to an incredible season for the Harlem High School boys cross country team. Last Saturday in Missoula, the Wildcats cruised to the Class B boys state cross country championship by scoring 60 points in a dominating performance. Harlem was paced by Ethan Walker, a sophomore who finished in second place in the boys race with a time of 16:04.0. Walker lost a heartbreaking photo finish to Plains' John Jermyn, but his finish was still part of an incredible team performance by the...
