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The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued to shine on the mat as the season begins to wind down. The 'Beeters finished second at the Harlem Invitational scoring 117 points and crowning four individual champions. The host Harlem Wildcats turned in one of their best efforts of the season as they crowned one champion and placed six on the podium and finished fourth in the team race with 81 points. The 'Beeters began the weekend by hosting their final mixer of the season and honoring their senior...
The Harlem Wildcat boys basketball team fell Thursday to the conference leading Malta Mustangs 89-43. Saturday the team made the trip to Wolf Point where they picked up conference win number two following a 60-48 caging of the Wolves. Harlem doubled up the Wolves 16-8 in the opening quarter as the boys got off to a quick start. The offense was matched in the second stanza by the Wolves as Harlem gave three points back but still held a 29-24 advantage at the halftime break. Both teams began the third quarter matching each other basket for basket...
The Harlem Wildcats had a tough go of things this past weekend. Friday they were bested at home by the Shelby Coyotes of the District 1B 70-55. Saturday the boys traveled east to Polar to take on District 2B Poplar falling in that contest 88-55. Against the Coyotes, Harlem found themselves in a battle early as they trailed just 16-15 after one. Shelby pushed the lead to 38-28 by halftime. The Wildcats turned momentum in their favor after the break outscoring Shelby 17-12 in the third to trim the lead to 50-45 entering the fourth. The Coyotes...
The Tornado boys basketball team picked up their first conference win 61-41 Saturday afternoon. The Tornadoes fell to Box Elder Thursday.. Thursday the Bears led 36-13 after eight minutes of action and 65-15 by halftime. The Bears would win the game 102-28. Senior Bret VanValkenburg scored 12 points for the Tornadoes. Senior Tyler Humphreys added eight in the contest. Friday the boys headed to Big Sandy to take on the Pioneers. Something had to give as both teams were in search of their first...
The Hays Lodge Pole Thunderbirds won their fifth straight contest Friday night as the defeated the Roy/Winifred Outlaws 68-25 in a non-conference tilt. No scoring was provided to the Journal as of press time. Saturday the Thunderbirds were looking to extend the streak to six games when they welcomed the defending District 9C champions to town. The Thunderbirds were unable to match the fast start by the Bears and dropped the District 9C contest 88-58 ending their five game win streak in the process. With the weekend split the Thunderbirds fall...
Chinook high school senior Jake Norby has signed a NAIA Letter of Intent to further his football career by playing Wide Receiver for the Presentation College Saints. Norby helped lead the Chinook Sugarbeeters to the Class C Eight-man football championship this past November and was a content threat to score with each reception. The Saints are part of the North Star Athletic Association which includes Dickinson State, "I'm thrilled to be able to continue playing football for the Saints," said...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter reached 8-2 on the season following an impressive win over the North Star Knight Friday at home 42-38. Saturday the boys shrugged off a slow start to whip the Fort Benton Longhorns 56-23 to improve to 5-2 in District 9C play and 8-2 overall. Freshman Isaac Bell took a pass from junior Kyle McMaster and knocked down a three point bomb to tie the contest with the North Star Knight 8-8. Moments later, down four, Freshman Cord Schneider took a pass from Bell and finished at...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters earned a tough 43-39 win over the North Star Knights Friday night and then pummeled District 9C contender Fort Benton 50-22 Saturday. Against the Knights it was battle from the get go as Chinook trailed 10-9 after eight minutes of action and held a slim 26-25 advantage at the halftime break. Junior Kelsey Mathon provided Chinook with a bit of separation midway through the third quarter when she drilled a long three to give the 'Beeters a 29-25 lead. Moments later Mathon...
The District 9C leading Box Elder Bears were guests in the Turner gymnasium Thursday evening as the 4-4 Turner girls and the undefeated Bears met once again. Turner has played all four teams at the top of the conference very well early in each contest. Thursday was more of the same as the Bears held a narrow 10-9 lead over the Turner girls, Junior Ella Billmayer scored six first quarter points for the Tornadoes. The second quarter was a much different story. Box Elder held the Tornado offense...
The Harlem girls varsity basketball team battled their way back to a 5-5 record following two victories this weekend, including their first in the District 2B. Friday the girls hosted the Shelby Coyotes of the District 1B and earned a hard fought 40-37 win. Saturday the team traveled to Poplar where they again were victorious 48-40. Against Shelby, senior post Anita Bentley and freshman guard Skylee Dirden combined for all ten of Harlem's points as they led 10-7 heading into the second quarter....
The Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team is back at full strength and took a full team to compete in the Choteau Classic wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday. The ‘Beeters performed extremely well as a team. In a field that included nearly all of the top teams and wrestlers in all of Class B/C The Sugarbeeters finished third with 154 points just a half point behind host Choteau and 7.5 points back of Shepherd for the title. Individually Chinook received first place finishes from junior Tate Niederegger at 138 pounds and senior Kenny Pruttis a...
Top, Wildcat senior junior Reece Hutton squares off against Chinook's Kevin Young in the 205 consolation final in Choteau this weekend. Hutton was the Wildcats high finisher, landing on the podium with a fourth place finish. Bottom, sophomore Curtis Humphreys pins his Cut Bank opponent to begin the Classic....
Monday afternoon the Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team visited the Meadowlark Elementary for 'Beeter Buddy Day'. This is the first year that the wrestlers and grade schoolers have shared and it was a huge success. A total of 92 Meadowlark students joined the wrestlers and team managers for a good time. The students will be guests of the team when they host their final mixer of the season and honor their seniors this Friday night....
The Chinook Sugarbeeters experience all sides of competition this past week. Tuesday they fell to the Box Elder Bears 69-40. Friday they defeated a long time rival from the past when they took down the Harlem Wildcats 47-45 and Saturday they steadily extended a lead from start to finish in defeating the Turner Tornadoes by a score of 76-43. Tuesday the 'Beeters spotted the Bears an early 9-2 advantage but a strong effort from freshman Issac Bell with seven points, cut the deficit to 11-9 at the...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds have battled their way back to an even record after picking up a pair of lopsided wins over the Turner Tornadoes 89-31, and Fort Benton Longhorns, 70-27 this past weekend. After an 0-4 start the Thunderbirds now sit at 4-4. Junior Tyson Shambo knocked down a pair of three point bombs and scored ten first quarter points helping the Thunderbirds double up the Tornadoes 24-12 after one quarter. Junior’s Jace Shambo and Frank RunsAbove each tallied six the opening eight minutes. The Thunderbird offense exploded i...
The Turner Tornadoes secured their first win of the season last Tuesday night in Dodson topping the Coyotes 61-54 with a total team effort. The teams traded baskets early on in an evenly contested match up. Freshman Tracer Heilig scored seven first quarter points for the Tornadoes. The teams entered the second quarter of action tied at 14-14. The Coyotes managed to take a lead in the second quarter but a three point bucket from freshman Cody Welsh kept the Turner boys within reach as they traile...
The Harlem Wildcats have been on the wrong side of close games it seems nearly every weekend. Saturday the boys managed to turn one in their favor as they edged District 2B rival Glasgow 37-36 for their first conference win of the season. The Wildcats have really stepped up their defensive effort and have become a bit accustomed to playing in low scoring down to the wire games. Harlem was able to score one more basket in the first eight minutes to take a slim 10-8 lead into the second quarter....
The Chinook Sugarbeeters dropped their first contest of the season last Tuesday, 60-40 to the Box Elder Bears in a battle of District 9C powerhouses. The 'Beeters rebounded Friday by racing past Harlem 55-27 and Saturday taking down Turner 52-34 to improve to 4-1 in conference play and 7-1 overall. Tuesday the Bears took command early as they outscored Chinook 15-2 in the opening quarter and never looked back. The Bears maintained a 32-10 advantage at halftime. The second half was much more...
If one thing is for certain its that the Harlem girls basketball team is capable of playing very well for stretches during the course of a game, but they have struggled to string that play together for 32 minutes. Head coach Laramie Schwenke has commented on the team needing to play better for longer stretches each time they step on the court. Saturday Harlem was looking for a bounce back performance following a tough loss to Chinook Friday. The girls headed east to Glasgow for a District 2B cla...
The still young but very experienced Turner Tornado girls varsity basketball team went 2-1 last week defeating Dodson 50-36 Tuesday night. Friday the girls took down the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds 39-19 at home. Saturday they fell to the Chinook Sugarbeeters on the road 52-34. The Tornadoes rely on four year starters, junior Ella Billmayer and junior Rennay Watkins to guide the team this season and can rely on second year starters freshman Rylee Conlan and Raegan Conlan along with freshman...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team was nearly complete this weekend in Cut Bank as senior Kevin Young wrestled for the first time and senior Jake Norby is expecting to return this weekend when the team travels to Fairfield Thursday and the Choteau Classic Friday and Saturday. The team is still impressive on the mat finishing sixth overall this weekend. Junior Tate Niederegger captured another individual championship while senior Kenny Pruttis wrestled his way to a third place finish....
The Hays/Lodge Pole girls basketball team remains winless on the season following losses Friday and Saturday to District 9C opponents. Friday the girls were defeated in Turner 39-19. Sophomore Miquela Perez scored eight points in the contest. Freshman Latasha Kirkaldie added five including a first quarter triple. Saturday the girls took to the road to face the Fort Benton Longhorns in another District 9C clash. Fort Benton started fast and the young Thunderbirds were not able to stay with the more experienced Longhorns. The result was a 60-19...
The past twelve months have been a banner year for many athletes and teams throughout Blaine County. Four team state championships were won and seven athletes became individual state champions while a few more finished second or third. The Chinook Sugarbeeters captured the first as they won another Class C Wrestling championship. The Sugarbeeter tennis team repeated as Class B/C in May. August began with the Harlem swim team winning the Class C title in Sidney. The last being the remarkable run...
