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The regular season came to a close for our local girls basketball teams this past weekend and some edge of your seat games highlighted the action. The 'Beeters finished undefeated, a perfect 14-0 in District 9C play and 18-0 overall but it came with tense conclusions that had fans glued to the action. Friday in the 'Beeters home finale they edged the North Star Knights 44-43, holding the ball out of bounds as time wound down. Friday in Fort Benton the 'Beeters trailed the entire first half but a...

The District 9C has concluded its regular season schedules and teams and fans alike are getting set for another thrilling District 9C Girls Tournament this week. The tournament gets underway today in Havre at the Blue Pony Gymnasium and will conclude Friday night. The Sugarbeeters will be favored heading into the tournament but two close games to end the regular season suggest anything can happen. Chinook enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed and concluded the regular season with a perfect...

The Harlem Lady Cats are preparing this week for the District 2B Girls Basketball Tournament in Malta this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Lady Cats will be looking to make some magic again this year after their stellar run a season ago. This years team though is far younger with far less experience. The Lady Cats have shown a ton of heart all season but have struggled to find the win column. Harlem finished the regular season 0-8 in District 2B play and 3-15 overall. Harlem will begin their...

It was a wild weekend on the hardwood for Blaine County boy's basketball. The Chinook Sugarbeeters closed out the their home schedule Friday night with a 74-46 thumping of the North Star Knights. Saturday the team was in Fort Benton to take on the Longhorns. Chinook struggled early and couldn't rebound in a 59-39 loss to conclude their regular season schedule. The Turner Tornadoes fell at home Friday night to the Big Sandy Pioneers 64-35 but bounced back nicely in Gildford Saturday holding on...

The District 9C regular season has concluded and the teams have secured their tournament seeds. The brackets are set for the 2023 District 9C Boys basketball tournament this week. The boys tournament runs Thursday through Saturday with the top three seeds advancing to the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls February 22-25. The Turner Tornadoes earned the highest seeding among the three Blaine County Schools. The Tornadoes enter the tournament as the No. 5 seed compiling a conference record of...

The Harlem Wildcats will head to the District 2B Tournament in Glasgow as the No. 5 seed after finishing the regular season with a 1-7 conference mark and an overall record of 2-16. The Wildcats will begin play this Thursday at 3:00 pm against the No. 4 seed Glasgow Scotties. The teams split their regular season meetings with each winning on their home court. Harlem defeated Glasgow with a pair of free throws late 51-50 back on January 13. The Scotties won in Glasgow this past Saturday by a...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued their run through their 2022-23 regular season this past week with a pair of dominate wins. On Friday the 'Beeters took on a much improved Harlem Lady Cat team and steadily built a lead culminating in 54-32 win. Saturday the 'Beeters were in Turner taking on the Tornadoes and wasted little time in taking control of the contest. The 'Beeters started strong and cruised to a 63-26 win. Friday night against the Lady Cats Chinook sophomore Alexus Seymour got the sco...

The Harlem Lady Cats were back in action this week beginning with a road trip to Rocky Boy on Tuesday to face the Morning Stars. The Lady Cats lost the first meeting between the two teams back in January and were looking for a different outcome in round two, and they got it. The Lady Cats jumped out to a 13-5 lead after eight minutes of action. Junior Emma Billmayer and sophomore Gracie Sanchez extended the defense with a couple of long three point buckets. Harlem played well to close out the...

The Turner Tornadoes and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds renewed their District 9C rivalry in Hays on Friday night. Hays/Lodge Pole won the first meeting and were looking to complete the season sweep. Turner has been playing well and was looking for a split. The crowd in attendance was treated to an action packed overtime test of wills. The contest was close start to finish with both teams having opportunities to really build some rhythm only to be stymied by the other. Turner led 14-13 after...

The Harlem Wildcats had a busy week on the hardwood. First they were in Rocky Boy on Tuesday for a non-conference tilt with the Stars. The Wildcats turned in a much better performance from their first meeting in Harlem but still fell 91-60. Friday the team was in Chinook looking to upend the Sugarbeeters after falling at home back in early January. The Wildcat offense got rolling as the game went along leading to a 75-64 win. Saturday they were back in front of the home fans in a contest...

The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds celebrated their seniors before the games started and ended it by celebrating a dominating win over the visiting Turner Tornadoes. In the first meeting between the two teams in Turner on January 13 it was Turner that cruised to a 78-33 blow out of the Thunderbirds. This time around it was Hays/Lodge Pole that cruised to victory. The Thunderbirds were without a couple key players in the first contest and their presence was felt early on. Senior William Has Eagle d...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters visited the Turner Tornadoes Saturday night. The 'Beeters won the first meeting between the two teams in Chinook on January 7, 53-45. The Tornadoes looked to turn the tables in front of their home town fans and boy they sure did. Junior Ryan Doyle scored nine first quarter points to give the Tornadoes a boost early on. The defense stymied the 'Beeter attack from the get go and forced them into some tough spots. At the end of the first quarter the Tornadoes had secured a...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcat/Lady Cat wrestling teams were in Columbus this past weekend competing at the Eastern B/C Wrestling Divisional. On the line, a trip to the State B/C Tournament in Billings next week. The 'Beeters performed exceptionally well, qualifying five boys for the state tournament while all three 'Beeter girls punched their ticket. The Lady Cats will send four wrestlers to Billings and the Wildcats two. The Lady Cats finished second in the team standings and the...
Eastern B/C Divisional - Columbus, MT Chinook Boys Individual Results 103 - Kegan Green - Champ. Round 1 - Lost to Tyrus Reimer (Fort Benton) by disqualification DQ; Cons. Round 1 - Lost to Gavin Dunlap (Red Lodge) by decision 6-4. 120 - Fletcher Anderson - Champ. Round 1 - Lost to Cash Richardson (Glasgow) by major decision 12-1; Cons. Round 1 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 2 - Lost to Gage Raihl (Columbus/Absarokee) by fall over 0:47. ** 120 - Zeke Sanders (13-24) placed 6th - Champ. Round 1 - Received a bye; Quarterfinal - Lost to Payne...

Class B/C Divisional Wrestling - February 3-4, 2023 Columbus High School Gymnasium 2023 Chinook Wrestlers Grace Buck 107 Sophomore Bailey Billmayer 114 Freshman Emma Klingaman 120 Freshman Kegan Green 103 Freshman Zeke Sanders 120 Freshman Fletcher Anderson 120 Freshman Gauge Chapman 126 Sophomore Griffin Crowley 126 Freshman Owen Davies 138 Freshman Lane Snider 145 Senior Walter Schoen 145 8th Grade Ayden Alisch 152 Freshman Oliver Standiford 152 Sophomore Wyatt Olmstead 160 Freshman Tyler...

onvincing fashion. Friday night the team was in Chester to face the Hawks and coasted to a 64-35 win. Saturday the 'Beeters were home to welcome the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds to town and walked away with a 64-32 win to improve to 11-0 in District 9C play and 14-0 overall. Friday the 'Beeters wasted little time getting started. Sophomore Alexus Seymour delivered a cross court pass to senior Bree Swanson for a long two point bucket on the 'Beeters first possession of the contest. Swanson...

The Turner Tornadoes took care of business Friday night at home, defeating Dodson 50-4, avenging a 41-36 loss to the Coyotes in December. Saturday Turner was in Box Elder to face the Bears in a tough test. Turner played well but couldn't get by the Bears in a 68-49 loss. The Tornadoes found their mark from distance early on Friday night. Sophomore Cassidy Grabofsky found freshman Bridget Reed for a three point bucket to get the scoring started. Senior Dakota Krass added a corner three with 4:30...

The Harlem Lady Cats started slow, then played well, then struggled in a difficult 71-31 loss at home to the Cut Bank Wolves Saturday afternoon. The Lady Cats were able to dress their eighth graders that were allowed to suit up for the first time Saturday. The young ballers filled out the roster due to the lack of a junior varsity squad. The Wolves took a 19-5 lead early but the Lady Cats battled back and trailed just 29-20 at the half. Following a pair of free throws from junior Emma Billmayer...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds met for the second time in a span of eleven days. Chinook won the first meeting in a closely contested contest in Hays 55-48. This time around in Chinook was an epic thriller between the two teams in the Floyd Bowen Gymnasium. 32 minutes wasn't enough time to decide the outcome in a game that kept fans on the edge of their seats. In the end the 'Beeters edged out the Thunderbirds 79-77 in double overtime. Hays/Lodge Pole junior Jacoby...

The Turner Tornadoes completed their season sweep of the Dodson Coyotes at home on Friday night with a 70-49 thumping. Turner defeated the Coyotes earlier in the season by a score of 65-58. Saturday the Tornadoes were in Box Elder and put up one heck of a fight before falling to the first place Bears 71-57. Friday night the Tornadoes took control from the opening tip and never looked back. Just :12 into the contest junior Trent Billmayer connected on a short jumper while being fouled and added...

The Harlem Wildcats hosted the Cut Bank Wolves on Saturday in their only contest this week. The Wildcats were looking for a better showing than their previous meeting in Cut Bank, a 83-22 set back on January 16. The Wildcats were much better and matched the Wolves on the scoreboard after one quarter 19-19. Cut Bank separated themselves a bit before the half taking a 37-31 lead into halftime. The Wildcats continued to play hard but Cut Bank slowly extended their advantage and lead 54-42 heading...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters and the Harlem Wildcat/Lady Cat wrestling teams wrapped up their regular season schedule this past weekend in Malta. The 'Beeters had five boys and one girl place while the Wildcats had one wrestler find the podium and the Lady Cats four. The teams will now turn their full attention to the Eastern B/C Divisional in Columbus this Friday and Saturday. The Class B/C State Wrestling Tournament will be held February 10-11 at Metra Park in Billings. Chinook senior Tyler...
Malta Invitational - Saturday, January 28, 2023 Chinook Boys- Malta Invitational 103 - Kegan Green - Quarterfinal - Lost to Makiya Plummer (Glasgow) by fall 3:48; Cons. Round 2 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 3 - Received a bye; Cons. Semi - Lost to Ruben Nelson (Circle) by major decision 8-0. 120 - Fletcher Anderson - Quarterfinal - Lost to Ted See (Glasgow) by fall 1:31; Cons. Round 1 - Won by fall over Charles Bear Don`t Walk (Billings Central) 0:30; Cons. Semi - Lost to Cash Richardson (Glasgow) by fall 3:41. 120 - Zeke Sanders - Quarterfinal...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued their path through the schedule in dominate fashion. They began the week on Tuesday playing Hays in a makeup game postponed by weather in December. The 'Beeters topped the Thunderbirds 57-28. Thursday the 'Beeters defeated the Big Sandy Pioneers at home 71-40. Chinook closed out the week in Box Elder with a 59-43 win over the Bears. Tuesday in Hays the 'Beeters and the Thunderbirds found themselves in a defensive tussle early on. Chinook got a three point...

The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds found the win column once again this past Thursday as they travelled to Rocky Boy to take on the Morning Stars. The Thunderbirds scored eight in the opening frame and trailed 11-8 heading into the second. Hays/Lodge Pole began to heat up the longer the game went on. Hays Lodge Pole scored 18 in the second quarter to lead 26-18 at the break. Sophomore Angela Blackcrow led the comeback with 10 first half points while junior Aliyah Pretty Paint added six and...