Hi-Line Girls: Tornadoes score big wins to start 2020

With the holiday break over, the 2020 portion of the girls basketball season began all over the Hi-Line last weekend.

Friday night, the Turner Tornadoes started a big weekend with a 59-24 non-conference victory over Dodson in Turner. The Tornadoes started the game on a 16-3 run, and got 17 points from Sarah Billmayer and another 12 by Shyan Krass in the win.

Friday night also saw Fort Benton pick up right where it left off before Christmas, as the Longhorns crushed Hays-Lodge Pole 69-47, while in another non-conference affair, the Big Sandy Pioneers fell to DGS 47-32 in Big Sandy. Lainey Gregory paced the Pioneers with 12 points. Also, in a key 9C showdown Friday night, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks turned away the Chinook Sugarbeeters 47-40.

In Class B action Friday night, the Rocky Boy Morning Stars returned from the holiday break, and pulled off a big District 1B win. The Morning Stars bested Cut Bank 57-41` behind 16 points from Jaynah Gopher and 10 from Angela Gopher.

Rocky Boy's run was short-lived, though. Saturday night, the Morning Stars traveled to Harlem, where the unbeaten Wildcats rolled to a 86-52 win Class B victory. While Harlem was paced by star L'Tia Lawrence, Rocky Boy did get 20 points from Jaynah Gopher in the loss, while Angela Gopher added 12.

Back in the District 9C Saturday night, Turner pulled off one of its biggest regular season wins in a long time, as the Tornadoes dominated defending state champion Box Elder 82-60.

Hays-Lodge Pole had a similar sized win Saturday night, as the Thunderbirds blasted Chinook 67-34. HLP scored 22 points in the first quarter, and Mulleah Stiffarm led three T-Birds in double figures with 18 points. Lily Surber paced the Beeters with eight points.

CJI made it a clean sweep on the first weekend of 2020 with a 54-47 win at Valier Saturday night. A 13-6 run in the third quarter helped the young Hawks hold on for the non-conference win. Tatum Hull scored 15 points for CJI, while Molly Nelson added 13.

In another non-conference affair Saturday, the North Star Knights stepped up to Class B, and had no trouble with the Conrad Cowgirls. The Knights beat the 1B stalwart 58-44, after leading 36-19 at halftime. Jade Wendland poured in 31 points for the victorious Knights.

Meanwhile, back in the 9C ranks, Fort Benton remained unbeaten with a 70-11 crushing of Big Sandy Saturday night.

FRIDAY

Turner 59, Dodson 24

Dodson 3 5 6 10 - 24

Turner 16 16 16 11 - 59

Turner - Brooke Reed 8, Laci Maloney 6, Dakota Krass 6, Shan Krass 12, Brandy Calvert 6, Emma Billmayer 4, Sarah Billmayer 17.

Dodson - N/A.

DGS 47, Big Sandy 32

DGS 18 6 16 7 - 47

Big Sandy 5 8 9 10 - 32

DGS - Reese Von Borgen 3, Jessica Ayers 12, Sydney Von Borben 22, Adie Woodhall 7, Mese Econom 3.

Big Sandy - Amanda Cline 8, Erin Taylor 1, Lainey Gregory 12, Kylee Sternberg 8, Seanna Demontiney 3.

Fort Benton 69, Hays-Lodge Pole 47

Fort Benton 25 13 17 14 - 69

HLP 10 14 19 4 - 47

FB - N/A.

HLP - N/A.

Rocky Boy 57, Cut Bank 41

Rocky Boy - Kirsten LaMere 9, Angela Gopher 10, Sasha Coffee 6, Jaynah Gopher 16, Jeralyn Parker 6, Neferti Standing Rock 2, Meiyah Sutherland 7, Jourdal Coffee 1.

Cut Bank - NA.

SATURDAY

North Star 59, Conrad 44

Conrad 9 10 13 12 - 44

North Star 20 16 14 9 - 59

North Star - Rainee Watson 6, Kaitlyn Domire 10, Shayla Borlaug 4, Kenidee Wolery 8, Jade Wendland 31.

Conrad - Lauren Phillips 15, Brae Eneboe 12, Kadie Baney 4, Lakota Becker 3, Kate Murack 6, Sheridan Richter 3, Taya Dyer 1.

HLP 67, Chinook 34

HLP 15 22 15 15 - 67

Chinook - 9 11 7 7 - 34

Chinook - Jade Cecerle 6, Bree Swanson 3, Lexi Pitkanen 2, Anna Morrow 2, Anna Terry 2, Jayden Miller 6, Lily Surber 8, Allison Powell 5.

HLP - N. Shambo 3, E. Messerly 2, J. Gray 12, K. Perez 4, S. Chandler 5, T. Morgan 8, J. Werk 3, J. Chandler 12, M. Stiffarm 18.

Fort Benton 70, Big Sandy 11

Fort Benton - NA.

Big Sandy - NA.

CJI 54, Valier 47

CJI 15 12 13 14 - 54

Valier 12 12 6 17 - 47

CJI - Tatum Hull 15, Molly Nelson 13, Lily Wickum 8, Haddie Woods 8, Aaliyah Standiford 6, Aria Miller 2, Averie Mattson 2.

Valier - NA.

Harlem 86, Rocky Boy 52

Harlem - NA

Rocky Boy - Jaynah Gopher 20, Sasha Coffee 7, Angela Gopher 14, Kirsten LaMere 4, Jeralyn Parker 2, Neferti Standing Rock 2, Maliyah Sutherland 3.

MONDAY

North Star 66, Box Elder

North Star 6 17 21 22 - 66

Box Elder 11 10 15 8 - 44

Box Elder - Annalisa Johnson 6, Sarah Parisian 5, Breanna Bacon 10, Maia Henderson 10, Brielle Sun Child 7, Ayisa LaMere 5, Zayna Henderson 1.

North Star - Laynie Sattoriva 12, Jade Wendland 23, Kenidee Wolery 11, Shayla Borlaug 7, Kaytlyn Domire 9, Rainee Watson 4.