To no one’s surprise, the Chester/J-I Hawks captured the District 10C girls basketball championship Saturday night in Cut Bank.
But the Hawks had to fight every step of the way to get a second title in the last two years.
C/J-I faced off against rival Valier Saturday night in the 10C championship game, and though it was a struggle at times, the Hawks prevailed 50-41 and will now move on to the Northern C Divisonal later this week in Great Falls.
No stats were reported from the championship game, a game C/J-I reached by crushing Dutton-Brady in the semifinals on Friday. The Hawks took care of the Diamondbacks 64-31 behind 16 points from Mikole Wolfe and another 14 from Stina Haaland.
As the 10C champion, the Hawks will open play at the Northern C at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday night against the runner-up from District 7C.
C/J-I is the only area girls team still standing from the 10C, 1B and 2B.
Last week in Conrad, the Rocky Boy Morning Stars were beat twice at the District 1B tournament, ending their season. Rocky Boy lost to Conrad 58-36 in the opening round on Thursday, then fell to Cut Bank 79-55 in a loser-out game on Saturday morning.
Harlem was also eliminated from the 2B tourney in Wolf Point. The Wildcats lost their opener to the host Wolves 53-29.
On Monday night in Cut Bank, Valier beat Dutton-Brady in a 10C challenge game. The Panthers will be the seocnd team from the 10C at this week's Northern C.
The 2012 Northern C girls tourney begins Thursday afternoon at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls.
Thursday
Conrad 58, Rocky Boy 36
Rocky Boy 13 7 6 10 — 36
Conrad 14 21 13 10 — 58
Rocky Boy — S. Laforge 4, J. Day Child 4, L. Gopher 5, T. Singer 12, L. Onco 5, T. Daychild 6. Totals 16 3-13 36.
Conrad — Hayley Orcutt 10, MaKayla Barringer 8, Erica Grubb 12, Taylor Judisch 6, Morgan Van Dyke 12, Jayde Richardson 1, Rashell Johns 9. Totals: 20 13-22 58.
3-pt. goals: Gopher 1, Barrinter 2, Van Dyke 3. Total fouls — Rocky Boy 17, Conrad 13. Fouled out — none.
Wolf Point 53, Harlem 29
Harlem 6 7 5 11 — 29
Wolf Point 17 13 14 9 — 53
Harlem — Allen 7, Ereaux 3, Moore 7, J. Doney 6, M. Doney 6. Totals: 10 4-12 29.
Wolf Point — Page 2, LeDeau 5, Weeks 10, Sansaver 14, E. Gourneau 9, Hafner 2, Carey 3, Evans 2, Hernandez 6. Totals: 18 14-20 53.
3-pt. goals: Allen 2, Moore 1, J. Doney 2, LeDeau 1, Sansaver 1, Carey 1. Totals fouls — Harlem 18, Wolf Point 9. Fouled out — none.
Friday
Chester/J-I 64, Dutton-Brady 31(sf)
Dutton-Brady 9 5 12 5 — 31
C/J-I 20 16 10 18 — 64
Dutton-Brady — Amber Reeve 6, Shannon Habel 11, Savannah Timmerman 1, Lacey Jones 1, hailee VandenBos 2, Kaity Miller 2, Sierra Johnson 3, Taylor Reeve 1, Samantha Cox 1, Aubree Hitchcock 3. Totals: 10 10-25.
C/J-I — Stine Haaland 14, Macky Sandgwin 3, Megan Han 2, Nikole Wolfe 16, Brittnee Theel 5, Haley Harmon 3, Kate Graff 10, Jenni Ghekiere 6, Jocelyn Woods 2, Caitlin Vinson 3. Totals: 23 6-10.
Total fouls: Dutton-Brady 16, CJI 15. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None. Three point goals: Hitchcock 1, Haaland 4, Wolfe 4, Harmon 1, Graff 2, Vinson 1.
Saturday
Cut Bank 79, Rocky Boy 55 (lo)
Cut Bank 12 22 27 18 — 79
Rocky Boy 13 11 12 19 — 55
Cut Bank — Paige Larson 17, Kayla Kraft 2, Amanda Finstad 12, Reedie spencer 14, Brooke Ball 11, Jenika Sammons 11, Erika Karscher 10, Jenny Vaile 2. Totals: 23 32-45.
Rocky Boy — Sabrina Laforge 9, Tennae Singer 8, Jaylynn Day Child 10, Leah Gopher 4, Desiree Small 5, Leigh Onco 15, Tracy Day Child 4. Totals — 23 6-16.
Total fouls — CB 12, RB 31. Fouled out — Lforge, Singer, Small, T. Day Child. Technical fouls — CB head coach, RB head coach.
