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Fort Benton girls turn away North Star in the semis
Fort Benton's Alia Evans, left, drives the ball during Thursday night's District 9C semifinal with North Star at the HHS gymnasium. The Longhorns won to reach their second championship game in the last three years, which comes tonight at 8:30.
Close games haven’t been the norm at the 2017 District 9C girls basketball tournament, but when there is as much at stake as there was Thursday night in the semifinals, there was bound to be a tight battle at some point.
And the North Star Knights and Fort Benton Longhorns were the ones to deliver it. In the end, after a back-and-forth battle, and thanks to a 14-0 run in the third quarter, the Longhorns prevailed 61-47, earning their way into the 9C championship game and the Northern C Divisional tournament for the second time in three years.
“We are excited about going to divisionals,” Fort B...
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