George Ferguson Column: I won't miss winter, but I'll miss the hoops around here

For the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Skylights, for the Havre Blue Ponies, for Rocky Boy and Harlem, and all of the District 9C, the basketballs have now been put away.

It’s hard to believe another season of local hoops has come and gone, and I, for one, am going to miss it. Now, I can’t lie, the end of basketball season also signals at least the near end of winter around these parts. And in no way, shape or form am I going to miss winter. Nope, not one bit.

But, given the fact that the next Northern basketball games are now seven months away and high school hoops is e...