KG routs T-Birds; advances to semis

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Make it seven in a row. The KG boys basketball team is flat rolling. The KouGars made it look easy as they dropped the defending Class C state champion Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds, 73-35, to win their seventh consecutive game in District 9C tournament first-round action at the Havre High gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon.

KG used an aggressive 2-3 zone defense, relentless work on the offensive board and picked apart the T-Bird zone defense to move into today's semifinals.

"The big key was we came out aggressive defensively," said veteran KG...