Chester headed to state tourney

Despite dropping a heartbreaking loss in Friday night's semifinal round, the Chester Coyotes girls basketball team is still heading the 2004 Class C state tournament with a 53-50 overtime victory over Geraldine in a Northern C Divisional challenge game Monday night in Fort Benton.

Chester rallied from a 40-32 third-quarter deficit, outscoring the Tigers 11-3 in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 43 at the end of regulation.

In the overtime period, Chester outscored Geraldine 10-7 to pick up the win to advance to this weekend's state tournament in Belgrade.

Keyla Wendland scored a team-high...