Chester girls open up with defending champ Charlo

The last seven days have taken the Chester Coyotes girls basketball team from the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls, to Fort Benton for a Northern C challenge game, back to Chester and now to Belgrade for the Class C girls state basketball tournament.

Call the Coyotes road warriors, or call them survivors. Regardless, they are still playing basketball as the girls have the stage for the final weekend of the 2004 Montana High School basketball season.

The Coyotes (21-4) finished third at last weekend's Northern C divisional tournament in Great Falls. They then earned the trip to state with a 54...