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Chris Peterson
Havre Daily News
As the regular season begins to wind down, many of the District 9C boy's basketball teams are desperately jockeying for position. And after North Star and Box Elder each grabbed conference wins this weekend, it's beginning to look more and more like a two-horse race.
Box Elder played host to Hays-Lodge Pole on Thursday night. The Bears, who have been playing well as of late, trailed by one point to the T-Birds at halftime in a high-scoring shootout, 43-42.
The game was tied heading into the fourth quarter at 65-65, when Box Elder closed the game by outscoring the T-Birds 26-19, and earning a 91-84 win.
Aaron Henry had another huge game for the Bears (6-3 conference, 11-3 overall) with a game-high 31 points. Cody McCabe notched 27 points for the T-Birds and Lance Brockie contributed with 16 points.
Rocky Boy paid a visit to the Turner Tornadoes on Thursday night and the Stars got a hard earned 57-53 victory, and their second district win of the season.
The Stars (2-7 conference, 4-10 overall) were led by Lakota Oats' 26 points. The Tornadoes got 19 points from Dalton Cornell in the loss.
Also, on Thursday the undefeated Harlem Wildcats traveled to Chinook to take on the Chinook Sugarbeeters. Chinook was not intimidated by the Wildcats and took an early 8-7 lead. Chinook continued to battle the Wildcats throughout and by slowing down the tempo and taking the air out of the basketball, the Beeters were able to take a 33-28 lead going into the fourth quarter.
However, the Wildcats found a way in the fourth quarter as they outscored the Beeters 13-7 down the stretch for a 41-40 win.
Rick Haluszka scored 12 points in the win for the Wildcats, who kept their unbeaten season intact. The Beeters were led by Marty Birky, who scored a game-high 14 points.
Big Sandy played host to Hays-Lodge Pole (3-6 conference, 6-8 overall) on Friday night and the Pioneers won a high-scoring affair over the T-Birds, 86-80.
Justin Willis exploded for 32 points in the Pioneer victory. Will Granados had a huge for the T-Birds as he scored an amazing 34 points in the losing effort.
Friday night also saw Chinook host Malta in a matchup of old class B rivals. The Beeters again came up short they fell to the Mustangs 62-57.
Dallas Miller led the way for the Beeters with 21 points.
On Saturday night, North Star looked to improve to 9-0 in district play as they went on the road to Turner to face the Tornadoes and the Knights did just that with a 52-42 victory.
Cody Donoven scored a game-high 19 points and Darius Wendland pitched in with 15 points for the Knights. Colin Jones led the Tornadoes (2-6 conference, 5-8 overall) with 14 points in the loss.
Big Sandy (4-5 conference 5-9 overall) also went on the road to take on Geraldine in nonconference action Saturday night and the Pioneers dropped another game, 70-62.
Chris LaBuda led the Pioneers by scoring 22 points in the losing effort.
Rocky Boy (2-7 conference, 4-10 overall) played host to the No. 1-ranked Harlem Wildcats on Saturday night, and the Stars could not match up against the unbeaten Wildcats, as they fell 75-45.
Neeko Bigby led the Wildcats with 15 points and Jordan Mount contributed with 14 points in the win. Justin Ahenakew scored 18 points in the loss for the Stars.
Highwood paid a visit to North Star Saturday night and knocked off the Knights in a nonconference affair, 69-56. It was the Knights' first loss in the month of January.
Cody Donoven led the Knights (9-0 conference, 11-3 overall) with a game-high 24 points and Shane Rice pitched in with 10 points in the loss.
In District 10C action on Friday night, Chester/J-I went to Valier in search of a victory and the Hawks found what they were looking for with a 53-43 win over the host Panthers..
Kevin May scored 13 points in the win.
Saturday night C/J-I hosted Sunburst as they looked for a weekend sweep. However, the Hawks fell to the Refiners, 63-53.
Tyler Han had a big night despite the loss as he hit six 3-pointers on his way to 20 points in the loss.
Thursday
Harlem 41, Chinook 40
Harlem 8 14 6 13 - 41
Chinook 7 16 10 7 - 40
Harlem - Miles Werk 2, Eddie Moore 7, Neeko Bigby 8, Monty Snow 4, Jordan Mount 8, Rick Haluszka 12. Totals: 17 4-12.
Chinook - Chad Beck 7, Marty Birky 14, Taylor Tollefson 4, Dallas Miller 9, Luke Whitney 3, Adam Hayes 3. Totals: 12 15-23.
Fouls - Harlem 19, Chinook 16. Fouled out - none. Three-pointers - Bigby 2, Mount, Whitney.
Box Elder 91, Hays-Lodge Pole 84
HLP 24 19 22 19 - 84
Box Elder 25 17 23 26 - 91
HLP - Jordan Werk 2, Cole McCabe 13, Will Granados 13, Lenny Gray 3, Beau Doney 6, Cody McCabe 27, Ty Hackenson 4, Lance Brockie 16. Totals: 30 18-30.
Box Elder - Steven Arca 11, Aaron Henry 31, Dustin Bacon 12, Lane LaMere 12, Mike Sangrey Jr. 10, Colton Montes 6, Jayson Hawk 5, Austin Whitford 2, Joel Parker 2. Totals: 33 21-35.
Total fouls - HLP 26, BE 22. Fouled out - Werk, Granados, Brockie, Bacon, Sangrey. Technical fouls - HLP bench, Hawk. 3-pointers - Cody McCabe 4, Brockie 2, Henry 2, Hawk.
Rocky Boy 57, Turner 53
Rocky Boy 19 13 14 11 - 57
Turner 16 11 13 13 - 53
Rocky Boy - Guy Johnson 1, Rodney Turntoes 2, Bryant Eagleman 15, Lakota Oats 26, Justin Bigknife 2, Justin Ahenakew 11. Totals: 25 3-8.
Turner - Colin Jones 12, Chad Jones 10, Logan Fouts 8, Ryan Haugen 2, Clinton VanVoast 2, Dalton Cornell 19. Totals: 22 9-17.
Fouls - Rocky Boy 16, Turner 14. Fouled out - Ahenakew, Jones. Three-pointers - Eagleman, Oats 2, Ahenakew.
Friday
Big Sandy 86, Hays-Lodge Pole 80
HLP 21 18 18 23 - 80
Big Sandy 16 14 22 34 - 86
HLP - Jordan Werk 2, Cole McCabe 12, Will Granados 34, Beau Doney 9, Cody McCabe 10, Lance Brockie 13. Totals: 32 12-18.
Big Sandy - Justin Willis 32, Lawrence Jappe 4, Kyle Danreuther 15, Chris LaBuda 25, Ryan LaBuda 6, Logan Darlington 5. Totals: 32 15-26.
Total fouls - HLP 23, BS 20. Fouled out - Cody McCabe, Brockie. Technical fouls - Brockie, Jappe. 3-pointers - Cole McCabe 2, Granados 2, Willis 2, C. LaBuda 3, R. LaBuda 2
Chester/J-I 53, Valier 43
C/J-I 11 13 10 19 - 53
Valier 6 12 16 9 - 43
C/J-I - Derek Fraser 7, Chase Diemert 1, Trevor Violett 12, Kevin May 13, Cullen McKinley 10, Tyler Han 4, Shay Richter 6. Totals: 12 23-37.
Valier - Kyle Jannusch 22, Chris Wright 4, Quin Loendorf 5, Tim Hitchcock 2, Dallon Henkel 6, Matt Day Chief 4. Totals: 16 9-18.
Fouls - C/J-I 25, Valier 27. Fouled out - Day Chief, Wright, Evan DeBoo, Diemert. Three-pointers - Jannusch, Loendorf, Fraser, Violett 4, May.
North Star 52, Turner 42
North Star 16 13 15 8 -52
Turner 5 16 10 11 -42
North Star - Darius Wendland 15, Branden Melby 8, Shane Rice 10, Cody Donoven 19. Totals 18 13-19.
Turner - Wade Hofer 4, Colin Jones 14, Chad Jones 12, Logan Fouts 3, Ryan Haugen 3, Dalton Cornell 6. Totals 15 8-17.
Total fouls - North Star 15, Turner 18. Fouled out - Donoven, Carmel. Three-point goals - Melby, Donoven 2, C. Jones 2, Fouts, Haugen.
Malta 62, Chinook 57
Malta 12 19 13 18 - 62
Chinook 14 17 14 12 - 57
Malta - Curtis Darrah 5, Lyndon Matthews 11, Jordan Hould 10, Brian Tatafu 14, Jeremy Azure 14, Aaron DeVries 3. Totals: 24 10-17.
Chinook - Chad Beck 6, Marty Birky 14, Taylor Tollefson 3, Dallas Miller 21, Luke Whitney 8, Adam Hayes 5. Totals: 22 11-12.
Total fouls: Malta 14, Chinook 14. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: Matthews. Three-point goals: Matthews 1, Darrah 1, Tatafu 3, Birky 2.
Saturday
Harlem 75, Rocky Boy 45
Harlem 25 19 20 11 - 75
Rocky Boy 13 15 6 11 - 45
Harlem - Miles Werk 10, Eddie Moore 8, Neeko Bigby 15, Monty Snow 9, Jordan Mount 14, Jordan Werk 3, Rick Haluzska 6, J. Rodney 2, Wally Crantz 8. Totals - 26 10-17 75
Rocky Boy - Lakota Oats 11, Justin Ahenakew 18, Bryant Eagleman 6, Guy Johnson 2, Logan Sutherland 2, Rodney Turntoes 6. Totals - 12 5-6 45
Total fouls - Harlem 11, Rocky Boy 17. Foueld out - J. Ahenakew, B. Eagleman. 3-pointers - M. Werk, E. Moore 2, N. Bigby 5, M. Snow 3, J. Mount, J. Ahenakew.
Highwood 69, North Star 56
North Star 6 16 16 18-56
Highwood 19 15 14 21-69
North Star - Stephen Ramsbacher 5, Alex Chivlicek 2, Darius Wendland 5, Brandon Melby 7, Shane Rice 10, Cody Donoven 24, Alex Frey 3. 20 10-14 56
Highwood - Reid Edwards 8, Joey Somansky 6, Tanner Ripley 10, Troy Kotthoff, Brian Davison 26, Miles Suberg 2, Bret Bahnmiller 7. 18 18-23 69
Total Fouls- Highwood 21, North Star 17. 3-pointers- Davison 4, Bahnmiller, Ramsbacher, Donoven.
Sunburst 63, Chester/J-I 53
Sunburst 13 18 18 15 - 63
C/J-I 6 17 7 23 - 53
Sunburst - Mitchel Diegel 18, John Howland 10, Robbie Skelding 1, Matt Tomsheck 6, Shane Somerville 16, Craig Cook 3, Jake Roark 8, Shane Turner 1. Totals 14 14-25 63.
C/J-I - Derek Fraser 7, Chase Diemert 5, Trevor Violett 3, Kevin May 6, Cullen McKinley 2, Tyler Han 20, Shay Richter 10. Totals 10 6-21 53.
Total Fouls: Sunburst 23, C/J-I 19. Fouled out- Cook,Fraser, McKinley. 3-pointers- Diegel 3, Somerville 3, Howland, Han 6, Fraser, Diemert, McKinley.
Geraldine 70, Big Sandy 62
Big Sandy 12 12 20 18 - 62
Geraldine 12 13 18 27 - 70
Big Sandy - Justin Willis 15, Lawrence Jappe 5, Kyle Danreuther 12, John Sheehy 2, Chris LaBuda 22, Darren Ray 6. Totals 26 4-9.
Geraldine - Levi Clark 3, Toby Clark 6, Jesse Schmidt 10, Cody Joyce 21, Drew Hicks 6, Casey Clark 9, R.J. Clark 9, Justin Woodburn 6. Totals 26 9-10.
Total fouls - Big Sandy 13, Geraldine 14. Fouled out - none. Three-point goals - Willis, Danreuther 2, LaBuda 3, L. Clark, Schmidt 2, Joyce 3, Hicks 2, Clark.
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