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Big Sandy's Kaden Beck (22) scores over a host of Highwood defenders during a Class C boys basketball game Thursday night at the Big Sandy Tournament.

Harlem's Skylar Speakthunder (left) drives to the basket during a Native American Classic boys game Friday in Havre.

Rocky Boy's Ricky Stump (right) goes around a Box Elder defender during a Native American Classic boys basketball game Friday at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse.

Line Girls Roundup will appear in Tuesday's Havre Daily News.

Boys high school basketball hit the Hi-Line in full swing this weekend and a lot of local teams faced some tough competition.

Big Sandy got the weekend off to a good start with a rousing win over Highwood Thursday night at the Big Sandy Tournament.

On Friday the Northern Native American Classic brought three local games to Havre, with teams like Hays Lodge-Pole, Rocky Boy, Box Elder and Harlem all competing.

The Class B Rocky Boy Stars took on the Class C Box Elder Bears and it was the Stars who came away with the narrow 70-63 win. The Stars went up 38-31 at the half. The Bears did outscore the Stars 23-20 in the third, but the stars stepped up in the fourth quarter to ensure the win.

Dusty Standing Rock led Rocky Boy with 17 points and Elijah Gopher pitched in 12. And for the Bears, Randell Gardipee led with 13 points while Skylar Parisian added 11 in the tight loss.

The Hays Lodge-Pole Thunderbirds also faced off on Friday, but suffered a 59-51 loss to at the hands of the Browning Indians junior varsity team.

The Thunderbirds trailed by just one point after the first quarter, but a nine point second quarter resulted in a deficit the Thunderbirds couldn't overcome, even with 30 points in the second half.

Trent Kirkaldie led the Thunderbrids with 16 points and the only HL-P player to finish in double digits. Colt Walker and Marvin Cole both had six points each.

The Class B Harlem Wildcats grabbed a win on Friday, when they dominated Valier 84-46.

Holding a 41-18 lead at the half, the Wildcats were in control the entire time. And the 43 second half points were just icing on the cake, espeacially with a player like Bud Buck able to post 21 points on Valier. Jordan Snow earned 13 points and Wallace Birdtail had 11 and Skyler Speakthunder added 10 in the big win.

Outside the Natice American Classic, Friday wasn't too pleasant for the Class C Chinook Sugarbeeters or North Star Knights. Chester/J-I Hawks did however grab a win.

Dutton Brady took down Chinook 43-26 in the Beeters Debut and showed just how much rebuilding Chinook may have to go through this season. The Beeters didn't score double digits in a single quarter, with a nine point fourth being their best quarter offensively. Dutton Brady put up 11 in the first, 15 in the second, four in the third and 13 in the final frame.

Grant Tilleman and Barry Murnion led the Beeters with eight points each. Brandon Riphenburg added six.

The Knights trailed by just seven after the first quarter, but suffered a 74-39 loss to Roy-Winifred on Friday. The Knights just couldn't keep up with the scoring as Roy-Winifred posted 14 in the second quarter and 44 in the second half.

Shelby Sizemore led the Knights with 12 points and Jordy Donoven added nine, a slow night by his usual production. Quinn Spinler found a way to pitch in seven in the Knights first game out of the gate.

The Chester/J-I Hawks were able to earn a win on Friday, when they defeated Fort Benton in a very close 35-32 final.

Both the Hawks battled for four quarters. The Longhorns led 6-5 after the first, while the contest was tied 19-19 at the half. The Hawks found themselves down after three quarters of play, rallied in the fourth, outscoring the Longhorns 12-6 for the three-point victory.

Jeff Wanken's 12 points led the Hawks and Dell Harmon's 9 were also key. Jordan Oraw, Dustin Roman and Lane Harmon all scored four points each in the win as well.

On Saturday, the Native American Classic brought three more games to area fans.

The Bears were able to rebound and come away with a 74-65 win over Valier in their second game off the weekend.

It was an offensive shootout for most of the matchup and the Bears offense proved to be hitting well enough for the win. Box Elder scored 18 points in both the first and fourth quarter and scored 19 in the both the second and third quarters as they were able to outdo the Panthers in the nine-point victory.

This time around Jesse Ramos got on track with 14 points while Jacob Burns knocked down 12 points. Randall Gardipee also had 11 and Standing Rock had 10 points in the win.

Rocky Boy improved to 2-0 on the season when they followed their first win over Box Elder with a 72-51 win over Heart Butte on Saturday.

The Stars had another solid outing and got good scoring numbers from all over. JR Daychild finished with 12 points and Gopher added 11. Garrett Anderson also had nine points and Justin Raining Bird finished with nine as well. Dusty Standing Rock finished with eight points and Jalin Belcourt finished with six.

Harlem and Hays Lodge-Pole also met on Saturday at the Classic in Havre, but it was the Wildcats who earned the dominating upperhand and the 84-51 win.

The Thunderbirds led 20-18 after the first frame, couldn't stay hot. The Wildcats outscored the Thunderbirds 66-31 in the remaining three quarters and even held the Thunderbirds to just five third quarter points.

Harlem was led by Speakthunder who erupted for 20 points and Buck who added 16. The Thunderbirds were led by the efforts of Jeff Sorrell with 12 points and Nolan Werk with 11.

And in another tough stretch for local teams, the weekends action was brought to an end with three more Hi-Line teams suffering a loss.

The Sugarbeeters couldn't get on track on Saturday ran into a tough Roy-Winifred team. Roy-Winifred defeated the Beeters 72-45.

The Beeters got off to a slow start. They scored just two points in the first quarter and just 15 in the first half and were never able to recover against a team that posted 47 in the second half alone.

Riphenburg led the efforts this time around with 14 points. Zach Molyneaux added 10 and Tilleman added eight to the mix. Molyneaux had three treys for the Beeters.

The C/J-I Hawks couldn't make it two straight wins to start the season as Augusta defeated the Hawks 52-48 in a nail biter.

The Hawks held the lead throughout the game including 26-24 at intermission. But late in the game, the Elk were able to outscore the Hawks 13-12 in the third and 15-10 in the fourth to sneak away with the narrow win.

The Hawks were led by Jeff Wanken with 20 points. Jordan Oraw also had 10 and Lane Harmon added eight as the team moved to 1-1 on the season.

North Star put up a much better fight on Saturday, but the Knights still suffered their second straight loss. This time it was Highwood who handed the Knights a 57-44 loss.

The Knights fell behind early, but tried to battle back. And though they were able to score 18 in the fourth quarter, their defense wasn't able to stop Highwood, who scored 19 key points in the fourth quarter to keep the Knights from gaining any ground.

Sizemore led the Knights again, this time with 17 points. And Jordy Donoven stepped up his game and scored 13 for the Knights, while Spinler came away with seven more.

Friday

Rocky Boy 70, Box Elder 63

Rocky Boy 21 17 20 12 — 70

Box Elder 13 18 23 9 — 63

Rocky Boy — Elijah Gopher 12, Scott Bradley 8, Garrett Anderson 9, Jarod Coffee 3, Justin Raining Bird 5, Dusty Standing Rock 17, Mitch LaMere 5, Chantay Standing Rock 8. Totals 24 12-26 70.

Box Elder — Jesse Ramos 9, Brandon Belgarde 2, Randell Gardipee 13, Lance Young 9, Skylar Parisian 11, Dakota Standing Rock 5, Thomas Parisian 4, Chris LaMere 7, Jacob Burns 1. Totals 15 26-40 63.

Total fouls: Rocky Boy 30, Box Elder 24. Fouled out: Anderson, Ramos, S. Parisian. 3-point goals: Gopher 2, Anderson 1, Dusty Standing Rock 3, Gardipee 2, Dakota Standing Rock 1, Chris LaMere 1.

Browning JV 59, Hays-Lodge Pole 51

Browning JV 13 14 17 15 — 59

Hays Lodge-Pole 12 9 13 17 — 51

Browning JV — Robert T. 2, Isaac M. 3, Derrick M. 8, Sean B. 4, Jared B. 9, Jakey B. 6, Caleb C. 14, Henny H. 1, Sam C. 6, Joel B. 4, Rylee H. 2. Totals 22 12-28 59.

HLP — Andrew Cole 3, Cyrus Cole 2, Colt Walker 6, Jeff Sorrell 4, Marvin Cole 6, Gage Essert 2, Bruce Denny 1, Nolan Week 6, Floyd McCowell 5, Trent Kirkaldie 16. Totals 21 7-25 51.

Total fouls: Browning 22, Hays/Lodgepole 22. Fouled out: none. 3-point goals: A. Cole 1, Walker 1.

Harlem 84, Valier 46

Harlem 14 27 24 19 — 84

Valier 12 6 11 17 — 46

Harlem — Skyler Speackthunder 10, Stan Irvine 4, Jordan Snow 13, Bud Buck 21, Isaiah Doney 5, Isaiah Laurence 3, Cory Stiffarm 9, Brandon Hammond 3, Wallace Birdtail 11, Kendall Matt 4. Totals 31 11-11 84.

Valier — Tim Stokes 10, Cole Wagner 2, Carter Miller 2, AJ Hirst 6, Justin Sullivan 7, Clint Christianson 3, Chase Dernell 1, Joerel Tatsey 14. Totals 17 8-20 46.

Total fouls: Harlem 18, Valier 11. Fouled out: none. 3-point goals: Speakthunder 2, Snow 1, Laurence 1, Stiffarm 3, Birdtail 2, Stokes 2, Christianson 1.

Dutton-Brady 43 Chinook 26

Dutton-Brady 11 15 4 13 — 43

Chinook 5 6 6 9 — 26

Dutton-Brady — Trent Duty 2, Austin Storle 2, Matthew Hitchcock 3, Tiegan Johnson 18, Justin Fritz 10, Brody Dahlman 1, Clint Williams 7. Totals: 14 13-28.

Chinook — Chris Webber 2, Brandon Riphenburg 6, Grant Tilleman 8, Barry Murnion 8. Totals: 8 10-1

Total fouls:Dutton-Brady 15, Chinook 22. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None. Three point goals: Jo

Roy-Winifred 74, North Star 39

Roy-Winifred 16 14 22 22 — 74

North Star 9 12 8 10 — 39

Roy-Winifred — Tucker Matovich 7, Chad Kaarenah 31, Clay Sluggett 8, Jordan Dettzyen 4, Buster Styer 2, Clay Boyce 1, Daris Wichman 4, Luke Stulc 10, Lee Thompson 7. Totals 29 11-19 74.

North Star — Cooper Spicher 2, Jordy Donoven 9, Quinn Spinler 7, Sam Ulmen 4, Karston Donoven 5, Shelby Sizemore 12. Totals 11 16-23 39.

Chester/J-I 35, Fort Benton 32

Fort Benton 6 13 7 6 — 32

C/J-I 5 14 4 12 — 35

Fort Benton — Lester Bouchard 4, Tim Thomas 8, Braden Gibson 3, Sam Hulme 12, Brady Farwick 5. Totals: 12 5-6.

C/J-I — Jordan Oraw 4, Dell Harmon 9, Dustin Roman 4, Mike Henke 2, Lane Harmon 4, Jeff Wanken 12. Totals: 13 7-18.

Total fouls: Fort Benton 18, C/J-I 7. Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: D. Harmon 1, Wanken 1, Thomas 2, Gibson 1.

Saturday

Box Elder 74, Valier 65

Valier 15 15 16 19 — 65

Box Elder 18 19 19 18 — 74

Valier — Tim Stokes 21, Cole Wagner 8, AJ Hurst 5, Justin Sulvian 8, Clint Chrsitianson 4, Joerel Tateg 19.

Box Elder — Jesse Ramos 14, Brandon Belgarde 3, Randell Gardipee 11, Lance Young 7, Skylar Parisian 5, Dakota Standing Rock 10, Thomas Parisian 6, Lonnie Plain Bull 4, Chins Lamere 12, Jacob Burns 12.

Total fouls — Valier 15, Box Elder 17. Fouled out — none.

Rocky Boy 72, Heart Butte 51

Rocky Boy 17 27 17 15 — 72

Heart Butte 14 10 16 11 — 51

Rocky Boy — Elijah Gopher 11, Scott Bradley 6, Garrett Anderson 9, Jarod Coffee 2, Jr. Day Child 12, Justin Raining Bird 9, Jalin Belcourt 6, Dusty Standing Rock 8, Ricky Stump 3, Mitch LaMere 2, Chantay Standing Rock 5. Totals 31 9-17 72.

Heart Butte — Tyler Still Smoking 8, Brandon Wild Gun 3, Chance McNabb 10, Wyitt Skunkcap 18, Jacey Aims Back 2, Eljay Young Running Crane 5, Mack Momberg 3, Frank Harrison 1. Totals 19 10-20 51

Total fouls: Rocky Boy 19, Heart Butte 19. Fouled out: none. 3-point goals: Gopher 1, Anderson 1, Raining Bird 2, Wild Gun 1, M. Momberg 1.

Harlem 84, Hays-Lodge Pole 51

Harlem 18 20 20 26 – 84

Hays-Lodge Pole 20 13 5 13 – 51

Harlem — Skyler Speakthunder 20, Stanley Irvine 6, Bud Buck 16, Isaiah Lawrence 8, Brandon Hammond 9, Cory Stiffarm 1, Clay Doney 16, Kendall Matt 3, Isaiah Doney 2.

HLP — Cyrus Cole 3, Colt Walker 6, Jeff Sorrell 12, Marvin Cole 7, Darrin Longfox 1, Floyd McConnell 7, Trent Kirkaldie 4, Nolan Werk 11.

Roy-Winifred 72, Chinook 45

Roy-Winifred 17 8 23 24 — 72

Chinook 2 13 14 16 — 45

Roy-Winifred — Tucker Metovich 3, Chad Kanonen 32, Clay Sluggett 4, Jorden DeHaven 2, Buster Styer 4, Clay Boyce 2, Ben Negaard 2, Luke Style 11, Lee Thompson 12. Totals 27 12-21 72.

Chinook — Scott Schmitt 4, Zach Molyneaux 10, Jacob MacLean 3, Brandon Riphenburg 14, Dylan Surber 4, Grant Tilleman 8, Barry Murnion 2. Totals 12 18-30 45.

Augusta 52, Chester/J-I 48

Augusta 7 17 13 15 — 52

C/J-I 15 11 12 10 — 48

Augusta — Tyler Hantz 20, Justin Patch 5, Taylor Heckman 9, Josh Nelson 2, Joe Nelson 14, Thane Thompson 2. Totals: 17 13-19.

C/J-I — Jordan Oraw 10, Dell Harmon 3, Dustin Romain2, Klayton Lohr 5, Lane Harmon 8, Jeff Wanken 20. Totals: 19 4-9

Highwood 57, North Star 44

Highwood 12 13 13 19 — 57

North Star 9 10 7 18 — 44

Highwood — Luke Davison 4, Jonathan Baun 1, Nick Willis 20, Sam Davison 13, Austin Malek 19. totals: 20 15-19

North Star — Cooper Spicher 2, Jordy Donoven 13, Quinn Spinler 7, Karston donoven 3, Shelby Sizemore 17, Donoven Ulmen 2. totals: 19 3-3.

Total fouls — Highwood 12, NS 17. fouled out — Sizemore. 3-pointers — Willis, J. Donoven, Spinler, K. Donoven.

 

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