T-Birds advance in Bozeman

There is always a lot of hype surrounding the Class C State tournament and with a number of exciting games played Thursday, it lived up to it.

Arlee, the Class C runner-up a season ago, opened the tournament with a 93-77 win over Plenty Coups. But after that, Hays-Lodge Pole and Fairview waged a tight battle that went down to the final seconds, before the Thunderbirds pulled out the 62-59 victory.

The other two games inside the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman featured Manhattan Christian knocking off Bridger 60-42, before Box Elder and Scobey took to the floor for a game that needed e...