Hawks win the 9C girls crown

The Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks can finally call themselves District 9C champions again.

On Saturday night at the Havre High gymansium, CJI knocked off Fort Benton 49-38 in the 9C girls championship game, as the Hawks claimed their first drastic championship in some time.

In a hard-fought championship outing, CJI trailed 14-12 at the end of the first quarter, and were down at half-time as well. But, the Hawks battled back in the second half, including a big run in the final stanza to pull away from Fort Benton, which was playing in its sixth title game in the last decade.

CJI had two player...