Rocky Boy moves into second in 9C, Turner picks up two wins on weekend

High school girls basketball action returned to the Hi-Line after a two-week Christmas Break. Although temperatures hovered well below zero for most of the weekend, the action in the gym was heated.

The hottest team of the weekend would have to be the Turner Tornadoes, who picked up a pair of District 9C wins. Friday night, Turner knocked off Hays-Lodge Pole 51-39 in Turner. The Tornadoes broke open a 37-35 score at the end of the third quarter with a 16-2 burst in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Cheryl Cowan led all scorers with 25 points and Ashley Van Voast chipped in with 13 to lead the Tornadoes. The T-Birds got 17 points from Colette Hawley in the losing effort.

Turner completed the weekend sweep with a 54-36 upset of the KG KouGars in Gildford. Turner used a 19-6 second quarter to break open a close game. Cowan once again led the Tornadoes with 18 points, while Van Voast chipped in with 15 points. KG was led by Casie Toner, who scored 15 points, including three three-pointers. Cady Arifin chipped in with 10 points for the KouGars. Turner improved to 3-5 overall while KG fell to 4-4 on the season.

The Chester Coyotes also picked up a pair of wins on the weekend. On Friday night, the Coyotes defeated KG 67-41 in Gildford behind 21 points from Keyla Wendland and 14 points from Shawnee Norick. Chester outscored KG 35-14 in the second half. KG got 19 points from Cady Arifin in the losing effort.

Chester picked up its second win of the weekend, defeating District 9C foe Blue Sky 48-40. Chester outscored Blue Sky 17-13 in the fourth quarter to secure the win. Mary DeVries led all scorers with 18 points for Chester. Holly Haas led Blue Sky with 10 points.

Blue Sky still maintained its place atop the 9C standings with a 70-29 win over Box Elder in Rudyard. The Eagles rolled to a 20-7 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.

Kaila Warren and Lindsay Anderson scored 21 points each while Haas and Kile Patrick 14 and 10 points, respectively for Blue Sky. Box Elder was led by Shaneen Raining Bird with 10 points. Blue Sky is now 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the 9C.

The Rocky Boy Morning Stars moved into second place in the 9C standings with a 73-60 win over the Big Sandy Pioneers in Rocky Boy. Trailing 38-37 at halftime, the Stars outscored Big Sandy 36-22 in the second half en route to the win.

Leiloni Belcourt led five Rocky Boy players in double figures with 22 points. Marty Rae Stiffarm scored 17 points, Deidra Sunchild added 12 while Tori Belcourt and Chelsey St. Pierre added 11 points each in the win. Big Sandy got 21 points from Ashley Goodian and 14 from Naomi Williams in the loss.

Big Sandy bounced back from the loss with a 49-48 win over Hays-Lodge Pole Saturday in Big Sandy. The Pioneers rallied from a 33-29 deficit in the fourth quarter, outscoring Hays 20-15 to pick up the win.

Goodian scored a game-high 25 points for Big Sandy. Hawley led the T-Birds with 17 points while Sheena Shambo and Vanessa Webb added 11 in the loss.

Rocky Boy suffered a 57-40 non-conference loss to Class B Harlem on Saturday night in Harlem. The Wildcats outscored Rocky Boy 21-4 in the second quarter to pull away.

Olivia Main scored a game-high 24 points to lead Harlem. Rocky Boy got 10 points from Chelsey St. Pierre in the loss.

District 2B play wasn't quite as kind to Harlem on Friday night. The Wildcats fell to Plentywood 61-38 in a conference matchup. Kristen Steiner scored a game-high 20 points for Plentywood. Main was the only player in double figures for Harlem with 11 points.

Baskets were few and far between for the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Friday night. The Beeters managed just 27 points in a 32-27 loss to 2B rival Glasgow. Neither team could provide much offense, but the Scotties outscored Chinook 10-5 in the third quarter to build a slim lead.

Whitney Lybeck led all scorers with nine points for the Beeters.

In District 10C action, the J-I Rams were edged by the Valier Panthers 49-40. Valier outscored J-I 28-17 in the second and third quarters to pull away for good.

J-I got 15 points from Megan Herdina and 12 from Hannah Pimley in the losing effort.

In Monday basketball action, the Belt Huskies defeated Box Elder 55-23 in Belt. The Huskies used a 22-4 first-quarter outburst to set the tone early and never looked back.Shaneen Raining Bird and Ashley Parisian scored six points each to lead the Bears.

Plentywood 61, Harlem 38

Harlem 12 9 5 12 - 38

Plentywood 16 24 9 12 - 61

Harlem - Olivia Main 11, Alicia Shields 2, Carly Haluszka 2, Danielle Dirden 6, Kylee Stiffarm 3, Kayla Horn 4, Star Carrywater 4, Amy Stiffarm 2, Gemma Doore 2, Ashley Kennedy 2.

Plentywood - Tessa Fellon 2, Janel Nordhagen 11, Kirby Henderson 6, Renzi Henderson 4, Kristen Steiner 20, Vallie Christensen 8, Shalice Tommerup 10.

Three-point goals - Main 1, K. Stiffarm 1, Horn 1, Steiner 1. Total Fouls - HAR 24, Plentywood 19. Fouled out - K. Stiffarm.

Glasgow 32, Chinook 27

Glasgow 4 6 10 12 - 32

Chinook 5 6 5 11 - 27

Glasgow - Alexa Etchart 4, Denise Enebo 4, Millie McIntyre 2, Karissa Hughes 8, Chelsie Pattison 8, Annie Strommen 2, Tifffany Wales 4.

Chinook - Whitney Lybeck 9, Crystal Roseberry 2, Tiffany Cuerth 2, Kayla Erskine 1, Kelsey Crampton 5, Georgia Barber 6, Brittany Williams 2.

Three-point goals - Pattison 1. Total Fouls - GLA 11, CHI 11. Fouled out - none.

Chester 67, KG 41

Chester 19 13 15 20 - 67

KG 17 10 6 8 - 41

Chester - Amanda Violett 8, Shawnee Norick 14, Alisha Fossen 2, Mary DeVries 9, Courtney Fraser 6, Keyla Wendland 21, Jackie Alisch 2, JoAnna LaSorte 5. Totals: 27 13-20 67.

KG - Cady Arifin 19, Mandy Rambo 8, Casie Toner 4, Whitney Hanson 8, Britta Umbach 2. Totals: 12 13-23 41.

Three-point goals - Arifin 3, Rambo 1. Total Fouls - CHE 21, KG 21. Fouled out - DeVries, Arifin.

Rocky Boy 73, Big Sandy 60

Rocky Boy 20 17 19 17 - 73

Big Sandy 12 26 12 10 - 60

Rocky Boy - Leiloni Belcourt 22, Tori Belcourt 11, Deidra Sunchild 12, Chelsey St. Pierre 11, Marty Rae Stiffarm 17. Totals: 31 4-9 73 .

Big Sandy - Ashley Goodian 21, Jessica Amsbaugh 5, Brittany Marx 11, Sandy Zeiger 2, Naomi Williams 14; Shalayna Pearson 4, Francine Egge 3. Totals: 24 8-12 60.

Three-point goals - Goodian 3, Amsbaugh 1, L. Belcourt 2, Sunchild 2, T. Belcourt 1. Total Fouls - BS 12, RB 12. Fouled out - none.

Blue Sky 70, Box Elder 29

Blue Sky 20 17 18 15 - 70

Box Elder 7 8 6 8 - 29

Blue Sky - Holly Haas 14, Kaila Warren 21, Lindsay Anderson 21, Brianne Horinek 2, Robyn Schnitzmeier 7, Maia Aageson 5, Kile Patrick 10, Ashley Gatzemeier 4. Totals: 30 10-13 70.

Box Elder - Tasha Parisian 6, Gerri Eagleman 3, Helen Russette 2, Loni LaMere 8, Shaneen Raining Bird 10. Totals: 13 3-8 29.

Three-point goals - none. Total Fouls - SKY 14, BOX 12. Fouled out - none.

Turner 51, Hays-Lodge Pole 39

Hays-Lodge Pole 9 18 10 2 - 39

Turner 10 16 9 16 - 51

Hays-Lodge Pole - Vanessa Webb 9, Sheena Shambo 6, Colette Hawley 17, Clarissa Cochran 3, K.K. Kirkaldie 4.

Turner - Britney Jones 5, Ashley Van Voast 13, Cheryl Cowan 25, Kelsey Klindworth 4, Cassie Cornell 4.

Three-point goals - Webb 2, Shambo 2, Cochran 1, Jones 1. Total Fouls - HLP 19, TUR 16. Fouled out - Hawley, Klindworth.

SATURDAY

Harlem 57, Rocky Boy 40

Rocky Boy 14 4 10 12 - 40

Harlem 16 21 10 8 - 57

Rocky Boy - Rebekah Jarvey 2, Allie Sunchild 2, Leiloni Belcourt 6, Ronni LaMere 2, Tori Belcourt 5, Shoshauna Saddler 1, Deidra Sunchild 6, Chelsey St. Pierre 10, Marty Stiffarm 6.

Harlem - Olivia Main 24, Alicia Shields 4, Carly Haluszka 2, Danielle Dirden 6, Kayla Horns 8, Star Carrywater 4, Coda Cochran 4, Leandra Thomas 5.

Three-point goals D. Sunchild 2, T. Belcourt 1, Main 1. Total fouls - HAR 13, RB 24. Fouled out - none.

Turner 54, KG 36

Turner 10 19 10 15 - 54

KG 11 6 13 7 - 36

Turner - Britney Jones 9, Celeste Hedegaard 4, Ashley Van Voast 15, Cheryl Cowan 18, Kelsey Klindworth 7. Totals: 22 10-18 54 .

KG - Cady Arifin 10, Mandy Rambo 8, Casie Toner 15, Britta Umbach 2, Janine Jorgenson 1. Totals: 13 6-12 36.

Three-point goals - Toner 3, Arifin 1, . Total Fouls - TUR 19, KG 21. Fouled out - Jones.

Valier 49, J-I 40

J-I 10 8 9 13 - 40

Valier 7 14 14 14 - 49

J-I - Megan Herdina 15, Amanda Miller 5, Katie Bangs 4, Mandi Moss 4, Hannah Pimley 12. Totals: 14 10-26 40 .

Valier - Cayla DeBoo 7, Brandy Aherns 5, Aisha Snyder 1, Heidi Crawford 17, Emily Johnson 13, McKayla Tatsey 4, Ashley Breding 2. Totals: 20 9-14 49.

Three-point-goals - Herdina 2. Total Fouls - J-I 17, VAL 15. Fouled out - Miller, Crawford, Johnson.

Chester 48, Blue Sky 40

Chester 10 11 10 17 - 48

Blue Sky 12 8 7 13 - 40

Chester - Amanda Violett 4, Shawnee Norick 9, Alisha Fossen 2, Mary DeVries 18, Courtney Fraser 6, Keyla Wendland 6, JoAnna LaSorte 2. Totals: 18 10-19 48.

Blue Sky - Holly Haas 10, Kaila Warren 7, Lindsay Anderson 5, Brianne Horinek 7, Robyn Schnitzmeier 7, Ashley Gatzemeier 4. Totals: 17 4-10 10.

Three-point goals - Haas 1, Warren 1, Wendland 2. Total Fouls - SKY 18, CHE 11. Fouled out - Anderson.

Big Sandy 49, Hays-Lodge Pole 48

Big Sandy 7 9 13 20 - 49

Hays-Lodge Pole 12 6 15 15 - 48

Big Sandy - Ashley Goodian 25, Sarah Yirsa 2, Brittany Marx 4, Sandy Zeiger 4, Naomi Williams 8, Francine Egge 6. Totals: 18 10-16 49.

Hays-Lodge Pole - Melinda Werk 5, Sheena Shambo 11, Colette Hawley 17, Clarissa Cochran 1, K.K. Kirkaldie 1, Vanessa Webb 11, Heather Doney 2. Totals: 18 7-16 48 .

Monday

Belt 55, Box Elder 23

Box Elder 4 8 3 8 - 23

Belt 22 10 15 8 - 55

Box Elder - Shaneen Raining Bird 6, Loni LaMere 5, Ashley Parisian 6, Tasha Parisian 4, Sharlene Yellowtail 2. Totals: 10 3-7 23.

Belt - Kelsey Baumgardner 15, Cassie Gondeiro 13, Alice Wichman 7, Jesse Hansen 6, Jessica Golden 5, Carly Raska 4, Megan Wichman 2. Totals: 22 10-18 55.

Three-point goals - Gondeiro. Total Fouls - BOX 13, BELT 13. Fouled out - Gondeiro.