Local cagers compete at Lights Team Camp

The high school basketball summer circuit is a voluntary thing for all high school boys and girls players. But its also become a hotbed for games and teams looking to improve.

This past weekend, Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse hosted the Lights team camp which ran Friday and Saturday and featured local teams like Havre, Chinook and Rocky Boy.

Also in attendance was Malta, which wound up capturing the team title, as well as two teams from Medicine Hat, Alberta and a second team from Havre.

Friday featured round-robin play, as well as Saturday morning.

Rocky Boy, the defending Class B state champions. And Malta went unbeaten in pool play. On Saturday afternoon, the schools squared off in a bracketed competition with Malta coming out on top. There was also a situational tournament on Friday night, in which teams competed against each other in things like out-ofbounds plays, last-second shots and other basketball drills.