Chinook girls capture surprise 9C title

Coming into the 2011 District 9C girls basketball tournament, there was no bigger favorite then the Box Elder Bears. After all, the Bears were the defending 9C champions and they brought a sparkling 17-1 record to Havre.

However, somebody forgot to tell the Chinook Sugarbeeters about the Bears' 9C coronation.

On Saturday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the upstart Beeters, led by legendary head coach Charlie Robinson, stunned the Bears and the rest of the 9C by winning the district championship 47-39. The huge upset was Chinook's first 9C title ever (Chinook dropped to Class C six years ago...