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Box Elder's Jerrod Four Colors, middle, shoots over two Chinook defenders during a District 9C boys basketball game Saturday night in Box Elder. The Bears' winning streak was stopped by Highwood on Friday night, but they rebounded to beat Chinook.
Chinook senior Lane Seymour, right, lays up a shot during a 9C game against Box Elder Saturday night.
Chinook's Cody McCracken flies in for a layup during Saturday night's game n Box Elder.
Box Elder's Clayton Morsette Jr., shoots over the Chinook defense Saturday night in Chinook.
Box Elder's Quinn Baker, left, hooks a shot during a 9C boys game against Chinook Saturday night in Box Elder.
As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And for the Box Elder Bears, last Friday against Highwood was the time for their 30-game winning streak to finally come to a halt.
The Bears, who came into the weekend 4-0 on the 2014-15 season, were bombarded in the opening quarter on the road against Highwood Friday 22-8. Box Elder actually outscored Highwood the rest of the way but simply could not come back from its slow start to win the game. Highwood went on to secure the 71-58 victory over the Bears thanks in large part to the 25 points scored by Luke Davidson.
Despite the loss, Clayton Morsette Jr. had a stellar performance for the Bears with a game-high 27 points. Jake Jones added 10 and Jerrod Four Colors contributed with eight for Box Elder.
One thing about great teams is that when they face adversity, they overcome it. And one night after seeing their 30-game win streak snapped, Box Elder returned home Saturday to take on Chinook. And the Bears put a pounding on the Beeters, humbling their District 9C rival by the score of 88-50.
At the start, it looked like Chinook was going to give the Bears all they could handle. The Beeters built a 15-13 lead by the end of the first quarter thanks to 13 points in the opening stanza from Zach Schellin. Yet, when the second quarter rolled around, the Bears flipped the switch. Bodis Duran came off the bench to score 11 points and Box Elder outscored Chinook 25-6 in the quarter to take a 38-21 lead into halftime.
In the third quarter, Duran continued his hot streak. First, he nailed a 3-pointer, then scored a layup to help the Bears open the second half on a 8-0 run to take a 47-21 lead. By game’s end, Duran would finish with 21 points, all of them coming in the final three quarters. Box Elder used the 38-point victory to improve to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in district play. With the loss, Chinook fell to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the 9C.
In other action along the Hi-Line Friday, the Rocky Boy Stars traveled to Fairfield and earned an impressive 59-45 victory in District 1B play. The Stars fell behind 13-11 at the end of the first quarter and at the half found themselves tied with the Eagles at 22-22.
However, behind the play of Junior Day Child and Skyler Parisian, the Stars outscored the Eagles 21-8 in the third quarter to open up a double digit lead. From there, Rocky Boy held on for the 14-point win.
Day Child scored a game-high 17 points to pace the Stars, while Parisian contributed with 14. Rocky Boy has now won three straight games to improve to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the 1B.
Elsewhere in the 9C Friday night, the Turner Tornadoes played host to Dodson in non-conference play and rolled to a 59-25 victory, their second of the season. The Tornadoes, who got a game-high 17 points from Brett Van Valkenberg and outscored Dodson 21-4 in the first quarter and never looked back en route to the easy win. Tristian Billmayer pitched in with 12 points and Kurt Welsch had 11. With the win Turner is 2-3 overall but remains 0-3 in the district.
Big Sandy, which also resides in the 9C, also played a non-conference game Friday as the Pioneers paid a visit to Denton-Geyser-Stanford. However, it was apparent from the beginning that DGS was superior to the Pioneers, outscoring them 32-1 in the first quarter. DGS would go on to defeat Big Sandy by a final of 73-27. Kyle Strutz was the lone bright spot in the loss with 14 points for the Pioneers, who are now 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the 9C.
Saturday, the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds continued their impressive start to the season with a 60-42 home win over the North Star Knights in a 9C showdown.
The T-Birds, who remained just one of three unbeaten teams in 9C play, got an outstanding 29-point effort from Sterling White Cow to lead them to victory. Frank Runs Above also continued to play well for HLP with 14 points and Tyson Shambo added nine.
The Knights, who trailed just 28-25 at halftime, surrendered 20 points to HLP in the third quarter, and North Star simply couldn’t keep up on the offensive end. When it was all said and done, HLP scored 32 points in the second half, compared to just 17 for North Star.
Payton Peterson was the top scorer in the loss for North Star with 12 points. Willy Gilead added 10. The Knights fell to 2-4 overall with the loss and 1-3 in the 9C. HLP, on the other hand, improved to 6-0 overall and 4-0 within the district.
The only other 9C team playing last Saturday was Fort Benton/Geraldine, which played host to Class B foe Conrad in a non-conference tilt. Unfortunately for Fort Benton/Geraldine, it was all about the Cowboys from start to finish. Conrad opened up a big lead early on and rode that to the 63-14 win. Fort Benton/Geraldine fell to 3-3 on the season with loss but remains 3-0 in the 9C.
Friday
Rocky Boy 59, Fairfield 45
RB 11 11 21 16 – 59
FF 13 9 8 15 – 45
Rocky Boy – Bubby Gopher 2 0-0 5, Isiah Murie 1 0-0 2, Levi Olson 2 0-1 4, Skylar Parisian 4 4-7 14, Junior Day Child 7 1-4 16, Shadow Laforge 3 0-0 6, Jarrell Gopher 1 0-0 3, Culon Shane 0 0-0 0, Kordell Small 0 0-0 0, Cecil LaFromboise 4 1-4 9. Totals 24 6-11 59.
Fairfield – CJ McWilliams 4 0-0 11, Dru Oveson 0 2-2 4, Tanner Mayer 2 1-1 5, Dalton Palmer 2 0-0 4, Chandler Allen 0 0-0 0, Cantor Coverdell 1 2-4 4, Trevor Schenk 3 2-2 10, Joel Beck 2 3-8 7. Totals 14 10-17 45.
3-point goals-Rocky Boy 5 (B. Gopher, Parisian 2, Day Child, J. Gopher), Fairfield 5 (McWilliams 3, Schenk 2). Total fouls-Rocky Boy 18, Fairfield 15. Technical fouls-none.
Denton-Geyser-Stanford 73, Big Sandy 27
Big Sandy 1 11 6 9 -- 27
DGS 32 20 6 15 – 73
Big Sandy: L. Edwards - 4, J. Belcourt - 2, Geno Menard - 4, Kyle Strutz - 14, Laurence Alderdice - 3. 11 3-6.
DGS: Bart Vaskey - 7, Conner Bokma - 16, Rhet Woodhall - 9, Kade Woodhall - 4, Kordell Carpenter - 4, Austin Morris - 4, Tyler Lee - 8, Kendall Carpenter - 10, Kash Perry - 9, Tom Grubb - 2. 31 8-9.
Total Fouls: Big Sandy - 9 DGS – 7. 3 PT FG: Strutz (2), Lee (2), Vaskey
Turner 59, Dodson 25
Dodson 4 9 0 12 -- 25
Turner 21 8 14 16 – 59
Dodson – Lane Walling 3, Tyrel Messerly 3, Gavin Fox 3, David Jaynes 6, Steven Eureaux 6, Jasper Doney 4. Totals: 9 4-10.
Turner – Kurt Welsh 11, C. Krass 2, T. Humphreys 2, Tristian Billmayer 12, Brett Van Valkenberg 17, Lucas Reed 8, T. Heilig 7. Totals: 23 11-21.
Three pointers – Walling 1, Fox 1, Eureaux 1, Billmayer 1, Van Valkenberg 1. Total fouls – Dodson 17, Turner 9. Fouled out – Fox, Eureaux
Highwood 71, Box Elder 58
Box Elder 8 18 16 16 – 58
Highwood 22 21 14 14 – 71
Box Elder – Brandon The Boy 6, Tanner Parisian 3, Clayton Morsette Jr. 27, Jake Jones 10, Jerrod Four Colors 8, Quinn Baker 4. Totals: 25 4-4.
Highwood – Luke Davison 25, Jake Malek 4, Darren Malek 12, Jordan LaFontaine 16, Logan Ferda 14. Totals: 26 15-17.
Total fouls – BE 15, HW 10. 3-pointer – Parisian, Morsette Jr., Four Colors 2, Davison 2, LaFontaine 2.
Saturday
Hays-Lodge Pole 60, North Star 42
North Star 12 13 7 10 -- 42
Hays-Lodge Pole 12 16 20 12 – 60
North Star- Willy Gilead 10, Gavin Sprinter 3, Jimmy Snow 2, Payton Peterson 12, Devon Miller 4, Keeven Borlong 2, Matthew Helmbrect 7. Totals: 15 8-12.
Hays-Lodge Pole – Tyson Shambo 9, Dawson Castillo 2, Brian Wing 2, Thane Helgenson 2, Sterling White Cow 29, Frank Runs Above 14, Tough Snow 2. Totals: 28 0-0.
Three pointers – Sprinter 1, Helmbrect 1, T. Shambo 1, Whitelow 3. Total fouls – North Star 3, Hays-Lodge Pole 18. Fouled out – Castillo.
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