Friday's Prep Basketball: Havre boys reach Eastern A chipper

Both Havre High basketball teams were in the Eastern A semifinals Friday in Billings against the Billings Central Rams. Unfortunately, only one Havre team will get to play for a championship Saturday night.

The Havre High boys broke open a close game with the Rams Friday afternoon, and went on to win 65-50, pushing the Ponies into the championship game where they'll face Eastern A 3rd seed Hardin at 7 p.m. Havre is also locked into next week's Class A state tourney in Missoula. In the win over Central, Dane Warp scored 30 points for HHS, while Jerod Boles added 15.

That was the first of four semifinals on the day, but in the last, the Havre girls couldn't find a way to do the same. The Ponies lost an overtime crusher to the Rams, 32-30. Havre's defense was tremendous all night, but, the ponies couldn't find the game-tying bucket in the finals seconds of overtime, like they did in the final seconds of regulation. The loss drops Havre into a loser-out game Saturday morning against Miles City, with the winner advancing to the consolation game Saturday night, as well as earning a berth in the state tournament.

Northern C

Meanwhile, at the Northern C in Great Falls Friday, on the boys side, the CJI Hawks saw their dream of getting at least a challenge game come to end in the consolation game at the Four Seasons Arena. CJI lost to Sunurst in 78-66, after beating DGS Friday morning to stay alive.

On the girls side, Chinook bested Valier in a loser-out game Friday morning and will play for a spot in the consolation game Saturday morning against Centerville. Of course, the Box Elder Bears are playing in Saturday night's Northern C championship after dominating Centerville 60-38 in Friday night's semifinal. Box Elder will meet Belt Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. in the girls championship game.

For full coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News.

Friday's Scores

BOYS

Eastern A at Billings (Metra)

Loser Out

Browning 83, Belgrade 64

Laurel 71, Sidney 55

Semifinal

Hardin 68, Miles City 61

Havre 65, Billings Central 50

Eastern C at Wolf Point

Loser Out

Lustre Christian 70, Frazer 51

Richey-Lambert 65, Scobey 57

Northern B at Malta

Loser Out

Malta 69, Glasgow 40

Poplar 69, Harlem 50

Semifinal

Choteau 56, Shelby 44

Northern C at Great Falls

Loser Out

Chester-Joplin-Inverness 54, Stanford-Geyser-Denton 44

Sunburst 72, Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap 54

Consolation

Sunburst 78, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 66

Southern C at Laurel

Loser Out

Jordan 73, Park City 62, OT

Northern Cheyenne 80, Wibaux 70

Semifinal

Reed Point-Rapelje 72, Plenty Coups 51

Western A at Butte

Loser Out

Corvallis 67, Stevensville 57

Whitefish 72, Columbia Falls 52

Semifinal

Dillon 59, Butte Central 29

Hamilton 62, Polson 35

Western B at Kalispell Flathead

Loser Out

Deer Lodge 58, Anaconda 48

Thompson Falls 50, Troy 31

Semifinal

Bigfork 66, Libby 39

Florence 58, Missoula Loyola 41

Western C at Hamilton

Loser Out

Plains 69, Hot Springs 65

Seeley-Swan 55, Shields Valley 50

Semifinal

Arlee 69, Ennis 51

Manhattan Christian 63, Valley Christian 55

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Billings Senior 48, Butte 36

Great Falls Russell 48, Billings Skyview 41, OT

Eastern A at Billings (Metra)

Loser Out

Livingston 57, Laurel 43

Miles City 57, Hardin 51

Semifinal

Browning 53, Lewistown (Fergus) 50

Eastern C at Wolf Point

Loser Out

Mon-Dak 47, Lustre Christian 31

Richey-Lambert 46, Scobey 38

Semifinal

Froid/Medicine Lake 57, North Country 52

Plentywood 56, Circle 50

Northern C at Great Falls

Loser Out

Chinook 66, Valier 29

Roy-Winifred 36, Dutton-Brady 34

Semifinal

Belt 55, Great Falls Central 27

Box Elder 60, Centerville 38

Western A at Butte

Loser Out

Corvallis 37, Whitefish 35

Hamilton 62, Polson 35

Semifinal

Columbia Falls 51, Dillon 45

Western B at Kalispell Flathead

Loser Out

Bigfork 55, Troy 35

Deer Lodge 54, Eureka 48

Semifinal

Missoula Loyola 46, Florence 42

Western C at Hamilton

Loser Out

Ennis 35, Drummond 34

Twin Bridges 52, White Sulphur Springs 33

Semifinal

Arlee 42, Seeley-Swan 29

Plains 49, Manhattan Christian 40