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Chinook's Carrie Hofer, drives the ball during last Friday night's game in Chinook.
Hays-Lodge Pole's Mulleah Stiffarm, drives to the basket during a District 9C game at Chinook last Friday. The Thunderbirds knocked off the powerhouse Sugarbeeters 46-41.
In just its second week of the season, girls high school basketball along the Hi-Line took a back seat to the first big winter blast of the year.
Cancellations around the area over the weekend meant more games weren't played than were this weekend. Still, a few teams managed to get games in.
Friday night, a big upset took place in Chinook as the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds rallied to beat the Chinook Sugarbeeters 46-41 in Chinook. Behind a big game from Rayleigh Kirkaldie, the T-Birds won on Chinook's home floor for the first time in more than a decade.
Another District 9C game that managed to get played Friday was in Big Sandy, where the visiting Fort Benton Longhorns thumped the Pioneers 71-28. Fort Benton jumped out to a 17-4 lead and was never threatened in the contest.
Coya Nack had a huge game for the Longhorns, scoring 27 points to go with 15 rebounds. Alia Evans added 16 for Fort Benton. Jenna Leader paced the Pioneers with eight points.
Fort Benton was perfect on the weekend. Saturday night, the Longhorns were back at home, hosting the Turner Tornadoes, and, thanks to a 19-8 run in the first quarter, the Longhorns won going away, 60-27.
Leah Gannon led all scorers with 23 points, but the Longhorns also got another double-double from Nack, who scored 18 points and pulled down 11 boards. Raegan Conlan led the Tornadoes with eight points.
In another 9C showdown Saturday night, the North Star Knights were no match for the Box Elder Bears. North Star trailed by just six points after the first quarter, but over the next 16 minutes, Box Elder outscored the Knights 42-8 in what was a 71-28 win.
Joelnell Momberg scored 15 points, while Kiya Morsette and Maddie Wolf Chief each scored 10 for Box Elder. Chelsea Donaldson led the Knights with 10 points.
Also Saturday, Chinook rebounded from its loss to HLP with a 44-18 win in Big Sandy. The Beeters outscored the Pioneers 22-7 in the first half and never looked back.
Sierra Swank and Brooke Elliot combined to score 21 points for the Beeters, while Jaylyn Cline had five points for the Pioneers.
There were many 9C cancellations over the weekend, while Rocky Boy and Harlem also had their games postponed. All games will be made up at later dates.
Editor's Note: Due to the upcoming Christmas Break, the next Hi-Line Roundup will appear in this Friday's Havre Daily News. The roundup will then return to Tuesday's starting on Jan. 10.
Friday
Fort Benton 71, Big Sandy 28
FB17 24 15 15 – 71
BS4 7 12 5 – 28
Fort Benton – K. Bird 3, E. Arnst 2, M. Thompson 7, L. Green 4, J. Viellieux 4, C. Nack 27, A. Evans 16, L. Cannon 8. Totals: 30 9-20.
Big Sandy – J. Leader 8, A. Rutledge 2, C. DeMontiney 3, J. Cline 5, C. Bailey 8, A. Swenson 2. Totals: 11 3-8.
Fouls – Fort Benton 16, Big Sandy 17. Fouled out: none. 3-pointers: DeMontiney, Bailey 2, Thompson, Cannon.
Hays-Lodge Pole 46, Chinook 41
Saturday
Fort Benton 60, Turner 27
Turner 8 7 6 6 – 27
Ft. Benton 19 12 14 15 – 60
Turner – Raegan Conlan 9, Ella Billmayer 5, Sarah Billmayer 4, Rylee Conlan 2, Melanie Watkins 3, Rennay Watkins 4. Totals: 12 3-9.
Fort Benton – Kaitlyn Bird 3, Emma Arnst 4, Madison Thompson 5, Coya Nack 18, Alia Evans 5, Sahara Scott 2, Leah Gannon 23. Totals: 24 5-11.
3-pointers – Ra. Conlan, Bird, Thompson, Evans, Gannon 4.
Box Elder 71, North Star 28
Box Elder 19 21 21 10 – 71
North Star 13 3 5 7 – 28
Box Elder – Kiya Morsette 10, Nikayla Anderson 5, Minnie The Boy 8, Maddie Wolf Chief 10, Lillian Gopher 9, Aysia LaMere 4, Tia Russell 4, Joelnell Momberg 15, Tai Russell 2, Brittany Lafromboise 2. Totals: 27 12-25.
North Star – Katelyn Hansen 5, Hali Kapperud 1, Paij Peterson 2, Mystic Farinas 2, Katelin Harvey 2, Sheridan Spicher 2, Chelsea Donaldson 10, Peytan King 4. Totals: 11 6-12.
3-pointers – Anderson, M. The Boy 2, Wolf Chief, Momberg.
Chinook 44, Big Sandy 18
Chinook 11 11 10 12 – 44
Big Sandy 3 4 7 4 – 18
Chinook – Sierra Swank 11, Megan Molyneux 2, Carrie Hofer 4, Kourtney Hanson 1, Taylor Neibauer 3, Rochelle Chaffin 4, Erin Pula 5, Brooke Elliot 10, Rachel Gunderson 2. Totals: 15 8-22.
Big Sandy – J. Leader 4, A. Rutledge 2, G. Finke 1, J. Roth 2, C. DeMontiney 4, J. Cline 5. Totals: 3 7-27.
3-pointer – Leader.
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