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Chester-Joplin-Inverness' Kendahl Knapton scored 23 points in a 9C girls loser-out game Thursday morning, helping the Hawks beat Hays-Lodge Pole. Both CJI and Turner won Thursday morning, and both played loser-out games again this morning at the HHS gymnasium. For all the weekend 9C coverage, go to www.havredailynews.com, and see Monday's Hi-Line Sports Roundup.
The Turner Tornadoes and Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks are still alive at the District 9C girls basketball tournament.
Thursday morning, CJI bounced back from an opening-round loss to North Star with a 67-50 win over Hays-Lodge Pole inside the Havre High School gymnasium.
CJI, which advanced to face Chinook in another loser-out game this morning, broke open a close first quarter with a 24-point second quarter. The Thunderbirds, who were eliminated with the loss to the Hawks, rallied for 20 points in the fourth stanza, but it wasn’t enough.
CJI (6-14) got a huge 23 points and three 3-pointers from Kendahl Knapton. In all, the Hawks hit nine triples, with Korrin Harmon scoring 14 points, while Khloe Kamerzell and Payton Hawks each scored 12. HLP got a game-high 24 points by Rayleigh Kirkaldie, who buried three shots from downtown.
The winner of the CJI/Chinook game moves on to play in tonight’s consolation game at 7.
Meanwhile, Turner, which lost a heartbreaker to Chinook in the opening round, had little trouble with Big Sandy in a loser-out game Thursday morning. The Tornadoes beat the Pioneers 45-28 to move on and face North Star in a loser-out game this morning. The winner of that game will face either CJI or Chinook in the consolation game tonight, with a berth in the Northern C on the line.
Turner led the Pioneers just 14-10 at halftime, but a 17-6 third-quarter run vaulted the Tornadoes into the next round. Rylee Conlan led Turner with 16 points, while Ella Billmayer scored 12. Big Sandy, which was eliminated with the loss, got a team-high nine points by Jessica Roth.
Turner 45, Big Sandy 28, lo
Turner 7 7 17 14 - 45
Big Sandy 4 6 6 12 - 28
Turner: Raegan Conlan 3, Ella Billmayer 12, Rylee Conlan 16, Melanie Watkins 3, Brandy Calvert 2, Rennay Watkins 4, Shyan Krass 5. Totals: 17 8-16.
Big Sandy: Jenna Leader 5, Andrea Rutledge 2, Jessica Roth 9, Cally Demontiney 2, Jaylyn Cline 4, Caitlin Bailey 3, Sophie Reichelt 2, Alex Richter 1. Totals: 9 7-25.
3-pointers: Rylee Conlan 2, M. Watkins, Leader, Roth, Bailey.
CJI 67, Hays-Lodge Pole 40, lo
Hays-Lodge Pole 10 12 8 20 - 50
CJI 14 24 12 17 - 67
Hays-Lodge Pole: Kiara Shambo 6, Latasha Kirkaldie 4, Rayleigh Kirkaldie 24, Muilleah Stiffarm 14, Tahlia Werk 2. Totals: 20 5-8.
CJI: Kendahl Knapton 23, Korrin Harmon 14, Kayona Fraser 5, Abby Fraser 1, Khloe Kammerzell 12, Payton Hawks 12. Totals: 23 12-23.
3-pointers: R. Kirkaldie 3, Stiffarm 2, Knapton 3, Harmon 2, Kammerzell 2, Hawks 2.
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