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Harlem's L'Tia Lawrence shoots during the Hi-Line Invitational girls championship game Saturday inside the Armory Gymnasium. Lawrence led the Class B squad to the HIT title and was named Girls MVP.
Havre's Sadie Filius competes in the HIT 3-point contest Saturday at the Armory Gymnasium.
Harlem's Skylee Dirden shoots during the HIT 3-point contest.
Havre's Kyndall Keller shoots during the HIT.
Box Elder's Lilly Gopher handles the ball during the HIT girls championship game.
The Hi-Line Invitational Tournament is about identifying some of the top high school basketball players in the state of Montana and this past weekend in Havre, it certainly did that.
The three-day tournament, which started last Thursday, was played for the 33rd time and for the 12th time, Montana State University-Northern hosted the HIT inside the Armory Gymnasium.
Over the years, the tournament with All-Star teams from each classification has been dominated, especially in the girls competition, by the Class B team and after winning three of four games, the Class B team again took home the team title after knocking off Class C in the title game Saturday 96-75.
Imani Bighorn of Class B state champion Wolf Point scored 21 points to lead all scorers. Kyle Olson had 12 and L'Tia Lawrence of Harlem, who was named Tournament MVP, finished with 12. The Class C girls got 16 from Sidney Dethman and 12 from Lilly Gopher, who was representing the two-time state champion Box Elder Bears.
Class C eventually made it to the championship game, but it lost the first game of the tournament to Class A Thursday 90-70. Kyndall Keller of Havre, who wound up being the scoring champion, scored 27 points in the win. Class A also got 23 from Mya Hansen. Alyssa Vandenburg led Class C with 18.
The Class A girls also got a win Friday 69-58 over Class AA as Keller scored 14, Hansen had 14 and Olivia Moten-Schell added 11. TyRee Manuel had 12 points for Class AA, which also got 11 from Maddie Albrecht and 10 from Willa Albrecht.
While Class A was 2-0, it ended up being part of a three-team tiebreaker with Class B and Class C and a 93-64 loss Friday to Class B ended up costing Class A the chance to play for the team championship. Lawrence was outstanding in the win, scoring 21 points. Alison Harris also added 11. Keller had 17 for Class A, which also got a strong effort of 11 from Moten-Schell and Kadia Miller of Havre.
The Class C girls rallied from their loss and knocked off Class B 76-75 Friday. Sidney and Mackenzie Dethman each had 19 and 16 points respectively. Danielle Zahn had 17 for Class B. Class C also clinched its spot in the title game with an 84-75 win over Class AA. Syndey Brown and Mackenzie Dethman led the way with 15, while Brynn Jolma added 11 and Gopher had 10. TyRee Manuel paced AA with 15 along with Maddie Albrecht.
Class B needed a win Saturday morning to find its way into the title game and it got it, knocking off Class AA 91-85. Olson finished with 21 and Bighorn had 18 to go along with 14 from Lawrence. Willa Albrecht had 16 and Maddie Albrecht had 12 in the loss.
Class AA would finish the tournament strong, though, knocking off Class A 76-70 for third place. TyRee Manuel had 16 and TyRaa Manuel had 14 to lead the way. Keller scored 16 in a losing effort. Karson Murphy contributed with 14, Hansen had 13 and Filius pitched in with 12.
In addition to winning MVP, Lawrence also won the 3-point shooting competition. Olson was the assist leader, Maddie Albrecht was the steals leader, Bighorn was the rebounding champion, the Miss Hustle award went to Kortney Nelson of Scobey and the Miss Defense award went to Filius of Havre.
The All-Tournament team also featured Willie Albrecht, Maddie Albrecht, Keller, Hansen, Moten-Schell, Lawrence, Olson, Zahn, Sidney Dethman, McKenzie Dethman and Imani Bighorn.
HIT
Thursday
Class A 90, Class C 70
Class A leaders - Kyndall Keller 27, Mya Hansen 23, Karson Murphy 15, Olivia Moten-Schell 10.
Class C leaders - Alyssa Vandenburg 18, Sidney Dethman 12, Sydney Brown 10.
Friday
Class A girls 69, Class AA girls 58
Class AA - TyRee Manuel 12, Maddie Albrecht 11, Willa Albrecht 10
Class A - Kyndall Keller 14, Mya Hansen 12, Olivia Moten-Schell 11.
Class B girls 93, Class A girls 64
Class B - L'Tia Lawrence 21, Alison Harris 18, Lindsey Hein 14, Danielle Zahn 10.
Class A girls - Kyndall Keller 17, Olivia Moten-Schell 11, Kadia Miller 11.
Class C girls 76, Class B girls 75
Class C - Sidney Dethman 19, Mackenzie Dethman 16, Sydney Brown 12
Class B - Danielle Zahn 17, Kyle Olson 16.
Class C girls 84, Class AA girls 75
Class C - Sydney Brown 15, Mackenzie Dethman 15, Brynn Jolma 11, Lilly Gopher 10.
Class AA - TyRee Manuel 15, Maddie Albrecht 15, Willa Albrecht 11
Saturday
Class B 91, Class AA 85
Class B - Kyle Olson 21, Imani Bighorn 18, L'Tia Lawrence 14, Lindsey Hein 10, Sam Clevenger 10.
Class AA - Willa Albrecht 16, Maddie Albrecht 12, Skylee Dirden 11, Makenna Liles 10.
Consolation
Class AA 76, Class A 70
Class AA - TyRee Manuel 16, TyRaa Manuel 14, Shayla Montague 10, Willa Albrecht 10.
Class A - Kyndall Keller 16, Karson Murphy 14, Mya Hansen 13, Sadie Filius 12.
Championship
Class B 96, Class C 75
Class B - Imani Bighorn 21, Kyle Olson 16, Danilelle Zahn 15, L'Tia Lawrence 12.
Class C - Sidney Dethman 16, Lilly Gopher 12, Kortney Nelson 9, Alyssa Vandenburg 9, Morgan Cooper 9.
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