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Box Elder's Angela Gopher, right, drives the ball during Tuesday night's District 9C girls tournament game in Box Elder. The Bears defeated the Hays-Lo0dge Pole Thunderbirds to advance to the semifinals. HLP will play a loser-out game tonight in Hays.
Sierra Chandler, left, goes up for a shot during Tuesday night's game in Box Elder. All four top seeds in the 9C girls tourney won on the first night of the event, which runs through Saturday's championship game. For more photos, go to www.havredailynews.com.
Annalise Johnson looks to shoot during Tuesday night's game in Box Elder.
Ella Messerly scoops a shot during Tuesday night's game in Box Elder.
Nashone Shambo handles the ball during Tuesday night's game in Box Elder.
Taleigha Sunchild shoots during Tuesday night's game in Box Elder.
BOX ELDER - Box Elder took it to Hays Lodge-Pole early in their meeting on Tuesday night at The Den in Box Elder.
The Lady Bears put the clamps on the Thunderbirds' offense as they raced out to a 21-0 lead and cruised to a 92-52 win to open up the District 9C Girls Basketball Tournament.
"We came out tough. That's what we want to do, stick to our defense, make them turn the ball over," said Box Elder head coach Jerome Gopher.
On the offensive end, the Bears were led by Angela Gopher with her 37 points. She shot 7-for-12 from the field, with four of those field goals coming from the 3-point line. She also made the Thunderbirds pay for sending her to the free throw line as she went 11-for-13.
Other contributors for the Bears include Mariah Arkinson, Kyla Momberg and Breanna Bacon, who all chipped in 11 points. Ella Messerly led the Thunderbirds with 16 points and Sierra Chandler chipped in 15 points in the losing effort.
The Bears came into the game 8-6 and 7-6 in the conference, making them the No. 4 seed in the 9C Tournament. The Thunderbirds were the No. 5 seed after they went 5-8 and 4-7 in conference play.
With the loss, HLP will host Big Sandy in a loser-out game tonight in Hays. The Lady Bears will advance in the 9C Tournament to face No. 1 seed Fort Benton. Even though the Longhorns are undefeated in conference play, Coach Gopher looks forward to playing them and hopes to bring the same defensive energy his team had against HLP.
"We had one close game with Fort Benton this year and we just wanted to play them again," Jerome Gopher said. "We got to keep up our defensive intensity right from the start of the game and just keep it going."
The Bears will face the Longhorns at the Havre High School Gymnasium on Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Around the 9C
Box Elder will meet Fort Benton Thursday morning thanks to the Longhorns cruising past Big Sandy 68-5 Tuesday night in Fort Benton. Fort Benton outscored Big Sandy 50-0 to start the game, and got 15 points from Aspen Giese, and combined 25 by Hailee and Ashlee Wang.
Big Sandy, got three points from Daisey LaBuda and two points by Eva Wagoner in the loss. The Pioneers travel to HLP tonight for a 9C loser-out game.
On the other side of the bracket, the second-seeded Turner girls blew past the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks Tuesday night in Turner 71-31. The Tornadoes used a 29-2 run in the second quarter to put the Hawks away by halftime. Shyan Krass led a trio of Tornadoes in double digits with 23 points. Dakota Krass scored 16 and Emma Billmayer added 14 as Turner advanced to the semifinals for the fourth straight year.
Meanwhile, CJI, which got 14 points by Molly Nelson and six from Haddie Woods, will meet Chinook in a loser-out game tonight in Chinook.
On the road Tuesday night, the Sugarbeeters lost to third-seeded North Star 71-52 in Rudyard. Jayden Miller and Hallie Neibauer each scored 12 points for the Beeters, while North Star got a huge effort from the duo of Laynie Sattoriva (21 pts) and Jade Wendland (20 pts).
The Knights will now meet Turner in the 9C semifinals Thursday at 1 p.m. in the HHS gymnasium.
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