Aspen Giese stars for Montana All-Stars

Before she official;lay becomes a Yellowjackets, Fort Benton’s Aspen Giese had a little more high school basketball to play.

This past weekend, Giese became the latest Hi-Line prep star to play for the Montana Team in the annual Montana-Wyoming All-Star Series.

Last Friday night, Giese scored 15 points to help the Montana squad beat Wyoming 55-52 in a narrow contest in Sheridan, Wyoming. One night later, the event shifted to Lockwood High School in Billings, where the Montana girls rolled to a 71-39 win. In that game, Giese scored six points for the Montana Team, as they swept Wyoming once again.

Gives recently led Fort Benton to their first-ever Class C state championship in girls basketball, which was also at Lockwood back in March. She was a three-time Class C All-State selectyionb and a four-time District 9C All-Conference performer. Giese was also a stanmdoput in volleyball and track and field for the Longhorns. She signed with Montana State-Billings for hoops last year.

The Montana-Wyoming Series also saw the Montana boys sweep, with a 110-71 win Saturday night in Billings, and a 100-104 victory Friday night in Sheridan.

Saturday

at Lockwood

Girls

Montana 71, Wyoming 39

Wyoming 9  2  6  22  — 39 

Montana 18  10  31  12  — 71 

Wyoming: Cheyenna Alvarado 2, Joslin Igo 5, Gabby Drube 5, Sydney Solem 3, Kam Townsend 8, Angela Astorga 2, Emma Jacobson 3, Ally Fertig 11.

Montana: Gracee Lekvold 13, Aspen Giese 6, Hailee Brandon 10, Isabelle Erickson 12, Macy Mayer 8, Emma Anderson 2, Lindsey Hein 14, Alison Harris 6.

Boys

Montana 110, Wyoming 71

Wyoming 9  18  16  28  — 71 

Montana 31  27  18  34  — 110 

Wyoming: Dalton Peterson 5, Jefferson Neary 5, Luke Hladky 7, Mason Marchant 4, Sam Lecholat 7, Bryan St. Clair 16, Rudy Sanford 13, Mack Page 12, Jared Lucas 2.

Montana: Levi Torgerson 10, Aiden Fishell 2, Malachi Stewart 19, Ky Kouba 23, Camron Ketchum 2, Alex Germer 19, Tony Frohlich-Fair 18, Drew Wyman 9, Noah Bouchard 8.