We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Harlem Freshman L'Tia Lawrence scores a lay-up in the season opener Thursday afternoon. Lawrence got her high school career off to a fast start this past weekend at the Native American Classic in Havre. In the season opener she tossed in a game high 28 points in a 67-42 win and Saturday morning she added a 26 point effort in 63-27 win over Kainai to help the Wildcats get off to a fast 2-0 start.
Chinook junior Sierra Swank beats the defense to basket for two of her 13 points in the win over the Power Prates Saturday afternoon. Chinook is also off to a 2-0 start on the season.
Hays/Lodge Pole freshman Mulleeah Stiffarm scores two of her team high 20 points Friday afternoon as she helped the Thunderbirds pick their first win of the season a 60-48 victory over the Heart Butte Warriors.
Harlem freshman Kailee Henry scores a third quarter layup Thursday afternoon against the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds at the Native American Classic. Harlem won the contest 67-42 and are off to a 2-0 start this season.
Chinook senior Taylor Neibauer sinks one of her four three point buckets in Saturdays 54-26 win over the Power Pirates to start the season 2-0. Neibauer finished with a game high 15 points in the contest.
The girls basketball season is in full swing now as the first full weekend of action was completed and a pair of Blaine County Team stand with undefeated 2-0 records
The Chinook Sugarbeeters picked up a pair of wins over the weekend first defeating the valier Panthers 37-19 Thursday afternoon and then topping the Power Pirates 52 - 26 on Saturday.
Harlem Lady Cats were equally as impressive in picking up 67-42 win over the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds on Thursday and adding a 63-27 win over the Kainai Warriors Saturday morning to improve to 2-0 themselves.
The Thunderbirds bounced back from the opener on Friday, picking up their first win of the season a 60-48 decision over the Heart Butte Warriors.
There were several standout performances over the weekend most notably the play of Harlem freshman L'Tia Lawrence for the Harlem Lady Cats.
In the win over the Thunderbirds Lawrence scored a game-high 28 points and helped the team run a highly effective offense and a pressure defense that kept momentum fully on Harlem's side.
Harlem opened up at 28-13 advantage after eight minutes of action and extended the lead to 39-19 before securing the 25-point win.
Sophomore Skylee Dirden added seven markers for Harlem while senior Kiarra Shambo's 10 points led the Thunderbirds.
Saturday morning the Wildcats started fast again racing out to a 38-15 lead at the intermission and coasting to a 63-27 victory in defeating the Kainai Warriors.
Once again Lawrence led the team in scoring with 26 points giving her 54 for the weekend. Dirden added 15 and freshman Kailee Henry eight in the win.
The 2-0 start is the first in sometime for the Harlem girls who are a very young team with three freshman and two sophomores playing heavy minutes.
The Chinook Sugarbeeters were in Chester at the Annual Tip-Off tournament and began play Thursday afternoon with a contest against the Valier Panthers.
In a low scoring affair Chinook led 16 - 6 at the break before posting a 37-19 win to begin the season in a positive manner.
Senior Taylor Neibauer led the scoring effort with 12 points while junior Sierra Swank and junior Carrie Hofer each added eight for the Sugarbeeters.
Saturday the girls were back in Chester with a contest against the Power Pirates. Chinook wasted little time in establishing their dominance as they scored often and early taking a 27-14 halftime lead before pushing the advantage to more than 20 points and securing a 54-26 win for a 2-0 start to the season.
Neibauer again paced the 'Beeters in scoring with 15 points, included four bombs from three-point land. Swank added 13 markers in the win and Hofer contributed seven. Sophomore Kourtney Hanson added six for the sugarbeeters.
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds picked up their first win of the season Friday afternoon over the Heart Butte Warriors of the District 10C
The Thunderbirds trailed by two after eight minutes of action before storming to a 29-23 halftime advantage. They would give three points back in the third quarter but a 20-11 advantage in the fourth propelled them to a 60-48 win to even their record at 1-1.
Freshman Mulleeah Stiffarm led the team in scoring with 20 points. Sophomore RayLeia Kirkaldie add 16 points to the Thunderbird attack and senior Kiara Shambo added eight in the win.
The Thunderbirds will visit the Chinook Sugarbeeters Friday night as District 9C play gets underway. Saturday Chinook will be in Big Sandy to face the Pioneers. Hays/Lodge Pole will be in Chester to take on the Hawks.
Harlem Will head to Malta Friday to take on the powerful M-ettes as District 2B play gets underway. The girls will return home Saturday for a contest against Rocky Boy.
