19 March 2026

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Lustre Comes Away With Second Place From State Tournament

Lustre Comes Away With Second Place From State Tournament


The Lustre Lions’ basketball team enjoyed a dreamlike season including earning the Eastern C divisional championship and placing second at the Class C state tournament, the best result in school history. The Lions couldn’t come up with enough firepower and lost to a talented Scobey team, 56-41, for the title in Missoula on Saturday, March 14. Lustre trailed by as many as four points

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Snapshots

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~ ~ 25 Years Ago ~ ~ March 22, 2001 Lourena Arion Celebrated Her 93rd Birthday Lourena Arion of the Scobey Nursing Home celebrated her 93rd birthday on Sunday. Her daughter, Ila Mae Forbregd, provided cupcakes and grandson, Bob Sain, provided the ice cream for a special party. Among those in attendance from Culbertson was Ila Mae; Ken Forbregd; Sheri Gossage and son, Devin; Valerie

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Lions Beat Manhattan Christian In Semi-final Round

Lions Beat Manhattan Christian In Semi-final Round


After a battle in the first half, the Lustre Lions emerged to earn a 53-34 semiround victory over Manhattan Christian at the Class C state boys’ basketball tournament in Missoula. The Lions led by only a 23-20 half-time margin, but came out strong in the third quarter with the first eight points. A three-pointer by Cam Reddig, a drive Prestyn Klatt and a steal and drive by Johnslee Pierre

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Miller Oil

Miller Oil


~ ~ Bicentennial Features ~ ~ Posse, 1906 Bill Donohue, Frank McCormick, Ole Sands, Jim Swindle, Jack Evans, Charlie Evans, John Simpson, Bill Jarvis, Army Armstrong. This week’s Searchlight Snapshots is sponsored by

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Lustre Opens With 66-52 Win Over Hawks

Lustre Opens With 66-52 Win Over Hawks


Lustre Christian led from the start to beat Chester-Joplin- Inverness, 66-52, in the first round of the Class C state basketball tournament in Missoula on Wednesday, March 11. The scoring of Joel Reddig and Cam Reddig led the Lions to a 20-11 advantage in the opening quarter. Lustre stayed hot in the second period as a three-pointer by Chris Traeholt, a drive by Klatt, a basket by Cam Reddig

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Area Gymnasts Place At Jamestown, Billings Meets

Area Gymnasts Place At Jamestown, Billings Meets


Eastern Montana Gymnastics attended the Winter Escape meet in Jamestown, N.D., on Feb. 21-22. EMG’s platinum team brought home the first-place award out of three teams. All-around champions were Serenity O’Dea (silver) and Ava Hove (platinum), with Ila Lehner (platinum) and Lina Smith (platinum) ending in second place in the allaround. Event winners were River Darby (silver) on balance

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Doesn’t Hurt One Bit

Doesn’t Hurt One Bit


Jim Carlisle of Culbertson is faithful about donating a unit of blood when the service is in town and March 15 was no different as a Red Cross worker prepared him for his donation.

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