Basketball fans say it’s tough to beat a team three times in a season. Wolf Point’s boys’ basketball squad attempted to defeat Malta for the fourth time this season in the Northern B divisional title contest on Saturday, March 4. Despite gaining a lead in the first half, the Wolves fell to Malta by a 61-57 final. Wolf Point held a 30-25 half-time margin, but a pair of free throws by

Wolf Point’s Cali Gorder earned top honors at the Montana middle school wrestling championships during the weekend. Gorder opened with a pin in 1:29 against Belgrade’s Quinn Lindsley and then edged Lockwood’s Emma Hernandez, 3-1. Gorder won the title match at 81 pounds over Butte’s Adalie Hazlett on a 7-0 decision. Wolf Point’s Annaleigh Matejovsky earned two victories at 113

The Lustre Lions were behind by a 41-30 margin at the end of the third quarter of the divisional basketball championship game against Fairview on Saturday, March 5, but the Lions were still confident they could come away with their first ever Eastern C title. “I don’t know what it was, but we didn’t have a doubt in our minds,” junior Cayden Klatt said. Two free throws by Klatt with

After a close first half, Lustre’s boys’ basketball squad pulled away in the third quarter to beat Froid/Lake, 44-31, in the semi-final round of the Eastern C divisional tournament on Friday, March 3. Ahead by a 17-13 half-time margin, the Lions’ man-toman defense held Froid/Lake scoreless for more than five minutes to open the third quarter. A basket by Byron Ewing, a free throw by Jasiah

Lustre’s girls’ basketball season came to a close against MonDak at the Eastern C divisional tournament in Wolf Point on Thursday, March 2. MonDak won the loser-out contest by a 50-33 final. The Thunder gained an 8-5 lead in the first quarter and held a 21-16 half-time advantage. MonDak broke away to increase its advantage to 32-20 during the third quarter as the strong play of Abby

Lustre Christian survived an upset bid from Savage and posted a 48-44 overtime win in the first round of the Eastern C boys’ basketball tournament on Thursday, March 2. Savage, the fourth seed from District 2C, grabbed a 40-38 lead on a three-pointer by Sayer Erickson with only 48 seconds remaining in regulation. A basket off a rebound by Lustre’s Byron Ewing tied the game, 40-40, with

After a close start, the Culbertson Cowgirls cruised to a 49-23 opening-round win over Lustre at the Eastern C divisional tournament on Wednesday, March 1. A 12-footer by Alexa Reddig and a three-pointer by Aubri Holzrichter put the Lions ahead by an 8-7 margin with 3:25 left in the opening quarter, but Culbertson responded with the final eight points of the period for a 15-8 margin. A basket