After finishing sixth in the regular-season standings, the Poplar Indians earned third place at the District 2B boys’ basketball tournament during the weekend. The Indians knocked off Harlem, 40-37, in the thirdplace game on Saturday afternoon. After trailing 17-15 at the half, the Indians were still behind early in the third quarter until Blake Lambert connected on a three-pointer for

Poplar’s girls’ basketball squad put together a strong second half and defeated Harlem, 60-57, in the thirdplace game of the District 2B tournament in Glasgow on Saturday. The Indians trailed by a 27-20 half-time score and by a 33-24 margin midway into the third quarter. Using full-court defensive pressure, the Indians struck for the final 10 points of the period. After a drive for a basket

The championship game of the District 3C boys’ basketball tournament was a good one as Scobey fought off Lustre Christian by a 47-43 margin on Saturday night. The undefeated Spartans entered the fourth quarter with a 33-25, but Lustre didn’t back down in the final period. A steal and drive by Clay Reddig and a short jumper by Cam Reddig closed the margin to 33-29 to open the fourth

In a semi-final round game that went down to the wire, Lustre’s boys’ basketball edged Circle, 52-51, at the District 3C tournament in Wolf Point on Thursday. The Lions trailed by a 26-23 half-time margin, but a basket by Byron Ewing tied the game two minutes into the third quarter. Circle reeled off the next eight points on a three-pointer by Owen Beery, a drive by Duke Williamson and

Lustre’s girls’ basketball team lost to Circle by a 61-6 final during loser-out play at the District 3C tournament held in Wolf Point. The Wildcats jumped out to a 26-4 lead in the first quarter and held a 39-6 half-time advantage. Circle led with a 53-6 advantage at the end of the third quarter. Scoring for the Lions were Lauryn Holzrichter with four and Sidney Klatt with two points.