Lustre Christian’s girls’ basketball squad captured thirdplace honors at the District 3C tournament with a 44-42 overtime win over Circle on Saturday, Feb. 17. The Lions were behind by a 25-21 half-time margin and trailed 32-27 late in the third quarter until Alexa Reddig tallied four straight points to cut the gap to 32-31. Reddig hit a 14-footer to put the Lions ahead 33-32 midway into

The Lustre Christian Lions repeated as the District 3C boys’ basketball champions with an impressive 55-39 victory over Scobey on Saturday, Feb. 17. The Lions led for almost the entire game. With the score deadlocked at 6-6, the Lions went ahead to stay when Cam Reddig fired in a three-pointer. A fast-break basket by Johnslee Pierre put Lustre ahead 11-6 at the end of the opening quarter.

Lustre’s boys’ basketball team advanced into the district championship game with a 50-33 semi-final round victory over Circle on Thursday, Feb. 15. The Lions took a 16-4 lead in the first quarter, but Circle bounced back to cut the margin to 20-17 at the half. Lustre struck for 14 points in the third quarter for a 3426 advantage. Johnslee Pierre led the Lions with 22 points. Terran

The Wolf Point boys’ basketball team battled until the very end but lost to Fairview, 60-53, in loser-out action at the District 2B tournament on Feb. 16. The red-hot shooting of Lennoxx Lilley and standout defensive play by Zandon Calder were highlights for the Wolves during the first half of action. The Wolves struck for the last six points of the second period on two baskets by Lilley and

Lustre Christian’s girls’ basketball team qualified for the divisional tournament in a big way as the Lions crushed Dodson, 61-19, at the Eastern C divisional tourney on Friday, Feb. 16. The Lions jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the first quarter and increased the margin to 34-7 in the second quarter. Lustre accounted for 16 points in the third quarter for a 50-11 advantage. Leading

Five wrestlers from the area earned honors during the state wrestling meet held in Billings during the weekend. Poplar’s Angelina Escarcega won second-place honors at 107 pounds in the girls’ tournament. In the championship match, Hayley Petersen pinned Escarcega in 1:33. Angelina advanced into her third straight state title match by pinning Brooke Yeadon of Glacier in 4:38 during the

Wolf Point’s boys’ basketball squad ended the regular season by falling to Fairview, 63-34, on Friday, Feb. 9. After a frustrating regular season, Wolf Point Coach Cole Hanks is looking forward to the District 2B tournament to be held in Wolf Point this week. The Wolves will face Poplar at 7:30 p.m. in the first round on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Fairview meets Harlem at 4:30 p.m. Malta and

Poplar’s boys’ basketball squad came out red-hot en route to a 75-56 home victory over Wolf Point on Thursday, Feb. 8. Standout senior Delray Lilley was feeling it for Poplar as he connected on six three-pointers and had 26 points during the first half. A pair of free throws by Cade Stafne and a basket by Jack Kolstad kept the Wolves close at 13-12 midway into the opening quarter, but

Poplar’s full-court pressure led the Indians to a first quarter lead as they defeated Wolf Point, 67-39, during girls’ basketball action in Poplar on Thursday, Feb. 8. The Indians jumped out to a 14-1 advantage with five points by Cammie Martell and four points by Kessee Erickson leading the charge. After Kashlyn Speak Thunder accounted for four straight points for the Wolves, A layup