Lady Tiger season comes to an end at divisionals

ST. REGIS – The Lady Tigers were eliminated from the Western C divisional tournament in Butte last week after they faced two defeats by the Gardiner Lady Bruins and the Seeley-Swan Lady Black Hawks. In their game against Gardiner on Thursday, Feb. 27, the Lady Tigers faced a close defeat by four points. The game’s final score was 34-38. In the first quarter Gardiner was able to pull ahead by a few points with St. Regis right behind. The quarter ended with a score of 7-11. The girls gained the lead in the second quarter. They were also able to press back and keep the Lady Bruins to seven points. The first half ended with a score of 20-18. As the teams came back for the second half they were playing with the same strength. They kept the game close as neither team gained an advantage. The quarter ended with a score of 33-30. In the last quarter the St. Regis girls reached their offensive limit. As both teams pressed the other’s defense back neither side reached 10 points. The Gardiner girls were able to bring in just enough to pull a few points ahead and brought the game to an end, sending St. Regis to the consolation round. Sophomore Pilar Cantrell-Field led the team with 14 points. Junior Gabby Moeller and senior Arianna Jones were behind her with seven points each. The final six points were brought in by freshman Madison Hill. When the girls faced the Seeley-Swan Lady Black Hawks on Friday, Feb. 28, they were eliminated from the tournament. The Lady Tigers faced defeat with a final score of 24-48. Seeley-Swan came out strong in the first quarter and gained a big lead early in the game. St. Regis ended the quarter 13 points behind with a score of 6-19. The second quarter had the Lady Tigers fall further behind as Seeley-Swan gave a hard defensive push. The girls were unable to gain more points as their opponents continued to expand their lead. The first half ended with a score of 6-34. St. Regis recovered in the third quarter. The girls came out strong and they started to catch up. Seeley-Swan still had a big lead and, while they were behind in the quarter’s points, was able to keep the advantage. At the end of the quarter, the scoreboards read 19-42. Both teams were beginning to wear out in the final quarter. Neither was able to bring in more than 10 points and the score did not change much from the last quarter. When the buzzer went off it also signaled the end of the Lady Tiger’s season. Moeller was on top of the game as she brought in nine points. Jones was another top scorer as she came in second with seven. With the season over the girls will have some free time between sports.