Lady Tigers and Lady Mountain Cats make it to championship round during district play
Mountain Cat Michael Spence blocks a shot against Seeley-Swan during Saturday’s matchup. Cats lost 49-35. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
Lady Mountain Cat Hailey Kelly breaks away from Seeley-Swan players in the district championship game on Saturday. Cats lost 61-31. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
Clark Fork Mountain Cat pep band members Sorren Reese, Sam Clevenger, and Jacob Lapinski, play during the District 13C Tournament in Frenchtown last weekend. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
Under the direction of Mike Wolfe and Amber Winter, the Clark Fork Mountain Cat pep band played during 13C Districts in Frenchtown. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
St. Regis forward Brock Cantrell-Field takes a jump shot over several Charlo defenders at the District 14C Tournament in Pablo Thursday. (Jeremy Weber/Lake County Leader)
St. Regis forward Courtney Cheesman goes up for shot over Two Eagle River defender Naomi Stevens at the District 14C Tournament Thursday. (Jeremy Weber/Lake County Leader).
Both Mineral County girls varsity basketball teams made it to the championship round during districts last weekend. In District 14-C, St. Regis (16-5) jumped over Two Eagle on Thursday during tournament play in Pablo, 57-17. On Friday they won against Plains, 58-42. Leading up to the championship game where they were pitted against Arlee (16-4) late Saturday afternoon. Arlee led at half way mark, 24-15 and in the third quarter they only managed to put two points up to the Tigers six. But in the third quarter, they came back and pounded St. Regis with 12 more points for the win. Anna Sanford was team high scorer with 9, Madison Hill had 7, Madison Kelly 3 and Justice Tate 2.
St. Regis was then challenged by Charlo for second place at the Western C Divisionals to be held in Butte on February 23-25. The two teams did not play during the tournament and the challenge game was held on Monday afternoon.
The girls Clark Fork Mountain Cats (14-5) also made it to the championship round after beating out Darby during a game on Friday, 54-33. In their final matchup against Seeley-Swan on Saturday night in Frenchtown, the Blackhawks took an early lead finishing the first quarter with 19-8, and in the end, won the game, 61-31. Junior, Hailey Kelly was team high scorer with 9 points, both Kenzie Mueller and Samantha Clevenger had 5, Emma DuBoise and Margaret Parkin 2, Madison Mask 7, and Montanna Baughman 1.
Victor challenged Clark Fork for the district’s second bid to divisionals because the teams did not meet up in the tournament. The game was scheduled in Frenchtown on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Both county boy’s teams lost out earlier during districts. The Mountain Cats (3-18) played Lincoln on Thursday, meeting a 63-37 loss. They then went to loser-out game on Saturday morning, where Seeley-Swan won, 49-35.
Also on Thursday, St. Regis boys were matched up against Charlo and lost in a heartbreaking game, 45-43. This dropped the Tigers back to a semifinal game on Saturday against Hot Springs, where they again found defeat, 74-63.
Districts 2017 Scoreboard
District 13C, Frenchtown
Thursday
Boys
Lincoln 63, Clark Fork 37
Darby 76, Victor 41
Girls
Darby 48, Lincoln 31
Victor 46, Valley Christian 36
Friday
Girls
Clark Fork 54, Darby 33
Clark Fork; 13;15;10;16
Darby; 8;6;9;10
Clark Fork–Sophia Krutilla 1, Kenzie Mueller 31, Hailey Kelly 4, Madison Mask 13, Samantha Clevenger 3, Rebecca Pluth 2.
Darby–Gracie Lang 2, Casey Ehmann 7, Sarah Costello 11, Kimber Schlapman 2, Mackenzie Clarke 5, Mackenzie Smith 2, Nichole Slanger 4.
Boys
Valley Christian 77, Lincoln 52, semifinal
Darby 53, Seeley-Swan 42, semifinal
Saturday
BOYS
Valley Christian 81, Darby 56 Championship Game
Lincoln 60, Seeley-Swan 45 for third place
Lincoln 68, Victor 25, loser out
Seeley-Swan 49, Clark Fork 35, loser out
Seeley-Swan; 10;12;14;13
Clark Fork; 15;2;11;7
Seeley – Avery Smith 2, Keaton Johnson 20, Nino Robinett 6, Brad Miller 7, Chance Johnson 6, Cameron Haines 11.
Clark Fork–Bryan Mask 2, Carson Callison 8, Taryn Ververis 4, Nick Turnbull 14, Micheal Spence 7.
Girls
Seeley-Swan 61 (19-1), Clark Fork 31 (14-5) Championship
Clark Fork– Kenzie Mueller 5, Emma DuBoise 2, Hailey Kelly 9, Montanna Baughman 1, Madison Mask 7, Samantha Clevenger 5, Margaret Parkin 2.
Seeley-Swan–Autumn Morse 6, Ashley Miller 6, Stevi Meade 4, Lauryn Barnes 1, Cera Strumpfer 8, Mary Strumpfer 12, Alex Bohlman 6, Tessa Grimes 12, Chloe Robbins 6.
Victor 45, Darby 43 Third Place
Victor 38, Lincoln 30 loser out
Darby 55, Valley Christian 43, loser out
District 14, Pablo
Thursday
Boys
Charlo 45, St. Regis 43
Hot Springs 59, Noxon 44
Arlee 75, Two Eagle River 33
Girls
Charlo 40, Noxon 34
Plains 60, Hot Springs 43
St. Regis 57, Two Eagle River 17.
Friday
Boys
Noxon 52, Two Eagle River 38, loser out
Arlee 84, Hot Springs 58, semifinal
Plains 58, Charlo 47, semifinal
Girls
Hot Springs 41, Two Eagle River 27, loser out
St. Regis 58, Plains 42, semifinal
Arlee 50, Charlo 24, semifinal
Saturday
Boys
Charlo 62, Noxon 47, loser out
Hot Springs 74, St. Regis 63, loser out
Hot Springs 65, Charlo 49, third place
Arlee 66, Plains 45, championship
Girls
Charlo 38, Hot Springs 26, loser out
Plains 64, Noxon 49, loser out
Charlo 33, Plains 32, third place
Arlee 38, St. Regis 28, championship