Mountain Cats win challenge game, bound for Western C Divisional
Clark Fork, the Superior-Alberton co-op, captured the second-place trophy from the 13C District Tournament with a 56-44 challenge game victory over Seeley-Swan on Monday. The Mountain Cats advance to the Western C Divisional Tournament set for Thursday through Saturday in Butte. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent)
The Clark Fork Mountain Cats just made history by making it to the Western C Divisional Tournament in Butte as the Alberton/Superior co-op. They won their challenge game against the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks on Monday in Frenchtown, 56-44, to give them second place at the 13C District Tournament. The Cats won the third-place game, edging Victor 54-53 on Saturday. Darby won the championship game over Seeley-Swan, 65-38. Since Clark Fork and Seeley-Swan had not met in the tournament, the Cats were able to challenge for the second-place trophy and a berth in the Western C Divisional. In Monday’s win over Seeley-Swan, Bryan Mask led the Cats with 15 points, Carson Callison had 13, Aaron Waddle 12, Michael Spence 11 and Danner Haskins 5.