Mountain Cats drop out of divisional after falling to Charlo
DURING THE last home game in St. Regis on Feb. 9, little Tigers took to the court for a halftime shoot with encouragement from the varsity boys.
CLARK FORK Mountain Cat Michael Spence completes a layup against Lincoln during the 13C District Tournament last week. The boys placed second and traveled to the Western C Divisional Tournament last weekend, and lost to Charlo and Manhattan Christian and were eliminated. (Kathleen Woodford photos/Mineral Independent)
The Clark Fork Mountain Cats boys made school history by being the first team as a co-op to travel to the Western B Divisional Tournament for basketball, Feb. 21-23. Their first game at the Maroon Activities Center in Butte was a matchup against Manhattan Christian, where Manhattan Christian won, 67-25, and went on to win the championship game over Arlee, 63-51.
The Cats played Charlo on Friday an lost 48-35, taking them out of the tournament. The Alberton/Superior co-op had won their consolation game over Victor last week, 54-53, to take second place at districts and a trip to divisionals. Head coach Erik Johnson knew Divisionals were going to be tough, and he said he was proud of his team for their accomplishments this season.
At Divisionals, Twin Bridges won over Charlo, 60-45, and challenged Arlee in a Feb. 25 game. Charlo took home the girls’ championship with a 60-55 overtim win over Arlee. State for the girls will be Feb. 28-March 2 in Great Falls. The boys head to state in Billings March 7-9.
BOYS DIVISIONAL
Feb. 21
Alb/Superior 25
Manhattan Christian 67
Darby 44
Gardiner 56
Drummond 53
Arlee 72
Twin Bridges 62
Charlo 43
Feb 22
Gardner 62
Arlee 76
Twin Bridges 45
Manhattan Christian 57
Darby 53
Drummond 28
Charlo 48
Alb/Superior 35
Feb 23
Darby 49
Twin Bridges 54
Gardner 60
Charlo 45
Twin Bridges 64
Gardiner 53
Arlee 51
Manhattan Christian 63
Feb. 25
(Challenge game score not available by press time)
Arlee v. Twin Bridges
GIRLS DIVISIONAL
Feb. 21
Seeley-Swan 61
W. Yellowstone 71
Drummond 36
Charlo 50
Ennis 43
Arlee 53
Manhattan Christian 67
Darby 39
Feb. 22
W. Yellowstone 41
Charlo 59
Manhattan Christian 38
Arlee 62
Seeley-Swan 42
Drummond 35
Ennis 66
Darby 30
Feb. 23
Seeley-Swan 31
Manhattan Christian 56
W. Yellowstone 25
Ennis 51
Manhattan Christian 23
Ennis 45
Charlo 60
Arlee 55