high school basketball

The Northern B Boys got going this afternoon and the first two games are in the books! It's all 1B so far with Choteau getting the win over Plentywood 62/15 and Shelby squeaking past Malta 56/55 with a free throw by Ryan Clark with 5 seconds on the clock...

You can see from the scores that a LOT happened yesterday - we know it can get to be a little confusing if you're watching many teams, so we've updated the brackets so you can easily see who's playing and when: CENTRAL A GIRLS CENTRAL A BOYS NORTHERN B GIRLS NORTHERN C BOYS AND GIRLS    

Thursday's Scores The Associated Press Central A at Great Falls Russell First Round Lewistown (Fergus) 44, Livingston 42 Northern C at Great Falls First Round Belt 60, Chinook 45 Hays-Lodgepole 49, Sunburst 47 More after the jump

Here's bracket as of this morning (Thursday) Northern C Divisional Thursday AM  

The Class C Girls will get started with their Divisional tournament on Wednesday, we won't be carrying the play by play, but we'll keep you up to date. The Class C Boys get going on Thursday morning and we'll start right away at 8am on KZIN (96.7FM) with the North Toole County Boys taking on the Hays/Lodgepole boys. The Northern B Girls will get together starting on Thursday at the Malta High Scho

Boys Basketball Scores: District 1B at Conrad Loser Out Rocky Boy 65, Conrad 57 Shelby 55, Cut Bank 42 Consolation Shelby 60, Rocky Boy 46 Championship Choteau 72, Fairfield 61, OT District 9C at Havre Loser Out Chester-Joplin-Inverness 63, North Star 44 Chinook 58, Geraldine/Ft. Benton 31 Consolation Chinook 67, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 59 Championship Box Elder 65, Hays-Lodgepole 56 District 10C

The Class C Girls are done - the divisional contenders from the 10C will include Cascade Simms/Augusta GFCC/MSDB From the 9C: Geraldine/Fort Benton Box Elder CJI The boys are still playing as are the 1B Boys and girls - you can catch new brackets after the jump

Scores from Friday: District 1B at Conrad Semifinal Choteau 45, Conrad 41 Fairfield 44, Shelby 37

Scores from Friday: District 1B at Conrad Semifinal Choteau 45, Conrad 41 Fairfield 44, Shelby 37

KZIN: 9:30 am – CJI –v- North Star Boys Loser Out from 9C 11:00 am – Heart Butte Boys Loser Out from 10C   KSEN: Continue with all 1B from Conrad: 8:30 am Cut Bank –v- Shelby Boys 10:00 am Conrad –v- Rocky Boy Boys 11:30 am Conrad –v- Rocky Boy Girls 1:00 pm Shelby –v- Cut Bank Girls 3:30 pm Boys Consolation 5:00 pm Girls Consolation 6:30 pm Choteau –v- Fairfield Boys Championship 8:00 pm Choteau

Thursday District Scores from the 1B and the 9C and 10C are available here:

As nearly every person in Montana (and probably all over the country) already knows, the Fairfield girls' basketball team is pretty darn good, but they lost a game last night. Under normal circumstances, a basketball team losing a game wouldn't be news, after all someone loses every game, but it's the first game they've lost in 5 years...