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Girls Put Together Valiant Effort But Come Up Short

Girls Put Together Valiant Effort But Come Up Short
SCOBEY FRESHMAN MCKENNA NIESKENS tries to elude the defense of North Country’s Shelbi LaBrie, a recent Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets commit for basketball, during Saturday afternoon District 3 conference action in Scobey. — Leader Photo, mike
Girls Put Together Valiant Effort But Come Up Short
SCOBEY FRESHMAN MCKENNA NIESKENS tries to elude the defense of North Country’s Shelbi LaBrie, a recent Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets commit for basketball, during Saturday afternoon District 3 conference action in Scobey. — Leader Photo, mike
 

If someone wants to take something positive away from the Saturday, January 11, North Country at Scobey girls’ basketball game, it is this: no team has come closer except for one to defeating the 2-time defending Montana High School Association Class C state champion Mavericks this season than Scobey did with a solid 41-35 effort last Saturday in Spartanville.

The Circle Wildcats also fell a little short by the same final margin in trying to topple the Mavericks, a 4741 verdict keeping the win streak going at 61 straight on Friday, January 3, in Roundtown.

After Scobey fell by six points North Country’s winning streak grew to 63 consecutive triumphs.

Saturday’s clash was anything but a blowout, just the opposite as it was tight mostly all the way, never reaching a double-figure gap, a d...

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