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The ‘Streakbusters’ Showed Up In Wolf Point At 3C Tournament

Scobey Girls Halt Mavericks Fantastic Run
The ‘Streakbusters’ Showed Up In Wolf Point At 3C Tournament
KAYLA CARNEY, a 5-foot-6 sophomore for the Scobey Spartans, is shown in action during Saturday nights championship game against the North Country Mavericks. The Scobey girls face the Savage Warriors Wednesday, March 5, at 3 p.m. in the opening game of the East C Divisional in Sidney. — Leader Photo, mike
The ‘Streakbusters’ Showed Up In Wolf Point At 3C Tournament
KAYLA CARNEY, a 5-foot-6 sophomore for the Scobey Spartans, is shown in action during Saturday nights championship game against the North Country Mavericks. The Scobey girls face the Savage Warriors Wednesday, March 5, at 3 p.m. in the opening game of the East C Divisional in Sidney. — Leader Photo, mike
 

If there’s somethin’ need fixin’ on the basketball court Who you gonna call? Streakbusters!

If there’s something to win And they know they can do it Who you gonna call? Streakbusters!

In the most apparent way possible, the Scobey girls’ varsity basketball team had finally decided enough is enough, and it did something about it.

The second “it” mentioned is the North Country Mavericks girls’ basketball program, an extremely classy act that resides in Phillips County, where Saco and Whitewater schools are located, and Valley County, where Hinsdale hangs its hat.

The former Panthers, Penguins and Raiders entered Saturday night’s District 3C Tournament championship game at Wolf Point High School with a 73-game winning streak, the best ever in Montana High School Association (MHSA) Class C girls’ hoops. They departed the Wolves’ Den Gym with a 1-game losing streak after the Lady Spartans brilliantly administered a 35-27 victory.

Those who loyally follow the Lady Spartans had their b-ball spidery senses telling them, sooner or later, something has got to give.

Take the first meeting between the two on Saturday, January 11 in Scobey, where the Spartans came close in a 41-35 loss.

Twenty-two days later in Whitewater on Saturday, February 8, Scobey led most of the game, the exception being a 1-0 Mavs’ lead, ties at 1, 2, 16, 18, 22 and 25, followed by the host ahead by 3, 5, 2, 4 and 3 points before another tie game at 32 with 3 minutes left in regulation. Shelbi LaBrie’s leftwing trey at the 1:09 mark plus Charlee McColly’s four made free throws with 21 and 13 ticks left made for a 39-32 final in favor of the home team.

So close, yet still so far away!

It was that game in Whitewater giving the Mavericks their 70th straight victory, surpassing the previous Class C mark of 69 consecutive wins by the Richey Royals. They were coached by Clarence “Butch” Zieske (SHS ‘69), with the streak lasting from 1999 to 2002.

The 71st and 72nd straight victories by the Lady Mavs occurred at the end of this regular sea...

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