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BASKETBALL — Quotes from Coach Erickson via Montana Television Network with some very nice praise for the Scobey Lady Spartans: The North Country Mavericks girls’ basketball team, the triumvirate of northeast Montana schools in the East C Division of Saco, Whitewater and Hinsdale, won their third straight Class C State championship in Butte a dozen days ago from this issue’s date. Here is what long-time North Country Head Coach Amber Erickson told the MTN’s Will Charlton during an offcourt interview after the championship game. “To do it three times in a row is unbelievable. I never would have dreamt it. That night Scobey was better than us (the Spartans’ 35-27 win over the Mavs Saturday, February 22, in the District 3C Tournament’s championship game in Wolf Point, ending North Country’s 73-game winning streak, a Class C record). They’re a good ...