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Scobey Boys Throw 2 More Logs On Class C Fire Staying Unbeaten

Scobey Boys Throw 2 More Logs On Class C Fire Staying Unbeaten
JOHN CARNEY, a Scobey sophomore, tries to save the ball and put it back in play while sliding out of bounds during Friday’s action against Dodson. For all his extra effort, the Coyotes still received possession of the ball. — Leader Photo, mike
Scobey Boys Throw 2 More Logs On Class C Fire Staying Unbeaten
JOHN CARNEY, a Scobey sophomore, tries to save the ball and put it back in play while sliding out of bounds during Friday’s action against Dodson. For all his extra effort, the Coyotes still received possession of the ball. — Leader Photo, mike

Scobey was never in any real trouble Saturday night in Circle, but the homestanding Wildcats gave the top-ranked Spartans a pretty good dose of competition in District 3C boys’ basketball action in a 49-38 final.

The night before Scobey notched its 11th consecutive victory of the season over the Dodson Coyotes in an 81-26 win.

The locals host the Wolf Point Wolves Friday, Januauary 26, in non-conference play (CB 1:30 p.m., JVB 4:30 p.m., VB 7:30 p.m.). On Tuesday, January 30, Scobey travels to Nashua (JVB 4:30 p.m., VB 7:30 p.m.) for a make-up game that was postponed on January 12 due to dangerous weather conditions.

The Spartans (12-0, 772-382, 64.3-31.8) raced to a 10-0 advantage against Dodson Friday. Senior Braxton Wolfe started the scoring by sinking a 3-point field goal and a layup for a 5-0 lead. Sophomore John Carney connected on a leftwing 3-point field goal and, at the 5:40 mark, his classmate Bram Handran tallied from the interior.

After the Coyotes howled for their first field goal, the home team took off on anorther big scoring run. It went down like this: Carney, two free throws, ...

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