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Scobey Boys Back On Top Of District 3

Scobey Boys Back On Top Of District 3
COOPER AXTMAN, Scobey junior, makes his waythrough the Lustre Christian defense for a field goal attempt during Saturday’s District 3C Tournament championship game. Facing the camera for Lustre Christian are Byron Ewing (25), head coach Randy Reddig in the background and Johnslee Pierre (20). Below, Scobey’s Brecken Maher goes for a layup.— Leader Photo, mike
Scobey Boys Back On Top Of District 3
COOPER AXTMAN, Scobey junior, makes his waythrough the Lustre Christian defense for a field goal attempt during Saturday’s District 3C Tournament championship game. Facing the camera for Lustre Christian are Byron Ewing (25), head coach Randy Reddig in the background and Johnslee Pierre (20). Below, Scobey’s Brecken Maher goes for a layup.— Leader Photo, mike
 

The Scobey boys’ basketball program captured its 10th District 3C Tournament championship over a 15-season span Saturday night in Wolf Point.

Now it aims to earn its sixth East C Division title in a 9-season span when heading to Sidney a week from now.

The first-round pairings of the East C Divisional Tournament at Sidney High School Thursday, March 6, look like this:

• District 2C fourthplace MonDak (Westby-Grenora) Thunder (6-16, 966-1181, 43,9-53.6) versus District 3C first-place Scobey Spartans (20-0, 1382667, 69.1-33.5) at 12 p.m.

• District 2C secondplace Savage Warriors (165, 1086-817, 50.8-38.9) versus District 3C third-place North Country Mavericks (15-7, 1222-1018, 55.546.2) at 1:30 p.m.

• District 3C fourthplace Circle Wildcats (17-5, 1252-923, 56.9-41.9) versus District 2C Plentywood Wildcats (19-2, 1413-652, 67.2-31.0) at 6 p.m.

• District 2C third-place Culbertson Cowboys (14-8, 1158-1023, 52.6-46.5) versus District 3C Lustre Christian Lions (17-4, 1373-701, 65.3-33.3) at 7:30 p.m.

The Spartans reached this juncture by first defeating the North Country Mavericks on Thursday, February 20, in the Wolves’ Den Gym during a semifinal game after receiving a firstround bye.

Scobey took the first lead at 2-zip when Brecken Maher grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back up for a 2-0 lead on the team’s first offensive possession of the contest.

The Mavericks countered with a Sam Simonson back-door cut for a tie a...

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