• Butte 52, Butte Central 26: The Bulldogs earned crosstown bragging rights with a decisive win over the Class A Maroons. Ashlinn Mullaney drained 15 points, Brityn Stewart tallied nine and Dylann Bartoletti netted eight points. Mollie Drew led the Maroons with 12 points. Allie Stajcar added six points.

Class A

• Lockwood 70, Glendive 39: Tailey Harris led three players in double figures with 19 points, and the Lions improved to 4-1, blowing out the Red Devils with a 22-7 run in the third quarter. Lawren DeCrane dropped 15 points and Lanee Casterline netted 10. Taysha Little Light added seven points.

BUTTE CENTRAL 26 BUTTE HI 52

BILLINGS CENTRAL 63 SIDNEY 8

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• Dillon 76, Polson 19: Sydney Petersen and Kenleigh Graham rained down 19 points apiece and Halle Fitzgerald was right behind with 18 as the Beavers (4-2) trounced the Pirates. Leila Stennerson added nine points and Sage Tash provided eight. Aleysia Black tallied six points and Samantha Rensvold contributed four points to lead the Pirates.

• Billings Central 57, Billings Senior 32: Coral Old Bull led the way with 12 points, and Annika Stergar and Kamryn Reinker netted 10 points apiece for the Rams, who took over the game with a 21-7 third quarter run. Viennah Meyer scored 14 points to lead Senior, with Eva Blatchford hitting for eight points.

• Jefferson 74, Livingston 47: MacKenzie Layng dropped 17 points, Cameron Toney and Brooklyn Miller poured in 14 points apiece, and Hannah Stevens tallied nine in the Panthers' blowout of the Rangers. Maria Turck scored 12 points and Emily Jesson 10 for Livingston.

BROWNING 42 HAVRE 73

DILLON 76 POLSON 19

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PARK 47 JEFFERSON 74

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• Polson 47, Stevensville 32: Aleysia Black scored 14 points for the Pirates, who jumped to a double-digit first-half lead and kept the Yellowjackets at bay from there. Natalie Adams and Samantha Rensvold added eight apiece for Polson. Shilo McLain Lampi scored 13 points and Cheyenne Sannar helped with nine for Stevi.

COLUMBIA FALLS 29 FRENCHTOWN 51

WHITEFISH 39 EUREKA 35

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HAMILTON 31 BIGFORK 52

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POLSON 47 STEVENSVILLE 32

Lady Pirates repel pesky Lady Yellowjackets for third victory

by John Heglie

At Linderman Gym in Polson, the Lady Pirates applied the basketball equivalent of a hefty dose of repellant during the opening frame that proved effective at deterring subsequent incursions by Lady Yellowjackets the remainder of the contest.  Polson held Stevensville at bay with a combination of sharpshooting from beyond the arc in conjunction with a suffocating defense. After failing to make a connection on their long distant calls from beyond the arc in their preceding pair of contests, the Lady Pirates had the hot touch in the first frame as they splashed four triples from long range with Aleysia Black netting a pair, while Sam Rensvold and Natalie Adams splashed the others. Rylee Taylor-Jefferson would contribute a fifth triple during second quarter action.

Fab frosh Black would notch a career high among the mid-teens with 14 points. The Lady Pirates would have had a second player in double figures as Natalie Adams converted a deuce during second quarter action off an offensive rebound. But her reload putback effort was downgraded when it was dinged for an offensive charge, negating the play. Hinkley Moss and Rensvold collaborated on 19 rebounds with Mckenna Hanson gleaning the glass for another seven. Julia Barnard was the hostess with the mostest with three dishes for assists. In keeping with reputed pirating penchants associated with such mascot affiliations, Barnard and Rensvold picked opponent pockets when they pilfered three steals each.

Polson 47, Stevensville 32

NWA Lady Pirates (3-2), SWA Lady Yellowjackets (0-5)

S-ville    2   7 11 12 – 32

Polson  14   9 12 12 – 47

STEVENSVILLE – Shilo McLain-Lampi 5 3-7 13(9r,4b), Cheyenne Sannar 3 3-5 9(11r), Holly St.Germain 3 0-3 6(2s), Jana Puell 2, Emma McKoy 2, Alexia Perez 0.  13 6-16 32

POLSON – Aleysia Black 5 2-2 14(3r,1a,1s), Sam Rensvold 2 3-4 8(9r,3a,3s), Natalie Adams 1 5-6 8(5r,1a,1s,1b), Mckenna Hanson 3 0-0 6(7r,1s),  Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 2 0-0 5(4r,2a,3s), Hinkley Moss 2 0-0 4(10r,2a,2s,1b), Olivia Jore 0 2-2 2(3r,1a,1s), Julia Barnard 0 0-2 0(3r,2a,2s). 15 12-16 47(44r,12a,14s,2b)

3FGs – S0-2, P5-29 (Black 2-3, Adams 1-10, Rensvold 1-7, Taylor-Jefferson 1-4). (Tu19Dec23)

P(MtHSAth: 44r10a12s3b, esP43r8a13s2b; jh:42r12a14s2b):  #11 Aleysia (es:2r0a1s, jh:3r1a1s), #10Sam (es:9r2a3s1b, jh:9r2a2s0b), #20Nat (es:5r1a1s0b, jh:5r1a1s1b), #15Kenna (es:6r2s, jh:7r1s), #5Rylee (es:4r1a1s, jh:4r2a3s), #32Hinkey (es:10r1a1s1b, jh:8r2a2s1b), #33Olivia (es:3r0a1s, jh:3r1a1s), #2Jules (es:4r3a3s, jh:3r3a2s), 

Aleysia 1a following Oreb dish to Hinkley 1Q deuce, 2nd Oreb 4Q w/putback

Rylee deserves 1a cred for 2a for two 3FG dishes 1Q

Hinkley deserves 2a cred, 1a p31 scored by Aleysi 3Q, another in 4Q

Olivia 1a dish to Rylee 3FG triple 2Q

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DILLON 71 BUTTE HI 54

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LOCKWOOD 51 FERGUS 46

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BROWNING 61 E HELENA 46

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