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Lady Dawgs fall just short of Frontier Conference title

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The last step turned out to be a doozy.

Dawgs take L-C State Warriors to buzzer

The University of Montana Western men’s basketball team sustained the suspense and a fine run of play to the end of its final regular-season game of the year on Saturday in Dillon.

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Lady Beavs advance to state A

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The Dillon Lady Beavers advanced to the Montana Class A Girls State Championship Basketball Tournament with a pair of loser out wins over Columbia Falls and Frenchtown sandwiched between a pair of disappointing losses to Whitefish in the opener and Browning in the consolation game. Dillon’s fourth place finish nets the Lady Beavers a first round match up versus top-ranked Billings Central, first in the Eastern A Divisional, on March 12 at the Billings MetraPark.

Twin wins challenge to earn State berth

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The truth is, Twin Bridges had one team to be concerned with at the Western A Divisional Basketball Tournament at Frenchtown this past weekend. Unfortunately, the brackets aligned to have the Falcons meet Manhattan Christian in the Friday night semifinal instead of the Saturday title game.

Beavers fall in two

The Dillon Beaver boys basketball team made a run at a first round upset of Browning, the top-seed from the Northwestern A. The situation was ripe for an upset with Dillon entering the game with a 7-12 record and a first round game against a team that might overlook the fourth-seed from the Southwest.

Montana Western Lady Dawgs battle to brink of summit

One step back, one step forward, just two more steps ahead to the title.

The University of Montana Western women’s basketball team on Thursday took a big fall in Great Falls and seemed in the midst of another tumble Saturday on the Hi-Line before picking itself up to sustain its climb toward the Frontier Conference title, now just a successful weekend away.

Twin Bridges sweeps both titles at District 12-C

The Twin Bridges boys and girls teams swept the District 12-C basketball titles Saturday night at Butte’s Maroon Activity Center. The teams will compete at the Western A Divisional Basketball Tournament in Frenchtown, this Thursday through Saturday.

The Falcon boys were in a tough situation last year. Their only losses on the season were to Arlee and Manhattan Christian, the two teams that met in the Class C State title game for the fourth year in a row.

Lady Beavs head to Western A as #1 seed

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The Dillon Lady Beavers stumbled twice over the weekend, losing at Corvallis Friday night on their Senior-Parent Night, and then falling to Livingston Saturday in Dillon on their own Senior-Parent Night.

Despite the losses, Dillon remains the Southwestern A top-seed into the Western A Divisional Tournament and the two losses, while serving as a wake-up call, had no effect on Dillon’s tournament status. The tourney runs Thursday through Saturday at Ronan with both the boys and girls competing for the right to advance to the state A tournament in Billings, March 12-14.

Constantly evolving Beavers poised to surprise at divisional

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The Dillon Beavers have played rock solid defense all season. While offensive woes have placed the team in situations at the wrong end of he score way more often than their history has shown, you’ve got to make the best with what you’ve got.

Dillon’s defense is 11 men strong as injuries and other situations throughout the year has developed incredible depth on the squad.

It has been offensively where the Beavers have been out of sync, but a good game or two with a little success could quickly cure that problem.