The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

The Pioneers face some talented competition over the weekend as District 9C conference play got underway. Friday they welcomed the Fort Benton Longhorns to town and Saturday hosted the Chinook Sugarbeeters.

On the girls side it was a challenging weekend facing to of the top teams in the conference right out of the gate. The Longhorns opened a six point lead 17-11 to start the contest as Big Sandy matched the intensity early.

A 24-4 run in the second quarter separated the teams by halftime but that didn't stop the girls from competing hard. In the end it was Fort Benton earning a 71-28 victory over the Pioneers. Caitlyn Bailey led the Pioneers in scoring.

The boys contest was a back and forth affair with the Pioneers holding a slim two point advantage 11-9 after eight minutes and a 19-18 lead entering halftime.

Big Sandy pushed the lead to 35-32 by the start of the fourth quarter but the Longhorns were able to battle back and force overtime eventually winning the contest 64-62.

Big Sandy was led by the efforts of senior Bryant Jones who led all scorers with 38 points.

Saturday it was the Chinook Sugarbeeters controlling the action in both contests as the Pioneer girls fell 44-18 while the boys were defeated 74-38.

Sophomore Jaylyn Cline paced the girls effort with five points while Jones again led the Pioneer boys with 17. Senior Laurence Allderdice added 15 in the contest

The Pioneers will host Hays/Lodge Pole tomorrow night to close out 2016 and return to the court January 5 when they travel to Box Elder to take on the Bears.

Girls

Ft. Benton 71 Big Sandy 28

Ft Benton 17 24 15 15 __ 71

Big Sandy 11 4 8 5 - 28

Ft Benton: Kaityn Bird 3, Emmi Arnst 2, Maddy Thompson 7, Lilly Green 4, Jaelyn Vielleux 4, C. Nack 27, Alia Evans 16, Leah Gannon 8.

Big Sandy: Jenna Leader 8, Andrea Rutledge 2 , Cally DeMontiney 3, Jaylyn Cline 5, Caitlyn Bailey 8 A. Swenson 2.

Chinook 44 Big Sandy 18

Chinook 11 11 10 12 - 44

Big Sandy 3 4 7 4 - 18

Chinook: Sierra Swank 11, Carrie Hofer 4, Rochelle Chaffin 4, Erin Pula 5, Taylor Neibauer 3, Brooke Elliot 10, Rachel Gunderson 2, Megan Molyneaux 2, Kourtney Hanson 1,

Big Sandy: Jenna Leader 4, Jessica Roth 2, Cally Demontiney 4, Andrea Rutledge 2, Jaylyn Cline 5, Grace Finke 1.

Boys

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Senior Laurence Allderdice (4) attacks the basket against the Chinook Sugarbeeters Saturday evening. Allderdice finished with 10 markers in the contest,

Ft Benton 64 Big Sandy 62

Ft Benton 9 9 14 32 - 64

Big Sandy 11 8 16 27 - 62

FT. Benton: D. Bird 7, T. Hasbrock 7, A. Geis 15, G. Deikhans 31, J. Deikhans 2, S. Gannon 4.

Big Sandy: Laurence Allderdice 15, Brock Proulx 0, Ryan Roth 6, Bryant Jones 38.

Chinook 74 Big Sandy 38

Chinook 19 17 24 14 - 74

Big Sandy 5 14 10 9 - 38

Chinook: Trajan Hannum 7, Hunter Neibauer 7, Isaac Bell 22, James Christensen 5, Kyle McMaster 4, Brendan Edwards 10, Cord Schneider 9, Wade Schneider 10

Big Sandy: Laurence Allerdice 10, Brock Proulx 2, Ryan Roth 9, Bryant Jones 17.