The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

The Pioneer boys and girls basketball teams each suffered a pair of District 9C losses over the weekend.

Friday the teams made the trip to Fort Benton to face the Longhorns.

The girls fell 52-17 with freshman Jaylyn Cline leading the team with five points in the contest.

The boys fell in their contest with the Longhorns by a score of 46-20.

Junior Laurence Allderdice led the Pioneers offensively with 13 points.

Saturday the teams hosted the Chinook Sugarbeeters with similar results.

Sophomore Dakota Terry (34) scores from the short corner during second half action against Chinook.

Senior Maddy Reichelt drained a long three and sophomore Jessica Roth scored inside as Chinook led just 8-5 midway through the first. From them on though it went the way of the visitors as Chinook won the game, 50-18.

Reichelt led the team with 7 points.

The boys fell behind early as Chinook led 22-2 after eight minutes en route to a 75-23 win over the Pioneers.

Sophomore Jamesy Belcourt scored nine points for Big Sandy while Pioneer eighth grader Ryan Roth added seven points for the Pioneer offense.

The girls fall to 1-8 in conference play and the boys stand at 0-9.

The Pioneers will host the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds Friday as the girls will look to pick up their second win of the season.

Saturday the teams will hit the road to take on the Denton/Geyser/Stanford Bearcats on a non-conference tilt.