The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

The Big Sandy boys and girls basketball teams competed, start to finish every game they played this season and after this weekends District 9C tournament in Havre it is now over with.

The girls entered the tournament as the No. 8 Seed and opened play against the No. 1 seeded Box Elder Bears on Thursday afternoon.

Big Sandy played a spirited game throughout and were down just 19-9 after eight minutes to the top ranked Bears.

Box Elder began to take control in the second, outscoring the Pioneers 20-5. Big Sandy would lose the contest 66-25.

Junior Jaylyn Cline led the effort with 10 points.

Friday morning in loser out action Big Sandy faced the North Star Knights.

North Star jumped out to a 10-2 lead and held a 31-9 advantage at the break. Big Sandy's season would end with a 64-24 loss.

Sophomore Lainey Gregory led the attack with eight points in the teams finale.

The Big Sandy boys also entered as the No. 8 seed and played in the tournaments first contest against the No. 1 Chinook Sugarbeeters.

The Pioneers trailed 15-5 early and the Sugarbeeters slowly expanded the margin defeating Big Sandy 60-29. Junior Ryan Roth led the offensive attack with 9 points.

In loser out action Thursday morning the Pioneers took on the Turner Tornadoes in a thrilling game that unfortunately had the Pioneers falling 65-63.

The Tornadoes opened up a 12 point lead 18-6 but the Pioneers were relentless in their attack trimming the lead by two in the second, four in the third and four more in the fourth.

Freshman Kade Strutz knocked down a triple to cut the deficit to two but Big Sandy was unable to get over the hump in what was a hard fought season ending loss.

Freshman Kade Strutz tossed in a team high 19 points Junior Ryan Roth drained three from beyond the arc and scored 15 points. Sophomore Clint Darlington added a double/double scoring 15 points and cleaning the glass for 15 rebounds.

Girls Basketball Box Scores

First Round Game

Box Elder 66 Big Sandy 25

Big Sandy 9 5 6 5 - 25

Box Elder 19 20 19 8 - 66

Big Sandy: Jenna Leader 1-9 0-2 2, Andrea Rutledge 1-3 2-2 4, Grace Finke 1-1 0-0 2, Cassidy Belcourt 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey Gasvoda 0-0 0-0 0, Cally Demontiney 0-0 0-0 0, Lainey Gregory 1-3 0-0 3, Jaylyn Cline 3-8 4-6 10, Amanda Cline 0-3 0-0 0, Seanna Demontiney 0-3 0-0 0, Sophie Reichelt 1-1 0-0 2, Abby Severson 1-3 0-0 2. Team Totals 9-34 6-10 25.

Box Elder: Sarah Parisian 2-5 0-0 5, Nikayla Anderson 2-6 1-2 5, Eve The Boy 2-5 1-3 5, Maia Henderson 0-3 2-3 2, Maddie Wolfchief 0-2 5-6 5, Lilly Gopher 6-12 2-3 14, Zayna Henderson 1-5 0-0 2, Joelnell Momberg 3-6 0-0 6, Brittany Lafromboise 0-0 1-2 1, Tallen Oats 2-3 0-0 4, Cecilia Vielle 5-6 4-5 15. Team Totals 24-54 16-24 66.

Three Point - Big Sandy 1-8 (Lainey Gregory 1), Box Elder 2-12 (Sarah Parisian 1, Cecilia Vielle 1); Rebounds - Big Sandy 24 (Seanna Demontiney 5, Amanda Cline 5), Box Elder 33 (Cecilia Vielle 7); Assists - Big Sandy 5 (Jenna Leader 2), Box Elder 9 (Eve The Boy 2, Nikayla Anderson 2); Total Fouls - Big Sandy 17, Box Elder 12; Fouled Out - Big Sandy (Amanda Cline).

Loser Out

North Star 64 Big Sandy 24

Big Sandy 2 7 9 6 - 24

North Star 10 21 16 17 - 64

Big Sandy: Jenna Leader 1-8 0-3 3, Andrea Rutledge 1-5 1-1 3, Grace Finke 0-0 0-0 0, Cassidy Belcourt 0-1 0-0 0, Bailey Gasvoda 0-0 0-0 0, Cally Demontiney 0-1 0-0 0, Lainey Gregory 1-3 6-11 8, Jaylyn Cline 1-4 2-4 4, Amanda Cline 0-1 2-2 2, Seanna Demontiney 1-3 1-4 4, Sophie Reichelt 0-1 0-0 0, Abby Severson 0-0 0-0 0. Team Totals 5-27 12-25 24.

North Star: Katelyn Hansen 5-9 2-6 12, Keniddee Wolery 4-8 4-9 12, Paij Petersen 1-3 3-7 5, Lily Pedersen 2-5 1-1 5, Tanicha Hudson 1-3 0-0 2, Olivia King 1-3 0-1 4, Katelyn Harvey 0-3 0-0 0, Shayla Borlaug 0-1 2-2 2, Saige O'Niel 0-4 1-4 1, Janae West 1-1 1-2 3, Chelsea Donaldson 4-6 4-5 12, Peyton King 2-3 2-4 6. Team Totals 21-47 22-44 64.

Three Point - Big Sandy 2-14 (Jenna Leader 1, Seanna Demontiney 1), North Star 0-10; Rebounds - Big Sandy 21 (Jaylyn Cline 5), North Star 41 (Paij Petersen 10); Assists - Big Sandy 0, North Star 7 (Paij Petersen 2); Total Fouls - Big Sandy 31, North Star 21; Fouled Out - Big Sandy (Lainey Gregory, Jaylyn Cline, Jenna Leader).

Boys Basketball Box Scores

First Round Games

Chinook 60 Big Sandy 29

Big Sandy 5 11 9 4 - 29

Chinook 15 18 14 13 - 60

Big Sandy: Ryan Roth 3-8 3-4 9, Elijah Wagoner 0-0 0-0 0, Parker Proulx 0-1 0-0 0, Brady Pleninger 1-2 0-0 2, Tevin Haugen 0-2 0-0 0, Brock Proulx 2-9 2-4 6, Cameron Schwarzbach 0-0 0-0 0, Jeremiah Genereau 0-1 0-0 0, Kade Strutz 3-10 2-3 9, Clint Darlington 0-4 3-4 3. Team Totals 9-37 10-15 29.

Chinook: Isaac Bell 6-14 2-4 16, Ethan Bell 1-6 1-2 3, Damon Hannum 0-2 0-0 0, James Christensen 0-1 2-4 2, Reese Elliot 4-9 2-6 10, Ethan MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0, Riley Kellam 1-3 2-4 4, Sam Dumas 0-1 0-0 0, Brendan Edwards 7-7 1-2 15, Cord Schneider 5-16 0-2 10, Erik Pula 0-1 0-0 0, Tamer Jamieson 0-1 0-0 0. Team Totals 24-60 10-24 60.

Three Point - Chinook 2-10 (Isaac Bell 2), Big Sandy 1-8 (Kade Strutz 1); Rebounds - Chinook 42 (Reece Elliot 9), Big Sandy 30 (Kade Strutz 8); Assists - Chinook 8 (Ethan Bell 4), Big Sandy 3 (Brock Proulx 2); Total Fouls - Chinook 16, Big Sandy 19; Fouled Out - None.

Loser Out

Turner 65 Big Sandy 63

Sophomore Ryan Roth (2) goes hard to the basket during the Pioneers first round game against the Chinook Sugarbeeters Wednesday at the District 9C Tournament in Havre.

Big Sandy 6 18 14 25 - 63

Turner 18 16 10 21 - 65

Big Sandy: Ryan Roth 5-16 2-4 15, Parker Proulx 3-8 0-0 6, Brady Pleninger 0-3 0-0 0, Brock Proulx 3-13 1-4 8, Cameron Schwarzbach 0-0 0-0 0, Kade Strutz 8-17 2-5 19, Clint Darlington 7-13 1-1 15. Team Totals 26-70 6-14 63.

Turner: Austin Welsh 0-1 2-2 2, Jack Harmon 1-1 0-0 3, Kurt Calvert 1-2 0-0 2, Cody Welsh 7-17 3-3 18, Shane Kimmel 2-6 2-2 7, Eddie Harmon 8-18 8-10 26, Tracer Heilig 2-7 3-6 7. Team Totals 21-52 18-23 65.

Three Point - Big Sandy 5-18 (Ryan Roth 3, Kade Strutz 1, Brock Proulx 1); Turner 5-10 (Eddie Harmon 2, Cody Welsh 1, Shane Kimmel 1, Jack Harmon 1); Rebounds - Big Sandy 41 (Clint Darlington 15), Turner 14 (Cody Welsh 10, Tracer Heilig 13); Assists - Big Sandy 12 (Ryan Roth 4), Turner 10 (Tracer Heilig 5); Fouls - Big Sandy 21, Turner 15; Fouled Out - None.