The Big Sandy Pioneers had a rough go of things on the hardwood this past week as both the girls and boys dropped a pair of contests to the Fort Benton Longhorns on Friday night and then to the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Saturday.

The girls were defeated by the Longhorns 71-19 and then fell to the Sugarbeeters 45-33. The boys dropped a 65-50 decision to Fort Benton and were defeated 66-27 by the Sugarbeeters.

The Pioneer girls saw Fort Benton jump out to a 17-2 first quarter lead and take a 39-8 advantage into the halftime locker room. The girls fought hard but the Longhorn were to much in a 71-19 loss.

Junior Lainey Gregory led the effort with seven markers.

Saturday the Sugarbeeters led 15-4 after one quarter of action. The Pioneers were able to stem the tied the remainder of the contest, winning the second and fourth quarters but still falling 45-33.

Senior Jaylyn Cline scored 16 in the contest, converting 12-14 from the charity stripe.

On the boys side Fort Benton held a three point lead after eight minutes but doubled up the Pioneers in the second to stretch the advantage to 24-20 by intermission.

It was an even contest in the second half with the Longhorns picking up a 65-50 win over the Pioneers.

Junior Ryan Roth scored 23 in the game and sophomore Brock Proulx added 17.

Saturday the Sugarbeeters jumped out to a 20-0 lead early and led 4-10 at the break in defeating the Pioneers 66-27.

Sophomore Kade Strutz led the Pioneer effort with 12 points and Roth finished with eight.

Both the girls and boys records stand at 2-2. They will close out the 2018 stretch of the season this Friday with a road trip that will have them taking on the Denton/Geyser-Stanford Bearcats. Saturday they return home to take on the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds.

The will take the court for the first time in the new year on Friday, January 4 when they will host the North Star Knights in District 9C play.

Boys Basketball

Fort Benton 15 19 14 19 - 65

Big Sandy 12 8 15 15 - 50

Fort Benton: Damon Bird 4 0-0 9, Jace Thompson 3 0-0 6, Stephon Gannon 1 0-0 2, Ethan Pace 0 0-0 0, Nick Marias 0 0-0 0, Hayden Diekhans 5 4-6 15, Max Lane 7 0-0 14, Logan Giese 2 5-6 9, Billy Ullery 5 0-0 10, Damien Cook 0 0-0 0, Trey Gibson 0 0-0 0. Team Fouls 13. Team Totals 19 5-6 44.

Big Sandy - Brock Proulx 7 3-5 17, Ryan Roth 7 8-13 23, Kody Strutz 0 1-1 1, Crawford Terry 1 1-0 2, Austin Haugen 0 0-0 0, Parker Proulx 0 0-0 0, Jeremiah Genereux 0 2-2 2, Brayden Cline 0 0-0 0, Kade Strutz 2 1-1 5. Team Totals 17 14-23 50.

Thee Point Field Goals: Big Sandy 1 (Roth 1); Fort Benton 2 (Bird 1, Diekhans 1); Total Fouls: Big Sandy 16, Fort Benton 22. Fouled Out - Big Sandy (Brock Proulx, Ryan Roth); Fort Benton (Damon Bird).

Chinook 24 16 12 14 - 66

Big Sandy 2 8 11 6 - 27

Chinook: Isaac Bell 1 0-0 2, Ethan Bell 1 0-0 2, Hunter Neibauer 7 0-1 14, James Christensen 0 0-0 0, Trajan Hannum 2 0-0 4, Toby Niederegger 3 2-2 8, Reece Elliot 7 0-0 14, Riley Kellam 5 0-0 10, Cord Schneider 32 2-3 66. Team Fouls 20. Team Totals 32 2-3 66.

Big Sandy - Brock Proulx 1 1-2 4, Ryan Roth 3 1-2 8, Kody Strutz 0 0-1 0, Crawford Terry 1 0-0 2, Austin Haugen 0 0-0 0, Parker Proulx 0 1-2 1, Jeremiah Genereux 0 0-0 0, Brayden Cline 0 0-0 0, Kade Strutz 2 7-8 12. Team Totals 7 9-14 27.

Thee Point Field Goals: Big Sandy 0; Chinook 0); Total Fouls: Big Sandy 10, Chinook 20. Fouled Out - None.

Girls Basketball

Fort Benton 17 22 22 10 - 71

Big Sandy 2 6 7 4 - 19

Fort Benton: Cassie Nack 3 0-1 6, McKenzie Clark 8 1-1 17, Ashlee Wang 1 0-0 2, Aspen Giese 6 1-1 15, Abby Clark 4 0-0 8, Sam Vielleux 0 0-0 0, Maci Molinario 4 1-2 9, Megan Clark 2 0-0 4, Cloe Kalanick 0 0-0 0, Hadley Cook 0 0-0 0, Leah Gannon 4 2-4 10, McKenna Hanford 0 0-0 0. Team Fouls 14. Team Totals 32 5-9 71.

Big Sandy - Laynee Ophus 0 1-2 1, Stacey Allderdice 0 0-0 01, Amiya Griffith 0 1-2 1, Lainey Gregory 2 1-4 7, Jaylyn Cline 2 0-0 4, Amanda Cline 3 0-2 6, Seanna Demontiny 0 0-0 0. Team Totals 7 3-9 19.

Thee Point Field Goals: Big Sandy 2 (Gregory 2); Fort Benton 2 (Giese 2); Total Fouls: Big Sandy 11, Fort Benton 14; Fouled out: Big Sandy (Cline).

Chinook 15 7 15 8 - 45

Senior Jaylyn Cline draws a foul during the Pioneers game against Chinook.

Big Sandy 4 8 11 10 - 33

Chinook: Megan Molyneaux 4 0-0 8, Ginger Hauer 0 0-1 0, Kourtney Hanson 8 1-3 17, Delaney Kellam 3 1-2 7, Ashley MacLeod 0 1-2 1, Lincy Johnson 0 0-0 0, Rachel Gunderson 4 0-0 8, Allison Powell 2 0-0 4. Team Fouls 14. Team Totals 21 3-8 45.

Big Sandy - Laynee Ophus 0 0-0 0, Stacey Allderdice 0 0-0 0, Amiya Griffith 1 1-2 3, Madison Terry 0 0-0 0, Lainey Gregory 3 0-0 7, Jaylyn Cline 2 12-14 16, Amanda Cline 2 1-2 5, Seanna Demontiny 0 0-0 0. Team Totals 8 14-18 33.

Thee Point Field Goals: Big Sandy 2 (Gregory 2); Chinook 0; Total Fouls: Big Sandy 12, Chinook 14; Fouled out: None.