OPHEIM JUNIOR BO ANDERSON slices through the defense of the North Country Mavericks for a secondhalf layup Friday night en route to an 11-point showing in an 86-40 win. Defending on the play is Trey Johnson

(#5). — Leader Photo, mike

 

End Regular Season In Nashua, Wolf Point

The Scobey Spartans made amends of the 60-26 shellacking it absorbed against the visiting Glasgow Scotties 16 days prior with a slim 45-42 win last Saturday night on the Class B team’s

home court.

Coupled with conference- game victories against Dodson and North Country the two nights prior, the Spartans take a 12-4 overall record into the final weekend of the regular season. Scobey travels to Nashua (2-14, 582-918, 36.3-57.3) Friday and Wolf Point (12-4, 945-841, 59.0-52.5) Saturday.

The 34-point loss to the Scotties in Scobey Thursday, January 20, was one of the most lopsided losses the Spartans have experienced in a looooooong time and they were ready to turn things around Saturday

night.

Tipping off at 7:22 p.m., Scobey took a 4-0 lead on Gage Hallock and Reagan Machart baskets before Glasgow came back to tie it at 4-all. Hudson Kjos made it 7-4 on a 3-point field goal and by the 2-minute mark of the second period, when Hallock sank a pair of free throws, the Spartans had their largest lead of the contest at 24-11.

The Scotties lowered the gap to four points on four occasions during the initial six minutes of the third frame before freshman Wyatt Babb made it 33-31 and junior Riley Smith netted a reverse layup for the second

and final tie at 33.

If there was a turning point it was provided by 5-foot-9 sophomore Braxton Wolfe. He drilled a 3-point field goal from the left wing

for a 36-33 lead to end the

third period. After the break, he opened the fourth quarter with a step-back trey, also from the left wing, for a 39-33 lead. Machart added a deuce and Scobey led 41-33 with just over 5 and one-half minutes to go.

The Scotties fought back when seniors Bergen Miller and Dalton Sand sank 3-point field goals, the latter rolling in and out of the rim before dropping back in to close within 41-39.

Hallock and Babb swapped buckets to keep it a 2-point difference before junior Keigan Ingram made a free throw to close within 43-42.

Glasgow was whistled for a technical foul and Hallock made the first free throw and missed the second for a 44-42 margin with 32.8 seconds remaining.

Glasgow had the opportunity to tie the score with a trip to the free-throw line at the 8.6-second mark but the ball missed the mark.

Hudson Kjos secured the rebound and was fouled with 7 seconds left. The Scobey senior missed the first free throw but sank the second for a 3-point victory.

The Spartans began the week on Thursday, February 3, with a trip to Dodson for a game that was postponed by the Coyotes orginally scheduled for January 22. The Spartans prevailed 68-33.

The next night they hosted North Country and rolled to an 86-40 win.

Scobey closes out the regular season on the road by playing in Nashua Friday, February 11 (JVB 4:30 p.m. VB 7:30 p.m.). The next night they enter the Wolves’ Den Gym to take on Wolf Point (CB 12 p.m., JVB 3 p.m., VB 6 p.m.).

Scobey (68) at Dodson (33), Thurs., Feb. 3 — Scobey: Hudson Kjos 4 0-0 8, Reagan Machart 7 1-3 15, Braxton Wolfe 5 0-1 16, Zach Turner 0 0-0 0, Jimi Jones 3 0-1 7, Gage Hallock 6 2-5 14, Tristan Fladager 2 0-0 4, Bo Anderson 1 0-1 2. Totals: 29 3-11 68. Three-point field goals: Wolfe 4, Jones 1. Fouls: 15. Turnovers: 11. Dodson: Mikey Jaynes 1 0-1 2, Kadin Racine 4 0-0 10, Dwight Werk 0 0-0 0, Tanner Ball 2 0-0 5, Sebastian Best 0 0-1 0, Conan CutsTheRope 1 0-0 3, Chaske Cliff 0 0-0 0, Alex Werk 2 3-4 8, Junior Stiffarm 0 2-2 2, Jeremiah Henry 0 0-0 0, Cash KillEagle

1 1-2 3, Treyten Stiffarm 0

0-0 0. Totals: 11 6-10 33. Threepoint field goals: Racine 2, Ball 1, CutsTheRope 1, A. Werk 1.

Fouls: 14. Quarter scores: 16-7 Sco, 35-15 Sco, 47-21 Sco, 68-33 Sco.

North Country (40) at Scobey (86), Fri., Feb. 4 — Scobey: Hudson Kjos 6 0-0 16, Reagan Machart 10 1-3 21, Braxton Wolfe 6 0-0 15, Zach Turner 0 0-0 0, Luke Cromwell 1 0-0 2, Jimi Jones 2 0-1 4, Gage Hallock 7 3-5 17, Tristan Fladager 0 0-0 0, Bo Anderson 3 5-7 11. Totals: 35 9-16 86. Three-point field goals: Kjos 4, Wolfe 3. Fouls: 10. Turnovers: 7. North Country: Taylor Mogan 2 0-0 5, Trey Johnson 6 0-1 13, Blaine Downing 2 0-1 4, Coy Downing 0 0-0 0, Kade Strommen 3 0-0 6, Marshall Caves 0 0-0 0, Aiden Albus 5 2-3 12, Andrew Boucher 0 0-0 0, Walker Albus 0 0-0 0, Korbyn Skubinna 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 18 2-5 40. Three-point

field goals:

Johnson 1, Mogan 1.

Fouls: 14. Quarter scores: 28-9 Sco, 43-21 Sco, 63-33 Sco, 86-40 Sco. On-court officials: Referee: Arron Webster. Umpires: B. Bighorn and Dean Nelson.

Scobey (45) at Glasgow (42), Sat., Feb. 5 — Scobey: Hudson Kjos 2 0-2 5, Reagan Machart 4 0-1 8, Jace Bilbrey 0 2-2 2, Braxton Wolfe 3 0-0 9, Gage Hallock 6 8-9 20, Bo Anderson 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15 11-16 45.

Three-point field goals: Wolfe 3, Kjos 1. Fouls: 15. Turnovers: 10.

Glasgow: Dalton Sand 2 0-0 5, Riley Smith 5 2-2 13, Wyatt Babb 4 0-1 8, K.J. Ingram 0 0-0 0, Bergen Miller 3 0-0 7, Keigan Ingram 3 3-4 9. Totals: 17 5-7 9. Threepoint field goals: Miller 1, Sand 1, Smith 1. Fouls: 17. Technical foul: Ke. Ingram. Quarter scores: 12-7 Sco, 25-15 Sco, 36-33 Sco, 45-42 Sco. Game time: 7:22-8:34 p.m. On-court officials: Referee Marc Kloker. Umpires Brian Mix and Clayton Zerbe.

 

A mere two games remain in the 2021-22 regular season for the Scobey varsity girls’ basketball team before it heads south to Wolf Point for the District 3C Tournament set for February 16-19.

The Spartans (9-7, 602-503, 37.6-31.4) are scheduled to play at the Nashua Porcupines (10-6, 643-641, 40.1-40.0) Friday, February 11 (JV 3 p.m., V 6 p.m.) and at the Wolf Point Wolves (11-5, 887-701, 55.4-43.8) Saturday, February 12 (JV 1:30 p.m., V 4:30 p.m.).

Both games are scheduled to be aired live on Scobey radio station KCGM

95.7 FM.

In the first go-round this season in Scobey the home team prevailed 47-28 against the Porcupines and 43-38 against the Wolves.

The Spartans won one of their three games in last weekend’s action.

At Dodson Thursday the third, a makeup game postponed by the Coyotes on January 22 due to health issues, it was knotted at 13 through 8 minutes of action.

Scobey pulled away with a 14-2 second quarter, limiting the ‘Yotes to just a pair of made free throws. It did the same thing in the third period by allowing just one made field goal while scoring a dozen points of its own for a 39-17 advantage in an eventual 46-26 District 3C win.

Senior Whitley Maher led the blue and gold in scoring with 9 points while senior Karys Lamb and freshman Kaytie Aanstad each had 8.

Conference leader North Country visited Scobey on Friday, which was the final home game of the season, and it was pretty if one is from Saco, Whitewater or Hinsdale.

The Mavericks, certainly a contender to win it all this season, led by just 6-3 through one quarter of play. In the second quarter the separation began and the Mavs took a 22-12 advantage into halftime.

North Country, allowing a very miserly 21.8 points per game defensively through its 14 games, outscored the Spartans 37-18 in the second half for a 59-30

final.

Carrie Taylor led Scobey with 12 points, half of them on a pair of 3-pointers, while senior Jaycee Erickson topped the Mavs with 20 markers, four made buckets from inside the 3-point arc

and four outside of it.

Conventional wisdom says these two teams have not seen the last of each other on the basketball court

this season. The third game in three nights was a non-conference clash with the Scotties in Glasgow.

While it was a close one throughout, the Spartans never had the lead as Daley Aune’s bucket just seconds after the opening tip-off put

Glasgow up for good.

However, it stayed close nearly the whole game until there were 3 minutes to go.

For instance, by the conclusion of the first quarter it was 11-6 Glasgow but it was closer than the score would suggest. A 3-pointer by Daisy Hersel midway through the second period and an Aanstad field goal with 1:15 left kept the Spartans within striking distance.

Field goals by Abby Willis, Lamb and Maher throughout the initial 4 minutes of the third had Scobey back within 20-19. In the dying seconds of the quarter Emily Anderson dropped in a long 2-pointer and Scobey was still within 24-23 with 8 minutes to go.

The exclamation point was when Glasgow senior Tyann Graham drilled a 3-point field goal followed by a Scobey turnover and then followed by Graham netting another trey for a 30-23 lead.

Taylor’s bucket made it a 5-point difference but the Scotties outscored their guests 6-2 the rest of the way for a 36-27 win to cap Senior Night.

Scobey (46) at Dodson (26), Thurs., Feb. 3 — Scobey: Kasslyn Baldry 0 2-2 2, Whitley Maher 4 0-0 9, Karys Lamb 3 0-0 8, Emily Anderson 1 0-0 3, Mia Handran 0 0-0 0, Mya Green 0 0-0 0, Sophia Handran 1 0-0 2, Mady Willis 0 0-0 0, Abby Willis 3 0-0 7, Kaytie Aanstad 3 2-2 8, Daisy Hersel 3 1-2 7, Carrie Taylor 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 5-6 46. Three-point field goals: Lamb 2, Anderson 1, Maher 1, A. Willis 1. Fouls: 13. Turnovers: 23. Dodson: Alexis Iron Bear 0 0-0 0, Kataya KillEagle 2 7-7 11, Imagine Fox 2 0-0 6, Jean Jackson 1 0-0 2, Kylee Ball 0 0-0 0, Jazlyn KillEagle 1 2-2 4, Jaymiee Stiffarm 1 1-1 3. Totals: 7 10-10 26. Fouls: 9. Quarter scores: 13-13, 27-15 Sco, 39-17 Sco, 46-26 Sco.

North Country (59) at Scobey (30), Fri., Feb. 4 — Scobey: Kasslyn Baldry 0 0-0 0, Whitley Maher 2 0-0 5, Karys Lamb 1 0-2 2, Emily Anderson 0 0-0 0, Mia Handran 0 0-0 0, Mya Green 0 0-0 0, Mady Willis 0 0-0 0, Abby Willis 2 0-0 6, Kaytie Aanstad 1 0-0 2, Daisy Hersel 1 0-0 3, Carrie Taylor 5 0-0 12. Totals: 12 0-2 30. Three-point field goals: Taylor 2, A. Willis 2, Hersel 1, Maher 1. Fouls: 15. Turnovers: 16. North Country: Shelbi LaBrie 1 0-0 2, Cienna Strommen 0 0-0 0, Kora LaBrie 2 0-0 5, Mattea McColly 2 0-1 5, Kendall Scheffelmear 0 0-1 0, Teagan Erickson 6 1-2 13, Paige Wasson 3 2-3 8, Zandora Longtree 2 0-0 6, Jaycee Erickson 8 0-0 20. Totals: 24 3-7 59. Three-point field goals: J. Erickson 4, Longtree 2, K. LaBrie 1, McColly 1. Fouls: 10. Quarter scores: 6-3 NC, 22-12 NC, 39-20 NC, 59-30 NC. Game time: 6:03-7:17 p.m. On-court officials: Referee: Dean Nelson. Umpires: Barry Bighorn and Aaron Webster.

Scobey (27) at Glasgow (36), Sat., Feb. 5 — Scobey: Whitley Maher 2 0-0 4, Karys Lamb 2 0-2 4, Emily Anderson 1 0-0 2, Abby Willis 1 0-0 2, Kaytie Aanstad 1 0-2 2, Daisy Hersel 3 0-2 7, Carrie Taylor 3 0-1 6. Totals: 13 0-7 27. Three-point field goals: Hersel 1. Fouls: 12. Turnovers: 19. Glasgow: Abrianna Nielsen 2 3-4 8, Blaire Westby 2 0-0 4, Tyann Graham 4 0-1 11, Daley Aune 1 2-2 4, Carly Nelson 4 0-0 8, Sabrina Harsh 0 1-4 1. Totals: 13 6-11 36. Three-point

field goals: Graham 3, Nielsen 1. Fouls: 10. Quarter scores: 11-6 G, 18-13 G, 24-23 G, 36-27 G. Game time: 5:38-6:05 p.m. Oncourt officials: Referee: Brian Mix. Umpires: Marc Kloker and Clayton Zerbe.

 

STACK! Four Scobey girls run an inbounds stack play

during second-half action of Friday’s varsity action against the visiting North Country Mavericks. From left are Mady Willis, Mya Green, Mia Handran and Kaytie Aanstad. — Leader Photo, mike

 

IT WAS THE USUAL BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY when the 8th annual Dixie Jam 3-on-3 Basketball Tourna ment was held in the two gymnasiums of the Scobey School on Sunday, February 6. Above at center court of the big gym is the nerve center of the tourney with four half-court games in progress surrounding it. Below is action in the small gym. At bottom, Scobey’s Emery Rouse attempts a short jumper. This tourney is an annual fundraiser for Scobey Alumni Foundation Inc., more commonly known as SAFI. — Leader Photos, mike