The Park City Panthers kicked last weekend off with what Coach Matt Nuemann called a “good little redemption win” against Class B Red Lodge Rams last Friday.
It’s not often a high school hoops team plays three games in three nights, and wins all three.
Two weeks after the 5-hour trip, the Columbus/Absarokee wrestlers will return to Choteau with state tournament dreams on their minds.
The Columbus boys (9-3) used a flurry of first half 3-pointers from Trey Ostrum, along with a smothering defense, to hand Big Timber a 60-50 setback, only the Herders second loss of the season.
The Lady Panthers stretched their win-streak to 12 conference games last weekend, but first faced a tough challenge from the Absarokee Huskies.
New weekend. Same story. Two more wins for the Park City Lady Panthers, keeping them atop the District 6C standings with a perfect conference record of 10-0.
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Heading into Friday night’s Columbus-Laurel girls game, it would have been hard to fault the Locomotives if they were a tad overconfident.
The Reed Point-Rapelje Renegades split weekend conference games against Bridger and Absarokee.
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The Lady Panthers continued its season of domination with two more victories last weekend.
The first time the Columbus boys played the Shepherd Mustangs this year, the Cougars held the Mustangs scoreless in the first quarter, leading to a 53-38 Cougar win.