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Gibson places third at Great Falls Tournament

The Park High wrestling team traveled to Great Falls to compete in a tournament at C.M. Russell High School over the weekend, with over 50 teams in attendance. Park faced stiff competition and only had one wrestler place, with Shane Gibson taking third in the 182-pound division. 
 
“This is by far the toughest tournament we’ve participated in thus far,” said Park head coach Ben Hahn. “I believe there were 53 teams, and all divisions and classes in Montana participated, so it’s a very tough tournament.”
 

Shields Valley holds on versus Gardiner, improves to 2-1

A big Jen Fairchild first half was enough for the Shields Valley Rebels to come away with a win Thursday night, beating the Gardiner Bruins 44-38. 
 
After Gardiner capped a solid first quarter with a 6-0 run to go up 15-9, Fairchild put the team on her back, scoring 10 of her 13 first-half points in the second quarter. Despite being down for a majority of the half, the Rebels’ 19-6 run in the second quarter put them up 28-21. 
 

Gardiner blows past Shields Valley, 80-20

It was a dominating performance from start to finish for the Gardiner Bruins, blowing past the Shields Valley Rebels Thursday, 80-20. It was Gardiner’s largest margin of victory this season.
 
Gardiner took it to Shields Valley early with a huge 52-point half, hitting eight 3-pointers to take a 52-14 lead into the locker room. Sophomore guard Elijah Byrd hit four of Gardiner’s eight first-half 3-pointers to lead all scorers at the half with 12. 
 

Agent Boras: Marlins turning into 'pawn shop' under Jeter

Derek Jeter owns five World Series rings, which may be the reason agent Scott Boras had jewelry on his mind when discussing the Miami Marlins' new ownership.
 
Boras said Jeter and his group are turning the Marlins into a pawn shop.
 
It was yet another jab at the Marlins' direction under new CEO Jeter, who continued the team's payroll purge Wednesday by trading outfielder Marcell Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals.
 

Park wrestlers have big night versus Belgrade, Fergus

Of the 13 weight classes, the Rangers were able to fill only six of them during their home meet Tuesday, which made a team victory highly unlikely. Not having the depth other programs have, though not ideal, forced head coach Ben Hahn to define his team’s performance differently. 
 

Shields Valley grinds out first win versus DGS

It wasn’t pretty, but the Shields Valley grinded out a 38-34 win over DGS at the Class C Showcase in Lewistown and improved the Rebels to 1-1 on the season. 
 
The shots weren’t falling on Friday for either team, with Shields Valley only shooting 13-of-41 (32 percent) from the floor and going a mere 1-of-10 from behind the 3-point line, so both decided to make it a slow, defensive game, which ended up working for the Rebels. 
 

Gibson takes first, three others place

Park wrestling had all four varsity wrestlers place, with three placing in the top three and one taking first overall. 
 
Shane Gibson took first place in the 182-pound division, Victor Howieson and Tyler Laverty both placed third in the 145-pound and 195-pound class, respectively. Aden Rogge took fifth in the 120-pound division. 
 

Gardiner suffers lopsided losses to Jefferson City, Thompson Falls

Gardiner girls basketball went 0-2 over the weekend, suffering lopsided losses against Jefferson City and Thompson Falls at the Three Forks Tour Friday and Saturday. 
 
Gardiner lost to Jefferson City Friday by the score of 70-16. Senior guard Brooke Russell led the team in scoring with 10. On Saturday, Gardiner suffered another lopsided defeat with a 50-17 loss to Thompson Falls. Russell led the team in scoring again with six, followed by guard Megan Wickham with four. 
 

Scoring droughts doom Rebels vs. Roy-Winifred

After giving up big runs in the first and third quarter, Shields Valley boys basketball lost to Roy-Winifred 57-39 on Friday during the Class C Showcase in Lewistown. 
 
Roy-Winifred got off to a hot start, taking an early 22-8 lead at the end of the first thanks to a 7-point output by guard Cody Bergum. Shields Valley was able to chip away at the lead in the second quarter, out-scoring Roy-Winifred 12-11. 
 

Park splits roadtrip with Miles City and Billings Central

The Park High boys went 1-1 on the first weekend road trip of the season, topping Miles City 50-35 on Friday before falling to Billings Central 59-47 on Saturday. 
 
Friday’s game saw a tight first half between Park and Miles City, with Park taking a 22-19 lead into the locker room. Rydell Floyd and Jakim Ricketts, Park’s two leading scorers, were kept in check through the first half, with Ricketts scoring four and Floyd being held scoreless.