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Park girls lose to Havre, drop to 0-4 in conference play

New coach, similar problems for Park High girls basketball, as the Rangers have dropped five of the last six games with Friday’s 47-36 loss to the Havre Blue Ponies.
 
Interim head coach Erik Jorgenson was tasked with guiding the Rangers through the remainder of the season after former head coach Scott Coleman’s abrupt resignation Tuesday, with his first game coming against undefeated, first place Havre.
 

Gardiner boys blow past West Yellowstone, 85-50

Gardiner boys basketball continued its dominant regular season with another lopsided win, this time an 85-50 beating of the West Yellowstone Wolverines. 
 
The first half saw Gardiner and West Yellowstone going toe-to-toe, with Gardiner taking a 35-26 lead into halftime. It wasn’t until the third quarter that the Bruins’ offense got going, outscoring the Wolverines 34-5 and building up a 38-point lead going into the fourth quarter. Gardiner was able to put the game on cruise control and walk away with a 35-point win. 
 

Park rolls past Havre to win 3rd straight

Park High boys basketball continues to build on its stellar regular season, beating the Havre Blue Ponies, 56-25, to improve to 9-2 and 4-0 in conference play. 
 
Park went up early on Havre, taking a 13-3 lead into the second quarter. After Havre scored an early basket, Park would go on a 17-5 run that was punctuated by a Danner Purkett 3-pointer in the final seconds to go up 30-10 at the half. 
 

Shields Valley girls beat Gardiner to get back to .500

The Shields Valley girls used a 22-point second quarter to blow past the Gardiner Bruins Thursday, 52-23. 
 
After a slow first quarter where Shields Valley took an 8-3 lead, the Rebels outscored the Bruins 22-3 to go up 30-6 going into halftime. Emma Doolittle and Jen Fairchild led Shields Valley in second-quarter scoring with six points apiece. 
 

Gardiner boys roll past Shields Valley

The Gardiner boys had an explosive first half on offense Thursday that had them up 48-18 over the Shields Valley Rebels, and that was enough for the Bruins to cruise to an easy 76-27 win. 
 

Park girls basketball coach resigns

Park High girls basketball coach Scott Coleman resigned from his coaching duties Tuesday. 
 
Neither Coleman nor the school gave a reason for his resignation. Freshman coach Erik Jorgenson was named interim head coach. 
 
Coleman was in the midst of his fourth season at Park, with a record of 3-7 overall and 0-3 in conference play. After falling one win short of qualifying for state two years ago, the Rangers went through a 1-17 campaign last season. He finished with a record of 18-51. 
 

Park falls one point short against Columbus, 36-35

Park High wrestling fell one point short of winning last night’s dual match against Columbus, losing 36-35. 
 
With the first three matches being decided by forfeit (Park winning two and Columbus winning three), Park’s 138-pound Eric Bair was pinned in the second round by Nate Goddard. Park’s first win came when 145-pound Victor Howieson pinned Eduardo Pantoyo with 1:18 left in the first round. 
 

Gardiner girls get third win against Pirates, fall to Eagles

The Gardiner girls went 1-1 over the weekend, losing to the Manhattan Christian Eagles on Friday, 55-33, and beating the Broadview/Lavina Pirates on Saturday, 46-20. 
 
Megan Wickham led the Bruins in scoring against the Eagles with 11 points to go along with six rebounds, while Baily Fuhrmann and Brook Russell led the team in rebounds with 12 each. 
 

Gibson third, Howieson eighth in Miles City

Park High didn’t have enough wrestlers to finish high in the team competitionin Miles City last weekend, but did have two place, with Shane Gibson taking third in the 182-pound division and Victor Howieson placing eighth at 145-pounds. Howieson’s match versus Thunder Basin’s Ryan Robertson went into double overtime, with Howieson taking the victory. 
 

Rebel boys fall to White Sulphur Springs, Harlowton

The Shields Valley boys went 0-2 over the weekend, losing to the White Sulphur Springs Hornets on Friday, 44-41, and losing to the Harlowton Engineers Saturday, 41-37.
 
The Rebels got off to a slow start against the Hornets, but eventually cut the lead to six going into halftime. With both teams scoring eight points in the third quarter, White Sulphur Springs held off Shields Valley late in the fourth and took home a 3-point win.