3C Boys set to battle for Eastern B berth

The North Country Maverick and Dodson Coyote basketball teams will have their hands full as both will try to make it to the Eastern C Divisional against four other teams in Malta this week.

The Malta High School Gymnasium will be the site of the 3C District tournament from Wednesday, February 17, to Saturday, February 20.

The 18-0 first seeded Scobey-Opheim Spartans and second seeded 10-2 Dodson Coyotes have earned a first round bye.

Scobey will face the winner of the Lustre, Nashua game which will be held on Tuesday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Lustre. Dodson will face the winner of the North Country, Frazer game which will be held in Hinsdale at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Dodson Coyotes

Last week the Dodson Coyotes picked up three wins to conclude the regular season. The Coyotes defeated Poplar 80-77 in overtime on Monday, February 8, in Poplar. The team then defeated Frazer 79-26 in Frazer on Friday, February 12. The Coyotes defeated Lustre 53-35 in Dodson on Saturday, February 13.

In Dodson’s win over Poplar, Dodson’s Juliun Benson sent the game into overtime with a trey, and won the game later in overtime with a three pointer.

In the Coyotes’ win over Frazer, the team was led by Zarek Jones, who scored 27 points. Ju. Benson had 15 points, and Kadin Racine had eight points.

In the team’s win over Lustre, Jones scored 16 points, Racine had 12 points, Jeremiah Benson had nine points and Ju. Benson had eight points.

NORTH COUNTRY MAVERICKS

The North Country Mavericks also ended the season on a positive note, racking up three wins.

The Mavericks defeated Nashua 69-34 on Thursday, February 11, in Nashua, then Lustre Christian 51-43 in Lustre on Friday, February 12, and Frazer 65-22 in Frazer on Saturday, February 13.

Beau Simonson had 30 points in the team’s win over Nashua. Trey Johnson had 14 points, and Jon Rey Taylor had 12 points.

Simonson had a 29 point game in his team’s win over Frazer. Loden Idler had nine points. Jesse Lee, Taylor, and Johnson each scored six points in the victory.