Burns wins dunk contest
Hungry Horse News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years AGO
Senior Kyler Burns won the slam dunk contest at the Les Schwab shootout in Kalispell last week. Burns threw down a 38-point windmill dunk in the final round to win the title.
A perfect score is 40 points.
Senior Nathan Riley tied for fourth in the 3-point shooting contest. Senior Tyler Murphy was fourth in the free-throw contest.
On the girls’ side, juniors Peyton Kehr took third in the 3-point contest and Cydney Finberg was third in the free throw contest. As a team, Columbia Falls took fourth overall. Glacier won the event.
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