On Saturday, Feb. 9, the Clark Fork Mountain Cat Junior High girls’ team placed third during a tournament in Arlee. Six teams traveled to the event where the Cats lost their first game to the St. Regis Lady Tigers by one point, 22-21. They played St. Regis again later in the day and won, 37-17. In their second game, they played Plains and won by 15 points. During the season they had lost to Plains twice.

“This is a good group of girls and they don’t get down on themselves,” said Alberton head coach Josh Reese. “They don’t give up. What’s remarkable about them is they can lose to a team and then come back and beat them, sometimes by a big margin. Like in the games against St. Regis.”

The other teams at the tournament included Charlo, Noxon and Arlee where Charlo won and Arlee placed second. The Superior head coach is Byron Quinlan, and Jessica Foust is the assistant coach. The Cats had 25 girls in grades 6 through 8 participate this season.

“We’ve got a great program and Byron is a great coach,” said Reese. “The team just keeps getting better and better.”