It was a Class B stampede in Troy this past week.

Both Plains girls and boys basketball teams, the Trotters and Horsemen, continued their hot start on the 2023-24 Montana high school season with convincing road victories over their hosts.

The Horsemen improved their season mark to 5-2 and their Western 7B conference record to 2-0 with a 54-28 thumping of the Trojans, while the Trotters upped their record on the year to 5-1 with a lopsided victory over the Lady Trojans, 46-13, this past Tuesday night.

The boys came out running and gunning against Troy and built a quick 10-2 lead after one quarter of play. Troy righted the ship, at least momentarily, when they battled the Horsemen even in the second quarter.

At the half, Plains was up 24-14.

The second half was all Plains as the surging Horsemen outscored Troy 30-14 over the last two quarters en route to their 26-point conference win.

Plains guard Darren Standeford led all scorers with 21 points on the night, and got nine points from senior forward Anaya Loberg in the win.

Earlier Tuesday, the Trotters rolled to a 9-2 first quarter lead in their game against the Lady Trojans, then padded their lead to 24-7 with a strong offensive and defensive performance in the second quarter.

The Trotters took control of the contest in the third quarter when they out-pointed Troy 14-2, giving them a 38-9 win heading into the final quarter of play.

The Plains girls added four more points to their lead in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Trotters forward Claire Lakko led all scorers with 13 points for Plains, which also got 10 from Katelyn Subatch.

Both Plains teams now head into the Christmas break and return to action Thursday, Jan 4 with a home game versus Victor. They remain at home the next night (Friday, Jan 5) for a pair of games against Noxon.