Winter sports wrap up for south Lincoln Co. teams
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Winter sports wrapped up for varsity basketball teams in south Lincoln County last week.
The Troy Trojans, playing in their first divisional tournament since 2018, were 1-2 in Hamilton.
The Trojans opened Friday with a 66-54 loss to Arlee in the Western B tournament.
The Warriors led 30-18 at halftime Thursday.
Carson Orr’s 18 points were a game-high and Kempton Sloan scored 16 for the Trojans.
Nolan Morris and Emerson Downey each scored eight points while Brody Kelso tallied four.
Friday, the Trojans bounced back with a 61-50 win over Mission. The Bulldogs led 28-24 at halftime, but Troy’s big third quarter, 26-11, made the difference.
Sloan scored 19 points and Morris added 16. Downey tallied 14 and Orr pitched in 10 for the Trojans.
Saturday, Florence won 54-48. Sloan scored 14 points to lead the Trojans. Orr and Downey each had 11 while Morris scored nine and Brody Kelso had three points.
Northwest Class A
In Polson, the Pirates scored a 53-39 win over the Libby Loggers in a play-in game Feb. 27.
Polson led 24-20 at halftime and blew the game open in the third quarter, outscoring the Loggers 16-5.
Ryan Beagle led Libby (3-16) with 13 points, including three 3-pointers. Isaac Lamere pitched in 10 and Bransen Holzer scored eight.
For the Libby (1-18) girls basketball squad, they also lost their play-in game Feb. 27 at Browning, 67-21.
No other information was available.
Both varsity basketball teams ended their seasons with 15 straight losses.
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