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The Whitehall High School boys basketball team showed the heart of a champion in a Wednesday night loss at the Southern B Divisional Tournament. The Trojans shined throughout the night on defense, but ultimately fell 36-34 in a play-in game heartbreaker against Columbus. "Those kids played their hearts out for themselves, for each other, and that is what it's all about. They battled, they battled, they battled. They did a great job," Head Coach Zach McLean said following the game. The Trojans...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team is moving on at the Southern B Divisional Tournament. The Lady Trojans used a balanced attack Wednesday night to pick up a 61-51 play-in win over Huntley Project. Whitehall will now move on to the double elimination bracket and an 8 p.m. Thursday matchup against top-seeded Colstrip. Following the game, Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said is team kept fighting all night and was able to keep a comfortable lead. "We knew if we kept taking care of the...
It will be a battle of two VERY familiar teams Friday afternoon in Billings. The Whitehall High School girls basketball team is set to square off with Three Forks in a Southern B Divisional Tournament elimination game scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the MetraPark Arena. The Lady Trojans fell Thursday night 48-36 to Colstrip and Three Forks lost earlier in the day 36-24 to Roundup. The Lady Trojans won the first game against the Lady Wolves 56-42, but Three Forks won the second game 58-54 in double...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team is far from done at the Southern B Divisional Tournament. The Lady Trojans won a hard fought 43-38 elimination game battle Friday afternoon over conference rival Three Forks and will move on to play Saturday morning against the loser of Big Timber and Forsyth. The game is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Rocky Mountain College. “It feels great. The girls came out and played hard like they always do. We lost to Three Forks the last two times, I’m gla...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team is headed to the Southern B Divisional Tournament. The Lady Trojans won two games last Saturday at the 5B District Tournament to finish in third place and will move on the Southern B Divisional Tournament and a play-in game Wednesday, March 4 against Huntley Project. After defeating Townsend 56-43 Saturday morning, Whitehall earned the third-place finish with a 54-48 win over rival Boulder. Following the game, Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said the...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team won two games last Saturday to finish third at the 5B District Tournament in Belgrade. The Trojans defeated Townsend 53-49 early Saturday morning and rival Jefferson 54-46 Saturday afternoon and will advance to a play in-game March 4 at the Southern B Divisional Tournament in Billings. Whitehall will open the tournament against Columbus, the third seed from the 4B District in a game scheduled for 6 p.m. The win Saturday against Jefferson was the sec...
After finishing the conference season in second place, the Whitehall High School girls basketball team will open postseason play this week at the 5B District Tournament in Belgrade. The Lady Trojans will receive a bye in the first round and open the tournament with a Friday matchup between the winner of third-seeded Three Forks and sixth-seeded Manhattan. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Belgrade Events Center. Whitehall wrapped up their regular season last week with two close losses,...
The Whitehall High School wrestling team capped off a phenomenal 2019-20 season with a fourth-place finish in Class B/C at last week's State Tournament at the MetraPark Arena in Billings. The Trojans ended the two-day tournament with 117 points, behind only state champion Glasgow (154), Huntley Project (134), and Eureka (126). Whitehall had seven of 10 wrestlers place and was led by senior Riley Forcella (152 pounds) and junior Dallen Hoover (145) who both advanced to the "Chipper" and finished...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team ended their regular season last week putting together arguably their best performance of the year in a 43-29 road win over Townsend. The Trojans started strong taking a 20-11 lead into the half and never looking back in the double-digit victory. "Those kids played so dang hard, and they practiced so hard. That's all about them – we just prepared them and the executed so well. I'm so proud of them. They earned that win," McLean said. Junior Hayden H...
After falling in overtimes in both of their regular season games against rival Jefferson, the third time was a charm for the Whitehall High School boys basketball. The sixth-seeded Trojans defeated the Panthers 36-23 Thursday night in the first round of the 5B District Tournament and will now move on to semifinals and a matchup Friday at 4:30 against second-seeded Manhattan. It was a magical fourth quarter for Whitehall who outscored Jefferson 12-0. Following the victory, an ecstatic Head Coach...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team won two games Saturday to finish third at the 5B District Tournament in Belgrade. The Trojans defeated Townsend 53-49 early Saturday morning and rival Jefferson 54-46 Saturday afternoon and will advance to a play in game March 4 at the Southern B Divisional Tournament in Billings against the third seed from the 4B District in a game scheduled for 6 p.m. Following the game, Head Coach Zach McLean praised his team for winning three games in three days...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team will live to play another day. The Lady Trojans won two games Saturday at the 5B District Tournament to finish in third place and will move on the Southern B Divisional Tournament and a play in game Wednesday, March 4 against Huntley Project. After defeating Townsend 56-43 Saturday morning, Whitehall earned the third-place finish with a 54-48 win over rival Boulder. Following the game, Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said the team has been through ups...
For the first time since 1995, the Whitehall High School wrestling team captured a Divisional Championship. The Trojans had four individual champions and had another six finish in the top four to qualify for state at last Saturday's Southern B/C Divisional Tournament in Cascade. Whitehall was the lone team over 200 points at the tournament finishing in the top spot with 203. Townsend was second with 173 and Columbus was third with 159. Freshmen Michael Reiff (113 pounds) and Miles Hoerauf (160)...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team will wrap up their regular season with a Friday road game at Townsend and a Saturday home game against Manhattan Christian. According to Head Coach Zach McLean, the two opponents who they have already played this season will be seeing a much different Whitehall team this time around. Following a 52-50 home loss to Manhattan in their lone game last week, McLean was pleased with the growth of his team. "I think we are playing good basketball. We have...
The only thing that could slow down the Whitehall High School girls basketball team last week was Mother Nature. The Lady Trojans moved to 11-4 on the season with Thursday's 62-48 home win over Manhattan. Their Friday matchup on the road against Gardiner was canceled due to hazardous road areas. Whitehall started strong in the matchup against the visiting Tigers taking a 7-0 lead and stretching it to 17-4 late in the opening quarter. Manhattan would score the final five points of the quarter to...
With two weeks left in the regular season, the Whitehall High School girls basketball will be focusing on the 'little things' as they prepare for the postseason. The Lady Trojans (10-4, 5-3 5B) fell in two conference games the first a 74-48 home loss to undefeated Big Timber and a thrilling 58-54 double-overtime road loss to Three Forks. Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said the team talked after the Three Forks game about breaking down the little things they need to work on. "We've got to get them...
In the past several weeks, the Whitehall High School boys basketball team has battled to the end in several close losses. The Trojans were able to get over the hump last week picking up their first conference win of the season last Friday with a convincing 59-48 home victory over Big Timber. Up 23-22 at the half against the Herders, Whitehall was dominant in the second half sparked by the play of Brendan Wagner who had eight three-pointers and a game-high 32 points. The Trojans outscored Big...
After a successful regular season, the Whitehall High School wrestling team will move on to the postseason starting with Saturday's Southern B/C Divisional Tournament in Cascade. Assistant Coach Steve Sacry said his team is looking forward to this week's event and next weekend at the State Tournament at the Metra Park in Billings. "Our Southern division has several top-ranked teams, so Divisionals will be an exciting, competitive tournament. We have been working hard towards our goals and look...
While it may not have resulted in a win last week, the Whitehall High School boys basketball team showed they are close to a breakthrough game. The Trojans lost two close games last week the first a 47-40 setback Thursday at Anaconda and a heart-breaking 50-47 overtime loss Friday at rival Boulder. Tied at 16 at the half, Whitehall (1-11, 0-6 5B) would come out of the break strong Friday outscoring the Panthers 14-6 to take a 30-22 lead into the final quarter. Jefferson would answer with a...
The Whitehall High School wrestling had a strong performance last week finishing third out of 16 teams at last week's Class B/C Duals. Assistant Coach Steve Sacry said the dual format puts the focus on the team's performance over the individual, and there many instances where wrestlers stepped up for the good of the team. In pool action Friday, Sacry said the Trojans won both the matches, the first a solid 53-9 victory over Shepherd and a strong 58-0 win over Red Lodge. On Saturday, Whitehall...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team moved to 10-2 with two road wins last week. The Lady Trojans (10-2, 5-1) picked up a hard-fought 57-53 win Thursday night at the Snake Pit in Anaconda and followed it up Friday with an impressive 56-41 road win at Jefferson High School in Boulder. Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said in Anaconda they got to be part of a special night for their community as they honored Gabbie Stetzner, a student who is courageously battling cancer. Nieskens said there...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team split a pair of home games last week. The Lady Trojans (8-2, 4-1 5B) picked up a hard-fought 57-47 win Thursday night against Townsend and fell 56-40 Saturday against top-ranked Missoula Loyola. It was a back and forth battle in the first three quarters against the Lady Bulldogs. Townsend took a 9-8 lead at the end of the first quarter and would extend the lead to 18-13 before consecutive threes by Jada Clarkson and Brynna Wolfe gave the Lady Troja...
Despite being shorthanded, the third-ranked Whitehall High School wrestling did more than just hold their own at last week's Choteau Classic with a sixth-place finish out of 33 teams at the tournament. Assistant Coach Steve Sacry said the weekend in Choteau was another good test for the team and they were short a few wrestlers with five injured and two others gone for family reasons. "The rest of the team wrestled well and every without their teammates' help was able to play sixth," he said. Amo...
While they were unable to pick up a victory in two home games last week, the Whitehall High School boys basketball team showed plenty of upside in their 59-50 loss Thursday to Townsend and a closely contested 43-41 loss Saturday to Missoula Loyola. The Trojans would fall behind early 9-2 before a furious rally to give them a 16-15 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Bulldogs regained the momentum in the second quarter to take a 33-30 lead into halftime sparked by nine three-pointers....
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team will return home for the first time since December 21 with two games this week in Varsity Gym. The Trojans (1-7, 0-4 5B) will host conference foe Townsend on Thursday, January 16, and Missoula Loyola on January 18. Head Coach Zach McLean said with the new week it will be a new challenge. "And another week to get better," he said. In action last week, Whitehall lost a close 47-44 matchup Thursday against Manhattan and fell 79-36 at Twin Bridges....
