CCHS gets first win over Roberts

The CCHS Bulldogs opened their basketball season versus the Circle Wildcats at a start-of-year tournament in Miles City. The games were held at Sacred Heart.

The ‘Dogs were outscored by 20 in the first half of their season opener, but held their own in the second half, eventually losing by 20.

Wildcat O. Beery was the games leading scorer with 16 points, he had 11 in the second quarter. Chace Loehding was the only Bulldog that finished with double-digit points; he had 10.

CCHS 8 16 23 33

Circle 15 36 43 53

CCHS: Chace Loehding 10, Ryker Carroll 5, Zander Ashbrook 4, Kaleb Frye 4, Wyatt Melton 3, Ethan Mellon 3, James Enos 2, Ethan Frye 2.

Circle: O. Beery 16, A. Idland 11, D. Gibbs 10, X. Nashar 8, K. Ereaux 5, G. Guldburg 3.

On December 2nd CCHS played Savage at Sacred Heart. The game was tied at 19 going into halftime, but Savage outscored Blue by 15 in the third and 6 in the fourth to win by 21. Chace Loehding and Wyatt Melton scored 10 each for Blue. S. Erickson of Savage led all scorers with 16 points. Blue shot 3 of 6 from the free throw line; Savage shot 10 of 16.

CCHS 12 19 22 35

Savage 11 19 37 56

CCHS: Chace Loehding 10, Wyatt Melton 10, Ethan Mellon 6, Eldon Morris 5, Kaleb Frye 2, Zander Ashbrook 2.

Savage: S. Erickson 16, H. Sanders 14, C. Tombre 9, J. Tombre 8, A. Erickson 3, C. Lyons 3, B. Shaw 3.

Last Friday, the Bulldogs played Custer/Hysham in Broadview. CCHS battled, especially down the stretch as they outscored Custer/Hysham in the fourth, but they eventually lost by 6 points, 41-47. CCHS shot an impressive 9 of 11 (82 percent) on free throws; Custer/Hysham went 6 of 15 from the line.

CCHS 8 15 27 41

Custer/Hysham 16 21 36 47

CCHS: Wyatt Melton 14, Preston Jensen 10, Chace Loehding 9, Ethan Mellon 3, Ethan Frye 2, Ryker Carroll 2, Eldon Morris 1.

Custer/Hysham: Layne Duncan 19, Tucker Keith 12, Jake Snively 12, Ethan Weinmesier 4.

The following night CCHS took on Roberts at Lavina. Blue came out firing on offense as they put up 19 points in each of the first two quarters and had an 11-point lead at the half. The second half was almost dead-even, but Blue’s early lead was enough for them to get their first win of the season, 69-56. The Bulldogs went to the line often and shot a high percentage in the contest while Roberts went only 11 of 20. Chace Loehding and Wyatt Melton led the way for Blue with 17 and 16 points, respectively. Roberts’ Cody Atcosta was the game’s top scorer with 18.

CCHS 19 38 53 69

Roberts 11 27 42 56

CCHS: Chace Loehding 17, Wyatt Melton 16, Kaleb Frye 13, Eldon Morris 11, Ethan Frye 4, Ryker Carroll 4, Preston Jensen 4.

Roberts: Cody Atcosta 18, Thommy Howard 13, Nate Weber 11, Gus Kosel 10, Bobby Neil 4.