After a close first quarter, Bainville’s girls’ basketball team used its quickness to down Lustre, 63-30, during non-conference play in Lustre on Thursday, Jan. 5. A 17-footer by Lustre’s Alexa Reddig ended the quarter with Bainville up by only a 1410 margin. The Lions stayed close early in the second quarter as a drive by Aubri Holzrichter and a basket by Grace Brown off a pass from Reddig

Two previously undefeated teams squared off when Bainville traveled to Lustre for a boys’ basketball showdown on Thursday, Jan. 5. Lustre took control in the middle two quarters for a 65-39 victory. The Bulldogs, led by the scoring of Ayden Knudsen and Alex Strickland, played close with the top-ranked Lions throughout the first quarter. Lustre held a 15-11 advantage at the end of the period.

Poplar’s Bailey Dupree is only a sophomore, but she showed the composure of a more experienced player when she went to the foul stripe with 2.7 seconds left in the Indians’ home girls’ basketball game against Froid/ Lake on Friday, Jan. 6. With the Indians behind by a 61-59 margin, Dupree knocked down three free throws to give the Indians a 62-61 victory. The Red Hawks held a 4746 lead

Poplar Indians accounted for an impressive first quarter en route to a 6653 boys’ basketball win over Froid/Lake on Friday, Jan. 6.Poplar earned a 27-9 lead in the opening quarter. The Indians struck for 11 of the game’s first 13 points on five points by Delray Lilley along with baskets by Kameron Reum, Geordy Medicine Cloud and Walker Burshia. The Red Hawks struggled with Poplar’s trapping