Anyway...I just got back from the Three Forks vs Belgrade game at the Belgrade Special Events Center. Belgrade "upset" the formerly undefeated Wolves 57-53. It was quite the surprise as Belgrade had only won once before this season and had looked absolutely terrible in recent losses to Manhattan and Manhattan Christian. Three Forks had a bit of an off night shooting and Belgrade kept their focus a little longer than normal and played great defense.
Despite the loss tonight, Three Forks really has a nice looking team. The Kimm kid looks like a real talented player (must be his Dutch heritage
)Manhattan Christian is also a very good B school. They have size as usual, but they're also pretty athletic-which isn't always the case.
I haven't seen Manhattan yet, but they did beat Belgrade. I'm guessing their smaller court really screwed Belgrade up as the Panthers are used to playing on the college size court. If you've played high school ball on different sized courts you know what I'm talking about.
Belgrade has size, speed and athletism. But I really believe most of their kids spent their off season concentrating on football. They're slowly starting to play better but it's been pretty painful to watch most of the season.
Thursday night-Manhattan Christian plays defending State C Champs and currently undefeated Gardiner in Churchill. Christian for some reason, can't seem to beat the Bruins (neither has anyone else). This should be a great game in a cracker box gym. If Christian's new gym was done I'd take this one in.