Hamilton High School’s Broncs and Lady Broncs suffered losses in the opening day of the Montana State Class A Basketball Tournament Wednesday at the University of Montana in Missoula.

The Hamilton Broncs lost their 5 p.m. game against Fergus County of Lewistown by a score of 77 to 53. In the very next game on the boys and girls basketball schedule the Hamilton Lady Broncs lost to Hardin 62 to 48. The Montana High School Association event is a double-elimination tourney, so the teams are still in the running. The Hamilton Broncs’ loss puts them into a game today at 6:30 p.m. against the Frenchtown Broncs. The two teams have met several times during the regular season and post-season. The Lady Broncs will wait until Friday at 1:30 in the afternoon for their next game. It will be against the winner of today’s Columbia Falls – Miles City 8 p.m. matchup.

Scores and Schedule of State Class A Tournament in Missoula

The other scores from the first day of competition at Dahlberg Arena:
For the boys, Havre defeated Frenchtown 65 to 54 and Dillon beat Laurel 57 to 35. Boys games today include quarter-final games and a 12 noon game pitting Polson against Dawson County and a 1:30 p.m. game between Havre and Butte Central. A semi-final game Friday will be Dillon versus Fergus County.

In the girls scores yesterday, Butte Central beat Miles City 61 to 59 and Billings Central defeated Columbia Falls 65 to 30. Today, quarter-final games will be between Havre against Browning at 3 p.m. and Dillon against Butte Central at 5 p.m. A Friday semi-final game will be between Hardin and Billings Central.

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Most of the games will be played at Dahlberg Arena at the University of Montana campus, except for two loser-out games at Missoula Sentinel High School. KLYQ will be broadcasting the Hamilton Bronc and Lady Bronc games at 1240 AM Radio and www.klyq.com, plus the free KLYQ cellphone app.

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