Columbia Falls entered the title game having gone undefeated in four postseason games, sweeping the Northwestern A divisional tourney and then knocking off Corvallis and defending state champion Browning in its first two games of the state tournament in Butte.
Wildcats Fall to Dillon 54-50
Columbia Falls Loses in State Title Game
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File photo by Mark Riffey. |
A fine season has come to an end. Columbia Falls, the underdog turned frontrunner, relinquished a small fourth-quarter lead on Saturday night in the State Class A Boys Basketball Tournament title game in losing to Dillon 54-50. The Wildcats were shooting for their fourth Class A state championship since 2003. Instead, the Dillon Beavers earned their third state title since 1999, their last coming in 2007 when they defeated Browning 61-55.
Columbia Falls entered the title game having gone undefeated in four postseason games, sweeping the Northwestern A divisional tourney and then knocking off Corvallis and defending state champion Browning in its first two games of the state tournament in Butte.
Columbia Falls entered the title game having gone undefeated in four postseason games, sweeping the Northwestern A divisional tourney and then knocking off Corvallis and defending state champion Browning in its first two games of the state tournament in Butte.
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