6 hours Ago By CHRIS PETERSON 406 MT Sports
HELENA — It’s February and that means that postseason high school basketball isn’t far away. In Class AA, every game feels like a postseason game since there are no divisional tournaments this season. That classification feels as wide open as any.
Four of the five ranked teams lost last week. In Class A and Class C, there were minimal changes. Class B had a slight shakeup as Lodge Grass was beaten for the first time this season, leaving just four undefeated teams in Montana high school boys basketball: Fairfield, Box Elder, Scobey, and St.
Regis. Here’s the latest update to the 406 MT sports boys basketball rankings. Class AA It might be fair to ask if anyone in Class AA wants to be ranked No.
1? The top four teams in last week’s 406 MT Sports Class AA rankings all lost. Billings Skyview, the fifth-ranked team was responsible for one of those losses, knocking off previous No. 3 Great Falls CMR.
Billings West's Matt Ludwig and Billings Skyview's Zakai Owens jump fort he ball at the tip-off during a game at Billings West High School on Thursday, Jan. 23. Bozeman has also recovered from a 2-6 start with three straight wins, including a win over Bozeman Gallatin that knocked the Raptors from the rankings for the first time this season.
Despite a 74-73 loss against Butte High (8-4) on the road, Helena High held onto the No. 1 spot for the second straight week. Billings West stayed No.
2, even though the Golden Bears lost by double-digits to Billings Senior (6-6). The strength of their wins has Helena and West holding firm in the top two, with Skyview (No. 3) and Missoula Hellgate (No.
4) making the biggest moves. The Knights, state champions in 2022-23, have won three games in a row. Butte High just missed the rankings, thanks to a loss to Helena Capital on Saturday, as well as a defeat earlier this season to Hellgate, which also has a win over CMR.
Class AA Game of the Week : No. 5 Great Falls CMR at No. 2 Billings West (Saturday) Class A There was only one loss among ranked teams in Class A last week as fifth-ranked Lockwood, knocked off third-ranked Billings Central in overtime.
The loss was just the second for the Rams in Class A competition. Central lost to Billings Skyview twice, but has played well enough in Class A to stay ranked although 9-2 Columbia Falls is hot on their heels, having won four in a row after a 18-point loss to Ronan. Dillon's Kyler Engellant (11) looks to pass defended by Frenchtown's Henry Griffin (55) during the Class A boy's basketball game between Dillon and Frenchtown on Friday, Jan.
17, 2025 at Beaverhead County High School. Dillon has been on a roll, losing only to Butte of Class AA. The Beavers have won nine straight games by double digits but that will that streak will be on the line Friday night against second-ranked Frenchtown, a team they just beat 49-32 a few weeks ago in Dillon.
Class A Game of the Week : No. 1 Dillon at No. No.
2 Frenchtown (Friday) Class B Class B boys basketball has just one undefeated team left after Lodge Grass was knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten by Huntley Project last week (94-86). The 10th-ranked Red Devils moved up a spot in the rankings thanks to one of the most impressive wins in Class B this season. Yet, Huntley Project followed up that win over the previous No.
2 with an 81-58 loss at the hands of Red Lodge, which moved up to No. 5 this week. There are 10 teams in Class B with 11 wins or more and all of them are ranked.
Lone Peak has 10 wins and is on the cusp. Glasgow was upset by Rocky Boy but remained ahead of Malta due to its win earlier in the season over the Mustangs, however, those teams will meet this week, in one of two ranked contests between Class B teams. Class B Game of the Week : No.
7 Columbus at No. 5 Red Lodge (Thursday) Class C There was just one change in the Class C rankings this week. All 10 teams remained the same but after Plentywood lost to No.
2 Scobey, the Wildcats fell one spot to No. 10 and were jumped by Chester-Joplin-Inverness. The Hawks have won six games in a row after a six-point road loss to Box Elder earlier this season.
The Bears crushed Centerville by 40 this week and Hays Lodge-Pole by 37, thanks to a 94-point outing. Box Elder is averaging 76 points per game this season and will put its 40-game winning streak on the line against CJI, on the road, Saturday night. Class C Game of the Week : No.
1 Box Elder at No. 9 Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Saturday). Here are the complete 406 MT Sports high school basketball rankings: Class AA 1.
Helena High 8-2 2. Billings West 9-3 3. Billings Skyview 9-3 4.
Missoula Hellgate 8-3 5. Great Falls CMR 7-3 Class A 1. Dillon 11-1 2.
Frenchtown 10-2 3. Glendive 11-3 4. Lockwood 12-2 5.
Billings Central 9-4 Class B 1. Missoula Loyola 12-1 2. Fairfield 15-0 3.
Lodge Grass 13-1 4. Three Forks 11-1 5. Red Lodge 11-3 6.
Glasgow 11-3 7. Columbus 11-3 8. Malta 11-3 9.
Huntley Project 10-4 10. Thompson Falls 11-3 Class C 1. Box Elder 14-0 2.
Scobey 14-0 3. Manhattan Christian 11-1 4. St.
Regis 14-0 5. Circle 12-2 6. Lustre Christian 12-2 7.
Lincoln 13-1 8. Cascade 13-1 9. Chester-Joplin-Inverness 12-2 10.
Plentywood 12-2 For tips, email: [email protected] or text/call: 406-475-4292.
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