Valkryies come up just short in state championship
BIGFORK’S BRAEDEN GUNLOCK (21) works the ball against Billings Central post player Coral Old Bull (52) during Saturday’s State A girls basketball championship Saturday in Butte. Billings Central won 41-38. (Gregory Nelson/artwestimage.com)
BUTTE — The quest of the Bigfork Valkyries got away right at the end Saturday, when Carol Old Bull put back an offensive rebound to give Billings Central a 39-38 lead with 2:15 left.
The final was 41-38, Central; the Rams picked up their seventh State A girls basketball crown, and first outright championship since 2012.
The Valkyries were seeking to become the first basketball team to win a championship at one classification — they went 24-0 last season in Class B — and them move up and win another. They came up just short.
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