Horsemen comebacks lead to trophy

 

February 21, 2019

John Hamilton

SHOT'S AWAY! Jake Weyers releases a shot as Charlo's Brock Tomlin tries to block it during District 14C semifinal action in Pablo Friday.

PABLO – The battles won along the way will make the journey even more memorable.

The never-say-die Plains Horsemen pulled off two stunning comeback wins on their way to winning third place in the District 14C tournament in Pablo last week.

After opening with a 59-55 win over St. Regis Thursday in the first big comeback, coach Tyrel Allen and his Horsemen went into the fourth quarter tied with Charlo 36-36 before losing that tourney semifinal game 53-42, then defeated Noxon 40-32 in loser-out action Saturday morning, before closing things out with a 52-47 consolation game win over Hot Springs in their other big comeback later Saturday.

Arlee defeated Charlo 80-49 in the 14C title game and, since the Horsemen had already lost to Charlo, Plains could not challenge for second place and the district's other berth into this week's Western C divisional tournament in Butte.

"We feel pretty good about it, we got ourselves a district trophy and that is great for our seniors," Allen said. "It would have been nice to play a better fourth quarter against Charlo but the plays didn't swing our way late in that game. They just got to the free throw line, and made more of their chances there than we did."

The Horsemen almost fell victim to upset-minded St. Regis in their tourney opener Thursday but righted the ship in time to pull out the hard-earned win. Trailing by four points heading into the fourth quarter, Plains finally took the lead at 49-48 on an offensive rebound and putback by Matt McCracken with just over two minutes remaining and held on to post the win after that.

Treydon Brouillette scored 17 points to pace the Horsemen, McCracken added 16, Jake Weyers 11, Derick Curry nine, and Nathan McNulty, Esvin Reyes and Tucker Foster two each.

Ian Farris and Andrew Sanford scored 14 points each for St. Regis, Tanner Day 13 and Nic Day eight.

Against Charlo, Weyers led Plains with 15 points, McCracken scored eight, Curry and Reyes seven each and Brouillette five.

Connor Koenig led the Vikings with 18 points and Landers Smith battled through foul troubles to add 14.

The Horsemen then stayed alive with their loser-out victory over Noxon Saturday. Curry canned 15 points to lead Plains in that game, Brouillette, Weyers and McCracken added six apiece, Reyes four and Orion Pry-Hyde three.

Saturday afternoon's stirring comeback win over rival Hot Springs in the consolation game ended the Horsemen's 14C tourney appearance on a high note.

Trailing the whole game and still behind 39-27 heading into the fourth quarter, Brouillette caught fire in the final eight minutes, scoring 17 points including three 3-pointers, and hit the game-clinching two-pointer off a nice assist from Curry with only 18 seconds left.

Brouillette finished the game with 28 points, Weyers scored eight, McCracken and Curry six apiece, and Reyes and Nathan Feliska two each.

 

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