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LOCAL: Montague claims Allen Tourney

The Montague High School volleyball team continued its undefeated season on Oct. 15 by winning the Jerry Allen Memorial Tournament at Wichita Christian for the third year in a row.
The Lady Eagles won three games to claim the championship, defeating Christ Academy 25-20 and 25-10, then outscoring Notre Dame 25-5 and 25-13. Montague faced Wichita Christian in the championship game, defeating the Stars by scores of 25-15 and 25-15.
Montague now stands at 14-0 for the 2016 season.
Averee Kleinhans paced the Lady Eagle offense with 41 kills during the tournament, along with eight aces, five digs, one assist and one save. Syndi Messer set up the offense with 24 assists, four aces, eight digs and one kill.
Taygon Jones contributed one ace, 10 digs, five kills, 12 assists and one save, while Jasmine Jones added five aces and two kills.
Gabby Valdez helped the Lady Eagles out with eight digs, two kills and four assists, while Jackie Hanna scooped up three digs, one kill and one assist. Grifyn Ogle had one kill.
The Montague Lady Eagles look to continue their winning streak against Saint Jo next Monday night.
The Montague volleyball team claimed another championship on Oct. 15, defeating all comers at the Jerry Allen Memorial Tournament at Wichita Christian High School. (Photo courtesy the Montague Independent School District)
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Basketball games rescheduled to Saturday

With the weekly icy weather in Montague County knocking out school almost all week, Tuesday varsity basketball games were moved to the weekend since the games were too important to cancel this late into the season.
For Bowie, the game hosting Henrietta is scheduled for Feb. 4, with the varsity girls game starting at 11 a.m. and the boys following at 12:30 p.m. There will be no junior varsity games.
At Nocona, the teams are hosting Seymour on Nov. 4. The Lady Indians’ game is scheduled to start at noon and the boy’s game will follow at 1:30 p.m. There will be no junior varsity games.
Gold-Burg is hosting Forestburg on Feb. 4. There will be only varsity games with the girl’s scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and the boy’s following at 11:30 a.m.
Later in the day, Prairie Valley varsity basketball teams will travel to play at Midway on Feb. 4. The girl’s game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. and the boy’s game will follow at 5:30 p.m.
Bellevue basketball teams also will be on the road later in the day on Feb. 4. The Eagles travel to play Slidell with the girl’s game scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. and the boy’s game playing afterwards at 6 p.m.
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Saint Jo Boys Interview

Interview with Saint Jo basketball players Kile Thurman (left) and Collin Thomas following their win against Gold-Burg on Jan. 27, 2023.
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Saint Jo Girls Interview

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