Bulldog Boys Basketball and Wrestlers Update
Author: Eliza McLaughlin - Staff Reporter
Bulldogs Basketball split games
Eliza McLaughlin - Staff Reporter
Bulldog basketball continues to have a packed season, and most recently hosted the Big Timber Sheepherders and traveled to Choteau. The Bulldogs had previously beat both teams earlier this season.
Big Timber opened strong in its face-off with the Bulldogs, scoring 17 points to Broadwater’s six.
The Sheepherders kept up the pace through the second and continued to outscore the Bulldogs through the rest of the game. In the end, Big Timber finished on top 52-39.
The Bulldog’s Jesus Garcia provided 15 points to the team, followed by Ryan Racht with 10 and Sawyer Horne with seven.
Against Choteau, the Bulldogs stepped up to the hoop and got the job done.
By the end of the first half, Broadwater led 29-24.
Racht took over as the team’s leading scorer during the game, earning 25 points. Ryedan Reed was next with 18 points, followed by Horne with six, Garcia with four and Deegan Mattson with three.
The Bulldogs were able to pull out the win. Final: 56-47.
Bulldog basketball took on the Manhattan Tigers on Jan. 26, after MT 43 News’ print deadline. On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Bulldogs will host the Park High Rangers at 1 p.m. before taking on the Lone Peak Big Horns on Feb. 3 at 3 p.m.
Dawg Wrestlers host B/C duals
Townsend hosted 16 teams for the Class B/C duals on Jan. 20 and 21, and after a Friday full of pool play, the teams set off to claim the title in two brackets: the gold and the silver.
The top eight teams competed in the gold bracket and the next eight in the silver.
During pool play, the Broadwater Bulldogs opened against the Jefferson Panthers, losing 9-51. The Dawgs were able to prevail against the Shepherd Mustangs, 30-24. A final dual against Florence, the Dawgs fell 12-60.
On day two of the competitions, the Dawgs advanced to the silver bracket and faced the Red Lodge Rams first thing.
In a semi-final dual, the Dawgs took on Choteau.
Despite an incredible effort from the team and a win-by-pin for Walker Spurlock, Choteau narrowly advanced with one point over Broadwater’s 30.
This placed the Dawgs in another semi-final dual on the consolation side of the bracket where they rolled their way to the third, fourth-place match against Columbus.
Columbus claimed the win with 38 points to the Dawgs 32.
The Dawgs continued to compete at home this weekend in the final week of their 2022-23 regular season. Their annual battle for the copper shamrock takes place on Friday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m.
Check back next week to see the results from the Harry Hall Mixer on Jan. 26.
Divisional wrestling will take place in Pablo on Feb. 3 and 4. Qualifiers will then continue to the state tournament in Billings on Feb. 10 and 11.
