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2015-2016
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RANGERS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Dec. 5
Dec. 11-12
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
Dec. 22
Jan. 8
Jan. 9
Jan. 15
Jan. 16
Jan. 22
Jan. 23
Jan. 29
Jan. 30
Feb. 4
Feb. 5
Feb. 13
Feb. 18
Feb. 24-27
Mar. 3-5
@ Townsend
@ Butte Tip-Off Tournament
@ Havre
@ Browning
vs. Beaverhead County
vs. Belgrade
@ Butte Central High School
vs. Fergus High School
@ Big Timber
vs. Havre
vs. Browning
vs. Townsend
@ Beaverhead County
vs. Butte Central
@ Belgrade
vs. Big Timber
@ Fergus High School
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Dec. 5
Dec. 11-12
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
Dec. 22
Jan. 8
Jan. 9
Jan. 15
Jan. 16
Jan. 22
Jan. 23
Jan. 29
Jan. 30
Feb. 4
Feb. 5
Feb. 13
Feb. 18
Feb. 24-27
Mar. 10-12
@ Townsend
@ Butte Tip-Off Tournament
@ Havre
@ Browning
vs. Beaverhead County
vs. Belgrade
@ Butte Central High School
vs. Fergus High School
@ Big Timber
vs. Havre
vs. Browning
vs. Townsend
@ Beaverhead County
@ Butte Central
@ Belgrade
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@ Billings, Divisionals
@ Belgrade, State
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Dec. 11-12
Dec. 15
Dec. 18-19
Jan. 2
Jan. 5
Jan. 8-9
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@ Powell, WY
@ Columbus
@ C.M. Russell
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@ Bozeman
@ MIles City
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Jan. 30
@ Hardin
Feb. 6
@ Havre, Divisionals
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Dec. 13
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
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Jan. 2
Jan. 8
Jan. 9
Jan. 15
Jan. 16
Jan. 22
Jan. 23
Jan. 29
Jan. 30
Feb. 6
Feb. 7
Feb. 13
Feb. 14
Feb. 19-21
Feb. 26-28
Mar. 3-5
Mar. 10-12
Jan. 23
Jan. 28
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Veteran Rangers return

three starters for 15-16
By Thomas E. Watson
Enterprise Staff Writer
The Park High Ranger boys

basketball team has three starters
back from last years team, but
the experienced players of the
Rangers will be breaking in a new
head coach in Lane Glaus.
Before arriving at Park High,
Glaus played and coached at Montana Western in Dillon. He also
coached in the youth program in
Billings while in graduate school.
Glaus is also the head athletic
trainer at Park High, and already
knowing the players has helped a
great deal in his transition. Glaus
also worked with the team in a
coaching capacity last season.
Being around the kids and
building up that trust was important, he said. (I was able to) get
to know them and how they
respond to different situations or
different coaching strategies.
That has really helped.
Park loses starters Joey Overstreet and Connor Amsk, but Sterling Lay, Ladan Ricketts and Jordan
Lehrer are all back for the Rangers.
Ricketts, who normally competes in the fall, took this fall off
to prepare for basketball, and the
work is paying dividends.
Hes put in a lot of time getting
shots up and working on his game
throughout his high school career,
but this fall he focused on getting
in the weight room and doing
some sport-specific style training
that is going to help him moving
forward.
Last year, the Rangers were an
up-tempo team. They plan to use
their athleticism again this season, but they are emphasizing
using that athleticism on defense
as well.
I think we are going to get a lot
of our points off turnovers and
the fast break, Glaus said.
Were definitely going to push
the tempo when we have it, but
once we push the break and a
team is back, we want to set it up
and run our offense to make the
team play defense.
This summer, the Rangers
worked on limiting their turnovers on offense, and improving
their defensive positioning.
Park High Ranger Sterling Lay drives through the lane during a game
against Browning last season.
Enterprise photo by Hunter DAntuono
2015-16 Schedule
12-5
at Townsend
1-23
Browning
12-11,12
at Butte Tip-Off Tourney
1-29
Townsend
12-18
at Havre
1-30
at Dillon
12-19
at Browning
2-4
at Butte Central
12-22
Dillon
2-5
at Belgrade
1-8
Belgrade
2-13
Big Timber (Senior Night)
1-9
Butte Central
2-18
at Fergus
1-15
Fergus
2/24-27
at Division Tournament (Billings)
1-16
at Big Timber
3/3-5
at State Tournament (Missoula)
1-22
Havre
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Rangers planning to speed

past the competition
By Thomas E. Watson
Second-year head coach Scott

Coleman has only two players back
this season with varsity experience,
but the players he does have are
very fast and athletic two tools
the Rangers plan to use to their
advantage throughout the season.
The Park High Rangers enter the
2015-16 season with Meghan Gibson
and Sierra Higgs as leaders of this
years squad, with Holly Davis, Kinsey Whiting, Rachael Robbins and
Ella McKenzie stepping into bigger
roles this year.
Holly is a tall shot blocker, said
Coleman. Kinsey sat out a year last
year but is in great form, and I am
very glad to have her. Rachael Robbins can block shots, pull boards,
score and run the court. Shes a tall
post type, but she is extremely athletic. We also have Ella, and Ella can
run circles around the competition.
She releases and gets a ton of layups
in a game because she is a whole lot
quicker than who we are playing, so
she is going to be awfully fun to
watch.
Along with Gibson, Robbins and

McKenzie enter the winter season
after playing soccer in the fall, and
Coleman hopes to use their endurance to the teams advantage.
We have a team that is in pretty
decent shape, he said. Theyre
going to be in a whole lot better
shape in a couple of weeks. I think
they are very capable of running,
running, running the entire game.
The mark of that will be if we can
run somebody into the ground late in
the fourth quarter. That is certainly
the goal.
In Colemans first year at the helm
last season, the Rangers got better
running their offense as the season
progressed. They began to pick up
on the concepts Coleman was teaching and grew more comfortable in
the system, and that growth has carried over to this year.
I think we have a group of players with a tremendous amount of
ball skills, said Coleman. This
crew has a lot of potential. The biggest challenge to this group is going
to be how hard they are willing to
work on defense through an entire
game.
Park High Ranger Meghan Gibson crosses over teammate Ella McKenzie during last seasons Purple & Gold Game.
2015-16 Schedule
12-5
at Townsend
1-23
Browning
12-11,12
at Butte Tip-Off Tourney
1-29
Townsend
12-18
at Havre
1-30
at Dillon
12-19
at Browning
2-4
at Butte Central
12-22
Dillon
2-5
at Belgrade
1-8
Belgrade
2-13
Big Timber (Senior Night)
1-9
Butte Central
2-18
at Fergus
1-15
Fergus
2/24-27
at Division Tournament (Billings)
1-16
at Big Timber
3/10-12
at State Tournament (Belgrade)
1-22
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Ranger wrestlers look to make state

By Thomas E. Watson
With 12 wrestlers on this years

team, the Park High Rangers dont
have the biggest team, but they may
have one of their most talented teams
in recent memory when they hit the
mat for the first time on Saturday,
Dec. 5 in Belgrade.
Of their 12 wrestlers, three of them
are returning state-tournament qualifying wrestlers. Quinton Dirette,
Deon Gillen and Victor Howieson are
the Rangers returning state qualifiers. Overall, only four wrestlers
return from last year, but that doesnt
mean the team is inexperienced.
The majority of these kids are
club kids, head coach Jeremy
Shields said. Its exciting this year
because we have a lot of experience
coming in. Theyve had a fair amount
of success.
The Rangers welcome back two
seniors who are former club wrestlers in Cade McOmber and Cole Jesson.
Both probably right away have the
potential to place at the state tournament, said Shields.
Shane Gibson and Adam Bankert
are also new to this years team.
In all honesty, I think he has six or
seven national placements, Shields
said of Gibson. Hes coming in at an
upper weight. Itll be a tough year for
him, but technical skills he is absolutely fantastic. Adam Bankert is
another kid with multiple national
placements, but he is coming in at a
lower weight. He should have a pretty good season.
Also on the team is Tyler Laverty,
Park Highs Victor Howieson wrestles at the Class A State Tournament last season.
who wrestled at West High last season.
The numbers arent large, but we
have some good experience, said
Shields. We have some really hard
nose kids. They work really hard and
practice twice a day.
The team also has the added bonus
of two new coaches in Greg Bankert

and Rick Gibson.
That allows a lot of personal attention, so it should be a really good
year. Im excited, said Shields. All
in all, this is probably the most physically talented group of kids weve
had up here for a long time.
Turning that talent into state tournament appearances is the key, however.
This year we have kids who have
put time in on the mat, Shields said.
Were going to struggle initially, but
in general we are starting off (much
further along than we have).
2015-16 Schedule
12-5
at Belgrade Tournament
1-15,16
at Miles City Tournament
12-11,12
at Powell, WY Tournament
1-23
at Fergus/Belgrade/Butte Central (Lewistown)
12-15
at Columbus Mixer
1-28
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12-18,19
at CMR Tournament (Great Falls)
1-30
Hardin Tournament
1-2
at Columbus Tournament
2-6
Divisional Tournament (Havre)
1-5
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2-12,13
State Tournament (Billings)
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Lady Bruins ready to defend state championship with new coach

By Thomas E. Watson
The Gardiner Bruin girls basketball team is coming off of the first
state championship in team history,
but rather than focusing on defending their championship, the Bruins
are focused on getting to know each
other.
The Bruins top two players from
last season Hannah Dean and Tess
Thomas are gone, as is their
coach. In to replace Ben Johnson is
Shane Bartschi, who previously
coached at Opheim High in northeast
Montana.
The first couple of weeks have
actually gone really well, said
Bartschi. We have a really good
group out. We do have a small group.
We have eight girls out right now.
There is quite a bit of change with
different personnel, but we are
working through it. We are getting

everything set up as far as offense
and defense goes. We are working on
communication and trying to get
ready for the first game (Dec. 4).
Only four of the eight girls on this
team played on last seasons statetitle winning team, and while the
Bruins want to honor that accomplishment, this group of girls know
they have a lot of work to do.
Its something that weve talked
about, Bartschi said. Not in a bad
way, but we are taking ourselves
away from that. This is a new year.
This is a new season with a big group
of new girls. Not that we dont
expect to live up to that standard,
but we are a different team with different personnel and a different
coach.
With their new coach and a number
of new players, the Bruins want to be
aggressive in everything they do.
We like to play an aggressive,

fast-paced offense, said Bartschi.
We do the same thing on defense.
We play in-your-face defense. We try
to get the other team to make mistakes and make more mistakes than
we do, so we can put more points on
the board than they do.
Bartschi coming from a small town
like Gardiner helped prepared him
for being the Bruins coach.
Its been really great, he said of

the transition to his new team. Ive
been here all summer, so we did
some open gyms. Where I came from
was a small, close-knit town as well,
so the transition for me has been
pretty easy. The people in Gardiner
are really nice and friendly. The students are good to work with. They
work hard, so the transition has been
really nice.
2015-16 Schedule
12-12 at Harlowton Tourney
12-18 Twin Bridges
12-19 at Shields Valley
1-1
White Sulphur Springs
1-2
at West Yellowstone
1-8
Lone Peak
1-9
at Sheridan
1-15 Manhattan Christian

1-16 Ennis
1-22 at Twin Bridges
1-23 Shields Valley
Gardiner Bruin P.J. Thomas drives toward the lane during a game against Shields
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1-29 at Lone Peak

1-30 Harrison
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Gardiner Bruin Eddie Rodarte goes for a layup during a game against Shields
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Gardiners boys basketball team

starts the season the weekend of Dec.
12-13 at a tournament in Harlowton,
but the way practices have been
going, the Bruins are ready to start
the season now.
Its been great, said head coach
Wendy Thomas. Our first week of
practice was unreal good. We have 18
kids out, which is a gym full. That is
exciting. We are doing a lot of new
stuff, but they are picking up on it
quick. Theyre just a pretty savvy
bunch of kids.
Jordan Darr, Wyatt Wilkerson and
Mason Schram graduated and are
gone from last years team. But the
Bruins were dealt a big blow just
before the start of the season when
they found out they would be without
senior Eddie Rodarte, who injured his
knee in the final regular-season football game.
With Rodartes injury and three
seniors from last years team departed, Gardiner has a lot of production to
replace.
The kids put in a good summer,
said Thomas. Every open gym they
were at the gym. Were super young
still. We have Jerry Hurst and Ethan
Powell as our seniors. We have a
junior who has transferred in from
Shields Valley, Wyatt Phillips, who will
look to contribute. Everyone else are
mostly sophomores and freshmen.
Last season, the Bruins were a good

shooting team; however, they would
rely on that shot and not go through
their offense the way Thomas would
have liked. This year, Gardiner is
learning to be more patient.
I dont see any of the come-downand-shoot-the-ball that we had last
year, said Thomas. We havent seen
a game yet, so thatll tell the tale
when nerves get out there. Were
looking to push the ball, for sure, but
hopefully making good decisions and
moving the ball a couple of times
before a shot goes up unless it is a
layup.
The other big change for the Bruins
this season is the incorporating elements of the Icebox Athlete.
Its focused on composure, concentration, confidence and commitment,
Thomas said of the program. Weve
done a lot with that, and were going to
continue it on as long as I stay here. I
think youll see some growth in kids
mentally. Especially being so young,
we need to be mentally focused and
keep ourselves in the game. There is a
lot of pressure on a lot of young kids
to play varsity. They are going to have
to because there just arent other kids
there. Were really focusing on playing in the moment, not focusing on the
end result, the outcome or the goal.
Were just staying right where were
at and focusing there. I think I have a
bunch of kids who are buying in and
want to do it. They are super focused
kids, and Im excited about it.
2015-16 Schedule
1-23 Shields Valley
1-29 at Lone Peak
12-18 Twin Bridges
1-30 Harrison
12-19 at Shields Valley
2-6
at White Sulphur Spring
1-1
2-7
Whitehall
1-2
at West Yellowstone
2-13 at Manhattan Christian
1-8
Lone Peak
2-14 at Ennis
1-9
at Sheridan
2/19-21
1-15 Manhattan Christian
2/26-28
1-16 Ennis
3/3-5
State Tournament (Great Falls)
1-22 at Twin Bridges
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Up-tempo Rebels hoping

to play into the postseason
By Thomas E. Watson
The Shields Valley Rebels have an

experienced coach and an experienced team, and they hope that combination leads to successful results as
the Rebels prepare for the 2015-16
basketball season.
The Rebels lost five seniors off of
last years team, including starters
Ryley Waddell, Clay Scidmore and
Thad Ferguson. However, there is
still a strong core at Shields Valley.
Preseason practices are going
really well, especially the top five
guys that returned, said head coach
J.B. Boyd. Theyre looking really
good with Brock Peterson and Tristen
Jenkins. Daniel Rivera got a lot of
time last year, and Colton Jones got
quite a bit of time off of the bench.
Those four are the keys. The rest of
the team, Im up in arms still. I got a
lot of young players that are coming
on strong, and thank goodness I still
have two weeks of practices left to
make a decision.
The Rebels are a fast paced team,
and they want to continue to play
with that tempo.
I think well actually be better at it

than we were last year, Boyd said of
playing with pace. Were just a lot
quicker, as far as the top five I have
playing now. They are really quick
and really athletic. They flat get up
and down the court. I had an eightminute running-clock scrimmage last
night between my top five against my
second five, and they scored 43
points in eight minutes.
The Rebels dont just play fast for
no reason. They have a plan for playing fast, and they have a minimum
number of shots they try to reach in
each game.
The way I see it, the more shots
we put up, the more shots we can
miss and still win, Boyd said. If we
put up a lot of shots and only make
35-percent of 60 or 65 shots, that is
still putting a lot of points up. Points
are what win. Outscoring the opponent is the number one key, then
going into a pressure-man defense
and flying up the court.
While most teams are getting their
start this weekend, the Rebels wont
play their first game until Dec. 12
when they attend the Class C Showcase in Lewistown.
Shields Valley Rebel Daniel Rivera shoots over a Gardiner defender during a
game last season. Rivera is one of just two seniors on this years team along
with Tristen Jenkins.
2015-16 Schedule
12-11, 12
at Class C Showcase (Lewistown
12-18
at West Yellowstone
12-19
Gardiner
12-22
Twin Bridges
1-2
at Lone Peak
1-8
at Townsend
1-9
at Manhattan Christian
1-14
1-15
at Harrison/Willow Creek
1-22
West Yellowstone
1-23
at Gardiner
1-28
Lone Peak
1-30
at Sheridan
2-4
Townsend
2-5
at Ennis
2-12
2-13
Harrison/Willow Creek (Senior Night)
2/17-20
2/24-27
3/3-5

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Lady Rebels welcome new

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The Shields Valley girls basketball

team is under new leadership this
year as Kenzie Scofield takes over
for Kristi Swandal. Scofield was the
junior varsity coach for the Park
High Rangers last season and previously played at Park High as well.
A three-time All-Conference player,
two-time All-State player and Central
A Conference MVP, Scofield brings a
wealth of experience and knowledge
to the Rebels.
That experience and knowledge
should go a long way with a young
team with only two returning starters
from last years team. Kayla Gagen
and Kylie Kerkaert are Shields Valleys returning starters.
Were kind of young, so were all
getting used to a new system, Scofield said. Were getting (our younger players) ready for varsity basketball. Theyre a great group of girls.
They are really buying into everything we are teaching them. They get
along really well and celebrate each
others successes. I think its going to
be a really good season.
Gagen was a second-team All-Conference member, while Kerkaert was

first-team All-Conference and also
made the All-State team.
They are seniors this year, so they
will be leaders, said Scofield.
Theyve played a couple of years of
varsity ball, so they know what it is
about and what the competition is
like. Im expecting them to set the
tone, and I know they can do it. So far
theyve been doing a good job with
it.
With three new starters this year,
Logan Stafford a senior will
move into the post while Jen Fairchild and Brooke Russell will take over
in the backcourt. Gagen has played
point guard in the past, but will also
spend time as a forward and shooting
guard this season.
Scofield wants this team to be hard
working and known for its grit.
I think our girls have the talent
and motivation and everything they
need to compete for a conference
championship, she said.
Under their new coach, the Rebels
hope to use their speed to press on
defense and run the fast-break on
offense.
Shields Valley Rebel Kylie Kerkaert drives to the basket during a game last
season. Kerkaert is one of two returning starters along with Kayla Gagen.
2015-16 Schedule
12-11, 12
at Class C Showcase (Lewistown
12-18
at West Yellowstone
12-19
Gardiner
12-22
Twin Bridges
1-2
at Lone Peak
1-8
at Townsend
1-9
at Manhattan Christian
1-14
1-15
at Harrison/Willow Creek
1-22
West Yellowstone
1-23
at Gardiner
1-28
Lone Peak
1-30
at Sheridan
2-4
Townsend
2-5
at Ennis
2-12
2-13
Harrison/Willow Creek (Senior Night)
2/17-20
2/24-27
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at Butte Tip-Off Tourney

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(Home games in bold)

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