Both Jefferson High basketball teams will face a long road in this week’s Southern Division basketball tournament at First Interstate Arena in Billings.
Montana has three divisions in Class B: the South, which includes Jefferson, has 18 teams; the West and East have 12 each. This year, the South will send four teams to the state championship, while the West and East will send two each. That allocation rotates yearly in an attempt to fairly reflect, over time, the number of schools in each division.
By taking third at the District 5B tournaments, the Panthers are faced with at least one extra game to make it to the top four. The boys will take on Huntley Project in a play-in contest Wednesday, Mar. 1, at 11:30 a.m.; the winner will play Lame Deer on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
