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Missoula Hellgate Is Best MT High School Team I've Ever Seen
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sdk.catfish
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Does anybody remember the Columbia Falls teams of the mid to late sixties. I remember the name Don Luce. I think Craig Finberg, who coached at Western? possibly came a little bit later. I do remember their light blue uniforms looked pretty classy. If anyone can remember more than this please embellish.
Colter_Nuanez56
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PlayerRep said:
They went 19-4. Most of the losses came early as they tried to mesh. Even just in Missoula, the talent then was so much better and more importantly more widely dispersed. Eric Henkle (Gatorade Player of the Year, Eastern Washington signee) and Jordan Hasquet (Gatorade Player of the Year, future Griz) played at Sentinel. Although those guys were one and two years ahead of this group.That team, that also included future Frontier standouts Kelin Hasquet and Mark Henkle, never even played for the state title.
Great Falls CMR had a team full of football players, several who went to the Pac 10, who were very good at basketball too. Great Falls High had Bryan Lynch, who came to play for the Griz. Colt Anderson and Casey Briggs' Butte High's teams were good back then.
McGillis went to Oregon State before returning to the Griz. Cox, the 2005 Gatorade Player of the Year, played at Montana before finishing his career for Steve Keller at Western. Morris played at Idaho. That's one more D-I guy than this Hellgate team currently has.
This Hellgate team is really good. But they also have seven seniors, the open enrollment is a huge boon, the competition is not good in-state this year and they win with size much more than skill or savvy. I think they are awesome and I think Worster will find college success at Utah State or Montana or somewhere in the upcoming years.
The the athleticism for the 2005 team was better. McGillis was a better pure athlete than Worster. Cox was an unbelievable point guard and Morris shot lights out.
The video quality isn't great but there isn't a point guard in in Class AA right now that can create like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAefbJkwy4Q
anchorage ak
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UncleRico said:
It would go about like this ...
Hellgate 74
Hardin 41 final
Too much size and defense for most high school squads. Two bona fide D1 kids. Hellgate would beat Hardin without Rollie and Abe, just sayin....
Other way around, not a chance in hell Hardin keep it within 33 if Hellgate actually play their starters in the 4th quarter. Don’t get what’s so hard to understand about this. Hardin is playing class B basketball, Hellgate is regularly beating AA schools by 30 plus. It wouldn’t be an adjustment for Hellgate, but one for Hardin. Hardin has never and will never see a press with dudes the size and having the athletic ability that Hellgate has. Don’t get why people think a class B school can hang with a top 100 ranked team in all of the US. Hardin would look like a bunch of 3rd graders next to Hellgate. Rollie goes for 30, Abe for 25, LaRance for another 20. NOBODY on Hardin is stopping Abe. 6’8”, skilled, and committed to Army for basketball. Dunk fest.UncleRico said:
maroonandsilver said:
You are absolutely correct! Our class of 64 had only one blemish, a wrestling dual meet loss 21-20 to Great Falls High. I was there....tied with Paul Schafer at 7-7. It’s all my fault! He went on to athletic greatness for the cats, among other talents in life before getting killed in a skiing accident at Big Mountain (with Doug Betters, I believe). All of the above were key to our football success too....I was happy to get on the field toward the end of 4th quarters!
You & I might know each other? PM me if you want.
Rollie and McGillis would cancel each other out, in terms of talent.The big guy Abe would be the main difference. he's very good, and big. The no. 3 guys are probably about equal. The rest of the Hellgate guys are strong. Good depth too. Great teams don't lose 4 games in a season.
UMFan12 said:
Obviously you know nothing at all about Hardin. At all. They are Class A not Class B. They are way better than any of the Billings schools. They rolled those AA schools in summer games. I am not saying that Hellgate isn't the best team in the state. I am saying the team that would give them the best game would be Hardin. They are better than anyone they are playing this year. Hardin goes 10 deep. They can all shoot and all handle the ball. I don't think you understand how good they are and really have been the last couple years. I would love to see the game. It would be highly entertaining.
And in the very first sentence you lost all credibility already. Mentioning SUMMER games to prove a point. At the UM camp over the summer, Big Sky was rolling all sorts of AA schools and finished runner up in the tournament to only Hellgate. Why? Simple, AA schools often are missing half or more of their main in season rotation in these summer games, camps, and tournies. Big Sky has now won only 2 games all season. The summer games mean legitimately nothing.UncleRico said:
You lost credibility by referring to Hardin twice as Class B. I talked to one of Billings high school coaches recently and they know Hardin is most talented team in that area regardless of class. Class A schools don't miss players for tournaments? The UM camp is not a real tournament. It is a camp that is pretty much limited to Missoula area. Hardin is better than anyone Hellgate has played and will play all year. You know nothing about them at all obviously because you don't even know what class they are in. The three best teams in Class A out east (Billings Central, Laurel and Hardin) are very competitive with the AA schools when scheduled. West has one loss (Hellgate by 7) and a couple weeks later they squeaked out a 3 point win over Central. Hardin beat Central by 27. I know it is difficult to compare scores but you basically know nothing about Hardin or basketball outside of Missoula. Hardin would give Hellgate a game.UMFan12 said: