Northwestern A divisional begins Thursday in Columbia Falls

The Northwestern A divisional boys and girls basketball tournaments get under way on Thursday with a pair of games at Columbia Falls High School.

Whitefish faces Libby in a girls contest at 6 p.m. with Libby tangling with Polson in a boys battled at 8 p.m.

The winners of those two games advance to Friday's round to face the No. 3-ranked Frenchtown girls and No. 4-ranked Columbia Falls boys.

All-session passes for adults are $30 and for students/seniors $20.

Tickets for Thursday's session are $6 for adults and $4 for students/seniors.

Friday's single session tickets are: adult $10 and student/senior $6.

Saturday a.m. session prices are: adult $6 and student/senior $4.

Saturday p.m. session prices are: adult $10 and student/senior $6.

Frenchtown and Columbia Falls were undefeated during the regular season in Northwestern A play.

The championship games are set for Saturday - 6 p.m. girls and 8 p.m. boys.

The top two teams advance to state in Butte. The boys go March 1-3 with the girls to follow 8-10.

Northwestern A

At Columbia Falls

Boys

Thursday

8 p.m. - Libby vs. Polson

Friday

6 p.m. - Columbia Falls vs. Thursday winner

8 p.m. - Whitefish vs. Frenchtown

Girls

Thursday

6 p.m. - Whitefish vs. Libby

Friday

2 p.m. - Frenchtown vs. Thursday winner

4 p.m. - Polson vs. Columbia Falls

Standings

Final Regular Season

Boys

League Overall

W L W L

Columbia Falls 8 0 15 3

Whitefish 6 2 11 7

Frenchtown 3 5 6 12

Polson 2 6 7 11

Libby 1 7 4 13

Girls

League Overall

W L W L

Frenchtown 8 0 16 2

Polson 6 2 15 3

Columbia Falls 4 4 7 11

Libby 1 7 4 14

Whitefish 1 7 1 17