Montana Class C Combined Basketball Tournament Starts Wednesday in Butte

The Butte Civic Center will be the site of the 2025 Montana State C Combined Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament and there are several reasons some will argue that this is the best of Montana high school basketball.  The Class C State Tournament is very difficult for which to qualify.  The Montana High School Association lists 97 schools that began the season, only 8 of whose seasons are still alive after navigating a maze of district and divisional tournaments and even challenge games.

Some will say Class C ball is the purest form of the game with strategy and mismatches being as valuable as set plays and trapping defenses.  Few teams reach the Class C State Tournament on talent alone.  And when Class C teams go to State, they bring the whole town with them.

Welcome to Butte, all players, coaches, fans, officials and press.  Here is a look at this year's State C boys and girls' brackets.  Play will begin with the girls first round on Wednesday.

2025 CLASS C GIRLS

GAME 1 (Wed. 3pm) - Denton/Geyser/Stanford/Geraldine (DGSG) vs. Plenty Coups

GAME 2 (Wed. 4:30pm) - Saco/Whitewater/Hinsdale (North Country) vs. Manhattan Christian

GAME 3 (Wed. 6pm) - West Yellowstone vs. Scobey

GAME 4 (Wed. 7:30pm) - Melstone vs. Roy/Winifred

GAME 5 (Thurs. 9am) - loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2

GAME 6 (Thurs. 10:30am) - loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4

GAME 7 (Thurs. 6:30pm) - winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2

GAME 8 (Thurs. 8pm) - winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4

GAME 9 (Fri. 3pm) - winner of game 6 vs. loser of game 7

GAME 10 (Fri. 4:30pm) - winner of game 5 vs. loser of game 8

GAME 11 (Sat. 4pm) - CONSOLATION - winner of game 9 vs winner of game 10

GAME 12 (Sat. 7pm) - CHAMPIONSHIP - winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8

2025 CLASS C BOYS

GAME 1 (Thurs. 12pm) - Box Elder vs. Terry

GAME 2 (Thurs. 1:30pm) - Scobey vs. Seeley-Swan

GAME 3 (Thurs. 3:30pm) - Manhattan Christian vs. Lustre Christian

GAME 4 (Thurs. 5pm) - Bridger vs. Fort Benton

GAME 5 (Fri. 9:30am) - loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2

GAME 6 (Fri. 11am) - loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4

GAME 7 (Fri. 6pm) - winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2

GAME 8 (Fri. 7:30pm) - winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4

GAME 9 (Sat. 9:30am) - winner of game 6 vs. loser of game 7

GAME 10 (Sat. 11am) - winner of game 5 vs. loser of game 8

GAME 11 (Sat. 5:30pm) - CONSOLATION - winner of game 9 vs. winner of game 10

GAME 12 (Sat. 8:30pm) - CHAMPIONSHIP - winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8