Edmunds County Tribune -

Ipswich tipped off its girls' varsity basketball season with a hard-fought 52-47 win over potential Region 2B rival Sully Buttes last Tuesday in Onida. Anytime those two teams have clashed in the past few years, you can look for things to be close and that proved to be true again on Tuesday.

The score was tied five times with seven lead changes and ended up within two possessions. Ipswich's largest lead would briefly be by 10 points. Ipswich had led 14-10 after a quarter and also narrowly won the second quarter 17-16 for a 31-26 edge at intermission. Ipswich then led 44-37 with a quarter t...