FRANKFORT – North Montgomery saw its season come to an abrupt end Friday night in their Sectional 25 semi-final game against the Frankfort Hot Dogs. The Chargers could not hold their early lead, falling to the hosts in overtime 73-68.

North held a seven-point lead with 5:20 remaining but the Hot Dogs tied it at the end of regulation with a King runner to send it to overtime.

Southmont will play their final two road games this weekend, none bigger than their Saturday matchup with Frankfort. The Mounties will look to pick up their first Sagamore Athletic Conference win of the season and hand the Hot Dogs their fifth consecutive loss.

Southmont (9-10, 0-6 SAC) enters the weekend after perhaps their best performance of the season, an 88-38 win over Fountain Central.

The North Montgomery boys’ basketball team are on a roll. And they rolled right through Friday’s conference game against the Frankfort Hot Dogs with a 70-64 win for their fifth straight win.

A big North first quarter saw the Chargers come out 10-for-15 (67%) from the field with six of the eight Chargers who played putting in points. The third quarter wrote a different story with low scoring and Frankfort outscoring North by three, however North got the job done.

LINDEN – North Montgomery enters their Friday night Sagamore Conference match-up with Frankfort on a roll. The Chargers are on a four-game winning streak, outscoring those opponents by an average of 15-points per game, including 20 plus-point wins over West Lafayette and Benton Central.

Frankfort on the other hand has won three of their last four. Their only setback was a 20-point loss to Danville, on Feb. 4.