GREAT FALLS — For the first time in the history of the Chester-Joplin-Inverness co-op, the team will be competing for a 6-Man football championship.

The Hawks defeated Lincoln this past Saturday 61-22 to punch their ticket to the state title game, where they'll face undefeated Grass Range-Winnett.

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"I'm super excited, but I know it's going to be a lot of work," senior Cooper Streit said following Saturday's win. "We're just ready to play this game. Biggest game of my life, and I just hope to seize the opportunity."

"This feels unreal," senior Ryland St. John said. "I mean, losing in the quarterfinals the last few years, never thought it would get this far. It's just cra

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