In 1969 Plentywood played Choteau and lost in its first Class B boys state championship basketball appearance. The 1976 boys basketball team won the Montana Class A title against Hamilton as one of the smallest Class A teams in the state at the time. In 1978, the boys basketball team won the Class B title against Big Timber after declining enrollment resulted in a downward classification. The 1979 boys basketball team finished as runners-up to the archrival Scobey Spartans at the State B Boys Basketball Tournament. The 2007 boys basketball team finished again as runners up but this time it was to Huntly Project at the State B Boys Tournament. In 1998 the Wildcats finished 3rd at the State Tourney and in the 1980s had a pair of top 4 finishes at the State Tournament as well.