Ask someone from Manhattan or Three Forks whether their Tigers or Wolves will win the State B championship football game Saturday, and you’ll get pigskin talk.

The crescendo is building for residents in both towns, 12 miles apart. Debates on the better team are ongoing in offices, restaurants and on the street — until on-field action quells the rivalry in Three Forks.

Three Forks is the underdog. This season is the first time the Wolves have reached the state final. Manhattan claimed its first State B title against the Fairfield Eagles in 2020, then was state runner-up in both 2023 in falling to Florence-Carlton and again last year losing at Malta.

“We are an office divided,” Manhattan Realtor Dana Jenkins said in her office, cracking a smile. “Manhattan and Three Forks have been rivals

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