Bulldogs a double threat, and Wildcats are right there

To the usual suspects at the State A track and field championships in Laurel — the defending champion Corvallis boys and girls, Whitefish, Laurel and Hamilton — add the somewhat unusual.

The Columbia Falls boys.

The Wildcats, led by sprinter Malaki Simpson, aren’t just hunting for their first trophy since 2016, when both Columbia Falls teams finished second at State. They could go bigger.