Keeping Score: State champs Bigfork Vikings make history

Bigfork Vikings baseball just made history and reporter Luke Schmit was on the field at O'Malley Park to capture every raw, emotional moment of it. 

In this episode of Keeping Score, Luke talks with the men behind Montana's newest Class A-B state baseball champions fresh off a 7-2 victory over previously undefeated Dillon. 

Head coach Dave Romano breaks down a season built on chemistry, trust, and peaking at exactly the right moment. 

Coach Romano barely finishes his last answer before his boys make sure he gets the full championship treatment. 

Senior pitcher and MVP performer Hayden Mayer opens up about tossing a complete game, ripping a bases-loaded double, and what it means to be "the guy" when everything is on the line. 

Shortstop Grady Campbell talks family, his diving catch that shifted the momentum, and why this group is unlike any other. 

Third baseman Max Schara (in his first year with the program) describes what it feels like to be the ultimate underdog and win it all anyway. 

And assistant coach Hunter Johnson, a Dillon graduate himself, explains why beating "Title Town" made this championship even more special. 

From upsetting defending champion Billings Central in the opener to knocking off Frenchtown and then the Beavers in the final, Bigfork's tournament run was as unexpected as it was unstoppable. These guys didn't just win a state title — they proved everyone wrong along the way.

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