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Updated 2 days, 1 hour ago

(Flip Darling) Field of Dreams beckons again

The idea to have a Division I women’s soccer exhibition in Columbia Falls had been on O’Brien Byrd’s mind for some…

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
A good horse and a long trip to Wyoming

The optimum barrel horse remains unridden, but Tess Megill says she can do no better than Parker when it comes to a pole horse.

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Local anglers bring state title to shore

On May 17 Trent Tennison could say he caught the biggest lunker Noxon Reservoir had to offer, and no one would suspect a Fish Story.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Storybook finish for the Braves

Dan Hodge has been boys track coach at Flathead for eight of the Braves’ state championships, and Saturday was maybe the first where he began the cleanup portion of the meet before it was actually over.

Updated 2 months ago
Troy softball: Driven to new heights

The coach drives the bus, the third baseman throws lefthanded and the first baseman has only been hanging around the diamond for three seasons.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
A breakaway roper and her horse

When her horse, Monty, reared back in the breakaway roping box and pinned Anna Tretter to the back wall, the needle swung to “big mistake.”

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Things continue looking up for Phelps

Jack Phelps’ time through the 200 meters at the Iceberg Invitational on April 17 was 22.57 seconds, which tells you that the Columbia Falls sprinter can fly.

Updated 3 months ago
I am here not to bury Donovan

On Nov. 25, 1985 a youngish reporter, in his Monday duties writing about Griz football for the Montana Kaimin student newspaper, traipsed into Larry Donovan’s office.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Is there an O-lineman in the house

Dillon Botner felt he had a good reason to step away from football after a senior season in which he made three starts on the offensive line: Med school.

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: 'Only Game in Town' turns 20

This coming Sunday at Bozeman’s Historic Ellen Theatre, at 1:30 p.m. in its upstairs ballroom, Wally Kurth and Montana PBS will present a viewing of Class C: The Only Game in Town.

Updated 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Column: Vegas lights and press box fights

The passing of Norm Clarke, the eye patch-wearing Terry native who spent a lifetime in newspapers, has brought a flood of eulogies and remembrances from across the state and country.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Column: Missing out on magic of Divisionals

There are plenty of compelling reasons why there are no divisional basketball tournaments in Class AA. Dustyn Franchini-White, Avery Chouinard and I have our reasons why there should be.

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Column: Fulfilling trip to Western B for Trojans

When Cody Orr was asked the last time the Troy boys basketball team made divisionals, he understandably hit a bit of a dead zone.

Updated 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Column: Painting a pretty volleyball picture

Jaimie Nelson might seem like an unlikely pick to be Glacier High’s next volleyball coach, in that it’s her first varsity coaching job at the age of 48.

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Column: Sherwood caught the bug early

Basketball fans in Kalispell should remember that George Sherwood was a centerpiece of the Flathead Braves team that made a surprising run at the 2012 State AA championship.