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Updated 1 year, 3 months ago

Column: Greenhorns make history on BC ice

The Greenhorns made history on Jan. 21 at Lake Windermere, British Columbia, and it’s at least partly because a gr…

Updated 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: From Rawson to the Grizzlies' Hall of Fame

Dylan McFarland confirmed that he was in Washington-Grizzly Stadium Saturday, watching Weber State prevail over his alma mater 55-48, and he is surprised as anybody that it was the Wildcats’ fifth win in six games …

Updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: Samson hits send, lands big fish

It was March of this year that Kyle Samson, seeking a home football game for his Montana Tech Orediggers, did something drastic.

Updated 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Column: Short game, short season

Shaun Forrest had all of one season as an assistant before he answered the call to lead the Whitefish golf teams in 2024.

Updated 9 months, 1 week ago
Column: We've run out of teams... not really

Blaine Baker, Libby Class of 2004, didn’t know what was wrong with him at the Western Divisional basketball tournament his senior year; he just knew he was miserable and had white sores in his mouth and throat.

Updated 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Column: New AD Bravely steps in at Flathead

If the state of Idaho is a triangle, then you could say new Flathead High activities director Matt Allison has lived in every corner of the Gem State — including the town of Middleton, which isn’t in the middle at …

Updated 11 months ago
Column: Bigfork's Benn bids farewell to coaching

Jim Benn has called his last play for the Bigfork Football Vikings, and his departure from the Montana coaching ranks was just the way he wanted it: quiet.

Updated 1 year ago
Column: Bulldogs' Big, Bad Bullet Bob

The memorial for Bob McLeod is Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Whitefish High School gym, fittingly, because he was the basketball coach during that magical 1969-70 basketball season.

Updated 1 year ago
Column: Kai Johnson excels in the no-spin zone

Mark Kessler, assistant track coach and head flag football coach at Glacier High, feels senior athlete Kai Johnson is ahead of her time.

Updated 1 year ago
Column: Krause takes aim at Fargo, discus record

About halfway through his six discus attempts on Tuesday, at the Pilcher/Western Montana Top 10 track and field meet, Glacier’s Aiden Krause started verbally adding something extra.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Column: Walburn finds his stride in the Palouse

Lee Walburn found a gem in the Palouse, as people call the area around Washington State University in Pullman.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Column: Another Griz Spring Game, another win

A rite of spring back in my Billings Gazette days was that co-worker Bill Bihaus would go to a Rocky Mountain College football scrimmage.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Column: Area ADs work among giants

When Libby High graduate Jerek Wolcott, the assistant athletic director at the University of Idaho, needed volunteers for the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament he knew just who to call.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Column: ‘Fletch’ set for next chapter of baseball life

As Major League Baseball gears up for Opening Day, it’s a good time to give the floor to the Glacier Range Riders’ newest skipper, Paul Fletcher.

Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
Column: Regrettable detail, remarkable season

The most recent press conference hall of fame moment, where Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles was asked about playing in frigid Detroit on Sunday — “You do know we play indoors, right?” Bowles answered — has me thinking …