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Poster Players of the Week: Whitefish Tennis
This week’s Poster Player of the Week goes to the Whitefish boys and girls tennis teams after a terrific performan…
Wolfpack's Gibbons wins championship at State Swim Meet
GREAT FALLS — Glacier senior Olivia Gibbons ended her prep career with a championship at the State Swim Meet that concluded Saturday.
Ronan Maidens take down Browning
RONAN — Kailyn Marengo scored 19 points and the Ronan Maidens won a tight Northwest A girls basketball game from Browning Saturday, 55-50.
Whitefish-Browning games postponed
Friday’s Northwest A basketball games between Whitefish and Browning — the boys game was to be in Whitefish while the girls played in Browning — were postponed by bad roads.
Glacier boys, girls drop games in Butte
BUTTE — The Mining City wasn’t kind to either Glacier basketball team Friday night, as the Butte Bulldogs swept a Western AA doubleheader at the Civic Center.
Flathead, Glacier combine for 7 in State Wrestling finals
BILLINGS — On Valentine’s Day, Seven Glacier and Flathead wrestlers scheduled a date in Saturday’s State All-Class Wrestling Tournament.
Ronan 4th in girls race despite Cote upset
BILLINGS — Undefeated no more.
Poster Player of the Week: Braeden Gunlock of Bigfork High
This week’s poster player of the week goes to Braeden Gunlock of the Bigfork Valkyries.
Mac Roche approved as Flathead grid coach
The Flathead Braves have their new football coach, and he started building his pedigree not far from Legends Stadium.
Nelson to coach Glacier volleyball
Jaimie Nelson, who has guided Glacier’s freshman volleyball teams the past two seasons, has been elevated to head coach for the Wolfpack program.
Columbia Falls boys dominates Libby
COLUMBIA FALLS — Three Wildcats scored in double figures, led by Bjorn Petersen’s 13 points as Columbia Falls won easily 75-39 over the Libby Loggers in Northwest A boys basketball Thursday night.
Valkyries keeping rolling with win over Polson
POLSON — Braeden Gunlock outscored the entire Pirates team with a 35-point night, leading the Valkyries to a comfortable win over Polson 71-27 in Northwest A girls basketball Thursday night.
Bobcat women thump Weber St.
OGDEN, Utah — Marah Dykstra scored 14 points to lead a balanced Montana State offense, and the league-leading Bobcats used a huge third quarter to brush aside Weber State 63-45 in Big Sky Conference women’s basketb…
Eagles soar past Bravettes
Kadynce Couture and Ava Malmin both scored almost half of their team’s points. The difference was Couture scored 24 and Malmin scored 15.
Glacier sweeps Belgrade hoops on road
BELGRADE — Cooper Pelc scored 18 points, 10 coming in the fourth quarter as Glacier put away Belgrade 58-38 for a non-conference boys basketball win Thursday.
Ronan wrestlers chasing favorites at State
While the Class B portion of the All-Class State Wrestling Meet seems preordained — three-time defending champion Huntley Project isn’t going anywhere — the A …