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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…
Keeping Score: Freeride World Championships, basketball showdowns and wrestling wins
This week we have a local skier turning heads in Austria, Flathead and Glacier pick up some dual wins in wrestling and a short week of basketball as a lot of g…
Poster Player of the Week: Cooper Pelc of Glacier High
This week’s poster player of the week goes to Cooper Pelc of the Glacier Wolfpack.
Boys roundup: Curley bucket lifts Polson over Ronan
RONAN — Malakai Curley poured in 28 points, including a short turnaround jumper with 2.5 seconds left that lifted Polson over Ronan 62-60 in Northwest A boys basketball Saturday.
Wolfpack wrestlers split duals with Helena schools
HELENA — Glacier’s Matthew and Mark Ahner grabbed a pair of pins apiece as the Wolfpack boys split duals with Helena and Capital Friday.
Girls roundup: Browning, Ronan win big
RONAN — Ronan’s Kailyn Marengo hit three 3-pointers on the way to 18 points, teammate Nevaeh Perez added 17 and the Maidens beat Polson 71-50 in Northwest A girls basketball Saturday.
Braves, Wolfpack swimmers battle at Missoula Invite
MISSOULA — A shorthanded Flathead boys swimming team finished 8th at the Missoula Invite Saturday, while the also-undermanned Glacier teams finished 11th for the boys and 12th for the girls.
Flathead boys fall; games in Kalispell postponed
MISSOULA — Zane Gillhouse led a balanced Missoula Hellgate offense with 13 points, and the host Knights weathered a couple Flathead charges to take a 64-56 Western AA boys basketball win Saturday.
Flathead wrestling teams go 4--0 in Helena
HELENA -- Julia Kay led the Bravettes with an 8-2 decision over returning state champion Taylor Lay of Capital at 130 pounds. Kay added a victory over Helena’s Addison Kissell.
C-Falls' big 4th quarter gives Cats big win over Browning
COLUMBIA FALLS — The Wildcats outscored the Indians 19-11 in the fourth quarter, to aout a Northwest A win at home over Browning, 55-53 Friday night.
Pack rally falls short
It looked like a runaway early, but Glacier made it a battle.
Keeping Score: Glacier High Coach Amanda Cram on building a championship mindset
Glacier High School Girls Basketball Head Coach Amanda Cram joins Keeping Score's Josh Amick to talk about leadership, resilience, and what makes this year’s W…
Big third quarter lifts Sentinel boys over Flathead
MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel’s Carson Towe scored 27 points and fueled a big third quarter that carried the Spartans over Flathead 62-46 in Western AA boys basketball Thursday.
Hellgate girls overcome Glacier’s hot start
MISSOULA — Glacier’s girls had the flying start Thursday, but it was Missoula Hellgate that got things going in the second and third quarters of a 57-50 Western AA girls basketball win.
Wildkats built big lead in win over Polson
COLUMBIA FALLS — Onni Lawrence led a balanced Columbia Falls attack with 12 points, and the Wildkats built a 38-15 halftime lead en route to a 56-39 Northwest A girls basketball win over Polson Thursday.
Sentinel 3s bury Bravettes
MISSOULA — Avery Ogren scored 15 points and hit three of Missoula Sentinel’s 10 makes from the 3-point arc Thursday in a 53-33 girls basketball win over Flathead.