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Boys Tip-Off: Northwest A teams win 5
FRENCHTOWN — The Northwest A boys basketball teams made some hay Saturday at the Frenchtown Tip-Off tournament, piling up five wins after just two on Friday.
Bravettes wrestling 2nd at home tournament, Billings Senior wins title
Billings Senior bested Flathead and the 28 other teams who made the trip to Kalispell for the Flathead Girls Invitational Saturday.
CMR defense shuts down Flathead
Ben Cunningham hit four 3-pointers and scored 19 points as CMR forced 23 Flathead turnovers to win 64-42 in boys basketball Saturday at Boyle Gym.
Wolfpack girls pick up first win of season
GREAT FALLS — Karley Allen led all scorers with 13 points and the Glacier Wolfpack girls beat the Great Falls Bison 36-32 Saturday afternoon to pick up their first win of the season.
Malmin knocks down winner, Bravettes beat CMR
GREAT FALLS — Down 45-43 with 9 seconds left, senior Ava Malmin drained the game-winning 3-pointer to give the Flathead Bravettes their first win of the season 46-45 over the CMR Rustlers Saturday afternoon.
Wolfpack defense leads the way over Great Falls
From the tipoff at the Wolf Den the Glacier Wolfpack’s defense hounded the Great Falls Bison in their first boys basketball win of the season, 38-22 Saturday afternoon.
Girls Tip-Off: Bigfork, C-Falls and Whitefish win Saturday
FRENCHTOWN — Bigfork, Columbia Falls and Whitefish all picked wins on the second day of the Frenchtown Tip-Off girls basketball tournament Saturday.
Brave Brawlers win 4th straight Mining City Duals
BUTTE — The Flathead Brave Brawlers are no strangers to success, but four and 80 and pretty big numbers.
Whitefish, Polson, Browning boys win at Tip-Off
FRENCHTOWN — Whitefish dialed it up from the 3-point arc Friday, winning its season opener 71-33 over Corvallis at the Western A Tip-off tournament.
Mellott, Jones lead Cats into FCS semis
BOZEMAN — Facing a quality opponent for the second time, and one that he knew would “throw the kitchen sink at us,” Montana State coach Brent Vigen went back t…
Maidens, Lady Pirates win Tip-off games
FRENCHTOWN — The Western A Tip-off pitted the Northwest A girls basketball teams against the Southwest Friday, and Polson and Ronan were the lone winners from above I-90.
Physical CMR boys defeat Glacier
The Rustlers lived up to their nickname Friday.
Braves start hoops season with convincing win
After a winless 2023-24 season, the Flathead Braves wasted no time picking up their first win on their season opener, 73-49 over the visiting Great Falls Bison Friday night.
Lady Rustlers hold off Wolfpack, 56-52
GREAT FALLS — Avery Youngblood and Kaylei Schultz scored nine points each and CMR held off Glacier for a 56-52 victory in girls basketball Friday.
Bravettes fall to Bison, 48-36
GREAT FALLS — A low-scoring first half made it hard for the Flathead Bravettes to stage a comeback against the Great Falls Bison in their season-opener losing 48-36 Friday night.