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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
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.
Flathead runs dual streak to 77 in Butte
BUTTE — The Flathead Brave Brawlers won three more duals Friday — running their streak to 77, the second-best in Montana high school history — to put themselves in prime position at the Mining City Duals.
New era begins at Glacier
The Glacier Wolfpack boys basketball team enters a new chapter in 2024-25.
Column: Where QBs go - but not to stay
It was a spring evening a couple years ago when a longtime friend — we’d played fastpitch together, and like me he is maybe a little too fond of Red’s Bar — made an off-hand yet salient point.
Time for Round 2
Idaho coach Jason Eck makes no bones about it. His Vandals got whipped by the top-ranked Montana State Bobcats on Oct. 12.