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Whitefish tennis rolls past Flathead
Liesl Brust and Jack Oehlerich led a near perfect day for Whitefish tennis as the Bulldogs swept Flathead Tuesday …
Softball: Big Sky topples Glacier 5-1
MISSOULA — Missoula’s Briella Wilson outdueled Ella Farrell, and the Eagles beat the defending state champion Glacier Wolfpack 5-1 in Western AA softball Tuesday.
High marks hit at Kalispell Time Trials
The annual Kalispell Time Trials took place Tuesday at Legends Stadium, and out of a cast of 100s several nice marks were penned.
Softball: Wildkats rally past Pirates
POLSON — Maddie Moultray threw a complete game, Haden Peters homered and drove in four runs and Columbia Falls rallied to beat Northwest A foe Polson 10-6 in softball Tuesday.
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.
Rain washes out Saturday events
Spring storms put a damper on just about every high school event in the area Saturday, from Libby to Columbia Falls and down to Polson and Mission.
Rensvold perfect, Polson beats Browning
POLSON — Samantha Rensvold threw three perfect innings and Polson downed Browning 15-0 in Northwest A softball Friday, in a game shortened by the mercy rule.
Softball: Pack shuts out Kats in marquee matchup
COLUMBIA FALLS — Friday’s matchup of state softball champions just about had it all: Dynamic pitching, noisy hits and — despite the chill and brief drizzle — m…
Whitefish sweeps Bigfork, Ronan in tennis
POLSON — Jack Oehlerich, Walt Siegmund and the doubles tandem of Cole Moses and Aaron Anderson all won twice Friday, helping the Whitefish boys take dual tennis wins from Bigfork and Ronan.
MSU sweeps Cat-Griz track and field dual
BOZEMAN — Three school records and a slew of head-turning performances carried the Montana State track and field teams to a pair of resounding wins over their arch-rival at the Cat-Griz Dual on Friday afternoon at …
Wolfpack thinclads swept CMR Friday
Ethan Anderson swept the hurdles, Aiden Krause and Kai Johnson won two throws each and Glacier decisively swept its track and field dual with visiting Great Falls CMR Friday.
Tuesday Tennis: Columbia Falls sweeps Ronan
COLUMBIA FALLS — Lexi Olberholtzer and the duo of Alanis Petersen and Kristina Tamburelli picked up 6-0, 6-0 victories as Columbia Falls girls swept Ronan Tuesday in Northwest A girls tennis.
Evan Epperly picked to lead Glacier hoops
Glacier High School announced its pick for the next boys basketball coach Tuesday, and it is former player Evan Epperly, who has been back coaching with the Wolfpack the past two seasons.
Baseball: Eureka spoils Bigfork’s home opener, 13-0
EVERGREEN — A pair of six-run innings by Eureka — the second rally helped along by four errors — spoiled the Bigfork Vikings’ “home opener” Tuesday, which ende…
Bravettes down Libby 13-3 in softball
LIBBY — Kaidyn Lake had four hits, including a home run, and Lacie Franklin also homered Tuesday as the Flathead Bravettes beat the Libby Loggers 13-3 in non-conference softball.
Braves, Bravettes shine in opening dual
MISSOULA — Ben Bliven took the victory in the 100 meters with a time of 10.98 seconds and the 200 meters in 22.26 seconds to highlight Flathead’s efforts at a season-opening track dual against Missoula Big Sky Tues…