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Wolfpack cut down Knights, 7-6
One play can make or break a season and Teagan Dixon’s throw home on an Andrew Richardson single broke Missoula He…
Whitefish, Ronan boys advance to final Northwest A play-in
Whitefish and Ronan got through their Northwest A boys basketball play-in games Thursday; next up is a 1 p.m. battle in Ronan on Saturday.
Kiera Sullivan finds her calling
What was supposed to happen was, Kiera Sullivan would keep tackling, shooting and sprinting from the end of her 2022 school year straight through to today.
Basketball Brawl II is Saturday at UM
The Montana Grizzlies want to continue a stretch of dominance, and the Lady Griz want to slow one down.
Kenedee Moore floater lifts Pack girls
BUTTE — Kenedee Moore hit a runner at the end of a coast-to-coast drive, beating the buzzer and lifting Glacier over Butte 36-34 in Western AA girls basketball Tuesday.
Butte tops Wolfpack boys with 3-point barrage
BUTTE — The Glacier boys shot their way into a 10-point third-quarter lead Tuesday, before the Butte Bulldogs heated up even more.
First-place Eagles surge past Bravettes
Missoula Big Sky’s Kadynce Couture scored 17 points and the first-place Eagles outscored Flathead 42-16 over the middle two quarters of a 63-43 Western AA girls basketball win Tuesday.
Big Sky tip-in at buzzer beats Braves
Calijah LaRance tipped in a Missoula Big Sky miss at the buzzer Tuesday, allowing the Eagles to escape the Flathead gym with a 54-52 boys basketball win over the Braves.
Boys Hoops: C-Falls routs Libby; Whitefish cruises
COLUMBIA FALLS — Mark Robison scored a team-high 15 points, 12 in Columbia Falls’ dominant first quarter, and the Wildcats downed the Libby Loggers 71-29 Tuesday in Northwest A boys basketball.
Girls Hoops: Wildkats, Lady Pirates win big
LIBBY — Taryn Borgen poured in 22 points, Hope McAtee added 17 and Columbla Falls raced out to a 41-18 lead on the way to a 78-43 win over Northwest A foe Libby Tuesday.
Browning girls roll past Ronan, 59-29
BROWNING — Jerel Whitegrass scored 14 points, Sugar Spoonhunter added 10 and Browning took control early in a 59-29 Northwest A girls basketball win over Ronan Monday.
4th-quarter surge sparks Browning boys
RONAN — Maurice Redhorn III scored 26 points and Browning used a 9-1 fourth-quarter run to take control in a 70-63 win over Ronan Monday, giving the Indians 10 league wins.
State Swimming: Glacier school records fall
The team results weren’t quite what Karen Bouda or the Glacier Wolfpack wanted, but the veteran swim coach for both of Kalispell’s AA schools prefers to stay p…
Girls Hoops: Vals cruise Saturday
Ava Davey led four Bigfork players in double figures with 17 points and the Valkyries made short work of Whitefish Saturday, 71-22, in Northwest A girls basketball.
Boys Hoops: Vikings subdue Bulldogs
BIGFORK — Bigfork’s Austin Savik scored seven of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Vikings subdue Whitefish 51-46 in Northwest A boys basketball action Saturday.
Thrice is nice: DeShazer wins 3rd state title
BILLINGS — Libby’s Jace DeShazer picked up his third state championship and finished off a perfect 47-0 season on Saturday, defeating Miles City’s Easton DeJong. No surprise there.