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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…
Range Riders rally, but get KO’d by Missoula
So close. The Glacier Range Riders scored the tying run on a bloop single by Benjamin Fitzgerald in the ninth inning Thursday night, but the would-be winning …
Polson golfers sweep Corvallis Invitational
Ashley Maki won medalist honors and both the Polson boys and girls were team champions at the Corvallis Invitational that concluded at Double Arrow Golf Course on Tuesday.
Wildcat footballers ready for Western A run
Of the many encouraging things about this football season in Columbia Falls, the biggest is that quarterback Cody Schweikert could be a one-way player.
Eureka Lions poised to take tough 7-B
The District 7-B received another makeover this school year, with Bigfork moving to Class A and the Whitehall Trojans — not for the first time — moving over from the 5-B.
Glacier boys surge to Missoula golf title
The Glacier boys were looking up at Missoula Sentinel golfers after the first day of the Missoula Invitational, played at Larchmont Golf Course Monday.
Dinesen tallies twice in Range Riders win
Mason Dinesen had two hits and scored two big runs, and Glacier made a 3-0 lead hold up for a 3-2 Pioneer League win over the Missoula PaddleHeads Tuesday, at Glacier Bank Park.
O’Connell shows out for Seahawks Saturday
A handful of Griz and Cats are competing for NFL jobs this season, and no one had bigger stats this week than Glacier High product Patrick O’Connell.
Thompson scores Sunday, Griz start fast at NDSU
The junior out of Flathead High, with assists from Schorr and Molly Quarry, celebrated her 21st birthday by netting her sixth career goal 100 seconds into the match.
Range Riders split doubleheader with Voyagers
The Riders carried their momentum over from their final at bats of game one into game two by putting up five runs in the top of the first. That early lead would hold as Glacier stayed hot on their way to an 11-4 vi…
Class A golf: Pirates looking for more plunder
The Polson Pirates, to no one’s surprise, are still loaded. And watch out for the Columbia Falls boys.
Hedge wins State Mid-Am; Polson’s Thomas 5th
Jake Hedge of Billings grew up playing Yellowstone Country Club, and on Saturday he won the Montana State Mid-Am golf championship by four strokes on his home course.
Range Riders pummel Chukars Thursday, 20-4
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Christian Kirtley, Jackson Raper and Mason Dinesen all drove in four runs Thursday, and the Glacier Range Riders again pummeled Idaho Falls in Pioneer League baseball, 20-5.
Griz finding a punter (again)
In July, Montana Grizzlies coach Bobby Hauck said he had a couple punters transferring in, though because fall camp was a few weeks away — and they were still recruitable — he didn’t name names.
Range Riders bang out 19 hits, rout Chukars
Gabe Howell and Matt Clayton homered, and the Glacier Range Riders rallied from an early 5-1 deficit to rout Idaho Falls 15-6 Wednesday in Pioneer League baseball.
Ryggs Johnston falls in US Amateur match play
CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — Ryggs Johnston, the Libby product and Arizona State golfer, lost his Round of 32 match at the US Amateur Championship Wednesday, 1-up.