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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…
State A boys: Unbeaten Lewistown tops Dillon for boys crown
The Lewistown Golden Eagles capped off an unbeaten season with a State A championship after defeating the Dillon Beavers 54-47 on Saturday at MSU’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
State A girls: Blue Ponies repeat as champs
Havre got 20 points from Yelena Miller and 18 from Amaya Jarvis to repeat as the State A girls champions with a 74-57 win over Hardin on Saturday at the MSU Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
State AA girls: Bravettes make title game
Kennedy Moore’s 20 points and 10 rebounds stick out in Flathead’s 51-43 defeat of the defending state champion Skyview Falcons, in the late semifinal game at Civic Center. But there was so much more that fueled a d…
State B boys: Mustangs burst out the gates to beat Vikings
Malta pushed the pace early and often to take a 47-41 win over Bigfork in a State B semifinal Saturday afternoon. Bodhi Brenden made three 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 17 points for the Mustangs.
State B girls: Gunlock has double-double, Vals seal ticket to state title game
It was the Braeden Gunlock show Saturday night at the class B state semifinal with Gunlock notching a double-double in the first half on her way to a 33-point, 17-rebound performance and most importantly for the Va…
State A girls: Hardin, Havre to meet in chipper
Hardin and Havre will meet Saturday in the State A girls final, while four other teams will battle for a place in the third place game.
State AA boys: Golden Bears’ surge turns away Wolfpack
Up 40-30 late in the third quarter, the Bears (19-4) held off the Wolfpack for a 52-43 win at the Butte Civic Center. They’ll take on Missoula Hellgate for the state championship Saturday around 8 p.m.
State A boys: Wildcats bow out of tourney
Glendive toppled Columbia Falls Friday by building on a 26-point second quarter and 19 points from Micheal Murphy. The Wildcats finished the season 17-7.
Wetzel, co-founder of Montana Indian Athletic Hall, dies, 74
Don Wetzel Sr., a championship-winning athlete, coach and co-founder of the Montana Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, has died. He was 74.
State A boys: Maroons topple Wildcats
Dougie Peoples scored 14 points and helped the Butte Central Maroons hold off the Columbia Falls Wildcats 53-44 in a State A Boys Basketball quarterfinal on Th…
State B boys: Vikings beat Rams 55-48 in comeback fashion
The Bigfork Vikings held off a hungry Red Lodge team to win 55-48 in a game that featured 11 lead changes Thursday during the first round of the Class B State …
State B girls: Vals rally, top Baker 52-38
A 14-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters carried the unbeaten Vals past Baker 52-38 at the State B girls basketball tournament at Four Seasons Arena.
State A girls: Browning bounced by Havre
Amaya Jarvis and Yelena Miller scored in double digits to lift the Havre Blue Ponies to a 73-53 win over the Browning Lady Indians in the first round of the State A Girls basketball tournament on Thursday.
State AA girls: Bravettes use early lead to beat Bozeman
After the Flathead Bravettes put the finishes on a 48-37 win over Bozeman, they didn’t look all that happy. Then their cheering section let them hear it, and some smiles went up.
MSU's Battle named Big Sky tourney MVP
Montana State guard RaeQuan Battle was the easy pick for Most Valuable Player of the Big Sky Conference tournament, which the Bobcats won for a second straight season on Wednesday.