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The Glacier Range Riders are off to the best start in franchise history.
Wolfpack boys, Bravettes win Archie Roe
Saturday was windy at times, rainy at others, and there was plenty of the usual at the 43rd renewal of the Archie Roe Invitational track and field meet at Lege…
C-Falls, Whitefish netters beat Libby
Columbia Falls swept Libby in a pair of tennis duals, as did Whitefish Saturday at the FVCC courts.
They’ll play: Western schools excited for MHSA baseball
The Montana High School Association’s addition of baseball as a spring sport brought with it a big dose of enthusiasm tempered with a splash of realism.
AA Lakers split pair in Helena
HELENA — Kostya Hoffman threw five solid innings and backed his own pitching with four runs batted in as Kalispell AA Lakers downed Bozeman 15-3 in Legion baseball Saturday. The Lakers went 1-1 in a round-robin th…
C-Falls shuts out Libby
COLUMBIA FALLS — Maddie Moultray threw a five-inning three-hitter and Columbia Falls downed Libby 10-0 Friday to stay atop the Northwest A softball standings.
Helena outduels Kernan, Wolfpack
HELENA — Alli Kernan threw a complete game but got outdueled by two Helena High pitchers in the Bengals’ 4-2 win over Glacier in Western AA softball Friday.
Flathead falls to first-place Capital
HELENA — Flathead managed one hit in a 10-0 loss to Helena Capital in a Western AA softball contest Friday at Kidsports.
Spartans down Bravettes, 13-2
Emma Ries homered and scored three runs, and two Missoula Sentinel pitchers held Flathead to six hits in the Spartans’ 13- 2 win over the Bravettes in Western AA softball Thursday.
Rensel hits 3 homers, Darsow 2 in Wildkats’ rout
RONAN — Demye Rensel hit three home runs and Abbie Darsow slugged two more Thursday, leading Columbia Falls over Ronan 16-6 in a Northwest A softball battle.
Bulldogs top Wildcats in tennis dual
COLUMBIA FALLS — It was the boys’ turn to play Thursday as Whitefish visited Columbia Falls for a tennis dual. Whitefish won 6-1, with Aaron Dicks leading the way for a Bulldogs sweep of singles
Big innings lift Big Sky over Wolfpack
Two big innings by Missoula Big Sky doomed the Glacier softball squad Thursday, in the Eagles’ 13-9 Western AA win over the Wolfpack.
A different track for Whitefish's Gabe Menicke
To hear Whitefish track coach Willie Roche tell it, Gabe Menicke’s emergence from the pandemic was something like watching a caterpillar in chrysalis. “I mea…
Twins 1-hit Libby in 16-2 victory
WHITEFISH — Jake McIntyre homered and drove in five ruins, and three Glacier pitchers combined on a one-hitter in the Twins’ 16-2 win over Libby in Class A Legion baseball Wednesday.
Sugar Ray, Iceman and a nerd alert
George Gervin started his professional career in something called the Continental Basketball Association, which is where Micheal Richardson more or less ended up. The CBA ended in 2009, and Richardson — the former…
Bravette track wins Tri with Knights, Spartans
The host Bravettes won their own triangular track and field meet at Legends Stadium Tuesday, winning four individual events and one relay on the way to 64 poin…