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Glacier tennis set to defend court; Whitefish sending 9 to State A
Home-court advantage awaits the seven Glacier singles and duos who qualified for the State AA tennis tournament th…
Texas Tech overwhelms Montana State 97-62 in NCAA 1st round
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 20 points and set a dominating tone in the opening minutes for Texas Tech, which overwhelmed Montana State 97-62 F…
Belibi dunk highlights No. 1 Stanford rout of Montana State
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford's freshmen have been joining everybody else in begging Francesca Belibi to dunk all season, insisting they came to school here…
COLUMN: The hunt for trophies — and free food
Two days ago Fin Nadeau was winning a State AA wrestling title. Yesterday Dougie Peoples was knocking down a 30-footer to win a State A basketball championship. Or maybe it just seems that way.
Flathead’s Moore all-tourney; Koch, Williams are MVPs
BILLINGS — Kennedy Moore of Flathead was named All-Tournament, and the State AA basketball championships boasted the MVPs in voting by media at last week’s event.
Christensen, LaFrombois shine in Mission Valley All-Stars
RONAN — Mission’s Zoren LaFrombois hit four 3-pointers in a game filled with them, and his Light team beat the Dark 105-99 in the Mission Valley All-Stars series held Tuesday at the Ronan Events Center.
Soccer referee courses offered this weekend at CFHS
The Montana Grassroots Referee Program is offering a two-day referee course March 19-20 at Columbia Falls High School in an effort to provide currently certified officials with upper-level training and an entry lev…
Browning’s Bull Child, C-Falls’ Robison, Polson’s Graham land MVP honors
Browning’s Mecca Bull Child and Columbia Falls’ Maddie Robison shared one conference most valuable player award, and Polson’s Colton Graham claimed the other b…
Bravettes end State AA with 3 wins, trophy
BILLINGS — The Flathead Bravettes headed out of Billings with one Saturday, claiming third place at the State AA girls basketball tournament with a 53-44 consolation win over Missoula Sentinel.
Pirates bring home third-place trophy
MISSOULA — First, Colton Graham got hot; second, Jarrett Wilson got hotter. Finally, thanks to a couple good bounces, Polson picked up a third-place trophy Wilson’s 24-point afternoon was critical to the Pirates’ …
Capital cruises to AA title
BILLINGS — Brayden Koch scored 20 points, Jacob Curry added 19 and Helena Capital won its first State AA boys basketball title since 2014 Saturday, beating Bozeman 62-48.
State A girls: Browning falls to Hardin
MISSOULA — Browning’s run at the State A girls basketball tournament ended Saturday morning, with a 71-45 loss to power Hardin at Dahlberg Arena.
Montana State gets first NCAA Tournament trip since '96
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Xavier Bishop scored 19 points to help Montana State advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 26 years as the Bobcats routed No…
State A boys: Polson nips Dillon in OT
MISSOULA — Colton Graham fueled a fourth-quarter comeback, Jarrett Wilson cashed in two steals for four overtime free throws, and Polson beat Dillon 53-52 in State A loser-out that ended on a miss from the line.
State AA girls: Bravettes make consolation game
BILLINGS — Kennedy Moore scored 21 points, including a reverse layup with 1:30 left that put Flathead ahead, and the Bravettes downed Billings West 53-50 in a Saturday morning loser-out at Skyview High School.
State A girls: Browning falls to Hardin
MISSOULA — Browning’s run at the State A girls basketball tournament ended Saturday morning, with a 71-45 loss to powerful Hardin at Dahlberg Arena.