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Poster Player of the Week: Whitefish's Jack Oehlerich
This week’s Poster Player of the Week, presented by Corwin Motors, goes to Whitefish tennis standout Jack Oehleric…
Lady Pirates, Maidens pick up Friday wins
Polson’s girls were among the Northwest A winners as crossover basketball tournaments continued across the state Friday, with the Lady Pirates triumphant in Hamilton.
Super Brawl: Something has to give
The “Super Brawl” fast approaches, marking the second meeting of intrastate rivals Montana and Montana State in four weeks, and you wonder if it might go diffe…
Super Brawl Capsule
MSU is 3-0 at home in the semifinals and hasn’t lost at home to a Big Sky opponent in Brent Vigen’s tenure (22-0)
AFCA puts Wortham, Dowler on All-America first team
Montana State safety Caden Dowler and Montana all-purpose star Michael Wortham were among 26 FCS players named first-team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association Thursday.
Big Sky Now: Quarterfinal recap and historic Super Brawl as Cats and Griz battle for a place in the finals
In a first-ever playoff meeting - Montana faces Montana State in Bozeman this weekend for the Super Brawl!
Tough to keep up
Any college football team would be happy with 200 rushing yards in a single game; on Friday night against Stephen F. Austin, the MSU Bobcats did that in a half.
Full Count: Of Bobcats, Grizzlies and butterflies
The beautiful Great Divide Trophy is not at stake Saturday when the Grizzlies and Bobcats battle in what we’re now calling “The Super Brawl” in Bozeman.
Montana girls wrestling rankings, Week 2
120 — 1, Bella Downing, Flathead; 2, Sailee Redding, Hardin; 3, Gracie Hicks, Lewistown; 4, Alex Johnston, Senior; 5, Ava Dewitt, Senior; 6, Izzy Salois, Cut Bank.
Please email us basketball scoresheets
The Daily Inter Lake is asking all area basketball coaches to email their scoresheets from each game as soon as possible after the final horn.
Vals' Gunlock scores 37 Tuesday
BIGFORK — Bigfork’s Paeten Gunlock hit four 3-pointers on the way to 37 points Tuesday night, leading the Valkyries over Stevensville 82-36 in non-conference basketball.
Orediggers knock off Griz men, 82-75
The four-time Frontier Conference champs are stocked with Montana products, including Diekhans, a 6-foot-6 senior out of Fort Benton, and Koch, a 6-3 junior from Helena who began his college career at Carroll.
Peguero lifts Cougars to victory over Lady Griz
HOUSTON, Texas — Briana Peguero scored eight points in the final 3:52 to lift Houston to a 60-54 win over Montana on Tuesday morning at the Fertitta Center.
It has happened, just not like this
It turns out the Grizzlies and Bobcats have played each other twice the same season before.
Whitefish girls also go 2-0 in Frenchtown
FRENCHTOWN — Whitefish’s girls matched the boys by going 2-0 at the Western A Tip-Off girls basketball tournament Friday and Saturday.
Bulldog boys go 2-0 at Tip-Off
FRENCHTOWN — Among seven Northwest A programs, Whitefish was the lone boys team to go unscathed at this past weekend’s Frenchtown Tip-Off basketball tournament.