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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Basketball roundup: Finbergs, Kemppainen lift Kats over Broncs
FRENCHTOWN — Ciera Finberg tallied 17 points, Winter Kemppainen added 11 and Cydney Finberg 10 as the top-ranked Columbia Falls Wildkats needed a fourth-quarter spurt to put away the Frenchtown Broncs in a 61-44 vi…
C-Falls boys flip Flathead
In a game featuring 56 fouls, Columbia Falls went 16 for 25 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, finishing 68 percent from the charity stripe as a t…
Wildkats roll by Bravettes
Top-ranked Columbia Falls was relentless with its pace on offense and defense in the first half of its nonconference girls basketball game at Flathead on Frida…
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Basketball roundup: Trent, Martel help Bigfork down Eureka
BIGFORK — Ryder Trent tallied 20 points and Isaac Martel did all of his scoring with 11 points in the final eight minutes as top-ranked Bigfork defeated Eureka 61-56 in District 7B boys basketball play on Friday ni…
C-Falls pins Polson, Libby in Northwestern A duals
COLUMBIA FALLS — Third-ranked Columbia Falls posted six pins in a 45-28 Northwestern A wrestling dual victory on Friday over Polson.
Braves dominate Wolfpack
Flathead senior Dyan Guzman put an exclamation point on a dominant night by the Braves, topping Glacier’s Ryder Day 4-2 in double overtime to cap a 36-18 win f…
Basketball: Bigfork boys defeat Plains, 57-46
PLAINS — The No. 1-ranked Bigfork Vikings scored 15 points in each of the first three quarters to hold off Plains for a 57-46 District 7B boys basketball victory on Thursday night.
Columbia Falls grapplers nip Frenchtown
FRENCHTOWN — Third-ranked Columbia Falls edged No. 6 Frenchtown 32-27 on Thursday evening in a Northwestern A dual wrestling match.
Glacier's Dennehy named AA's top AD
Glacier High School’s Mark Dennehy has been selected Class AA’s Activities Director of Year for the 2014-15 school year by the Montana Interscholastic Athletic…
Local teams begin march towards MetraPark
Time is running out for the area’s wrestlers to make their mark.
Wrestling: Wolfpack, Braves meet on mat
Coming off a successful trip to the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic, both Flathead and Glacier are looking to roll into the last few weeks of the season. That road starts tonight as the two schools meet for the eig…
C-Falls stays No. 1, Bigfork boys back on top Class B
The Columbia Falls boys and girls each held on to the top spot in Class A and the Bigfork boys reclaimed their status as the top team in Class B in the Associated Press Montana prep basketball polls released on Wed…
Wrestling: Greenchain tops Polson
LIBBY — While Libby and Polson combined for six pins on the wrestling mat, the Greenchain earned four of the six to take down the Pirates, 43-30, in a home Northwest A dual meet on Tuesday night.
Glacier girls, boys rout Libby on hardwood
Three Wolfpack players scored in double figures as Glacier routed Libby at home for a 69-27 nonconference girls basketball victory on Tuesday night.