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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Football: Playoffs begin Saturday in NW Montana
Bigfork and Columbia Falls will open football playoff action on Saturday with home games.
Volleyball: Glacier sweeps Hellgate
MISSOULA — Glacier moved a step closer to putting together back-to-back perfect seasons together in Western AA play by downing Missoula Hellgate 25-15, 25-15, 25-23 on Thursday evening.
Championship week for Class AA, A soccer
Flathead’s boys (4-11-0) and girls (5-7-3) will both face Bozeman, the top seed from the Eastern Division, while the Glacier boys meet Billings Senior and the Glacier girls play Great Falls C.M. Russell in opening-…
Dist. 7B volleyball: Eureka hands T-Falls 1st loss
EUREKA — The Thompson Falls Bluehawks entered Saturday’s District 7B volleyball matchup with the Eureka Lions undefeated in conference play, but left Lincoln County with the first blemish on their record as the Lio…
Stillwater Christian wins 12th straight soccer title
BOZEMAN — Stillwater Christian scored early and kept the pressure on, defeating Yellowstone County Home School 4-1 to win their 12th straight Montana Christian Athletic Association soccer championship on Saturday.
Volleyball: Loggers spill Frenchtown
LIBBY — Facing adversity in the opening set of their Northwestern A home volleyball match against the Frenchtown Broncs (5-5 overall, 3-4 league), the Libby Loggers (9-3, 4-3) rallied from behind before dominating …
Stillwater captures 6th straight state title
BOZEMAN — Stillwater Christian School capped off another stellar volleyball season Saturday afternoon by defeating Great Falls Home School 25-19, 25-17, 25-14 in the championship match at the Montana Christian Athl…
AA volleyball: Flathead stuns No. 4 Capital
The weekend ended on a positive note for Flathead’s volleyball team as the Bravettes knocked off fourth-ranked Helena Capital 25-19, 27-25, 14-25, 27-25 Saturday afternoon at Flathead High School in a Western AA ma…
Glacier clinches Western AA volleyball title; bye to state
Glacier volleyball coach Christy Harkins called it a challenging day, but also a very good one.
Boys Class A soccer: Bulldogs fall to Belgrade, again
BELGRADE — The second time around with Belgrade was much like the first for Whitefish.
Whitefish's playoff run ends in girls soccer
WHITEFISH — The improbable run of the Whitefish Bulldogs girls soccer team came to an end on Saturday afternoon, as the Laurel Locomotives advanced to the Class A state championship game, defeating Whitefish 3-0 in…
Soccer: Wildkats stun Rams in OT, 3-2
BILLINGS — Columbia Falls did something no one else has done for quite some time.
Morleys, Hill, Mundel state x-country champs
HELENA — Bigfork senior Makena Morley topped her own all-class state record on the way to winning her fourth Class B state cross country championship on Saturday, becoming just the fourth girl in state history to c…
Volleyball: Bengals surprise Bravettes
Most of the statistics favored Flathead, but that didn’t matter as Helena High posted a surprising 27-25, 21-25, 25-23, 17-25, 15-12 victory in Western AA volleyball action Friday at Flathead High School.
Spartans use fast start to claim a 28-14 victory
Plagued by a slow first quarter, the Flathead Braves never caught the upstart Missoula Sentinel Spartans, who downed Flathead 28-14 at Legends Stadium on Frida…