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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Unbeaten Glacier rips Sentinel
On a night when the Glacier offense dazzled once again, it was the Wolfpack defense that put up the most startling numbers in the team’s 59-7 victory over Miss…
Football: Glacier hopes to avoid shootout with Sentinel
The last time Glacier played Sentinel, the two teams combined for more than 100 points and the Wolfpack compiled nearly 700 yards of offense under the bright lights of Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.
Football: Flathead hoping to get back on win track
If the Flathead Braves want to extend their season into the playoffs they’ll have to prove they’re worthy in the first of several key contests down the final stretch of the season. The Bozeman Hawks are the first t…
Prep soccer roundup: Libby boys blank Bigfork
LIBBY — Walter Briones gave Libby the early goal just six minutes into play and the Loggers rolled from there for an easy 5-0 triumph over Bigfork in Northern A boys soccer play on Thursday.
Glaciers Hill top runner at 7-on-7
HELENA — Glacier freshman Annie Hill once again topped All-American Bigfork senior Makena Morley, this time by 22 seconds at the Capital City 7-on-7 Invitational cross country meet on Thursday at Bill Roberts Golf …
Cougars down Lions
Stillwater stayed perfect against District 7B foes on Thursday, besting Eureka 25-12, 25-22, 18-25, 25-17 in a nonconference volleyball matchup at Stillwater C…
Pivotal week for prep playoffs
Friday marks the start of the home stretch to the high school football season, and an important date for many local schools trying to stretch their season a few more weeks.
Glacier still top of AA; Bigfork remains No. 10 in B
Glacier still holds the top spot in Class AA in the most recent Associated Press prep football polls released on Wednesday. The Wolfpack was one of four teams to hold its top spot in the polls, with the only shakeu…
Soccer roundup: Bulldogs rout Bigfork, 11-1
BIGFORK — Whitefish sophomore Haley Nicholson scored five goals and had a pair of assists to lead the Bulldogs (5-4-2 overall, 4-2-1 Northern A) to an 11-1 rout of Northern A foe Bigfork (4-5-2, 1-4-2) on Tuesday.
Volleyball: Glacier sweeps in Idaho; Flathead falls to Sentinel
MISSOULA — After defeating the Missoula Sentinel Spartans at home in four sets in September, the Flathead Bravettes failed to reach 25 points in a single set and were swept by the Spartans for a Western AA road los…
Volleyball: Wildkats sweep the Bitterroot
CORVALLIS — Led by Carla Nicosia’s 16 kills, the Columbia Falls Wildkats took down Corvallis in four sets on Saturday for a nonconference road victory.
Mestin bucks competition at Cinch championships
Justin Mestin of Tess, Alberta, won the Cinch Bucking Horse Championships at Majestic Valley Arena Saturday night with a 153-point total for two rides.
Soccer roundup: Braves upset Glacier, 2-1
Kaleb Frame scored a penalty kick in the closing minutes of the first half to give Flathead a 2-1 lead over Glacier (4-2-3), a score the Braves (2-6-0) would h…
'Dogs, Schulz nab A girls state golf titles
HAMILTON — Whitefish junior Coral Schulz shot a final round 88 at Hamilton Golf Club on Saturday to beat the rest of the Class A field by four strokes and secure her first state championship. Schulz’s two-round sco…
Hockey: S. Oregon powers past Whitefish
WHITEFISH — The Whitefish Wolverines outshot Southern Oregon 49-31, but couldn’t find the net outside of the power play, besting Spartans goalie Tymen Edelkoort III just one time in a 4-1 Western States Hockey Leag…