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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Wrestling: Frenchtown pins Polson
Basketball roundup: Martel, Evans lead Bigfork past Eureka
Wrestling: Mat Cats top Whitefish; Glacier sweeps at Libby
WHITEFISH — Fourth-ranked Columbia Falls easily beat Whitefish, topping its North Valley rivals 51-16 in a wrestling dual on Thursday.
Basketball polls: C-Falls, Bigfork at top of the class
Columbia Falls and Bigfork found both of their teams ranked in this week’s Montana Associated Press high school basketball polls, released on Thursday.
Basketball roundup: Vikings blow out Plains
BIGFORK — Undefeated and top-ranked Bigfork had no trouble taking care of visiting Plains in a District 7B boys basketball game on Thursday evening.
Whitefish skier Maggie Voisin named to U.S. Olympic team
Basketball roundup: Wolfpack sweeps Libby
Wrestling: Braves rout Knights
Basketball roundup: Vikings sweep Glacier
Brittany Tackett scored eight of her game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter to lead Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to a 60-46 nonconference girls basketball victory …
Bad 2nd half sinks Bravettes
Great Falls C.M. Russell (2-7 overall) outscored the Flathead Bravettes (2-6) 23-8 in the second half of a nonconference AA girls basketball game to claim a 46-35 victory at Flathead High School on Saturday night.
Columbia Falls' Roberts wins Rocky mat title
MISSOULA — Shonn Roberts of Columbia Falls wrapped up two days of wrestling action on Saturday by winning his weight class at the annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High School.
Voisin 6th in final qualifier; waits for spot on U.S. Team
PARK CITY, Utah — Whitefish slopestyle skier Maggie Voisin placed sixth in the final Olympic qualifier at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix on Saturday morning.
Basketball roundup: Robertson, Berg lift Valkyries over Florence
BIGFORK — Tessa Robertson hit the game winner and Lana Berg followed with a big steal to seal a 38-36 Class B nonconference girls basketball victory for Bigfork over Florence on Saturday afternoon.
Wrestling: C-Falls sits 12th at Rocky
Columbia Falls is sitting 12th after first-day action at the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic wrestling tournament.
Girls Basketball: Vals muscle past T-Falls
BIGFORK — Despite scoring just four points in the final period of play, the Bigfork Valkyries (7-2 overall, 3-1) cruised past Thompson Falls (6-4, 2-2) 47-38 in a District 7B girls basketball matchup Friday night.