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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
State A soccer: Whitefish girls fall to Billings Central
BILLINGS — Class A leading scorer Allie Lucas scored twice in the first 15 minutes to propel Billings Central to a 4-1 win over Whitefish in the girls Class A soccer state championship match on Saturday at Rocky Mo…
Class B football playoffs: Choteau downs Eureka
EUREKA — Choteau (7-3) returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown and pulled away from Eureka (6-4) to win 30-6 in the first round of the Class B football playoffs on Saturday afternoon.
Class A football playoffs: Whitefish rolls by Butte Central
WHITEFISH — A big play on offense shifted the momentum and Whitefish’s defense snuffed out any chance Butte Central entertained of mounting any type of serious comeback as the Bulldogs posted a 43-12 victory in the…
Emotional football playoff victory for Bigfork
BIGFORK — Playing with heavy hearts five days after former teammate Matt Edwards was killed in a car wreck, the third-ranked Bigfork Vikings rallied for an emo…
Glacier drubs Flathead, 56-7
Glacier football (9-1) locked up a top seed in the playoffs, the best record in school history and a fifth straight win over its crosstown rivals on Friday nig…
State soccer: Bravettes defeat Hellgate 2-0 in loser-out play
HELENA — Paige Birky got the Bravettes off to a fast start with a goal in the 8th minute and Flathead beat Missoula Hellgate 2-0 to stay alive at the Class AA girls soccer state tournament Friday at Siebel Fields.
Class B football playoffs: Bigfork, Eureka home for 1st round
Third-ranked Bigfork (8-0) and Eureka (6-3) open Class B football playoff action at home today with No. 9 Townsend (6-1) and Choteau (6-3), respectively.
Class A football playoffs: Butte Central travels to Whitefish; Road trip for Polson to Hamilton
Whitefish and Polson will be in unfamiliar positions when the Class A football playoffs kick off today.
Class A volleyball: Polson, Frenchtown win 3-0
POLSON — Polson wrapped up regular season and Northwestern A divisional volleyball play Friday night by defeating Libby 25-17, 25-19, 25-20.
Braves dedicate game to former player Calnan
Flathead is dedicating tonight’s crosstown football game against Glacier to former-Braves player Mike Calnan, who is fighting brain cancer. The team will wear a “MC” helmet decal during the game to honor Calnan.
Rivals meet in final game of regular season for first time
It’s a staple in Helena, Great Falls and schools around the country.
Crosstown VII football: Time for Wolfpack vs. Braves
Bragging rights aren’t the only thing on the line when Glacier and Flathead kick off at 7 p.m. tonight in the crosstown football game at Legends Stadium.
State AA girls soccer: Bravettes fall to CMR in opener
HELENA — Two late goals pushed Great Falls C.M. Russell to a 2-0 Class AA state quarterfinal girls soccer victory over Flathead at Siebel Fields Thursday afternoon.
Glacier spikers end Western AA play 12-0; C-Falls sweeps Whitefish
MISSOULA — Glacier’s volleyball squad wrapped up regular-season play in style Thursday evening by sweeping Missoula Big Sky 25-16, 25-13, 25-18.
Prep football polls largely unchanged
Columbia Falls and Bigfork were each third in the last prep football poll of the season for the four smaller classes in Montana. Very little changed in classes A and B, with each of the local schools holding their …