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Baseball: Lytle HR lifts Lions over Cats; Polson, Bigfork win
COLUMBIA FALLS — Rogan Lytle’s two-out, two-run home run in the eighth inning broke a 7-7 tie, and Eureka beat Columbia Falls 9-7 Tuesday in high school baseball.
Briefs: Little Sullivan; Eagle Bend ace; Bella Downing wins award
BILLINGS — A pair of Flathead Valley products, Hania Halvorsen out of Flathead High and Jake Sanderson out of Whitefish, are finalists for the Montana AAU Little Sullivan Award to be announced on May 2.
Poster Player: Glacier's Max Weber
This week’s Poster Player of the Week, presented by Corwin Motors, goes to Glacier baseball’s Max Weber.
Wolfpack down Bulldogs day after taking first loss
WHITEFISH — Not the home opener the Bulldogs hoped for, but the rebound the Wolfpack needed.
Glacier girls tennis sweeps duals in Great Falls
GREAT FALLS — Autumn Bashara and Ty Rogers grabbed a pair of wins each as Glacier swept Great Falls in high school tennis Saturday.
Glacier, Flathead drop 2 in Helena
HELENA — Glacier had a nice comeback undone by the long ball Saturday, with Trinity Marble’s two-run home run in the seventh lifting Belgrade to a 7-6 win at the Helena Softball Crossover.
Bigfork, Big Sky win Rodda games; Eureka no-hits Noxon
BIGFORK — The Big Sky Eagles went 2-0 at the Rodda Classic on Saturday, picking up victories over Bigfork and Flathead, but it was Bigfork coming out on top against Flathead in a tightly contested game that went do…
Glacier track sweeps dual in Butte
BUTTE — Rylee Bigelow, Zeila Wagner and Ada Thiel each won two events, the Glacier boys won every timed event except one and the Wolfpack swept a track and field dual with Butte High Saturday at Bulldog Memorial St…
Hollensteiner, Flathead shine at MCPS Invite
MISSOULA — Helena swept the team titles at MCPS Stadium, but some of the best track and field marks were recorded from athletes in the Northwest Valley on Friday at the MCPS Invite.
Glacier girls, Whitefish boys earn tennis wins
Jack Oehlerich picked up a straight sets win over Colton Mantovani as the Whitefish downed Glacier in high school tennis Friday.
Glacier baseball takes 1st loss
MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel swung the bats, Glacier didn’t catch it very well and the result Friday was the Wolfpack’s first baseball loss, a 15-0 setback to the Spartans at Sentinel High School.
Softball: Lady Trojans drop 2 to Falcons
FLORENCE — Claire Folkerts hit two home runs in the first game and Allie Borgmann rapped out three hits in the nightcap, but the Troy Lady Trojans lost both ends of a softball doubleheader to unbeaten Florence Frid…
McIlhargey, Bravettes beat Knights 12-2
Macey McIlhargey worked through traffic in a complete game, Lily Anderson drove in two runs with a double and Flathead beat Missoula Hellgate 12-2 in Western AA softball action Friday at ABS Park.
'Rumble in the Rockies' soccer set for April 25-26
A major youth soccer tournament is coming to Whitefish next weekend, and Nate Evans of the Glacier Surf Soccer Club feels it will only get better.
Baseball: C-Falls' Young 1-hits Libby
LIBBY — Nico Young threw a five-inning one-hitter and helped his cause with three hits as Columbia Falls shut out Libby 10-0 in high school baseball Thursday night.