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Riding into 2026
Jonah Giblin is a rookie pitcher for the Glacier Range Riders, but he’s not a stranger to Kalispell and Glacier Ba…
Northwest A honors Finley, Gunlock as MVPs
Kolby Finley of Ronan and Paeten Gunlock of Bigfork were named Most Valuable Players for the Northwest A, as part of the all-conference and All-State honors in…
Dark teams sweep Mission Mountain All-Star games
RONAN — The girls game featured just one double figure scorer and the boys lit the nets on fire and the 29th Mission Mountain All-Star Games went off with the Dark sweeping the games Tuesday at the Ronan Events Cen…
Poster Player of the Week: Desi Dell
This week’s Poster Player of the Week, presented by Corwin Motors, goes to Bigfork junior, Desi Dell of the Valkyries basketball team.
Rocky men beat The Master’s, head for KC
BILLINGS — The Rocky Mountain men cut down their own nets Saturday.
Gallatin girls finish 22-0, repeat in AA; Havre stuns Central
BILLINGS — Make it back-to-back titles for the Gallatin Raptors girls.
Landmark boys title for Sentinel; Scobey also wins
Missoula Sentinel, meanwhile, won its fourth AA title and second since 1986 by beating Billings West 47-46 on Lincoln Rogers’ 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime.
Setninel, West for AA boys title
BILLINGS — Missoula Sentinel is back in the title game for the second time in three seasons, and the Spartans will play Billings West for the State AA championship.
Galltin, West girls advance to AA final
BILLINGS — The Gallatin Raptor girls can’t be stopped.
Whitefish, Bigfork girls bow out of State A
GREAT FALLS — It wasn’t the results either team wanted at the State A tournament, but the Bigfork and Whitefish girls gained vital minutes of postseason basket…
Ronan boys exit State A tourney
GREAT FALLS — Ronan’s season ended in heartbreaking fashion, as Butte Central’s Joshua Sutton converted an and-one opportunity with two seconds remaining in the Maroons’ 55-52 win Friday morning at Four Seasons Are…
State A: Ronan boys drop opener to Lockwood Lions
GREAT FALLS — Kolby Finley and the Chiefs gave their all on Thursday morning, but the Blake brothers of Lockwood combined for 42 points, defeating Ronan 65-53 in the first round of the Class A state tournament at t…
State A: Bulldogs, Vals drop first-round games
GREAT FALLS — It was physical and eye-opening, but the young Lady Bulldogs officially have a state tournament game under their belts.
Vandals knock off Griz for Big Sky title
BOISE, Idaho — They knocked off two higher seeds and boasted the tournament MVP, but the Montana Grizzlies’ basketball season ended short of a Big Sky Conference title with a 77-66 loss to Idaho in Wednesday night.
Keeping Score: Whitefish girls beat Bigfork in thriller — players and coach react after divisional win
The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs are headed to the Montana Class A State Basketball Tournament after a gritty 39–37 win over Bigfork in the Western A Divisional thi…
Trageser out as Flathead basketball coach
The Flathead Braves are back on the market for a boys Basketball head coach.