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The Ever-changing Pioneer League
The Pioneer Baseball League has, in simple terms, three new faces in its 12-team lineup for 2026: The Modesto (Cal…
Range Riders pick new manager
The Glacier Range Riders will have their third manager in three seasons in 2024, with the announcement Tuesday that Paul Fletcher will lead the Pioneer League baseball team going forward.
Fox picked to coach Bravettes basketball
The Flathead Bravettes basketball program has a new coach and she is a familiar face: Kaylee Fox, a longtime assistant at the school.
This week, a Big Sky matinee: MSU at Idaho
There’s another Top-10 FCS battle brewing in Moscow, Idaho, on Saturday and for once, fortune favors the print journalist.
Anders Thompson fifth at Super 32 Challenge
Anders Thompson, a senior at Flathead High School, took fifth place at 190 pounds at the prestigious Super 32 Challenge, a folkstyle wrestling tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
Bobcats Mellott, Johnson land player of week honors
FARMINGTON, Utah — Montana State's dynamic duo of Tommy Mellott and Jon Johnson, along with Weber State's Kyle Thompson, were tabbed as Big Sky Conference football players of the week after their impressive perform…
Gulick throws 5 TD passes for playoff-bound Bulldogs
WHITEFISH — Carson Gulick threw five touchdown passes Friday, two of them to Dane Hunt, and ran for a score as the Whitefish Bulldogs beat Browning 50-14 in Western A football action.
Stillwater Christian boys win MCAA soccer title
Soccer is a banner sport in the Flathead Valley, and a local team has already nailed down a state championship: Stillwater Christian.
Griz win, complete historic regular season
The Montana soccer team completed an unbeaten Big Sky Conference schedule and capped a historic regular season with a 1-0 victory over Portland State on Sunday afternoon on Senior Day at South Campus Stadium in Mis…
Bobcats win Top 5 battle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Quarterback Tommy Mellott ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns, Julius Davis and Jared White each added a rushing touchdown and Montana State beat Sacramento State 42-30 Saturday night in a bat…
College of Idaho hands Carroll first loss
Andy Peters stole the show in a battle of nationally ranked teams Saturday in a Frontier Conference matchup that saw No. 9 College of Idaho (7-1, 5-1) beat NO. 6 Carroll 35-21 to hand the Fighting Saints their firs…
Browning boys heat up; Hardin girls too good for A
It was unseasonably warm at Rebecca Farm for the Montana State Cross Country Championships Saturday, as if the Browning boys needed help heating up.
Knights, Bison race to AA titles
The State AA cross country landscape has its perennial powers, and it figured that Missoula Hellgate’s girls and Bozeman’s boys would run to state titles Satur…
Wildkats hold off Bigfork in Class A semifinal clash, 6-4
It was a tale of two halves Saturday at Flip Darling Field. Josie Harris scored a hat trick for Columbia Falls in a dominant first half, then Bigfork’s Paeten …
Whitefish girls upend Lockwood for trip to chipper
Whitefish knew Lockwood was a tough semifinal draw, but the Bulldogs neutralized the Lions’ top scorer and cruised to a 5-2 win at Smith Fields on Saturday, earning their third Class A final appearance in four year…
Bulldogs bounce Lone Peak, now final-bound
No team has really challenged Whitefish so far in these playoffs and Lone Peak was no exception. The Bulldogs topped the visiting Bighorns 5-0 in their semifinal game at Smith Fields and are back in the Class A boy…