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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Poster Player of the Week: Bigfork's Hayden Mayer
This week’s Poster Player of the Week goes to Bigfork senior Hayden Mayer after helping lead the Vikings to the first state baseball championship in program hi…
No time to relax: AA Lakers start season today
High school baseball season may have just finished, but the diamond is still active as Legion baseball fires up this week.
One-Timer: In with a flash, out with a bang
As athletes sat in the Big Sky High School gym in Missoula during a lightning delay at the State AA-B track and field meet, it hit me: the sky has not played kind with Kalispell athletes this school year.
Whitefish’s Schwaderer, Dryden land MCA honors
Pat Dryden and Chris Schwaderer, the two leaders of the perennially strong Whitefish tennis programs, have been named Coaches of the Year for Spring 2026 by the Montana Coaches Association after both Bulldog squads…
Range Riders in a walkover
Patience at the plate and another steady outing from Evan Langston was more than enough for the Range Riders on Tuesday Night at Glacier Bank Park.
Laurel wins twice to take State A softball
BUTTE — Laurel’s Adrienne Roth threw a one-hitter in the first championship, then held Hamilton to five hits in the if-necessary game as the Locomotives won the weather-delayed State A softball title Tuesday.
Keeping Score: State champs Bigfork Vikings make history
Bigfork Vikings baseball just made history and reporter Luke Schmit was on the field at O'Malley Park to capture every raw, emotional moment of it.
Take me out to the ball game: Range Riders hold opening week games
The Glacier Range Riders held their first series of home games last week at Glacier Bank Park.
Vikings conquer State A baseball
Everybody kept doubting Bigfork. The Vikings kept answering.
Whitefish sweeps A tennis, Oehlerich among 3 bracket winners
Jack Oehlerich finally got over the last hill.
Glacier boys 2nd, girls 3rd at AA track
Seven-thousandths of a second, faster than the blink of an eye, is what separated Glacier from its second State AA boys track and field team championship.
Wolfpack takes 3rd at AA softball
The Glacier Wolfpack’s annual sojourn through the consolation bracket ended a game early this spring, with a 7-5 loss to Great Falls CMR in the State AA softball third-place game Saturday.
Kats 4th at State A softball
After nearly two full days fighting through the consolation bracket, Columbia Falls ran out of gas and fell to Laurel 5-4 Saturday at the State A softball tournament.
Vikings 2nd at State A track and field
Runaway Locomotives.
PHOTOS: Bigfork wins Class A/B championship with 7-2 victory over Dillon
Photos from the Bigfork Vikings' 7-2 victory over the Dillon Beavers in the Class A/B State Championship at O'Malley Park in Polson on Saturday, May 30.