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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Cummings, Braves fall at Missoula Big Sky, 73-57
Flathead’s Noah Cummings struck for 26 points, hitting three 3-pointers along the way, but the Braves still fell 73-57 to Missoula Big SKy in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday.
Buls buries six 3s, Glacier tops Hellgate
Kaidrian Buls scored a career-high 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and Glacier beat Missoula Hellgate 69-62 in boys basketball Saturday on the Knights’ floor.
Browning 4th, C-Falls 5 at Western A girls tourney
Browning’s 46-37 win over Polson Saturday morning put the Lady Indians in the third-place game at the Western A girls basketball divisional. They lost to Dillon 58-30 to fall to 19-3, but the top four teams advance…
Columbia Falls boys 5th, one win from State A
Jace Hill had 25 points and seven rebounds to lead the Wildcats over Browning 69-50 in the fifth-place game at the Western A Divisional Saturday. Columbia Falls next plays Havre, the fourth-place team out of Easter…
Vikings top Anaconda, into Western B chipper
Three players scored in double digits for the Bigfork Vikings on Friday in a 64-37 semifinal win over Anaconda, earning them a trip to the Western B boys divisional championship game.
Valkyries in Western B final
The Gunlock sisters again led the way for the Bigfork Valkyries at the Western B girls divisional on Friday, who cruised past Mission 69-25 and will face Loyola in the final today at 6:30 p.m.
Browning girls fall; Wildkats, Pirates stay alive
RONAN — Down one possession late, the Browning Lady Indians couldn’t close the gap and fell to Frenchtown 53-47 in the semifinals of the Western A girls basketball tournament Friday.
C-Falls, Browning boys stay alive at Western A
RONAN — While Frenchtown and Butte Central advanced to the championship game, Browning and Columbia Falls stayed alive at the Western A boys basketball divisional Friday.
First-place Knights hold Braves down for 14th win
Connor Dick scored 15 points, Easton Sant added 10 and Missoula Hellgate pulled away after the first quarter to beat Flathead 59-29 in Western AA boys basketball Thursday.
Larson, Hellgate Knights hand Bravettes a loss
MISSOULA — Missoula Hellgate’s Chloe Larson scored 20 points and the Knights held Flathead to one third-quarter point in a 42-36 Western AA girls basketball win Thursday.
Big Sky rallies past Pack girls in 2nd half
Audrey Hale scored 13 points to lead three Missoula Big Sky girls in double figures, and the Eagles rallied past Glacier to win their Western AA basketball battle Thursday, 48-35.
Browning girls advance to Western A semifinals
Mecca Bullchild scored 30 points for Browning, and the Lady Indians pulled away in the fourth quarter Thursday to beat Stevensville 65-54 at the Western A Divisional girls basketball tournament.
Hot-shooting Wolfpack bombs Big Sky, 68-38
The Glacier boys basketball has been pretty good at home this season, even before Thursday’s Senior Night battle with Missoula Big Sky.
Wildcats fall, Southwest A completes Thursday sweep
Frenchtown’s Connor Michaud scored 23 points and the Broncs used a late third-quarter surge to push past Columbia Falls Thursday at the Western A boys basketball divisional.
Vikings in Western B semis
The Bigfork Vikings used a balanced scoring attack to top Arlee 71-58 in the late first round boys game at the Western B Divisional on Thursday.