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Poster Player of the Week: Whitefish's Jack Oehlerich
This week’s Poster Player of the Week, presented by Corwin Motors, goes to Whitefish tennis standout Jack Oehleric…
Orme, Bulldogs take down Loggers; Bigfork rolls
WHITEFISH — Tait Orme drove in four runs, Liam Krezowski and Reed Boyer combined on a four-inning three-hitter and Whitefish made short work of Libby in high school baseball Tuesday, 14-1.
Lambertsen, Farmer, Bridges set County Meet records
LIBBY — Eureka’s Josh Lambertsen won five events and set the 400 meet record at the Lincoln County Meet held Tuesday at Logger Stadium.
Libby beats Polson 14-13 in 8 innings
LIBBY — Hadleigh Wood singled and eventually stole home in the eighth inning for Libby Tuesday, completing the Loggers’ comeback from a 13-3 deficit for a 14-13 win over Polson in a wild Northwest A softball game.
Whitefish baseball rallies to top Glacier
Reed Boyer and Finn Ryan delivered the biggest swings Monday, powering Whitefish to a 12-9 win over Glacier at Griffin field in nonconference high school baseball.
Briefs: MHSA honors Flathead’s Kay
Whitefish bests Libby baseball
LIBBY — Finn Ryan smacked a first-inning home run, and Whitefish broke it open with a five-run seventh in a 14-2 win over Libby on Saturday in Northwest A baseball.
Glacier denies recruitment in response to MHSA suspension
Glacier High School has responded to the two-game suspension of its head football coach Grady Bennett, saying while it will respect the Montana High School Ass…
Hamilton baseball rolls past Polson
POLSON — Adrien Cardullo threw five innings and fanned 12 Polson batters as Hamilton took a 9-1 victory Saturday in a high school baseball matchup.
Libby wins 2 at Frenchtown Invite softball
FRENCHTOWN — The Libby Loggers made it three out of four at the Frenchtown Invitational, winning twice Saturday to finish 3-1 at the softball tournament.
Vikings defend home track; Whitefish girls win Bigfork Invite
BIGFORK — Robert Merchant set the tone for Bigfork on the boys side, while Whitefish controlled the girls team race Saturday at the Bigfork Invitational track and field meet.
Baseball: Bulldogs power past Pack
BUTTE — Logan Carden and Calvin Cunningham both tripled as Butte overcame an early deficit to down Glacier 11-5 in a Western AA baseball showdown Saturday.
Hard-hitting Braves down Butte
BUTTE — Liam Rech and Jacobe Sullinger drove in three runs each as Flathead raced past Butte 11-6 in Western AA baseball Friday.
Polson baseball stymies Frenchtown offense
POLSON — Paxson DuMont hit a go-ahead single in the bottom of the sixth as Polson grabbed a 3-1 victory over Frenchtown in high school baseball Friday.
Northwest A squads split at Frenchtown Friday
FRENCHTOWN — On the first day of the Frenchtown Invitational, just about everybody split.
Glacier tennis sweeps Big Sky, falls to Hellgate
Autumn Bashara and Cole Pelucca grabbed a pair of wins each as Glacier’s tennis teams split a pair of duals with Missoula Hellgate and Big Sky Friday at FVCC.