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PHOTOS: Flathead squares off against Great Falls
The Flathead Braves squared off against the Great Falls Bison in Class AA high school football at Legends Stadium on Friday, Aug. 29. The game was called at ha…
Big Sky Now: Week zero takeaways and bold week one picks
Big Sky Now breaks down an action-packed Week 0 in Big Sky Conference football and looks ahead to an exciting Week 1 slate.
Range Riders prevail 6-5 on Thursday
GREAT FALLS — Jake Millan drove in three runs, Luke Schafer got through a rocky fifth inning to improve to 8-1 and the Glacier Range Riders beat Great Falls 6-5 Thursday in Pioneer League baseball.
Frontier: Busy Thursday includes wild Tech-Western tilt
BUTTE — Levi Torgerson returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns and threw a scoring pass as Montana Tech scored a wild 38-27 win over Montana Western in Frontier Conference football on Thursday.
Roche, Braves settling in ahead of new season
It’s a new look for the Flathead Braves as Mac Roche takes to the sidelines for his first season as head coach.
A Football: League changes, favorites stay constant
Change is afoot in Class A football, where the far-flung, 13-team Western A of yesteryear has been split into two and we’re back to a six-team Northwest A conf…
Climbing the mountain: Wolfpack face early test in another title contending season
Glacier football hopes the third time will be the charm.
Western B Football: New coach, same goals for Lions
Flathead isn’t the only program around taking on a new head coach: Eureka, a perennial Western B power, enters the Kenny Kindel Era with a home game against Fairfield Friday night.
Bobcat capsule: No. 2/2 Montana State at No. 7 (FBS) Oregon
When the Bobcats have the ball: Montana State will continue to run behind a stout offensive line and with two excellent running backs — Adam Jones, who had 1,172 rushing yards last season, and Julius Davis, who ran…
Down 5-0, Voyagers clip Range Riders 8-6
GREAT FALLS — Great Falls left fielder Kyle Schmack smacked two solo home runs, the second putting his team up for good in the Voyagers’ 8-6 Pioneer League win over Glacier Wednesday.
Lacey, Congdon take helm of Flathead soccer teams
Some new, but familiar faces are taking over the Flathead soccer program.
Pack boys soccer focused on now, girls hope to take AA by storm
The Glacier boys soccer team isn’t looking too far ahead to start 2025, while the girls add a year of experience after starting a young squad in 2024.
Boys soccer: Perhaps a Cat-Dog final is due in 2025
We were this close to having a Cat-Dog State A boys soccer championship last November.
Girls soccer: Kats are loaded, Whitefish won't fall far
The Northern A is good at soccer, and the usual suspects — Columbia Falls, along with neighboring Whitefish — will be tough to knock off the conference pinnacl…
O'Connell, Bergen make practice squads; Mellott not yet
After being waived by the San Francisco 49ers Tuesday, the team announced that Junior Bergen would be added to the practice squad Wednesday after clearing waivers.