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Pioneer League baseball expanding to Oakland
They will call themselves the Oakland B's, short for Ballers.
Keim, Presley are MVPs; 13 Wolfpack first-team All-State
Isaac Keim and Jackson Presley swept the Western AA MVP awards, and were two of 13 members of the Glacier Wolfpack to be named first-team All-State for AA.
A Football:10 Wildcats are All-State
A run to the State A title game usually means the team is stacked, and Columbia Falls has additional documentation with 10 Wildcats making the Class A All-State team for football.
Boys soccer: Glacier’s Ells is Western AA Player of Year
A pair of Glacier Wolfpack boys made All-State for Class AA soccer, and one of them, junior midfielder Liam Ells, was named the Western AA’s Player of the Year.
Bulldog boys put 5 players on All-State team
Five members of Whitefish’s 15-0 boys soccer team — which won the program’s 10th soccer title in October — all All-State for Class A.
Champ Bulldogs put 5 girls on All-State A team
The first state championship in 17 years has led to more honors for the Whitefish Bulldogs girls’ soccer team, which had five players named All-State for Class A for 2023.
Western AA Volleyball: Glacier's Speer is Player of Year
Haven Speer, senior setter for the Western AA champion Glacier Wolfpack, has been named first-team All-State volleyball as well as her conference’s Player of the Year.
AA girls soccer: Bravettes' Nigon, Pack's Brisendine All-State
Mauraia Nigon of Flathead and Reagan Brisendine of Glacier are among the 11 Western AA girls soccer players named to the All-State team for Class AA in 2023.
Griz earn four individual awards in Big Sky football
MISSOULA — After winning the program’s first conference title since 2009, the Montana Grizzlies dominated the 2023 All-Big Sky postseason honors that came out Tuesday.
Big Sky Notes: Momentous return
For a second in the second half of Saturday’s Brawl of the Wild, the 122nd renewal of the Cat-Griz game, it looked a little like Montana’s trip to Idaho the month before.
Bobcats’ Moore, Grizzlies’ Gillman are Rice Award finalists
BOZEMAN — Montana State offensive tackle Connor Moore and Montana running back Eli Gillman are two of 22 finalists for the 2023 Jerry Rice Award, which honors the top freshman in the NCAA’s Football Championship Su…
Hauck a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award
MISSOULA — Two days after delivering Montana its first Big Sky Conference championship since 2009, Stats Perform announced Monday Grizzly head coach Bobby Hauck is one of 20 finalists for the 2023 Eddie Robinson FC…
Grizzlies' top performers honored
MISSOULA — Montana head coach Bobby Hauck and his staff honored some of the Grizzlies' top performers of the year on Sunday, at the annual team awards banquet at the DoubleTree Hotel.
Lady Griz get first win
PHOENIX, Ariz. — In a game that was tight throughout, a surge by Montana late in the third quarter and early in the fourth sparked the Lady Griz to a 76-71 road win at Grand Canyon on Monday night in Phoenix.
Playoff rematch?
The Grizzlies and Bobcats are both seeded in the top six into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, and yes there is a possible semifinal matchup.