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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Legion baseball: Schlepp, LakersA sweep Rangers
EUREKA — Haydn Schlepp is clutch.
Legion baseball: Mariners third, Loggers sixth at Firecracker
POLSON — Tournament baseball is different — setting time limits on games guarantees a smooth schedule for every team involved, but it also allows for some unjust endings.
Golf: Top shots pull away at Fourth of July tournament
WHITEFISH — While each entered the day in close heats at the top of the leaderboard, by the close of play on Saturday at the 79th annual Earl Hunt Memorial Fourth of July golf tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club…
Legion baseball: Mariners comeback at Firecracker
POLSON — Mission Valley A scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a tie with Deer Lodge and leading a 6-3 victory at the Polson Firecracker tournament on Friday.
Golf: Fourth field goes low
WHITEFISH — Former tour professional Bob Conrad, of Yarrow Point, Washington, shot a 7-under-par 65 and University of Montana freshman Sadie Crippen shot an ev…
Swimming: Popp, KATS find success at Missoula Firecracker meet
MISSOULA — Over 30 teams, more than 600 swimmers, converged on the Garden City for the 34th annual Missoula Firecracker swim meet.
Legion baseball: M.V. Mariners start Firecracker with a bang
POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners gave up a run in the second inning, but blanked the Dillon Cubs for the rest of the game to take the opener of their host Polson Firecracker American Legion baseball tournament …
Legion baseball: Lakers A salvage split with walk-off
After dropping the opening game of an American Legion baseball doubleheader, 13-6 against the Missoula Mavericks A, the Kalispell Lakers A scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh to win the nightcap 13-12 on…
Legion baseball: Mission Valley sweeps Missoula
POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners fancy the dramatics.
Montana rugby all-stars finish fourth at NW Challenge
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Montana Youth Rugby Association All-Star high school boys team fell twice on Sunday to finish the Great Northwest Challenge in fourth place.
Lakers A third in Bozeman
BOZEMAN — The Kalispell Lakers A beat the Bozeman Spikes 18-3 on Sunday to take third place at the Howard Rein American Legion baseball tournament.
Lakers AA finish 3rd at Sells tournament
HELENA — The Kalispell Lakers AA rode a powerful offense to an 8-4 victory over Butte to finish in third place at the Keith Sells Memorial American Legion baseball tournament on Sunday.
Legion Baseball: Twins A take Gallo, Loggers win Big Bucks
WHITEFISH — The Glacier Twins A team scored six runs in the first inning and held the Twins B team to just one hit and one run to win 18-1 in the championship game of the Ed Gallo Memorial Wood Bat American Legion …
Fast heat for Lake run
WHITEFISH — Despite an early start time, competitors in the 2015 Whitefish Lake Run had to battle the heat as well as the course.
Legion baseball: Twins A, Twins B to meet for Gallo title
WHITEFISH — The Glacier Twins B squad walked off with a 6-5 win in the bottom of the seventh against Olympia in the Ed Gallo Memorial Wood Bat American Legion baseball tournament at Memorial Park to earn a spot in …