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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
MRPBL, Glacier Outlaws in limbo
WHITEFISH — The Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League, which published a press release on Saturday stating the league would fold in 24 hours without financial help, has revised its stance. The Glacier Outlaws …
Legion baseball: Malmin, Ericksen lift Lakers by Butte
Walker Malmin had a big game at the plate in the first game and Leif Ericksen delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning of the finale as the Kalispell Lakers AA swept an American Legion bas…
Legion Baseball: Miners avoid Glacier comeback, top Twins 5-4
WHITEFISH — Butte scored three runs in the fifth inning and posted two more in the seventh to edge the Glacier Twins 5-4 in a nonconference American Legion baseball game, sending the club to its seventh straight lo…
Golf: Local golfers eye Junior PGA title after first round
TACOMA, Wash. — Ryggs Johnston of Libby is tied for sixth place and Coral Schulz of Whitefish is tied for 12th after the first round of the Pacific Northwest PGA Junior Championship at Lake Spanaway Golf Club on Sa…
Three Blind Refs: Weathering the storm
As black clouds rolled in and heavy raindrops started to fall, officials at the Three Blind Refs soccer tournament waited and hoped the storm would do like all…
Taekwondo: Big Sky Martial Arts repeats as state champs
Big Sky Martial Arts defended its Montana State Taekwondo Championships on Saturday with a dominating peformance at Flathead High School.
MRPBL, Outlaws on the brink of extinction
The future of the Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League is in jeopardy.
Golf: Porch, Iverson reach Elite Eight at State Match Play
HELENA — Kalispell golfers Ryan Porch and Logan Iverson have advanced to the Elite Eight at the State Match-Play Golf Championship after Saturday’s session at Green Meadow Country Club.
Legion Baseball: Lane, Loggers take down Rangers, 8-3
EUREKA — The Libby Loggers, supported by a five-run eighth inning, topped the Kootenai Valley Rangers for an 8-3 American legion baseball victory on Friday night.
Softball: Polson pair placed on All-Tournament team
Two Polson seniors were named to the 2015 State A All-Tournament softball team on Friday for guiding the Lady Pirates to a third-place finish last week in Anaconda.
Soccer: Three Blind Refs and hundreds of happy faces
There will be no record field for this weekend’s Three Blind Refs soccer tournament like a year ago, when 165 teams were registered.
State taekwondo on Saturday at Flathead
Big Sky Martial Arts will host the Montana Taekwondo State Championships on Saturday at Flathead High School.
Auto Racing: Season starts this week at Montana Raceway Park
It’s a couple weeks later than normal, but the 2015 auto racing season at Montana Raceway Park finally kicks off Saturday night with super late models, bombers…
Wolfpack pair, four more from Class A named to all-state softball
All-state and all-conference softball teams were announced on Tuesday for both Class A and AA, and the Flathead Valley garnered plenty of accolades after several successful seasons on the diamond.
Terry column: Trophy case losing space
Montana high schools have competed in interscholastic sports for 115 years. For most of those years, Flathead High School has been one of the most competitive schools in the state.