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Poster Players of the Week: Whitefish Tennis
This week’s Poster Player of the Week goes to the Whitefish boys and girls tennis teams after a terrific performan…
Braves, Bravettes drop home tests to CDA
Despite Matt Marshall’s career-high 23 points, the Flathead Braves dropped a nonconference boys basketball shootout with Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 94-81 on Saturday night at Flathead High School.
Glacier boys, girls stop Dogs
Glacier learned quickly from its tough loss on Friday night, holding tight to its big lead this time down the stretch for a 65-51 victory over Whitefish in a n…
Basketball roundup: C-Falls boys hold off Frenchtown
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ty Morgan hit 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch to kill a Frenchtown rally and give Columbia Falls (4-1 overall, 1-0 league) a 63-56 Northwestern A boys basketball victory over Frenchtown on Satu…
Flathead's Vasquez mat champ at CMR
GREAT FALLS — Flathead freshman Trae Vasquez won the 113-pound wrestling title on Saturday at the 37th annual C.M. Russell Holiday Classic.
Eureka wrestlers capture Lucey title
EUREKA — Eureka had four individual champions and also claimed the team trophy at the Buzz Lucey Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday.
Bison rally by Wolfpack
Great Falls High rallied from down 11 points in the final four minutes to top the Glacier boys 66-62 in a Class AA nonconference basketball game on Friday nigh…
Flathead girls drill Polson
With every pass the Polson Lady Pirates made there was a host of orange black suffocating the ball. The Flathead Bravettes turned up the defensive pressure on Friday night, pressing, trapping and forcing 10 steals …
Wrestling: Two Mat Cats, two Braves in semifinals
GREAT FALLS — Two wrestlers from Columbia Falls and Flathead won their quarterfinal matches at the 37th annual C.M. Russell Holiday Wrestling Classic on Friday.
Basketball roundup: Libby girls upend Whitefish
WHITEFISH — Libby outscored Whitefish 26-1 in the first and periods to claim an easy 48-23 Northwestern A girls basketball victory on Friday night.
Grizzlies name manager
WHITEFISH — The Glacier Grizzlies of the newly formed Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League put another piece of the puzzle into place as Grizzlies general manager Bob Lockman named Mike Goss field manager for…
Mat Cats pin Greenchain
LIBBY — It was all Columbia Falls as the Mat Cats dominated Libby 51-18 in a Northwestern A wrestling dual on Thursday evening.
Local wrestlers back on the road this weekend
Another weekend and another tournament for area wrestlers.
Bigfork, Stillwater sweep on hardwood
EUREKA — Bigfork held on to pull out an 80-74 District 7B boys basketball victory over Eureka on Thursday evening.
Hockey: Wolverines edged by Colorado
LAS VEGAS — Colorado scored three times in the opening eight minutes, but was forced to hold off a determined Whitefish Wolverines squad in a 5-4 victory on Thursday afternoon in the Western States Shootout at the …
Don't fit over Stitt
The University of Montana hired Bob Stitt as its 36th head football coach on Tuesday. Stitt comes to Missoula after 15 seasons at Colorado School of Mines in NCAA Division II, having compiled a 108-62 record in his…