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Carson Garner's hot start mirrors the Range Riders'
Carson Garner thought professional baseball was right there.
Tough to keep up
Any college football team would be happy with 200 rushing yards in a single game; on Friday night against Stephen F. Austin, the MSU Bobcats did that in a half.
Full Count: Of Bobcats, Grizzlies and butterflies
The beautiful Great Divide Trophy is not at stake Saturday when the Grizzlies and Bobcats battle in what we’re now calling “The Super Brawl” in Bozeman.
Montana girls wrestling rankings, Week 2
120 — 1, Bella Downing, Flathead; 2, Sailee Redding, Hardin; 3, Gracie Hicks, Lewistown; 4, Alex Johnston, Senior; 5, Ava Dewitt, Senior; 6, Izzy Salois, Cut Bank.
Please email us basketball scoresheets
The Daily Inter Lake is asking all area basketball coaches to email their scoresheets from each game as soon as possible after the final horn.
Vals' Gunlock scores 37 Tuesday
BIGFORK — Bigfork’s Paeten Gunlock hit four 3-pointers on the way to 37 points Tuesday night, leading the Valkyries over Stevensville 82-36 in non-conference basketball.
Orediggers knock off Griz men, 82-75
The four-time Frontier Conference champs are stocked with Montana products, including Diekhans, a 6-foot-6 senior out of Fort Benton, and Koch, a 6-3 junior from Helena who began his college career at Carroll.
Peguero lifts Cougars to victory over Lady Griz
HOUSTON, Texas — Briana Peguero scored eight points in the final 3:52 to lift Houston to a 60-54 win over Montana on Tuesday morning at the Fertitta Center.
It has happened, just not like this
It turns out the Grizzlies and Bobcats have played each other twice the same season before.
Whitefish girls also go 2-0 in Frenchtown
FRENCHTOWN — Whitefish’s girls matched the boys by going 2-0 at the Western A Tip-Off girls basketball tournament Friday and Saturday.
Bulldog boys go 2-0 at Tip-Off
FRENCHTOWN — Among seven Northwest A programs, Whitefish was the lone boys team to go unscathed at this past weekend’s Frenchtown Tip-Off basketball tournament.
Bravettes 2nd at own wrestling tourney
With three bracket champions and 10 varsity placers, Flathead placed a close second at its own Flathead Invitational girls wrestling meet that concluded Saturday.
Flathead 2nd at Mining City Duals
BUTTE — The Flathead Brave Brawlers’ run of Jim Street Mining City Duals championships ended at four but they certainly gave it a shot.
Uncharted waters: Griz roll past South Dakota as semi at MSU looms
MISSOULA — Get ready for Brawl II.
Big 3rd quarter propels Bison over Wolfpack girls
Margaret Schulte and the Bison took control in the third quarter and never looked back.
Glacier boys jump on Bison for 1st win of season
GREAT FALLS — Cooper Pelc scored 15 points and Glacier had four players in double figures as the Wolfpack defeated Great Falls 60-43 in AA boys basketball Saturday.