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Big Sky Now: Cat-Griz blowout, FCS Playoff preview
This week, the Hagadone Sports Network team breaks down Montana State’s dominance, UC Davis’s playoff potential af…
Valkyries vanquish Broncs
BUTTE — Bigfork might have had a little more trouble than usual with Frenchtown Saturday, in the Western A girls basketball title game. The Valkyries still rei…
Arlee downs Eureka boys for State B berth
PABLO — Arlee used a 13-3 run over the final four minutes to defeat Eureka 65-57 Saturday in the Western B Divisional consolation game, securing a spot in the State B tournament in Billings.
Wildcats qualify for State A
BUTTE — Columbia Falls lost two games by a total of six points at the Western A basketball basketball divisional. The good news is that was good enough to get …
Western B girls: Anaconda, Missoula Loyola secure state berths
PABLO — Meela Mitchell scored a game-high 25 points, Makena Patrick added 18 and Anaconda defeated Mission 60-49 in a Western B divisional semifinal Friday.
Western A Girls: Vals cruise into title game
BUTTE — Paeten Gunlock couldn’t miss and Dillon couldn’t score, and the combination added up to another lopsided Bigfork Valkyries victory Friday, 61-36 in the…
Western B Boys: Eureka falls in OT
PABLO — River Hurley took over in overtime, scoring all five Anaconda points as the Copperheads defeated Eureka 45-43 in the Western B divisional semifinals Friday.
MSU's Shelby Schweyen wins Big Sky pentathlon
SPOKANE — It was impossible to miss the combination of jubilation and relief etched on the face of Shelby Schweyen as she climbed the podium to accept her gold medal in the pentathlon on Thursday, the first one han…
Wildcats, Browning fall in Western A
BUTTE — Friday’s comeback fell short for the Columbia Falls Wildcats, so they’ll try again Saturday.
Knights stifle Braves offense
MISSOULA — Zane Gillhouse scored 14 points and teammates Parker Link and Easton Sant added eight apiece as Missoula Hellgate defeated Flathead 67-49 in Western AA boys basketball Thursday.
Bravettes stumble in second half on Senior Night
Missoula Hellgate capitalized on a cold shooting second half by Flathead to spoil Senior Night and pick up a 55-38 Western AA girls basketball victory Thursday.
Cummings, Wolfpack boys pull away to beat Sentinel
MISSOULA — Glacier forward Noah Cummings scored 14 points, nine in a fourth-quarter burst that sparked the Wolfpack past Missoula Sentinel 50-39 Thursday, in the final regular-season game for both boys teams.
McElmurry leads Sentinel past Pack girls in fourth
The Glacier Wolfpack had Missoula Sentinel on the ropes Thursday, before Emily McElmurry and the Spartans broke free.
Browning, Bigfork girls win big at Western A
BUTTE — Natalee St. Goddard led a balanced Browning scoring attack with 11 points, and the Lady Indians thumped Hamilton 68-37 in the first round of the Western A Divisional Thursday.
Eureka boys edge Arlee at Western B
PABLO — Eureka’s Caden Vaughn and Tristan Butts combined for 45 points and fueled a fourth-quarterback comeback that pushed the Lions to a 68-67 win over Arlee Thursday, and into the semifinals of Western B boys ba…
Boys Hoops: C-Falls wins Western A opener
BUTTE — Cody Schweikert scored 16 points, including the tie-breaking bucket with 30 seconds left, and Columbia Falls held on to beat Dillon 51-49 at the Western A Divisional boys basketball tournament Thursday morn…