GONZAGA KEEPER Norah Schmidt leaps high for a save during Sunday’s exhibition with the Montana Grizzlies at Flip Darling Memorial Field. (Avery Howe/Bigfork Eagle)
July 17, 2025
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July 17, 2025 7:35 p.m.
Full Count: (Flip Darling) Field of Dreams beckons again
The idea to have a Division I women’s soccer exhibition in Columbia Falls had been on O’Brien Byrd’s mind for some time, and when it finally happened — the Montana Grizzlies and Gonzaga Bulldogs met on Flip Darling Memorial Field last Aug. 11 — Byrd felt a mixture of elation and exhaustion.