Planning board supports Tronstad Road development

The Kalispell Planning Board gave its support Tuesday for the Quail Meadows subdivision, a 10-acre property located at 155 Tronstad Road.

Legals for March, 13 2022

Montana State gets first NCAA Tournament trip since '96

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Xavier Bishop scored 19 points to help Montana State advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 26 years as the Bobcats routed Northern Colorado 87-66 in the Big Sky Conference tournament championship game on Saturday night.

State A boys: Polson nips Dillon in OT

MISSOULA — Colton Graham fueled a fourth-quarter comeback, Jarrett Wilson cashed in two steals for four overtime free throws, and Polson beat Dillon 53-52 in State A loser-out that ended on a miss from the line.

State AA girls: Bravettes make consolation game

BILLINGS — Kennedy Moore scored 21 points, including a reverse layup with 1:30 left that put Flathead ahead, and the Bravettes downed Billings West 53-50 in a Saturday morning loser-out at Skyview High School.

State A girls: Browning falls to Hardin

MISSOULA — Browning’s run at the State A girls basketball tournament ended Saturday morning, with a 71-45 loss to powerful Hardin at Dahlberg Arena.

State B boys: Bigfork falls to Three Forks; Eureka bows out

BOZEMAN — Three Forks knocked the Bigfork Vikings from the championship bracket Friday at the State B basketball tournament with a 65-54 victory in the semifinal.

Saturday State Hoops Pairings

State AA GIRLS Saturday 9 a.m. — Sentinel (12-12) vs. Billings Senior (14-10), lo 9 a.m. (at Skyview) — Flathead (17-6) vs. Billings West (20-3), lo

State AA girls: Bravettes eliminate Butte

BILLINGS — The Flathead Bravettes got back on the winning track in a big way Friday, beating Butte 60-33 at the State AA girls basketball tournament behind big games from Maddy Moy and Clare Converse.

State AA Boys: Gallatin knocks out Glacier

BILLINGS — A second straight slow start meant a second straight loss for the Glacier Wolfpack, which bowed out of the State AA boys basketball tournament with a 63-42 loss to Gallatin Friday.

State A girls: Browning holds off Maroons

MISSOULA — Browning earned another day at the State A girls basketball tournament, even as the fouls continued to pile up.

Montana woman accused of taking money, identities of in-laws

A federal grand jury has indicted a Montana woman and accused her of using her in-laws' Bismarck bank account and their identities to make a $134,000 payment on a home.

Vikings bounce Manhattan

BOZEMAN — The start could have been better but it’s the finish that mattered for the Bigfork Vikings at the State A basketball tournament Thursday.

Boulder upsets Bigfork girls, 61-55

The Bigfork Valkyries fell to Boulder 61-55 on the first day of the State B basketball tournament Thursday.

Browning, C-Falls girls lose in State A action

MISSOULA — Browning fell into the loser’s bracket Thursday, and Columbia Falls fell out of it.

Legals for March, 11 2022

State Basketball Pairings for Friday

State AA March 10-12, MetraPark, Billings BOYS Friday Noon — Glacier (10-13) vs. Gallatin (12-11), lo GIRLS 10:30 a.m. — Flathead (16-6) vs. Butte (11-12), lo

Bobcat men rout Sacramento St. Thursday

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Xavier Bishop had 14 points to lead five Montana State players in double figures as the league champion Bobcats romped past eighth-seeded Sacramento State 83-61 in the Big Sky Conference tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.

State A boys: Polson downs Havre to stay alive

Lewistown, Butte Central to meet for title

MISSOULA — Colton Graham scored 19 points and ignited a huge third quarter for the Polson Pirates, who went on to beat Havre 74-58 in a State A loser-out game Friday morning.

NAIA men: Carroll, Tech win openers

HELENA — Shamrock Campbell hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead Carroll College over Mount Vernon Nazarene in a first-round NAIA Men’s Tournament game Friday at Carroll’s gym.