Flathead spikers sweep Capital, Glacier falls to Helena in 5

Savanna Sterck helped the Flathead Bravettes beat Helena Capital in three sets Thursday with her three aces and 10 kills.

Volleyball roundup: Hellgate edges Flathead

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Glacier spikers fall to Sentinel

The Glacier Wolfpack dropped in four sets to Missoula Sentinel in Western AA play at Glacier High School on Tuesday.

Volleyball roundup: Wildkats top Loggers

COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls opened Northwestern A volleyball play with a 25-17, 27-25, 25-22 triumph over Libby on Thursday.

Class A volleyball: Columbia Falls sweeps Whitefish on final day of Western Divisional

HAMILTON — Columbia Falls avenged a regular season-ending loss to Whitefish, sweeping the Bulldogs 25-19, 25-19, 26-24 to claim third place at the Class A Western Divisional Saturday afternoon.

Whitefish, Polson drop 1st round matches at Class A state volleyball

BOZEMAN - It was quick, but not necessarily painless.

Whitefish eliminates Libby

Both advance to face each other

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Volleyball: Flathead downs Big Sky; Libby dumps Polson

MISSOULA — The Flathead Bravettes (12-10 overall, 6-6 Western AA) claimed third place in the Western AA volleyball standings after defeating Missoula Big Sky in four sets on Saturday.

Volleyball roundup: Glacier, Flathead sweep Helena schools

HELENA — The Glacier volleyball team (19-3 overall, 10-0 Western AA) clinched the conference championship in dramatic fashion Saturday, fighting back to beat Helena High (13-8, 7-4) in five sets 19-25, 15-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-6.

Wolfpack, Bravettes notch road wins in volleyball

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Richard J. Downen, 46

Rich Downen, 46, of Columbia Falls, died at his home on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. He was born Nov. 21, 1963, in Whitefish, the son of Richard and Dorothy Downen of Columbia Falls. He grew up in Columbia Falls and attended Columbia Falls schools. After attending Trapper Creek Job Corps he returned to Columbia Falls and worked at the Plum Creek fiberboard plant for over 25 years. At the time of his death he was an assistant apartment manager for his cousin, Dennis Howard, at an apartment complex in Columbia Falls. He had many interests and hobbies, including family genealogy and raising his organic vegetable garden. He is survived by his daughters, Anna, Sarah and Emily Downen, and his parents, Richard Downen and Dorothy Downen, all of Columbia Falls; his sisters, Rebecca Grady of Seattle, and Debra Dotson and her husband, Mike, and children, Adrienne, Allyssa and Jerad of Spokane; his uncles, Stan Downen of Columbia Falls, and Joe and Jan DeFlyer of Bishop, Calif.; his aunts, Clarice Harrison of Whitefish, and Arlene Rowe of Kalispell. He is also survived by many cousins and friends, including his friends since his grade school days, Chuck and Tom Oxley. Rich was preceded in death by his grandparents, George and Alice DeFlyer, and Archie and Persis Downen; as well as his cousin, Tracy Downen. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Fellowship Alliance Church in Columbia Falls.

Wolfpack falls to Bulldogs in three

Sidney Gulick did some heavy lifting for the Glacier Wolfpack Thursday at the Western AA Divisional tournament but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Butte Bulldogs, who won 3-0.

Whitefish 2nd at Ronan run

RONAN — Corvallis and Whitefish finished 1-2, respectively, in the team standings Friday afternoon at the Ronan Invitational cross country meet.

Northwest volleyball squads bow out at State

BOZEMAN — The Glacier Wolfpack knocked Missoula Sentinel out of the State AA volleyball tournament Saturday morning, but the matinee matchup didn’t go as well.

Bravettes settle for 2nd place in Class AA state volleyball

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Bulldogs notch a pair of volleyball victories

WHITEFISH - Whitefish picked up a pair of Class A nonconference volleyball victories on Thursday versus foes from Southwestern A.

Greggory Andrew Bancroft, 25

Greggory Andrew Bancroft, 25, of Polson and the Flathead Valley, unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.

Dawgs top Stillwater spikers

WHITEFISH — The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs volleyball team dropped their first set to the Stillwater Christian School Cougars but regrouped to win the next three sets to seal the victory at Whitefish High School on Thursday.

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Libby wins 7B tourney; Columbia Falls finishes perfect regular season

EUREKA — Libby claimed the District 7B volleyball tournament title on Saturday evening by downing Eureka 25-18, 25-20, 25-21 in the championship match.