FRITZ NEIGHBOR
SPORTS EDITOR
Fritz Neighbor is the Sports Editor for the Daily Inter Lake. He oversees sports coverage across the Flathead Valley, including high school athletics, youth sports, and regional competitions. In his leadership role, he helps shape the newspaper’s sports coverage and editorial direction. Fritz’s column, Full Count, taps into his decades’ long career covering Montana sports. You’ll also see Fritz sharing his thoughts and insights on the Big Sky Now podcast.
IMPACT: Fritz’s work celebrates the athletes and teams that bring Northwest Montana communities together.
Recent Stories
Western AA divisional hoops tip off today
It’s not just bad pennies that turn up, especially in the Western AA, where it seems like every school’s divisional opener is against the team they just played.
Capital pulls away from stubborn Braves
For a quarter of their Western AA boys basketball tussle with Helena Capital Saturday, the Flathead Braves switched roles with the powerful Bruins.
Divisionals open today in Ronan, Hamilton
With the exception of the Western A boys, the divisional basketball tournaments look very evenly matched on paper.
Glacier ready to host Crosstown II as teams trend up
As the second crosstown basketball battle of the season nears, it appears the girls’ programs from Flathead and Glacier are trending up.
Vasquez victories, Flathead takes 2nd
BILLINGS – While Flathead’s Brave Brawlers were sweating out a second-place finish in the team race at the State AA wrestling tournament, one of their crosstown rivals kind of just breezed on through.
Glacier, Flathead swimmers form united front for state meet
Karen Bouda’s focus is on the relays this weekend for the State swimming championships in Great Falls, with a couple individual races in the back of her mind.
Glacier swim captain Caroline Dye ready for her next act
Caroline Dye is one of the fastest girls in a pool around these parts and it’s been that way for a long time, but there was a stretch there where it wasn’t going swimmingly.
Big chances for state titles among Flathead Valley wrestlers
Flathead pushed 19 wrestlers through to the State AA wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday at the Billings Metra, which is solid.
Flathead wrestler Rieke has been grounded too long
A senior with the goal of being a commercial pilot, Flathead’s Garett Rieke has his feet on the ground when it comes to athletics.