Pedersen signs to plays hoops for Carroll College
CHRIS PETERSON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 months, 3 weeks AGO
Bjorn Pedersen and his mom Annelies Tuinzing at signing day last wek. Pedersen will play basketball for Carroll College in Helena next season.
Chris Peterson is the editor of the Hungry Horse News. He covers Columbia Falls, the Canyon, Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. All told, about 4 million acres of the best parts of the planet. He can be reached at [email protected] or 406-892-2151. | May 20, 2026 6:10 AM
Columbia Falls standout basketball player Bjorn Pedersen has signed to play ball with Carroll College in Helena.
Pedersen was first team all-conference and all-state his senior year, averaging 14 points per game and five rebounds.
He received both an athletic and academic scholarship and has a 4.0 grade point average.
‘I’m so excited,” he said. “It will be so fun.”
Pedersen plans on studying psychology.
The Fighting Saints were 20-9 last year and lost in the first round of the NAIA national tourney to Wayland Baptist under coach Dan Pearson.
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