Growing new tradition: Wolfpack boys claim second division title
The pilot of the small airplane flying low overhead Legends Stadium probably saw the reflection of gold shining up from the black track.
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Off and running: Glacier, Flathead teams leading the way at Western divisional
When Shane Freese was a freshman at Glacier High he had to be talked into going out for track.
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In the zone: Pistorese strikes out career-high 19 in Lakers' 6-4 win
The big bag of ice wrapped around Joe Pistorese's left arm was melting fast as he stepped out of the shade of the home dugout.
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Track tuneup
For some, it was the last track meet of the year. For others, it was the last chance to be laid-back.
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Barth commits to Bobcats
Austin Barth was sitting in a morning math class in mid-April when his football coach yanked him out of the classroom.
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Bright spots at Archie Roe
One was a senior in his final Archie Roe Invitational track meet. Another was a freshman in her first.
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Another talented field for Archie Roe
Around this time of year, longtime Flathead track coach Dan Hodge likes to see his athletes participate in a big, competitive meet.
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Glacier squads win A.R.M.
WHITEFISH - As one spectator said after Taylor Firestone leaped into the sand pit after his final triple jump, "You don't see that too often."
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Rumble young man rumble
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson recognized the look in each fighter's eyes as they stepped into the cage on Friday night.
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SBG geared up for Kalispell Kombat
The night before professional mixed martial arts will be showcased at UFC 129 in Toronto, Kalispell resident Chhi'med Kunzang will step into the ring for the first time for a simple reason.
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Cool crosstown at Glacier
A third opponent showed up to the crosstown track meet at Glacier High on Tuesday.
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Another slugfest success
Ali had Frazier. Tyson had Holyfield. Nicole Heavirland has Cera Lau.
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Boschee's Big Day: Glacier athlete shines at Class A Invite
In an already stellar high school track and field career that includes three individual state championships, Tuesday was by all accounts Lexy Boschee's best overall day.
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King of the Mountain
On his 48th birthday on Monday, Jay Foster woke up and, like a lot of people in the valley, was stuck looking up at the white ski runs on Big Mountain.
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Wildcats' Emerson to walk-on with Griz
Nick Emerson was not afraid of taking the game-winning shot in the divisional championship game.
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Big night for boxing
Kenny Guzman continues to shine in his hometown ring and the sport of boxing continues to grow in Kalispell.
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Kalispell's Golden opportunity
Seventy-year-old Ed Wettach will never forget his first Golden Gloves boxing tournament.
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Flathead, Glacier exit state play
BUTTE - The state basketball tournament came to a disappointing conclusion for Kalispell's two teams in the Civic Center early Friday morning.
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Rustlers hold off Wolfpack in state opener
BUTTE - The clamor grew inside the dome of the Butte Civic Center and everything and everyone seemed to be making noise. Except for the Glacier boys basketball team. They walked silently off the court to the cold hallway and disappeared inside the locker room.
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Glacier streaks, Flathead rolls to state
BUTTE - The Glacier Wolfpack is back at the Class AA boys state basketball tournament but can no longer claim the role of underdog.
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Columbia Falls wins 4th state championship
BOZEMAN - Columbia Falls was 13 seconds away from capping a historic season in fitting fashion when head coach Cary Finberg called timeout.
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Title time for Columbia Falls
BOZEMAN - Chris King and Devyn Rocker remember being sophomores cheering for the Wildcats from the stands at the state tournament two years ago.
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Mohr, Polson push out Billings Central
BOZEMAN - Louis Mohr was not ready to come home.
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Maroons defeat Pirates
BOZEMAN - Frustration settled in and the Pirates tried shooting their way out of it.
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Columbia Falls boys bust Belgrade in state opener
BOZEMAN - A few moments past 12:30 p.m., the Wildcats kicked off the Class A state boys basketball tournament with a slam.
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Wildcats, Pirates try to restore Northwestern A dominance
BOZEMAN - The road to the Class A state championship ends in Bozeman this season, and that's where the Wildcats and Pirates find themselves.
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'Pack prevails, cinches Western AA title
After the excitement settled and the thousands of fans began filing home, after coach told the team how proud he was, that's when it all sank in for Glacier senior Trey Griffith. And tears streamed down his face.
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Wolfpack on a roll
The West is still up for grabs and the Wolfpack has eyes on it.
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Hughes helps Wolfpack rally past Bengals
A little visualization can lead to big success.
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Wildcats win showdown
COLUMBIA FALLS - That ear-ringing tournament atmosphere can be unsettling at first. Even for an experienced group like the Columbia Falls Wildcats.
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Northwestern A titles on line tonight
The excitement of regular-season basketball reaches an apex tonight with two familiar Class A schools - Columbia Falls and Polson - playing for the top seeds at the divisional tournaments and bragging rights as conference champion.
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Refocused Wildcats rumble past rival Bulldogs
COLUMBIA FALLS - As Kaleb Johnson smoothly scored the fastbreak layup, adding more points and momentum to the Wildcats' growing lead, the standing Columbia Falls student section began echoing the chant throughout the packed gymnasium.
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Braves cash in at free-throw line
Opportunity called. The Braves answered.
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Streaking Wolfpack blast Big Sky
Four weeks and eight games ago, the woebegone Wolfpack was in a tailspin, losers of four-straight and unable to find that zeal on offense or defense.
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Kalispell's LeDuc finds labor of love
On the way to pursuing his dream, Kalispell native Tye LeDuc had to make a stop at Wendy's.
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Glacier wins OT thriller
"Wow," Glacier head coach Mark Harkins said. "That's all I can say is wow."
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Longtime fan honored at Griz banquet
Before Montana head coach Robin Pflugrad took the podium in Kalispell and glowed over the future of Griz football, a great man and a great fan was honored.
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Glacier shines in win over Capital
Almost 20 minutes after the fact, Bryan Chery still had his dark blue Glacier Wolfpack jersey on as he walked out of the locker room smiling into a crowd of exalted fans and family.
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Glacier sweats out win over Helena
Dell McManus would have loved this one.
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Galbraith's double-double paces Bulldogs
WHITEFISH - Skiing used to be Drew Galbraith's top priority.
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Glacier ends 5-game losing skid
Still struggling to find that offensive touch, the Glacier Wolfpack managed just enough to end a dire losing streak.
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Wildcats clamp down, stop Wolfpack
COLUMBIA FALLS - Cary Finberg's message at halftime was simple - no more 3-pointers.
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Tanner Hall: The once and future king
Almost a week before Christmas, 27-year-old Tanner Hall is driving south to Mexico.
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Balanced Braves beat Big Sky
Four Flathead players combined for 72 points and the Braves snapped a two-game skid with a 75-60 Western AA win over Missoula Big Sky in boys basketball on Saturday afternoon.
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Wildcats roll over Chiefs
COLUMBIA FALLS - Nick Emerson and Kaleb Johnson combined for 33 points and the top-ranked Columbia Falls Wildcats improved to 7-0 with a big win over Ronan on Friday night.
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Sherwood, Braves sink Rustlers
The loud celebration echoed out the Braves' locker room and up the stairs into Flathead High.
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Prep basketball: Efficient Spartans roll Pack
Calm, quick and efficient - the Spartans came and went.
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Valkyries get back at Loyola
BIGFORK - Caitlin Charlebois and the Bigfork Valkyries might not say it, but they clearly remember a certain Saturday night from late last February.
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Edwards, Chery lead Glacier boys
Friday night was Ryan Edwards' night.
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Strong second half leads Wildcats to win
It was a little sluggish at the start, but once the second half came around Columbia Falls performed like Wildcat teams usually do in December - nearly flawless.
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Glacier rally falls short versus CMR
Kris Salonen has a big hole to fill in the Glacier Wolfpack starting lineup, but the head coach had a few girls turn in good auditions on Saturday afternoon.
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Ogden family ties
MISSOULA - The big man with the red beard threw his hand up in the windy, cold air, calling to attention the wild crowd of players huddled together at midfield. Except for the wind, which still flurried small gusts of snow across the football field, the uproar quieted as the …
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Grizzlies' Reynolds bows out of historical career
MISSOULA - That familiar eye-black was still smeared across Chase Reynolds' cheeks as he very slowly stood up at the end of the postgame press conference in the Adams Center after Montana State's victory over Montana last Saturday.
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Griz, 'Cats meet for 110th rival game
Montana State fans who have been around awhile remember that snowy Saturday eight years ago fondly.
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Osweiler considering basketball at ASU
Former Flathead High standout Brock Osweiler would like to give basketball another shot, an Arizona State University spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.
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Cooley leads Cowboys over Wildcats
COLUMBIA FALLS - Sooner or later, that Columbia Falls defense was bound to get tired. Shane Cooley made sure of that.
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Helena knocks out Glacier
HELENA - Grady Bennett gazed in the direction of the scoreboard in Vigilante Stadium and kept staring for a few moments longer than he seemed like he wanted to.
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Columbia Falls counting on ground game, run defense against Miles City
Columbia Falls has had two weeks to think this one over every which way. As head coach Bill Coleman puts it, "We're sick of practices. We're ready to play."
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Wolfpack back in playoffs
For the second November in a row, the Wolfpack is still playing football.
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Libby's home, Polson travels for playoffs
The Polson Pirates are ready to make their ninth postseason appearance in 10 years while the Libby Loggers are back in the Class A football playoffs after a two-year absence.
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WHS girls state champs
HELENA - Bailey Eaton could see the finish line. She could see her and her Whitefish teammates holding up a fourth state championship trophy. She could see her final race being one to remember.
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Feel-good victory for Glacier
Unlike the previous three times, Brendan Hagan's final leap into the end zone came with ease.
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Whitefish, Polson, C-Falls eye state x-country trophies
If the Whitefish girls want to win that fourth cross country state championship in a row, it looks like they'll have to outrun a familiar foe.
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Capital pulls off comeback against Glacier
The one that was became the one that got away.
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Homecoming heroics at Legends Stadium
Happy homecoming indeed.
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Flathead girls tie Glacier in crosstown soccer
The top scorer in Class AA took on the best defense in the West and they both managed to come away successful in the first crosstown girls soccer match of the season at Glacier High on Thursday.
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Griz return home on two-game skid
It's been a long time since the Montana Grizzlies limped home like this after two straight road losses.
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FHS football players off team
The Flathead Braves football team is moving forward without four of its former members.
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Hat trick sinks Flathead
Kennedy Fulbright capped her second hat trick of the season with a hats off, head-on goal in the final two minutes.
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Bengals hold off Wolfpack
The Helena Bengals upheld their reputation of having the toughest defense in the state, but Glacier sure made them prove it.
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Speedy Perrin defends title at Flathead Invite
Western Montana's young crop of running talent was showcased on Saturday at the annual Flathead Invitational cross country meet.
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Roderick, Bozeman upend Glacier
Every time the Bozeman Hawks looked vulnerable, Tanner Roderick was there to save the day, all day.
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Family, friends remember local 'legend'
Nine more holes of golf - for Bill Redmond, hope was being able to play nine more holes of golf.
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Bulldogs roll past Laurel
WHITEFISH - A combination of smooth passing and aggressive defense worked wonders for the Whitefish girls soccer team on Saturday.
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New season for No. 2 Griz
Griz fans have had plenty to talk about this offseason, from a new head coach to possible conference realignments to the return of Jimmy Wilson. And on and on.
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A new class of Wolfpack take over tradition
Thirty-one games of varsity experience is hard to replace. So is Shay Smithwick-Hann.
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MHSA proactive on protecting athletes
A 16-year-old running back is sprinting down the middle of the football field when an incoming linebacker hits him at full speed. The players’ helmets absorb most of the crunch, but not all of it.
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Horse racing returns to Kalispell
Janis Schoepf was explaining how horse racing returned to Kalispell for the first time in five years when someone politely interrupted with a plate full of barbecue.
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Local boxers bring home Ringside belts
He waited 40 long years before returning to boxing, and who does Ed Wettach draw in his first bout back?
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Taking root in Eureka
EUREKA - Atop one of the oldest ranches in Northwestern Montana, Dave Rogers designed an 18-hole golf course the old fashioned way, with a bag of clubs, an astroturf mat and a front-end loader.
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World Cup chase heats up at Rebecca Farm
Two of the sport's premier riders battled for first place in the World Cup equestrian cross country race but a string of accidents and a surprise death to a horse during competition dampened the excitement at The Event at Rebecca Farm on Saturday.
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Dutton's luck
Before winning two Olympic gold medals, before traveling the world, before becoming one of the best in his sport, Phillip Dutton was just a bloke growing up on a farm in Australia.
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Dressage highlights Day One at The Event
Amy Tryon showed why her name deserves to be on the shortlist to represent the United States at the World Equestrian Games in September.
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Judging the best at Rebecca Farm
Roger Haller has judged eventing competitions all across the world, but this week there isn't anywhere he'd rather be than Kalispell.
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Top field for The Event
For some of the world's top horses and riders, the road to Kentucky runs through Kalispell.
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Motley comes through in the clutch for Lakers
WHITEFISH — The first pitch of the game sailed over the left-field wall and it looked like the Lakers were in for another long day at the field.
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Packers rally by Lakers
WHITEFISH - The Kalispell Lakers had their shot at game-winning heroics, but so did the Apple Valley Packers and they made the most of theirs.
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Chino crushes Kalispell
WHITEFISH - Kalispell Lakers skipper Ryan Malmin gave the team and its fans something to smile about in the final inning of a painful day.
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Pistorese pitches in for Lakers
WHITEFISH - The call came a day early, but Joe Pistorese answered superbly.
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Camaraderie & competition at 33rd Whitefish Lake Run
WHITEFISH - Wearing a flat-brimmed hat that shaded her face from the glare of the sun, the Queen of the Whitefish Lake Run smiled a white grin.
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Mavs humble Lakers
Deep home runs, diving catches, hard hits up and down the batting order - the Mavs can do it all.
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Fast first fight for Nolte
Gus Nolte put in 14 long months of training and 45 seconds is all he got.
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Full contact Kombat
Mixed martial arts fans in the Flathead Valley will have no shortage of action this weekend.
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Pistorese's perfect game a rare feat for state
Joe Pistorese may be in a league of his own after last week.
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Glacier's Boschee pushes for indoor track meet
Standing in the rain at a local track meet in mid-May, Glacier coach Jerry Boschee thought out loud about how he'd like see the sport he loves move forward. For now, it's just an idea he's hatched, a solution to a problem. But it's a serious enough thought that other …
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Track squads primed for state finales
They were the definition of clutch last weekend, but now the Glacier girls track team has to try and do it all over again.
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Lakers falter in tourney
Calgary skipper Bryan Allen looked at his team's schedule for this year's Canadian Days tournament and found out when they were playing the Lakers, that way he knew when to use his ace.
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Track squads land at divisional meets
In the last 28 years, a Kalispell boys track team has come home with a Class AA divisional trophy 27 times. Sixteen of those plaques have been championship gold, nine have been silver and two were bronze.
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Lakers riding strong start
There's been plenty to celebrate at Griffin Field these days.
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Youth hockey team makes history
A group of local athletes put Montana hockey on the map last month at the USA Hockey National Championship Tournament in Pennsylvania.
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Vals claim district track title
BIGFORK — There won’t be a problem fitting all the names on this year’s District 7B girls track trophy.
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Milestone night for Malmin
Kalispell Lakers head coach Ryan Malmin will likely remember Wednesday night for the rest of his life.
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Tradition lives on at Archie Roe
In 36 years, Lew Savik has only missed one Archie Roe track meet.
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Beck back on track as FHS coach
Lexie (Miller) Beck can no longer run or jump, but that isn’t keeping her away from the sport she loves.
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Bringing it home
Ask Cary Finberg about basketball and he'll tell you about family.
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Six records tumble at rainy A.R.M.
WHITEFISH - The on-again, off-again downpour wasn't enough to stop six meet records from being broken or some of the fastest times in the state from being set at the Whitefish High track.
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Relay victory seals sweep
After 16 track and field events and three side-by-side legs of the 1,600 relay, the honor of being the top girls team in Kalispell came down to one final lap.
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Frey flies at Glacier track dual
As Glacier track coach Jerry Boschee put it, there were small successes and big noticeable ones at the Glacier-Whitefish dual track meet on Tuesday.
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Columbia Falls, Polson win track honors
COLUMBIA FALLS - For one day at least, the weather didn't get in the way of a good track meet.
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Successful slugfest
The crosstown rivalry between Flathead and Glacier reached the boxing ring on Thursday in the first-ever smoker between the two Kalispell schools.
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Skyview free throws eliminate Flathead
BILLINGS —The Billings Skyview Falcons figured out their free throw problems at the worst possible time for Flathead.
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Senior tops Glacier in loser-out action
BILLINGS — It wasn’t that the Glacier boys didn’t have the spirit, they just didn’t have the shots fall when they needed them.
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Glacier comes up short
BILLINGS — There was no other way Billings West head coach Doug Robison could put it afterward.
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Rustlers dump Braves in AA state basketball opener
BILLINGS — The fans were impressed; the other teams were terrified.
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Tough openers for Braves, Wolfpack
Kalispell’s two boys basketball teams have quite the challenge awaiting them in Billings this week.
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Winter Classic enters 25th year
Doug Betters sure has assembled a talented team of former and current NFL players for this year’s 25th Annual Whitefish Winter Classic.
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Kalispell basketball makes history
For the first time, Kalispell will be represented by two teams at the Class AA boys state basketball tournament next week.
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Glacier punches state ticket
Illness, injury, cold shooting.
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Helena teams stand in Glacier's way
The Glacier basketball teams have reached the crossroads of the season and hope to continue on into Billings for the AA state tournaments.
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Pirates bound for Butte
There was no stopping the Polson Pirates from getting to the state tournament, not this time.
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Kats hold off Pirates in title game
No doubt about it, the Columbia Falls Wildkats are division champs once again.
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Polson holds on to beat Libby in semifinals
Beware the team that has nothing to lose.
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Whitefish slays Ronan in divisional opener
Being the only senior on the court has its advantages.
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Wildkats carry top seed into tourney
The biggest question at this year’s Northwestern A girls divisional basketball tournament is whether or not the DeWit sisters and Co. can be stopped.
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Wolfpack seniors shine
Having played together since elementary school, this group of Glacier seniors knows one another on the basketball court about as well as possible.
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Bruins sink free throws, drop Wolfpack
The Helena Capital Bruins did what the Glacier Wolfpack just couldn’t do — make the free throws.
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Wolfpack bites Bengals
There was no need to hold your breath this time.
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Dogs upend Loggers
WHITEFISH — With the help of a strong supporting cast, Connor Silliker and his fellow Whitefish seniors earned one last victory lap at the Dog Pound.
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Vikings right ship in Bigfork
To hear the story now, of how the Bigfork boys basketball program went from rags to riches faster than Cinderella, it almost sounds like a tall tale.
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SBG to unveil new, improved gym
In just over a year, the Straight Blast Gym of Montana has managed to double in size and scope, and looking at the resume of its growing staff, it’s easy to see why.
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Pack win in double OT
The Sentinel fan yelling “Pressssure!” as Connor Fuller and the Glacier Wolfpack took the court with four seconds left in double overtime must not have realized: This Glacier team knows pressure better than anyone.
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Local trainer pulling for former teammate Drew Brees
Among the many reasons that local resident Da’Shann Austin will be rooting for the New Orleans Saints today, there’s one that’s pretty rare to come by.
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Flathead wins in OT
The last time Flathead beat Glacier in boys basketball, Tanner Salois was a sophomore and George Sherwood was an eighth grader.
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New Griz coach touts first recruits
The old familiar “Voice of the Grizzlies,” Mick Holien, said what everyone in the room was probably thinking.
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Bengals hold off Wolfpack
Holding a team to four field goals in the second half is usually a surefire way to win.
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Capital towers over 'Pack
The size advantage that the Helena Capital girls had over Glacier on paper seemed even bigger on the court Friday.
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Glacier girls keep it rolling, beat Libby
The Glacier girls passed the final test of their grueling week.
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Glacier tops Columbia Falls in OT
If and when the debate ever occurs about the greatest basketball games played in Kalispell in recent history, Friday night’s unforgettable clash at Glacier High is sure to be mentioned.
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Streaking Braves sweep Whitefish
WHITEFISH — Before heading on a crucial three-game conference road trip, the Braves swung through Whitefish and stole the show on the opening night of the 51st annual Winter Carnival.
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Wildcats in stride
This year’s top-ranked Columbia Falls boys basketball team has already achieved something no other group — not even the state championship squads — ever accomplished over the past 14 years: 10-0.
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Flathead sinks Polson
Karl Ingram and the Flathead Braves showed how to turn a lead from two into 22 real fast on Tuesday night.
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Streaking Wildkats thump Maidens
COLUMBIA FALLS — Kayla DeWit sure knows how to help the Columbia Falls Wildkats get over their turnover blues.
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Griffith lifts Glacier
Opposing teams used to know exactly who Glacier’s go-to scorer was when the game was on the line.
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Hashley resigns head coaching position
Doug Hashley resigned as the head coach of the Glacier High varsity girls basketball team on Tuesday.
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Sentinel slams Flathead
The only baskets Missoula Sentinel seemed to miss were in warm-ups.
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Bulldogs chew up Broncs
WHITEFISH — The scoreboard told one story, but the fiery play of Cole Havens, Willie Roche and the rest of the Whitefish Bulldogs told another one on Saturday.
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Flathead tops Whitefish
The Whitefish Bulldogs managed to frustrate Flathead’s leading scorer Karl Ingram for most of the night, but they forgot about Tanner Salois.
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Slow start handcuffs Wolfpack
When the buzzer sounded, signaling the start of the second half, the Glacier Wolfpack finally re-emerged from the girls locker room.
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Big Sky checks Columbia Falls
COLUMBIA FALLS — While her older sister was a star on offense all those years, Elleson Tinkle looks like she’s becoming the defensive star in the family.
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Lex up next in Miami
The Miami Dolphins could look to Kalispell-native Lex Hilliard to carry them into the playoffs on Sunday.
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Glacier, Flathead football players honored
Years from now, the 2009 football season will stand out in the history books at Glacier High School.
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Bravettes top Libby for 1st win
The offensive woes for the Flathead Bravettes must have been left on the road.
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Glacier girls fend off Bison
There was one last-second shot left at Glacier High in 2009, and fortunately for the Wolfpack it didn’t go in.
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Wildcats clamp down on Braves
COLUMBIA FALLS — You don’t make the state tournament five out of the last nine years by easing into the season with a soft nonconference schedule.
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Girls night at Woodland Park
Despite a meddlesome snow storm now and then and a gloomy economic climate, the Flathead Valley Hockey Association is keeping the ice shiny and the doors wide open at Woodland Ice Center.
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Glacier falls to Rustlers
For the second night in a row, the Glacier Wolfpack fell behind from the start and attempted the thrilling comeback victory. But this time, Josh Huestis came in and swatted it right away.
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Glacier powers back to win
Connor Fuller and the Glacier boys basketball team made it all worth the wait on Friday night.
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Glacier cools Dogs in opener
After an ice-cold two quarters of basketball to start the season, the Glacier boys warmed right up and returned to old form on Tuesday night.
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Speed School in session
After going to the gym three to four times a week, month after month, 44-year-old Pam Augusta was ready for a new challenge.
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Big night for local gym
The roughly 900 fans standing and roaring in the Majestic Valley Arena wanted a knockout and in the final fight of the night, Jake Oyler delivered one with a steady current of fists.
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Rivalry renewed
It’s one of the oldest college football rivalries west of the Mississippi.
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Preparing for Kombat
The Straight Blast Gym in Kalispell isn’t wasting time decorating the walls.
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The Brock Era begins
Amazing what can happen in one year.
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Butte Central crushes C-Falls
BUTTE - Butte Central's Andy Ritter joined close company after his historic day in Bulldog Memorial Stadium.
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Turnovers kill Glacier
BILLINGS - The Glacier Wolfpack caught the turnover bug at a bad time.
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Glacier's football playoff run starts in Billings
The Glacier Wolfpack football team is headed back to where it all started.
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Billings Central whips Whitefish
WHITEFISH - The Billings Central boys soccer team knew exactly what to do when the final whistle sounded - the championship slide.
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Glacier pounds Hellgate
They didn't know it at the time, but the Glacier Wolfpack football team was giving its final performance at Legends Stadium this season - and it was a good one.
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Soccer titles to be decided in Whitefish, Libby
The state title quest in Class A soccer comes to a conclusion today with a pair of cutthroat reunions in Whitefish and Libby.
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Wildcats, Bulldogs claim state cross country titles
MISSOULA - The Flathead Valley was well represented on the cross country course on Saturday.
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Sharaf, Frey deliver for Glacier in OT
Ever since last season's sour ending, the word "shootout" has been a bad word at Glacier High.
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Reviving the dynasty
At Flathead High, running is more than an after-school activity.
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'Dogs storm back, top Livingston in first round of soccer playoffs
WHITEFISH - With the season on the line once again, the Whitefish boys soccer team displayed some more grace under pressure.
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Glacier Wolfpack wins first home game, 41-21, over Senior
The wait ended just after 9 o'clock on Friday night.
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