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Flathead girls soccer coach resigns following investigation into altercation with official

Flathead High School will be looking for a new girls soccer coach after Kalispell Public Schools announced Friday that Cassie Congdon resigned after one season at the helm.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 DAYS, 13 HOURS AGO

Kalispell swimmers trending up with first-year coach

What do you do if you have swim practice the same time the Bobcats are battling the Redbirds for a national title? If you’re the combined swimmers of Glacier and Flathead High, you have your coach find the game on her iPad. ... and you tread water.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 1 DAY AGO

Full Count: To sum that up, we need to borrow a word

Gorgeous in spots and dragging in others, Montana State’s 35-34 overtime win over Illinois State Monday in the NCAA Division I Football Championship was, once Myles Sansted’s PAT kick split the uprights, artful.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS AGO

Crown the Cats: Two blocked kicks help Montana State to first FCS title since 1984

The Roadbirds were excellent, and the Bobcats were somehow, some way, just a little bit better.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO

Bobcats have (mostly) clean bill of health

NASHVILLE — Caden Dowler reiterated Saturday that there’s no way he’s missing this.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 4 DAYS AGO

History in the making, Bobcats and Redbirds seek elusive FCS title

NASHVILLE — Montana State coach Brent Vigen knows enough about the Missouri Valley Football Conference to figure whoever might be left in this postseason would be for real.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 4 DAYS AGO

Full Circle: Lamson, Vigen first met in 2019; now the QB has MSU’s offense humming

NASHVILLE — The fact that Justin Lamson has been such a good fit at Montana State doesn’t really surprise Bobcat coach Brent Vigen, who clocked his quarterback back when Lamson was in high school.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 5 DAYS AGO

Feline fine: Cats fans descend on Nashville for FCS championship game

Before her daughter became smitten with Montana State center JT Reed — and before getting married by an Elvis impersonator — Molly Garrison became a hardcore Bobcat fan.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 5 DAYS AGO

Bobcats, Redbirds remember Dec. 6 well

The Montana State Bobcats have won 13 straight football games, which is rare, but they struggled in a couple this season, which isn’t rare for any program.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS AGO

Full Count: Some regrets, but plenty of great highlights

As 2025 winds down, I have come to the uncomfortable conclusion that mistakes were made.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

Cats on the prowl: MSU not overlooking Illinois State

For Montana State coach Brent Vigen, the mystery isn’t how Illinois State won four straight road playoff games to advance to Monday’s Division I Football Championship against his Bobcats.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS AGO

FCS Playoffs: Checking off that to-do list

Paul Brott has been a mainstay on a Montana State defensive line that had to retool some after last year’s FCS title game appearance.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 3 DAYS AGO

Full Count: Pretty much the same thing over and over

Most people would celebrate their team’s 13-2 season, as they should, but man did the Bobcats knock some shine off that record.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 5 DAYS AGO

Bigfork's Jantzen wins heavyweight at Bob Kinney

The Bigfork wrestling teams went their separate ways the weekend of Dec. 12-13, with one Viking climbing atop the podium at Superior’s Bob Kinney Classic.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO

Back-to-back Cats

BOZEMAN — Montana State made history Saturday, winning the Super Brawl with a superb finish that pushed the Bobcats into another FCS title game.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 3 DAYS AGO

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