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Zip-lining to near glory off African coast

One of the coolest things about “Trainer Games” for Dan Holguin, the Kalispell resident who competed in the reality show competition, was what he was able to do after it wrapped last May.
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Time to wrestle: Glacier’s Katelyn Sphuler is a busy girl, on and off the mat

Katelyn Sphuler comes from a bit of a wrestling family, with her dad Calvin wrestling in high school in Clarkston, Wash., and being involved in coaching younger brother Jonah in the Glacier Wrestling Club youth program.
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Column: Fastest retirement I ever saw

Let me see if I have this right.
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Bobby Kennedy introduced as Griz coach

Bobby Kennedy was officially welcomed as the Montana Grizzlies’ 38th head football coach Thursday, and he immediately thanked his roommate of eight months: Bobby Hauck.
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Griz head coach Bobby Hauck retires in surprise announcement

Bobby Hauck, the University of Montana alumnus who just finished his 14th season leading the Grizzlies football program, announced his retirement Wednesday in a surprise move.
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Knights take defensive battle from Pack

The puzzle for Missoula Hellgate was what to do to win a physical defensive battle with the brawny Glacier Wolfpack, who forged a 27-21 lead early in the third quarter of their basketball game Tuesday at the Wolf Den.
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Patrick O'Connell: 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready'

This journey that has Patrick O’Connell’s next stop in Santa Clara, California, for Super Bowl LX seems amazing enough.
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Best of both worlds: Flathead's Kay excels in 2 sports

The Flathead Bravettes are notable in their wrestling history for developing some top-notch grapplers in a young sport, at least by local high school standards.
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Full Count: O'Connell the Pioneer finds way home

Mike O’Connell’s first steps toward becoming coach of the Kalispell Lakers American Legion baseball team began in a roundabout way: He was asked for candidates.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bobcats have (mostly) clean bill of health

NASHVILLE — Caden Dowler reiterated Saturday that there’s no way he’s missing this.
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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.
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