Daily Inter Lake
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.
ARTICLES BY FRITZ NEIGHBOR
Sluggers: Familiar faces head out on road
There’s an odd dichotomy at work in the local baseball scene, in that it looks on paper — OK, on GameChanger — like more athletes are playing than ever while in places Legion ball is losing ground.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 DAYS AGO
Wolfpack takes 3rd at AA softball
The Glacier Wolfpack’s annual sojourn through the consolation bracket ended a game early this spring, with a 7-5 loss to Great Falls CMR in the State AA softball third-place game Saturday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 3 DAYS AGO
AA softball: Pack wins 3, plays CMR next
The Glacier Wolfpack got better the longer Friday got, and when you add in a 3.5-hour lightning delay, that’s pretty long.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO
Troy Lady Trojans head back to State B/C softball
The Troy Lady Trojans opened up the 2025 State B/C Softball tournament with Manhattan, and it didn’t go great: A 15-0 loss.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO
Another state softball tourney for Glacier's Smith
A year ago, Glacier catcher Emma Smith was a second-team all-Northwest A pick for the Polson Lady Pirates, who were runners up to Frenchtown at the state tournament.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO
Confident Wolfpack heads to State AA baseball
Glacier High School’s inaugural baseball has gone swimmingly, with a pair of regular-season wins over Missoula Big Sky keeping the Wolfpack in the upper half of the Western AA standings.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO
State A baseball has Flathead Valley feel
The Columbia Falls Wildcats nailed down the North A’s automatic berth into the State A/B baseball tournament that begins today in Polson with pitching, hitting and some help from their rivals.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO
The Ever-changing Pioneer League
The Pioneer Baseball League has, in simple terms, three new faces in its 12-team lineup for 2026: The Modesto (Calif.) Roadsters, the Long Beach (Calif.) Coast and the RedPocket Mobiles.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO
6 feet and beyond: That would be Wilde
What happens when you clear 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump as a high school senior?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO
Riding into 2026
Jonah Giblin is a rookie pitcher for the Glacier Range Riders, but he’s not a stranger to Kalispell and Glacier Bank Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO
Putting in the miles: Polson’s DiGiallonardo has gone all in for senior season
David DiGiallonardo got to the Polson track around 5:30 p.m. Monday, rested for a bit, then went on a 2-mile “tempo run,” around the oval.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO
Full Count: The history behind the hat from Hack
One day during the 2009 college football season Steve Hackney, in his final year as the University of Montana’s equipment manager, told a local reporter, “Hey, got something for you.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO
