Tuesday, September 01, 2026
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SPORTS REPORTER

Jon Allen is a sports reporter for the Daily Inter Lake. He covers youth and high school athletics across the Flathead Valley and Northwest Montana. Allen reports on major games, athletes and teams throughout the region’s prep sports landscape. In addition to game coverage, he contributes features and analysis across print and digital platforms. Jon can be seen on our Big Sky Now podcast, weighing in on the college landscape. His work highlights the athletes and communities that define Northwest Montana sports.

IMPACT: Jon’s work tells the stories of local athletes and the communities that support them.

ARTICLES BY JON ALLEN

Billings West holds the line

It was an old-fashioned slobber knocker Friday evening as Glacier and Billings West met in a rematch of November's AA state title game at Legends Stadium.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

Soccer: Wolfpack not looking too far ahead

It may only be an eight-week season, but Glacier soccer is focused on the here and now.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

Excitement surrounds Braves football

Mac Roche likes what he has in his Flathead Braves football squad for 2026.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

Not for the faint of heart

The road to the State soccer playoffs in the North division is not for the faint of heart.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

Braves, Bravettes ready to build skills on the pitch

The whistle is set to blow for another season of high school soccer.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

Pack now the hunted

“Sometimes it’s harder to repeat than to get to the top,” Grady Bennett said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

One-Timer: Judges changing the seasons

In a week where college football makes its return for the 2026 season, conferences are scrambling after rulings are shaping rosters in both football and basketball.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 DAYS, 7 HOURS AGO

Crosstown Cup stays with Pack

Flathead dealt some blows, but in the end Glacier golf still holds the Crosstown Cup.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO

New coach, same goals for Glacier golf

There may be a new coach, but the expectations for Glacier golf remain as they always have been.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO

Hitting the links: Flathead sees big numbers out for golf

The numbers are up, but the time is short.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO

One Timer: Like father, like sons, all Lionhearts

A fateful Sunday nearly 15 years ago helped shape one of this weekend's biggest racing moments in Portland.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO

A Wall, two leaders and a football game

Rivalries in college football come in many different forms from geographic showdowns all the way to historic games that have been played for more than a century.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO

One Timer: Like it or hate it, 76 is here to stay

As summer rolls to its end and football season starts to ramp up, the Big Sky Conference held its football media days in Spokane, Wash. on Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO

Never stop learning: Lakers' Schara continues to grow each time he takes the field

Every time Max Schara takes the diamond, he looks to get better.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH, 1 WEEK AGO

One Timer: The biggest star you probably don't know

Sports fans are lucky to live in the current era where superstars are at every corner.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH, 1 WEEK AGO

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