WHITEFISH — Trailing Frenchtown by 19 with 11 minutes to play, the Whitefish boys (2-5 overall, 1-1 Northwestern A) nearly came all the way back, missing a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lose 44-42 to the Broncs (3-2, 2-0) in a Northwestern A conference basketball game on Saturday afternoon.
After 41 years on the job, legendary Great Falls C.M. Russell football coach Jack Johnson has decided to hang up his whistle, stepping down as the only head coach the program has known. The school district announced his retirement Tuesday.
After winning its second straight crosstown dual last season, the Glacier wrestling squad looks to even the all-time series against Flathead at three wins apiece when it hosts the annual contest at 7 p.m. tonight.
The Glacier girls didn’t take long to take control of their game against Whitefish Tuesday night, scoring the first 14 points against the Bulldogs on the way to a 59-14 nonconference blowout.
The Glacier boys basketball team showed a glimpse of how it dangerous it could be this season, working the fast break for 65 points and a 36-point nonconference victory over Whitefish at home on Tuesday night, winning 65-29.
Three Glacier athletes, basketball center Ryan Edwards and golfers Ryan Porch and Logan Iverson, signed letters of intent on Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA early signing period.
With the playoffs in sight, the No. 5 Glacier football team will face a tough test in its final home game of the regular season. The Wolfpack host defending state champs Helena Capital (5-3) tonight, a game that will test just how ready it is for the postseason.
After two straight come-from-behind wins over Great Falls C.M. Russell, Glacier football’s third try wasn’t quite as charming. The Wolfpack (1-1) was unable to mount the type of drive that led it to victories in the last two attempts, falling short in a 24-21 loss at Legends Stadium Friday night.
In a close contest entering the final round of the Glacier Invitational at Big Mountain Golf Club, Glacier’s Ryan Porch pulled away from the field, shooting a 5-under-par 67 to beat teammate Logan Iverson and Flathead’s Ryan Keenan by 11 strokes on Tuesday.
If there’s one thing you’ll be sure to see over the next three days at the Northwest Montana Fair PRCA Rodeo, it’s the best roster of cowboys that Kalispell has seen in years.
