by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
The 2025 Montana high school sports season has begun. The 2025 fall sports season officially started on August 14 with high school golf practice. On August 15, all the other high school sports teams started practice.
So up and down the valley you’ll see area athletes kicking soccer balls, throwing footballs, swinging golf clubs, running down roads, and spiking and setting volleyballs.
The 2025 high school fall sports season began on August 14. Between Darby, Hamilton, Corvallis, Victor, Stevensville, and Florence, there are over 30 varsity teams in the Valley. The 2024 Florence volleyball team (above) were the 2024 State Runner-ups – the Falcons are looking to make another run at the title this fall. Photo by Jason Larson.
Between Darby, Hamilton, Corvallis, Victor, Stevensville, and Florence, there are over 30 varsity teams in the Bitterroot Valley. This includes football teams, volleyball teams, cheer squads, cross country teams, girls and boys soccer teams, boys and girls golf teams, and one girls flag football team. And that’s not counting all the JV, freshman, and middle school teams in each of these sports. Needless to say, a lot of games will be played in the next couple of months.
With so many participating players, coaches, volunteers, parents and fans, you start to understand how complete the web of local sports entwines with the community.
Official game competition began on Monday, August 18 with the Missoula Invite golf tournament at the Missoula Country Club. The majority of the other sports begin games on or after August 28th.
Student athletes, parents, volunteers, referees, administrators and coaches have dedicated a lot of time and effort to these activities – our communities are stronger and more cohesive because of this. So win or lose, get out there and support your team!