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Wednesday September 1, 2010 Sports at a GlanceAll stories by Jean Schurman First Bitterroot Scottish Irish games a hitBitterroot Classic TriathlonStevensville opens with a winSoccer RecapFair rodeo on tapSports Schedules Updated June 3, 2010
As the events progressed, one local athlete showed his athletic prowess even though this was his first time competing in a kilt. Garrett Middleton is no stranger to throwing events. He is a former Illinois state champion in the shot put and the discus events. Currently he is a teacher at Corvallis High School and is the throwing coach for the Blue Devils. With a throwing background, Middleton decided earlier this summer to compete in the games this weekend. However he really didn’t know what to expect and how to do some of the events. So he did what any young person would do in this day and age, he turned to ‘You Tube’ and began to study the events of the Highland Games. He had previously built a throwing field for the discus and shot put at his residence west of Victor for his team to practice at during the summer. But this summer he converted it into a Highland Games practice area. “I had the mechanics of throwing,” said Middleton. “So I just had to adapt to what we were throwing.” His style wasn’t the only thing he adapted. In one event, the hammer toss, a specialized shoe is recommended. The hammer toss involves standing with your back to the field and ‘tossing’ a hammer over your back. The hammer is actually a metal sphere, weighing either 16 or 22 pounds, and attached to a wooden or plastic shaft that is no longer than 50 inches. The thrower actually throws from a standing position with no spinning allowed. So the thrower wears metal toe spikes that are from eight to 10 inches long. Middleton had one shoe with a 10-inch long flat iron spike attached to it with bolts. He dug his toe in and with each throw, gained a bit of distance. His first throw may have won had it not taken out some of the branches on the trees gracing the grounds. Middleton had a great first showing. He won the Braemer stone throw (weight for distance) and the open stone throw which is very similar to the shot put only done with an actual stone. He plans on doing some competitions around the Northwest next year and has been encouraged by the visiting athletes to continue his training. The competition ended with the caber toss. The caber the men were tossing was 15 feet long and weighed about 93 pounds. The stewards place the caber upright with the heavy end up and the smaller end on the ground. The athlete then works his hands down to the bottom of the caber, using his body to balance the pole while attempting to pick it up. The actual attempt is when the caber is ‘turned’ or flipped so that the smaller end passes through the vertical position of 90 degrees (end over end). How the caber lands is the actual score. A perfect score is the 12 o’clock position with the competitor’s shoulders being the center of the ‘clock’. After a day of physical competition, the competitors didn’t collapse or head for a Guinness. Instead they brought out a longer caber and played some more. “It’s good stuff,” concluded Middleton. I think the crowd would agree. Bitterroot Classic Triathlon
Stevensville opens with a winThe Stevensville Yellowjackets opened their football season with a convincing win over the Columbia Falls Wildcats in Columbia Falls on Friday. Although his team wasn’t quite where he had hoped for them to be, first-year coach Hank Praast said it was nice to get the 41-20 win on the road. The ‘Jackets dug themselves a hole early on and were down 20-6 in the first half before turning the game around. “We came out and stumbled all over. We didn’t do the things we’ve been working on,” said Praast. After a couple of time outs, the young Stevensville team then got going. Praast said a defensive play by Josh Lords set the tone for the turnaround. Lords ran a Wildcat down from behind and stopped him at the three-yard line. The Stevensville defense held in the red zone, stopping a Columbia Falls score. The ‘Jackets then scored and the momentum swung their way. After kicking off to the Wildcats, Jalen Pfau picked off a pass and returned it 55 yards for another ‘Jacket touchdown. Columbia Falls didn’t score again while Stevensville scored three more times. “They came up with the play when we needed it,” said Praast. “The individual plays started it and then their teammates got the rest of it done.” Lords scored the first touchdown on a seven-yard pass from Caleb Vance. Vance hit Tyler Murray from four yards out for the next score. After Pfau’s interception and touchdown, Vance called his own number for a 30-yard scoring run. Josh Haynes caught a 12-yard pass and Billy Andrews recovered a fumble in the end zone for the final two Yellowjacket touchdowns. Vance also had three PATs and a 2-point conversion run. “A lot of our juniors and seniors haven’t played that much but they settled down, got into a groove and started having a lot of fun,” concluded Praast. Stevensville will host the Ronan Chiefs on Friday night. Although the Chiefs are quite a bit bigger than the Yellowjackets, Praast said his team is quicker and faster. That game begins at 7 pm. Soccer RecapSoccer opened with a bang on Friday with all of the Class A teams having games. Stevensville was host to Whitefish while Hamilton and Corvallis made the trip across the state to Billings to play Billings Central and Laurel. In the boys’ contest, Whitefish defeated Stevensville, 7-1, with six goals scored in the first half. Wes Porter took a Cody Cook pass and scored the ‘Jackets only goal at the 41 minute mark. Whitefish had 13 shots on goal and Stevensville had four. Stevensville’s JJ O’Bannon had 11 saves in the game. Whitefish held the Yellowjackets scoreless in the girls match. They won, 9-0. Anna Tom had 12 saves for Stevensville. Hamilton took on Laurel for their opening match. The boys defeated Laurel, 6-0. Michael Johnson scored first for the Broncs at the 4-minute mark. Dace Moerkerke and Stephen Bauder completed the scoring for the Broncs with Bauder scoring three goals and Moerkerke scoring two in the match. The Hamilton girls defeated Laurel, 1-0. Maria Zepeda scored at the 57-minute mark off of a Kelsi Almond assist. Ali Stahl had seven saves for Hamilton. Hamilton took 11 shots on goal in the match. Corvallis lost to Billings Central, 3-1. Luke Lagerquist scored the Blue Devil’s lone goal with an assist by Lukas Walden. The Corvallis girls lost to Billings Central, 10-0. The valley teams switched teams on Saturday with Hamilton taking on Billings Central and Corvallis playing Laurel. The Hamilton boys defeated the defending state champions, 5-2. Bauder scored twice in the first half and then completed the hat trick with a goal at the 52 minute mark. Johnson and Moerkerke each added a goal for the Broncs. Nash Johnson had seven saves on goal. The Broncs took 24 shots on goal while Billings Central had 11 shots on goal. The Hamilton girls lost to Billings Central, 2-0. Stahl had nine saves. The Corvallis boys battled to a 3-3 tie with Laurel. Walden scored on a penalty kick early in the game. Laurel’s Alex Linse came back and scored to tie the game and then the Locomotives scored again to take the lead. Skyler Mousley scored off of a Kaiam Syster pass to tie the game up. Corvallis took the lead at 58 minutes when Tristan Powers hit the back of the net. But Colyn Hons of Laurel scored with two minutes left to tie the game. The Corvallis girls lost to Laurel, 10-1. Ayden Eickhoff had the Blue Devils’ only goal. Fair rodeo on tapThe Ravalli County Fair Rodeo is one of the more important rodeos on the Northern Rodeo Association tour. The season began the last weekend of May and has had cowboys and cowgirls traipsing across Montana from Darby to Poplar and Eureka to Wibaux. With only the Hamilton, Helmville and Kalispell rodeos remaining, contestants are jockeying to earn the final spots for a trip to the finals. The junior events have $300 purses for each event and the adults will vie for the $2,000 added money in each of the events, making this one of the richest NRA rodeos in the state. A win here could propel a contestant from the bottom to the top of the standings with one good catch or ride. There are a few local cowboys who are in the top 15 in the standings and could move up in the standings. Bridger Chambers of Stevensville is setting in 14th place in steer wrestling according to the unofficial standings on the NRA website. He has earned $1,403.23 this year in steer wrestling. The father/son team of Tim Chadwick and Grey Chadwick of Corvallis are doing well this year in team roping. Tim Chadwick is sitting in 14th place in the heading standings with $1,183.65 earned. Son Grey is in 14th place in the heeling standings with $1,103.56. Randy Sacks is in sixth place in the rookie heading standings. Brandon Yerian is sitting in second place in the junior break away standings. This Corvallis youth has won $1,446.72 this year. Victor’s Ryanne Tracey is in 15th with $163.20. The rodeo at the fair is always well attended and offers some of the best livestock around. Dick and Teri Jo Lyman of Jacobs Livestock and Rodeo produce the rodeo. Based out of Great Falls, this family run business puts on a show that is sure to please both old and new fans of rodeo. The rodeo performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday night this year. The fun begins at 7 pm both nights. Slack will be held Friday morning at 8 a.m. Sports Schedules Updated June 3, 2010Stevensville Golf 2010 August 12, 2010 Thursday 1st day of Practice August 16, 2010 Monday Anaconda Invite Old Works GC 9:00 AM August 19, 2010 Thursday Ronan Invite Ronan CC 9:00 AM August 23, 2010 Monday Butte Central Invite Highlands GC 9:00 AM August 24, 2010 Tuesday Polson Triangle Polson 1:00 PM Tee Times September 10, 2010 Friday Anaconda Invite Anaconda CC 9:00 AM September 14, 2010 Tuesday Hamilton Invite Hamilton GC 9:00 AM September 17, 2010 Friday Dillon Invite Dillon CC 9:00 AM September 20, 2010 Monday Frenchtown Invite Frenchtown GC 9:00 AM September 25, 2010 Saturday Divisional Tournament Hamilton GC 10:00 AM October 1-2, 2010 Friday-Sat State Tournament Laurel TBA Stevensville Soccer 2010 August 16, 2010 Monday 1st day of Practice August 27, 2010 Friday Whitefish HOME 2:00 GV/BJV 4:00 BV/GJV August 31, 2010 Tuesday Libby Libby 2:00 BV 4:00 GV/BJV September 4, 2010 Saturday Hamilton Hamilton 11:00 GV/BJV 1:00 BV/GJV September 9, 2010 Thursday Stillwater Christian Kalispell 4:00 Girls only September 11, 2010 Friday Frenchtown HOME 4:00 GV 6:00 BV September 18, 2010 Saturday Loyola Loyola 1:00 BV 3:00 GV September 21, 2010 Tuesday Frenchtown Frenchtown 3:00 BV 5:00 GV September 24, 2010 Friday Corvallis Corvallis 3:00 BV 5:00 GV September 27, 2010 Monday Valley Christian Missoula Fort 4:00 BV September 30, 2010 Thursday Hamilton HOME 3:00 BV/GJV 5:00 GV/BJV October 2, 2010 Saturday Stillwater Christian HOME 1:00 Girls only October 5, 2010 Tuesday Loyola HOME 2:00 GV 4:00 BV October 9, 2010 Saturday Corvallis HOME 11:00 GV 1:00 BV October 15-16,2010 Friday-Sat 1st Round of Playoffs TBA October 22-23, 2010 Friday-Sat Semi-Final Playoffs TBA October 29-30, 2010 Friday-Sat State Championship TBA Stevensville Volleyball 2010 August 16, 2010 Monday 1st day of Practice August 31, 2010 Tuesday Anaconda Anaconda Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 September 2, 2010 Thursday Ronan Ronan Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 September 7, 2010 Tuesday Dillon HOME Fr-3:30 JV-3:30 V-5:00 September 10-11, 2010 Friday-Sat Tipoff Pool Play Columbia Falls TBA September 14, 2010 Tuesday Polson Home Fr-4:30 JV-6:00 V-7:30 September 16, 2010 Thursday Hamilton HOME Fr-4:30 JV-6:00 V-7:30 September 23, 2010 Thursday Frenchtown HOME Fr-4:30 JV-6:00 V-7:30 September 28, 2010 Tuesday Corvallis HOME Fr-4:30 JV-6:00 V-7:30 September 30, 2010 Thursday Loyola Loyola Fr-4:00 JV-5:30 V-7:00 October 2, 2010 Saturday Anaconda HOME Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 October 7, 2010 Thursday Hamilton Hamilton Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 October 9, 2010 Saturday Dillon Dillon Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 October 14, 2010 Thursday Ronan HOME Fr-4:30 JV-6:00 V-7:30 October 19, 2010 Tuesday Corvallis Corvallis Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 October 21, 2010 Thursday Columbia Falls Columbia Falls Fr-12:00 JV-12:00 V-1:30 October 21, 2010 Thursday Browning Columbia Falls Fr-3:00 JV-3:00 V-4:30 October 29, 2010 Fri Frenchtown Frenchtown Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 November 4-6, 2010 Th-Fri-Sat Divisional Tournament Dillon TBA November 11-13, 2010 Th-Fri-Sat State Tournament Bozeman TBA
Stevensville Football 2010 August 13, 2010 Friday 1st day of Practice Varisty August 27, 2010 Friday Columbia Falls Columbia Falls 7:00 September 3, 2010 Friday Ronan HOME 7:00 September 10, 2010 Friday Billings Central Billings 7:00 September 17, 2010 Friday Whitefish Whitefish 7:00 September 24, 2010 Friday Frenchtown HOME 7:00 October 1, 2010 Friday Anaconda -Homecoming HOME 7:00 October 8, 2010 Friday Hamilton Hamilton 7:00 October 15, 2010 Friday Corvallis HOME 7:00 October 22, 2010 Friday Dillon Dillon 7:00 October 29-30, 2010 Fri-Sat 1st Round of Playoffs TBA November 5-6, 2010 Fri-Sat 2nd Round of Playoffs TBA November 12-13, 2010 Fri-Sat Semifinal Round TBA November 27, 2010 Saturday State Championship TBA
Froshmore September 2, 2010 Thursday Jamboree HOME 12:00 September 13, 2010 Monday Butte Central Butte 4:30 September 20, 2010 Monday Dillon HOME 4:30 September 27, 2010 Monday Frenchtown Frenchtown 4:30 October 4, 2010 Monday Anaconda Anaconda 4:30 October 11, 2010 Monday Hamilton HOME 4:30 October 18, 2010 Monday Corvallis O 4:30
Frosh October 16, 2010 Saturday Hamilton Hamilton 11:00 AM
Stevensville Speech 2010-2011 October 4, 2010 Monday Start Date October 30, 2010 Saturday Polson November 5-6, 2010 Fri-Sat Missoula November 13, 2010 Saturday Hamilton November 19-20 2010 Fri-Sat Kalispell Overnight December 3-4, 2010 Fri-Sat Corvallis January 8, 2010 Saturday Columbia Falls January 15, 2010 Saturday Ronan January 21-22, 2010 Fri-Sat Stevensville Divisional January 28-29, 2010 Fri-Sat Laurel State
Stevensville Girls' Basketball 2010-2011 November 22, 2010 Monday 1st Day of Practice December 9, 2010 Tuesday Hamilton Hamilton Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 December 10, 2010 Friday Tip-Off Tourney Hamilton TBA December 11, 2010 Saturday Tip-Off Tourney Corvallis TBA December 17, 2010 Friday Anaconda HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 December 18, 2010 Saturday Butte Central Butte Central Fr-2:00 JV-3:30 V-5:00 December 21, 2010 Tuesday Polson HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 4, 2011 Tuesday Hellgate HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 8, 2011 Saturday Dillon HOME Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 January 10, 2011 Monday Hamilton HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 January 11, 2011 Tuesday Frenchtown HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 14, 2011 Friday Corvallis Corvallis Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 20, 2011 Thursday Big Sky Missoula Fr-4:00 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 22, 2011 Saturday Anaconda Anaconda Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 January 28, 2011 Friday Hamilton HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 29, 2011 Saturday Polson Polson Fr-3:00 JV-4:30 V-6:00 February 4, 2011 Friday Florence HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 10, 2011 Thursday Corvallis HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 12, 2011 Saturday Frenchtown Frenchtown Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 February 14, 2011 Monday Hamilton Hamilton Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 19, 2011 Saturday Dillon Dillon Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 February 25-27, 2011 Th-Fri-Sat Divisional Tournament Hamilton TBA March 3-4, 2011 Th-Fri-Sat State Tournament Belgrade TBA
Stevensville Boys' Basketball 2010-2011 November 22, 2010 Monday 1st Day of Practice December 9, 2010 Thurday Hamilton HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 December 10, 2010 Friday Tip-Off Tourney Corvallis TBA December 11, 2010 Saturday Tip-Off Tourney Hamilton TBA December 17, 2009 Friday Anaconda Anaconda Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 December 18, 2010 Saturday Butte Central HOME Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:00 December 21, 2010 Tuesday Polson Polson Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 4, 2011 Tuesday Hellgate Missoula Fr-4:00 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 8, 2011 Saturday Dillon Dillon Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 January 10, 2011 Monday Hamilton Hamilton Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 January 13, 2011 Thursday Frenchtown HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 15, 2011 Saturday Corvallis Corvallis Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 January 20, 2011 Thursday Big Sky HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 22, 2011 Saturday Anaconda HOME Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 January 25, 2011 Tuesday Hamilton HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 January 29, 2011 Saturday Polson HOME Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 February 1, 2011 Tuesday Florence Florence Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 8, 2011 Tuesday Corvallis HOME Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 11, 2011 Friday Frenchtown Frenchtown Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 15, 2011 Tuesday Hamilton Hamilton Fr-4:15 JV-5:45 V-7:30 February 19, 2011 Saturday Dillon HOME Fr-1:00 JV-2:30 V-4:15 February 24-26, 2011 Th-Fri-Sat Divisional Tournament Hamilton TBA March 10-11, 2011 Th-Fri-Sat State Tournament Billings-Metra TBA
Stevensville Softball 2011 March 14, 2011 Monday 1st Day of Practice March 26, 2011 Saturday Hamilton HOME V-12:00 JV-2:00 March 31, 2011 Thursday Corvallis HOME V-3:00 JV-5:00 April 2, 2011 Saturday Frenchtown Frenchtown JV-1:00 V-3:00 April 12, 2011 Tuesday Butte Central HOME V-3:00 JV-5:00 April 14, 2011 Thursday Anaconda Anaconda V-3:00 JV-5:00 April 16, 2011 Saturday Ronan Ronan JV-12:00 V-2:00 April 21, 2011 Thursday Frenchtown HOME V-3:00 JV-5:00 April 26, 2011 Tuesday Ronan HOME V-4:00 JV-6:00 April 29, 2011 Friday Frenchtown Tourney Frenchtown TBA April 30, 2011 Saturday Frenchtown Tourney Frenchtown TBA May 3, 2011 Tuesday Hamilton Hamilton V-4:00 JV-6:00 May 7, 2011 Saturday Columbia Falls Frenchtown V-12:00 JV-2:00 May 10, 2011 Tuesday Corvallis Corvallis V-4:00 JV-6:00 May 13, 2011 Friday Butte Central Tourney Butte TBA May 13, 2011 Saturday Butte Central Tourney Butte TBA May 17, 2010 Tuesday Butte Central Butte V-4:00 JV-6:00 May 19, 2011 Thursday Anaconda HOME V-4:00 JV-6:00 May 26,27,28, 2011 Thu-Fri-Sat State Tournament TBA TBA
Stevensville Tennis 2011 March 14, 2011 Monday 1st Day of Practice March 26, 2011 Saturday Libby Libby 12:00 noon April 1, 2011 Friday Corvallis HOME 2:00 PM April 8, 2011 Friday Hamilton Hamilton 2:00 PM April 9, 2011 Saturday Dillon HOME 10:00 AM Girls Only April 9, 2011 Saturday Ronan HOME 12:00 noon April 16, 2011 Saturday Whitefish Whitefish 11:00 AM April 16, 2011 Saturday Columbia Falls C. Falls 3:00 PM April 19, 2011 Tuesday Dillon Dillon 12:00 noon Girls only April 19, 2011 Tuesday Park High Dillon 12:00 noon April 30, 2011 Saturday Bitterroot Valley Invite Stevi-Corv-Ham TBA May 5, 2011 Thursday Anaconda Anaconda 3 :00 PM Girls only May 7, 2011 Saturday Park High Polson 12:00 noon May 7, 2011 Saturday Polson Polson 3:00 PM May 9, 2011 Monday Loyola Missoula 3:30 PM May 13, 2011 Friday Corvallis Corvallis 3:00 PM May 17, 2011 Tuesday Hamilton HOME 3:00 PM May 20-21, 2011 Fri-Sat Divisional Tournament Ham/Corv TBA May 26-27-28, 2011 Thurs-Fri-Sat State Tournament TBA TBA Stevensville Track 2011 March 14, 2011 Monday 1st Day of Practice April 2, 2011 Saturday Frenchtown TNT Frenchtown 9:30 AM April 5, 2011 Tuesday Quad Frenchtown 3:00 PM April 12, 2011 Tuesday Smelter City Anaconda 12:30 April 19, 2011 Tuesday Dillon Invite Dillon 11:00 April 21, 2011 Thuq Corvallis Invite Corvallis 9:30 April 30, 2011 Saturday Bob Reed /RCIA Corvallis 9:00 AM May 3, 2011 Tuesday Top Ten Missoula 3:00 PM May 5, 2011 Thursday Corvallis Inv V/JV Corvallis 4:30 PM May 7, 2011 Saturday Estes Meet Anaconda 10:00 AM May 14, 2011 Saturday ABC Meet Polson 10:00 AM May 20-21, 2011 Fri-Sat Divisional Meet Corvallis TBA May 27-28, 2011 Fri-Sat State Meet Bozeman TBA |
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Swimmer Dusty Miles reaches for Jeffrey Umland’s hand during the Bitterroot Triathlon. The first time team finished in ninth place. Kari Trexler ran the 5K for the team. The Bitterroot Classic Triathlon was held Saturday in Hamilton with a record number of participants competing in the event. The event is a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House. A new record was set in the Men’s Overall with Brendan Halpin of Missoula completing the course in 57:36, nine seconds faster than the old record. Geoff l’Heureux was second and John Weston third in that category. The women’s overall was won by Jennifer Luebke who finished the course with a time of 1:05.14. She is also from Missoula. Megan Gaskill was second and Laura Balis finished in third. The Cool and the Gang team won with a time of 1:08.23.