The Hamilton Lady Broncs earned another Southwest A conference win with a 47-28 win over Frenchtown. The two teams were evenly matched but a well placed three point shot as the buzzer sounded to end the first quarter gave Hamilton the momentum for the win. Freshman Tayrn Searle hit the bucket from half court. Hamilton, […]
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Hamilton rebounds with a pair of wins
The Hamilton Broncs came back from a loss a week ago to Butte Central to defeat Frenchtown in Southwest A conference action on Thursday, and Whitefish on Saturday. After trailing in the first quarter, Carson Rostad stepped up and sank six points to power Hamilton ahead in the second quarter while the entire team ramped […]
Hamilton wins Mike McChesney Memorial tourney
For years, Mike McChesney was always at the sidelines or on the Matt at almost any wrestling tournament in the valley and beyond. McChesney was a wrestling coach at Florence for a while and then moved on to become a wrestling official. He was always encouraging the wrestlers and was their biggest fan. He passed […]
Florence tops Stevensville to open 2020
The Florence Falcons may be young; they only have one senior on the team and he’s injured right now; but they are not easily intimidated. They proved that on Saturday night when they defeated Stevensville, 59-51, in a battle of the north end of the Bitterroot. Both teams have new coaches this year and each […]
Florence Lady Falcons win a pair
The Lady Falcons picked up a couple of wins over Class A teams over the weekend. Florence defeated Hamilton, 38-24, on Thursday, and then topped Stevensville, 40-25, on Saturday. With only one senior starter on the team, Florence is in a rebuilding state according to coach Duane Zeiler. “You saw who was consistent tonight was […]
Wrestling Wrap-up
Corvallis 57, Whitefish 18 113: Johnathan Williams, C, dec. Kadin Brown, 14-9; 120: Kanyon Stoker, C, p. Carter Moran, 5:16; 126: Jason Davis, C, p. Jackson Carson, 1:10; 132: James Wissenbach, C, p. Kolter Kidrick, 1:22; 138: Dakota Flannery, W, p. Nathan Broch, 2:46; 152: Ethan Chavez, C, p. Rylee Creasey, 2:45; 160: Camren Ross, […]
Glyn Brawley Wrestling Meet continues
The first thing one sees as they enter the foyer at the Corvallis gymnasium is a five foot long plaque saying “If it’s to be, it’s up to me,” Glyn Brawley. Brawley was a long-time supporter of Corvallis wrestling and of the Corvallis school who passed away several years ago. He passed his love of […]
Corvallis girls overload Polson
The Corvallis Blue Devils had little trouble with the Lady Pirates of Polson on Thursday. Coach Andy Knapp said after the game that although it felt like a practice game in the 70-12 drubbing, he felt very bad for the Polson players. “No one wants to see that,” he said. Corvallis quickly set the tone […]
Boys basketball round up
Hamilton topped Loyola, 55-36, in non conference boys’ action. Carson Rostad tallied 16 points and Trey Searle followed with 14 to lead the Broncs in the non conference win. Hamilton 55, Loyla 36 Hamilton – Carson Rostad 16, Trey Searle 14, Tyson Rostad 8, Tyler Burrows 6, Austin Drake 4, JC Placido 4, Tristan Hanson […]
Chambers finishes 2nd in world!
The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas is over and the Bitterroot’s own Bridger Chambers has come back with a little cash in his pocket. The Stevensville graduate who now lives in Butte entered the 10-day rodeo in 13th place in the steer wrestling event. He had earned $79,028.26 to that point. However, once […]
Corvallis bests Stevensville
The Corvallis Blue Devils came out strongly on Thursday night in their game against the Stevensville Yellowjackets and built upon that lead to notch a 59-35 Southwestern A conference win. The Blue Devils held Stevensville to only one point in the first quarter while scoring 15 themselves. Stevensville had a difficult time containing Tanner Jessop […]
Rebuilding for Victor
This is a rebuilding year for the Lady Pirates of Victor. First year coach Ryan Tolley was the junior varsity coach for a couple of years. He has been active with summer ball with the younger players and is hoping to bring a positive attitude as well as a return to fundamentals to the team. […]