Sports

It wasn’t their rodeo but since the pandemic hit just about the time the spring high school and junior high rodeo season started, Cole and Cash Trexler were both afraid they wouldn’t have a last rodeo of the season. The fate of the Montana State Junior High Rodeo Finals and Montana State High School Rodeo […]

The Bitterroot Bucs traveled to Hamilton on Friday night for another inter valley match up. Jake Scully was on the mound for the Bucs and pitched until the bottom of the sixth. Although he didn’t throw many strike outs, the Bucs’ defense held the Red Sox to only five runs in the 13-5 win.  Drew […]

The Bitterroot Bucs will have a busy summer playing American Legion baseball but they won’t get out of Western Montana, unlike other years when they played all over the state and even in some out of state tournaments. The farthest they will travel during the regular season is Libby to the north and Butte to […]

For the first time this year, the crack of the bat was heard in the valley. Spring, and summer, sports had been put on hold while the world came to a standstill with COVID-19 restrictions in place. However, this weekend at the Bitterroot Bucs field in Florence, American Legion baseball played their first game.  The […]

This year’s sports seasons came to an abrupt end in March when the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to virtually everything in a high school senior’s life. For some, this will be the end of their organized sporting career but for others who will be playing college sports, they need to keep in shape.  Having […]

Even though the All Valley Classic was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the selections for the players of the year had already been made by the selection committee. The lone state championship in the valley was won by the Corvallis Blue Devils in volleyball. There were also a few individuals who won state championships. […]

Youth may have reared its head on Thursday morning at the Montana State Class A tournament in Billings. Hamilton has only three seniors on the team and none of them are starters. Abby Johnson is the sixth man, and Olivia Walker is usually the seventh man in the rotation. The Lady Broncs took on the […]

The Corvallis Blue Devils will be heading to Billings in two weeks for the Class A State basketball tournament. It is only the second time they have been to the state tournament. The first time was four years ago when some of these same players were freshmen. After having to earn a chance to play […]

The Hamilton Broncs began their divisional play with a game against Whitefish, the No. 3 seed from the Northwest. The Broncs started their scoring with a couple of free throws by Trey Searle and he then sank another in the frame. The quarter ended with freshman Eli Taylor hiring a half court shot to put […]

The Lady Falcons of Florence went into the Western B tournament as the No. 3 seed from 6B. Their first game was against Eureka, the No. 2 seed from District 7B. The game was close throughout with Eureka maintaining the lead by a couple of points. As regulation time ran out however, Florence tied up […]

There were four play in games Monday night to determine who would advance to play at the Western A Divisional in Ronan on Thursday. The Stevensville boys and girls played at Frenchtown. The Yellowjackets lost to Frenchtown, 63-32. Tanner Pendergast had 13 points to lead Stevensville. The Lady ‘Jackets lost to Frenchtown, 48-41. Evynne Alexander […]

After going into the District 13C tournament as the No. 3 seed, the Darby Tigers made a statement on Friday night, don’t overlook them. The Tigers defeated Seeley-Swan, the No. 1 seed,  last week by 10 points and they topped Clark Fork, No. 2, by 21 points on Feb. 22. This week at the District […]