Sports

The Darby Tigers have a new, ‘old’, look. Last year’s coach, Richard Griffin, has moved on and in his place is Krystal Smith. Smith has coached some of these players in junior high and even in grade school. She has been on the sidelines for girls and in the volleyball program. Sitting right beside her […]

The Lady Broncs have a new look this year under first year coach Richard Griffin. He brings an up-tempo game to the team and that was evident against the Browning Indians on Saturday. The Indians finished in the top eight in the state last year and are a running type team. But Hamilton’s speed kept […]

The Hamilton Broncs split their games over the weekend with a win over Browning but losing to possibly the best team in Class A, the Hardin Bulldogs on Friday.  On Saturday, Browning jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter and left Hamilton playing catch up. They trailed by 11 points at the […]

If last year was a dream for Bridger Chambers, who will always be a Stevensville cowboy even though he now lives in Butte, this year was a grind for him on the professional rodeo circuit. The lanky cowboy had a dream Wrangler National Finals where he placed in five rounds and finished second in the […]

Usually, by this time of the year, the area golf courses have put the courses to bed for the winter and golfers merely dream of spring and hitting the courses again. This year, after an extensive remodel and a new addition, Whitetail Golf Course in Stevensville is now ready to keep golfers golfing. Of course, […]

Years ago, when Corvallis volleyball coach Laurie (Garber) Jones was playing softball for the Blue Devils, she would do a cartwheel every time she went to center field. After Saturday’s championship volleyball game in Bozeman, you can be sure she was at least cartwheeling across the floor in her mind. The first-year coach took her […]

A tough first game match against Shelby had Florence scrambling the rest of the Class B tournament in Bozeman last weekend. After losing the first set, the Lady Falcons rallied back to win the next two games. But they couldn’t get past the Wolves and fell in the final two games.  Shelby def. Florence 26-24, […]

The Hamilton Broncs held off a strong Billings Central team on Saturday in the Class A State quarterfinals. Billings Central defeated Hamilton last year in the state championship but that was not to be this time. Hamilton relied upon a strong, balanced attack to win, 34-17.  Billings Central came into the game as the No. […]

It’s a familiar scene; it’s the middle of November and the Florence and Corvallis volleyball teams are heading to Bozeman for the All Class Volleyball State Tournament. Both teams have dominated this season and both teams cruised through their respective divisional tournaments.  Corvallis has the No. 1 Seed going into the Class A State tournament. […]

Florence lost to Fairfield, 55-20, in Class B quarter final action. Fairfield is the defending state champion and has not lost in the second round playoff game since 2014.  Florence coach Pat Duchein said he thought his team didn’t get too nervous about the game. He said they concentrated on just playing their own game. […]

On Monday night, the Lady ‘Jackets of Stevensville used a united attack to roll over Hamilton in three games and punch their ticket to the Western A volleyball divisional in Dillon. Although each game was close in the early minutes, strong play at the net by Maddalena Margini and Aliyah Anderson kept Hamilton off their […]

Saturday’s first round playoff game in Florence was the first home playoff game in more than 20 years. The Falcons didn’t waste much time and opened with a 47 yard touchdown run by Colby Kohlman. It was the first of eight touchdowns in the 59-6 route of Shepherd, their Eastern B opponent.  “I knew when […]