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Broncs defeated by Rams

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Hamilton Broncs football team made the long trek east to Billings on Friday, November 7, to face the top-ranked Billings Central Rams in the […]

Class A soccer All-Conference & All-State

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The All-State and All-Conference teams for Class A soccer were recently announced, and numerous Bitterroot Valley soccer players from Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville were honored on the Southwest A Conference […]

Florence corals Cowboys

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Like butter and jam on Thanksgiving dinner, the Florence football team is on a roll. Florence hosted Conrad in the first round of the Class […]

Broncs vanquish Vikings

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Hamilton football team hosted Bigfork in the first round of the Class A State Playoffs on Friday, October 31, and defeated the visiting Vikings […]

Darby defeated by Ennis

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Darby football team traveled to Ennis on Saturday, November 1, for the first round of the 8-Player State Playoffs. Darby played tough all day, […]

Florence is 6B volleyball champ

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Florence volleyball team won the 6B Conference tournament on Saturday, November 1 in Missoula. The top four teams in the 6B Conference (Florence, Missoula […]

Western A volleyball update

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville volleyball teams are all in the Southwest A Conference. The top three teams in the 2025 conference season standings (Frenchtown, […]

Football playoff preview

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The 2025 Montana high school football regular season ended last week. The season is over for the Corvallis, Stevensville, and Victor teams, while Darby, Florence, […]

Football roundup

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Falcons rough up Rams The Florence Falcons football team, #6 in the latest 406mtsports.com rankings, hosted rival Missoula Loyola on Friday, October 24 and routed […]

State cross country results

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Montana high school cross country season concluded on Saturday, October 25 in Missoula at the University Golf Course with the Montana 2025 Cross Country […]

Volleyball roundup

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Florence The Florence volleyball team hosted rival Missoula Loyola on Thursday, October 23 and won 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-18). For Florence, Emory Ralston had 12 […]

Remembering Coach Otto

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by Jean Schurman I first met Mike “Otto” Thill in the spring of 1997, just after I began covering sports for the Bitterroot Star. Even then, with all of his […]

Stevensville soccer upsets Billings

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor A penalty shootout is one of the most exciting things in sports. Regular  season soccer games end in a tie, but when a winner is […]

Volleyball roundup

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Florence The Florence volleyball team went to Deer Lodge on Tuesday, Oct. 14 to play the Wardens and won 3-0 ( 25-11, 25-13, 25-15). For […]

Florence, Hamilton, Darby all tally wins

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Falcons clobber Copperheads The Florence Falcons football team, #6 in the latest 406mtsports.com rankings, played at #10 Anaconda on Friday, October 17. The Falcons  dispatched […]

Cross country results

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Western A Fall Classic The Class A cross country teams from Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville were all at the Hamilton Golf Club on Friday, October […]

Bitterroot Valley football scores

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by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Falcons tame #6 Lions The Florence football team is on a roll. After three early season non-conference losses to #2 Manhattan, #4 Three Forks and Class […]