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History makin’ Lady Blues!

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The Blue Devils are still smiling, even after finishing second at the Western A Divisional in Hamilton on Saturday night. The Columbia Falls WildKats may have taken the top spot, […]

Lady Broncs finish fourth, advance

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The Hamilton Lady Broncs will advance to the state Class A tournament in Butte this Thursday. They will play the No. 1 seed from the Eastern Divisional tournament, Hardin, who […]

Florence up for challenge game

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The Lady Falcons of Florence lost to Ronan in the championship game of the Western B tournament in Ronan on Saturday night. And, in the consolation game, Bigfork defeated Deer […]

Broncs headed to state

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The Hamilton Broncs will play again in two weeks at the Class A state tournament at the Butte Civic Center. They will play Laurel, the No. 1 seed from the […]

Florence teams advance to divisionals

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By Jean Schurman   Both the Florence Lady Falcons and the Falcons will advance to play at the Western B Divisional in Ronan this week. The top two teams from […]

Lady Pirates finish in third place

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The Lady Pirates of Victor finished in third place at the District 13C tournament. Victor defeated Darby for third place and because they had not played second place finisher Clark […]

Hunt, Rivera are state wrestling champs

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By Jean Schurman   The valley has two new champions after this weekend’s state wrestling tournament in Billings over the weekend. Corvallis’ Garret Hunt took the championship at 285 pounds […]

Stevensville tops Broncs

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By Jean Schurman   The Stevensville Yellowjackets pulled off an upset of sorts on Thursday when they defeated Hamilton, 69-51. The Broncs were playing without Carter Kearns and Bridger Bauder […]

Corvallis falls to conference leader

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By Jean Schurman   The Corvallis Blue Devils played host to the Butte Central Maroons on Friday night. Butte Central is the 2016 state champion and although they have have […]

On to the Metra for wrestlers

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By Jean Schurman   The All Class state-wrestling tournament will be held this weekend in Billings. State champions will be crowned in AA, A, and B/C ranks. The top five […]

Lady Pirates coming together

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By Jean Schurman   The Lady Pirates of Victor are beginning to gel just at the right time according to third-year coach Brooke Zeiler. The team gained two players from […]

Corvallis wins ‘Battle of the Root’

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The Corvallis Blue Devils brought home the coveted Battle of the Root title and trophy after an afternoon of wrestling at the Hamilton Middle School. The event is in its […]

Corvallis girls on a roll

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The Corvallis Blue Devils are on a roll. After losing to Butte Central two weeks ago, they have defeated Dillon who was in second place in the Southwest A, and […]

Florence adapting to new dynamic

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With only three weeks until tournament, the Florence Falcons have to adjust to a new line up, one without spark plug Marcus Zeiler. The speedy junior suffered a season-ending injury […]

Hockey time!

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Victor senior Ali Elliott has played on the Missoula Lady Bruins hockey team for the past few years. She and her team finished first at the Northern Rockies Classic in […]

Girls’ teams improving

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The local basketball teams are gearing up for the final stretch of the regular season. Stevensville took on the defending state champion Butte Central Maroons. While they lost the game, […]

Darby boys win two

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The Darby Tigers picked up two wins over the weekend. They defeated Lincoln on Friday and then beat Victor on Saturday. Zach McCrossin and Dylan Parks combined for 41 points […]

Hamilton finishes 5th at Class A Duals

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This year, the Class A Duals in Belgrade were truly a preview of what wrestlers could be at the state tournament in Billings in two weeks. Every Class A school […]