The smoke from the numerous fires around the Northwest put a stop to many outside games on Friday and Saturday. Many of the football games were away games and held […]
Sports
Hamilton sweeps on the pitch
The Hamilton boys and girls soccer teams had a successful weekend, notching wins on Thursday against Corvallis and then again on Saturday against Polson. The Hamilton boys got off to […]
Florence Cruises
The Florence Falcons flexed their muscles this weekend against two tough teams, the Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers and the Bigfork Vals, on the volleyball court. The experienced Florence team didn’t […]
Football round-up
*Breaking news – The Victor/Philipsburg football game in Philipsburg has been forfeited by Philipsburg due to not enough players. The game was scheduled for Friday night. Stevensville and Florence […]
Cross Country
Corvallis won the Anaconda Invitational on Saturday. Sadi Henderson led the Blue Devils to the win. She finished first with a time of 18:38.65. Kaycie Stewart (19.49.30) finished third. […]
Hamilton, Florence, Victor notch wins
The football season got off to a roaring start with all of the valley teams seeing action. Hamilton and Corvallis played at home while Victor’s home game was moved to […]
Hamilton splits matches over weekend
The Hamilton Lady Broncs topped Dillon, fell to Anaconda and Whitefish, and then finished with a win over the Columbia Falls WildKats in a busy weekend. The Dillon and Anaconda […]
Victor upends Drummond.
The most impressive thing Victor coach Brandon Howell saw on the football field Saturday wasn’t the score. It was the fact that his Pirates never gave up and came […]
The seventh annual Bitterroot Classic Triathlon was held Saturday. The race featured a 750-yard swim in the Bitterroot Aquatic Center’s pool, a 20K bike ride up and around Tammany Loop […]
Hamilton sweeps Livingston, Belgrade
The Hamilton girls and boys soccer teams topped a couple of tough teams from the east on Friday and Saturday. The girls defeated Livingston, 3-0, and the boys defeated the […]
Not your average trail ride
The average trail horse and rider travels about three miles an hour, mostly at a walk. They meander over trails and ease up and down hills, wade across creeks and […]
Fenceposts A rite of summer . . . then, and now
It’s hot. Probably the only people who are really excited about this hot dry weather right now are the farmers and ranchers who are putting up hay. This rite […]
Tournament Champs!
Blaze advance to championship
The Bitterroot Blaze made short work of the Unitah Basin Oilers in the Rocky Mountain Football league’s Class AA semi final game in Darby on Saturday night. The Blaze […]
Sr. Pro Rodeo this week
Cowboys and cowgirls of the after 40-set will be in Hamilton Friday and Saturday for the annual Sr. Pro Rodeo. Each day is a separate rodeo and points earned […]
America’s Favorite Trail Horse competitors almost neighbors
Although they are finalists in the same contest, only different divisions, and are both from the Bitterroot; Jo Young and Lori Silcher had never met each other until a couple […]
Blaze advance in playoffs
The Bitterroot Blaze made short work of the Idaho Falls Mustangs in the first-round playoff game on Saturday night. The Blaze won, 34-6, and will host the Salt Lake Oilers […]
Teams from throughout Montana converged on the Bitterroot Aquatic Center for the Bitterroot Swim Team’s meet. This was the first meet of the season for these swimmers. Complete results will […]
Three advance to National High School Finals
The weather at the Montana State High School Rodeo Finals was not the best but that didn’t stop a few cowgirls from the valley from reaching their goal of moving […]