2025 COLLEGE TRACKER

https://406mtsports.com/high-school/montana-recruit-tracker-2025/article_451941fc-b279-11ef-8562-1b1f2632c6c0.html

 

2024 FALL 'A' SPORTS SCHEDULES

BIGFORK
https://bigforkhighschool.bigteams.com/

COLUMBIA FALLS

https://www.cfhighschool.org/athletics/team-schedules-by-sport

LIBBY
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pk85dQxP6e9y8-yNO1WOqft_1E4m5cHD1s1RfucazX0/edit?gid=2#gid=2
POLSON

https://www.polson.k12.mt.us/polson-high-school/athletics/teams/fall-sports/index

RONAN

https://www.ronank12.edu/activities/index

THOMPSON FALLS/PLAINS SOCCER
https://www.thompsonfalls.net/blue-hawk-athletics

WHITEFISH
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uQ6RLA7j-9PSGfFdXAmZzZfwQTpNjp0mWR7NBb6ALUo/edit#gid=1513515121

BUTTE CENTRAL

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BlieHAC_QQDaRxTGmu2-ve43AckuR_gR6FsCrzdOng8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

CORVALLIS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eEyKVaeQj3RwhqjAWxNIn8zJFPd44oiIk3noKgoi6fw/edit#gid=0
DILLON

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1DnjR-eCXxs5XXLIpSA4lCmnqKzNyB8nn/edit?filetype=msword&pli=1

FRENCHTOWN
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10j9PY5PGqMb4bjCnTKeeThg1BR5PARHYmKAMywlDqH4/edit?gid=133880920#gid=133880920

HAMILTON
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eKrkQSbYsImPameZCjiodiuj-MLvFudwT7TEh2YuGoQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0
LOYOLA GIRLS SOCCER

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RX4LtvoSZMZR3GgJuy3nZ4D2xpK4o1zJviPf1Hdpmow/edit?gid=0#gid=0

STEVENSVILLE
https://www.stevensvilleschools.org/high-school/#

BILLINGS CENTRAL
https://billingscatholicschools.org/admissions/athletics-clubs-and-activities/

HARDIN FB
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ppJXSFWLRfH3zRDRvjmB10K5-nJi7GJk2ala_dtQpM/edit

HARDIN VBALL
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TOgtrOiLJKIaWVssbGF70XGA5pwcXBuTDPvF765zsuA/edit

EAST HELENA
https://www.ehps.k12.mt.us/Page/2071

LAUREL

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yb17Y06ZZNNnuH3FGa-eD7sR4gDUPQCRQhuTMLdBV-Q/edit?usp=sharing

Here are Lockwood's Schedules.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YWmni3FgJemlB3nWXRsZLt7L1fZ8GEz6TakAHspPli0/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QSYd4ZuVOmQB9OLsEvbQYZ6I9aei6z5uV8QLVLG3fi0/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KpKGxPqycg20_qSISYATUA2vHj2WK_ihinCCCWXrvi4/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eAp9GdFUxC_AR0rwubLlse_ZU7pouEcAiZ7CFLcT9OE/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15IiDQMq8THu6KJEVz5Ty4gStMQb36LiHyWGmjhVbWp8/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qwakt5TUGNNjaP-E79ehej7izs42wxc3BLu3n-OuTVQ/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-bKHgEHX-JpE5zsxU7BfM-hFse2Z1e-yQRmVJuntrdM/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V-POnlD2xjdzNp9zewNQGwCacLrrjERE9ytNUYk_LT0/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OzdNvBqxgLAi_T9jltDkPtbGR51bKiexaqOxi1Pdk_U/edit?usp=drive_link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g7SvxaEZPeQgZis5CbqiprdrDAkRbH5owOV5t41oox0/edit?usp=drive_link

LONE PEAK SOCCER
https://www.bssd72.org/events?start_date=2024-08-01&end_date=2024-08-31&section_ids=235977,235977&view=list-month

PARK FB
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1msT5aKIqbeKi_y1gp_TjAcvM_taT9XkSQPI3lxIqcVk/edit?gid=818621826#gid=818621826

PARK SOCCER
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X5H_bA6fsQV-rBfDy0ptoOZuXDDJDbMOb6birfVq7g4/edit?gid=1903949635#gid=1903949635

PARK VBALL
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O_-7_tW10wRCSRTal1-z-8wwXnCXoHOHP74xZAutou4/edit?gid=0#gid=0

FERGUS
https://www.lewistown.k12.mt.us/district/calendars

GLENDIVE

https://www.glendiveschools.com/o/dchs/events?start_date=2024-08-01&end_date=2024-08-31&section_ids=&filter_ids=&search=

HAVRE
https://hhs.blueponyk12.com/hhs-activities-schedules

MILES CITY
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KOV3SgUMk9SAlrxb_P0uFp_bcrTGp9NbfQx17PvBr9g/edit

SIDNEY

https://www.sidneyps.com/page/calendar-schedules

HARDIN

HS FB Schedule 24 - Google Docs

 

BEST OF PREPS--FALL 2023

https://flatheadbeacon.com/2023/12/06/best-of-preps-fall-2023/

 

 

 

BIGFORK

https://bigforkeagle.com/news/sports/

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BROWNING

https://www.cutbankpioneerpress.com/cut_bank_pioneer_press/article_7fc32830-4133-11ee-8602-f31a2db6dbe5.html

 

COLUMBIA FALLS

https://hungryhorsenews.com/news/sports/

 

WHITEFISH

https://whitefishpilot.com/news/sports/

 

FERGUS

https://www.lewistownnews.com/sports/

 

GLENDIVE

https://www.rangerreview.com/sports/

 

SIDNEY

 

https://www.sidneyherald.com/sports/

 

 

BIGFORK VIKINGS/VALS

https://bigforkhighschool.bigteams.com/

 

BROWNING INDIANS

https://bps.k12.mt.us/en-US/high-school-athletics-ebd5f41c/cross-country-c6478e72

 

COLUMBIA FALLS CATS/KATS

https://www.cfhighschool.org/athletics/team-schedules-by-sport

 

LIBBY LOGGERS

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pk85dQxP6e9y8-yNO1WOqft_1E4m5cHD1s1RfucazX0/edit#gid=696558237

 

POLSON PIRATES

Index | Fall Sports (polson.k12.mt.us)

 

RONAN CHIEFS/MAIDENS

https://www.ronank12.edu/activities/index

 

WHITEFISH BULLDOGS

https://whs.wsd44.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=192522&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=1060584

 

BUTTE CENTRAL MAROONS

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ohJ_9_x313u01oGeq3iR--ZfjfPj4Jwxo7QqmWX_dFQ/edit#gid=0

 

CORVALLIS BLUE DEVILS

https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2070/CHS/3084791/Fall_Composite_23-24.pdf

 

DILLON BEAVERS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dlHHMmC_NlIJeyL2FR8jXChYPQbPDtv4/edit

 

FRENCHTOWN BRONCS

https://www.ftsd.org/page/athleticshttps://www.ftsd.org/page/athletics

 

HAMILTON BRONCS

https://www.hsd3.org/o/hhs/page/team-pages-info

 

STEVENSVILLE YELLOWJACKETS

https://www.stevensvilleschools.org/high-school/#

 

BILLINGS CENTRAL RAMS

 

https://billingscatholicschools.org/new-families/athletics-and-activities/bc-sf-rams-2017-18-athletic-activity-schedules/

 

EAST HELENA VIGILANTES

https://www.ehps.k12.mt.us/domain/298

 

HARDIN BULLDOGS

https://www.hardin.k12.mt.us/schools/hardin-high-school/calendar/monthly/2023/08/?departments=1622562%2C1622576

 

LAUREL LOCOMOTIVES

https://www.laurel.k12.mt.us/departments/activities/schedules

 

LOCKWOOD LIONS

https://www.lockwoodschool.org/apps/departments/?show=ATH

 

PARK RANGERS

https://www.parkhigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2057841&type=d&pREC_ID=2198683

 

FERGUS GOLDEN EAGLES

https://fhs.lewistown.k12.mt.us/athletics/golden-eagle-athletics

 

GLENDIVE RED DEVILS

https://www.glendiveschools.com/o/dchs/athletics?filter_ids=37990

 

HAVRE BLUE PONIES

 

https://hhs.blueponyk12.com/hhs-activities-schedues

 

MILES CITY COWBOYS/GIRLS

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pi_MJxWP7lK69Ks_5Xc0STUzDvNXruI5auEKXx1KjH4/edit#gid=2004770805

 

SIDNEY EAGLES

https://mt01001320.schoolwires.net/Page/5239?fbclid=IwAR38cWjtlDpNhaYMvGsUPvfBjSIOQHuW-HttUBS9afnv_aa-uyRhBRHKDdA

 

CHANGES TO 'A' SPORTS

https://www.montanasports.com/high-school/mhsa-announces-adjustments-to-class-a-postseason-formats-other-actions?fbclid=IwAR3G4Udf1akjcKNvHbooklzPEJjnmbWU0bIM0isKGzNoB-tXNFwLtUyMv6s

REALIGNMENT

 

https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/e730-2831269/3d_-_Class_A_Realignment_starting_in_the_2023.pdf?_gl=1*17rio1d*_ga*OTExMzU5MzAzLjE2NDMxMzM2MDY.*_ga_PQ25JN9PJ8*MTY2OTE0Mzk2Ny41NC4xLjE2NjkxNDM5NjkuMC4wLjA.#_ga=2.171805408.1900697387.1669140398-911359303.1643133606

 

 

 

2021-22 SPORTS CHAMPIONS

https://406mtsports.com/high-school/basketball/boys/2021-22-montana-high-school-sports-champions/collection_873b0370-e1fe-11ec-9f8c-d7893a5e2293.html#54

 

 

 

 

FALL 2021 FALL COACHES OF THE YEAR

 

https://406mtsports.com/406mtsports/montana-coaches-association-announces-fall-coaches-of-the-year/article_117728e3-858b-51d3-9015-e94b9e518d9d.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRISTA COWAN

RYLEY KEHR

DREW MORGAN

COLTON MCPHEE

TANNER GOVE

GENEVIEVE DELORME

 

 

The Disappearing Referee

Overscheduling, poor treatment and apathy have depleted the pool of prep sports officials to a dangerous new low, but can anything be done to turn the trend around?

BY ANDY VIANO // AUG 28, 2019

High school sports have a big problem, and it has nothing to do with the players on the field. It has nothing to do with the fields and gyms where the games are played, with the hours required of stretched-thin student-athletes and coaches, with the increasing costs of equipment, travel and private coaching, with the inherent injury risks associated with sports, and with big-money outside forces threatening to undermine the entire prep sports construct, although those remain concerns.

No, the most critical problem with high school sports is with officiating and, no, it isn’t that they blow every call, don’t know the rules or are out to get your son/daughter/niece/nephew/friend/neighbor’s team because of some unseen bias.

But the problem with officiating is so dire that it could change some of the fundamental ground on which prep sports is built. It could move football’s famed Friday night lights to other nights of the week, could jeopardize the safety of the student-athletes on the field of play and could put at risk the tenuous order of game competition that helps teach the lifelong lessons learned through sport.

It’s a problem that is not new to the people who are part of the profession, and one completely lacking a clear solution. And it’s one that has been getting worse, in the minds of almost every prep sports stakeholder, and putting so much pressure on the piping that connects schools and athletics to the community they serve that the whole system is threatening to burst.

There is a persistent and pervasive problem in modern refereeing: There just aren’t enough of them to go around.

“As I have stated before, I don’t think that the schools … will begin to change until the system crashes and we have games cancelled because we no longer have officials to cover them,” one regional referee director in Montana put it, in an email to the officials in his area.

“I believe we are right on the edge of the cliff statewide, and the edge is crumbling right now.”

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) launched a major campaign to attract new officials in 2017, including a website (www.highschoolofficials.com), hashtag (#becomeanofficial) and targeted outreach, and while the program has been modestly successful, the country still faces a drastic officiating shortage from coast to coast.

“We talk, nationally, all the time when we get the 50 state directors get together, about officials,” said Mark Beckman, the executive director of the Montana High School Association, commissioner of the Montana Officials Association (MOA), current NFHS president and a former official himself.

As of Aug. 23, there were 1,319 officials registered to work in the state of Montana for the 2019-20 season, a number that should rise to approach the 1,630 officials registered last year once additional winter and spring sports officials sign up. It’s an improvement insomuch that the numbers are not in decline, but even 1,600 puts an undue burden on referees who need to cover games at the more than 170 member schools in the state, and it’s a stark drop from the 1,947 officials who were registered for the 2016-17 season. Worse still, officiating shortages exist in just about every sport and in just about all of the 11 geographical areas by which Montana officials are divided.

The state’s officials in the six sports that require sanctioned judges — football, basketball, wrestling, volleyball, soccer and softball — are overseen by the MHSA, MOA and the 11 regional directors, but the actual game assignments come from local, sport-specific pools. The Kalispell pool falls within Region 1, and its malleable footprint can mean those officials are responsible for games at Flathead, Glacier, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Bigfork, Eureka, Thompson Falls, Plains, Polson, Ronan, Libby, Troy, Hot Springs and Noxon high schools, sometimes assisting other pools and sometimes asking other pools to chip in here. Further complicating matters, certified officials also work nearly every junior varsity, freshman, sophomore and middle school game — those contests are vital for training the next generation of referees — plus contests at non-MHSA schools like Stillwater Christian.

As the 2019-20 season gets set to kick off, there are only 158 total officials, spanning the six sports, registered in Region 1. There were 191 officials in Region 1 at the end of last season, and while the local total may approach that number again by the end this year, it still represents a total well below a level that would make everyone comfortable and confident in the pool’s ability to cover all the games.

There are three levels of officials in Montana — apprentice, certified and master — and only the top two levels, certified and master, are recommended to work varsity contests, according to the MOA handbook. In football, the state’s most popular sport, which kicks off on Aug. 30, the officiating shortage is at a critical level. The Kalispell pool has only 17 certified and master officials, and five-man crews are the absolute minimum required in a varsity game to maintain order and player safety. Having only 17 available varsity officials is as low of a number as Warren Dobler, a veteran referee gearing up for his 31st season and a former head of the Kaispell pool, can remember.

“That’s getting right down there,” Dobler said. “When I first started I think we were upwards of 25 plus, and usually 22-23. That was pretty good, but the last few years it just keeps bumping down.”

Activities directors around the Flathead Valley are used to having to go outside of the local pool to find officials, but this year even that might be a struggle. Officials prefer not to have mixed crews — some from one pool and some from another — because of familiarity concerns, and that means the 17 Flathead Valley officials can only work three games per week, likely all of which are scheduled at the same time, on Friday nights. Kalispell pool scheduler Joe Sullivan said there are 198 football games in the Kalispell pool’s coverage area this year.

As of the morning of Aug. 26, Bigfork High School Activities Director Matt Porrovecchio was still confirming officials for his team’s opening game (on Aug. 30), and Sullivan added that because of extreme shortages in Missoula, dipping into that pool, as is routinely done, may be a challenge this fall.

“(Missoula) lost seven officials, four of which who were master officials, and that’s devastating,” Sullivan said. “I texted (the Missoula pool scheduler) and asked, ‘You have any idea which dates you’ll need us?’ He said, ‘Every day.’ … They’ve gone so far as to tell schools down there you have to go Thursday or Saturday, or we can’t service you. And I’m afraid that we’re headed in that direction.”

 

And those fears are just over varsity games. Factor in sub-varsity contests, travel outside the pool area, conflicts with day jobs, injuries, illness, or the occasional request for a day off, and the numbers get tighter. In recent years, schools have had to regularly move game times or dates, and some sub-varsity games have had to be skipped entirely by MOA-recognized officials, instead either canceled or refereed by non-MOA officials, sometimes even parents from the crowd.

On top of the 17 certified and master officials, there are only five additional apprentices to help at the lower levels, even with three new refs signed up this year. It’s an equation that requires master officials to work not just varsity contests but almost all sub-varsity ones as well. Officials like Sullivan and Chris Parson, the head of the Kalispell football pool, a former helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, the director of Flathead Valley Community College’s Continuing Education department, and a 10-year veteran football official, have to go to extreme lengths to balance refereeing with personal and work commitments.

“I typically do a double-header (on Fridays),” Parson said. “I’ll do a freshman game and then I’ll roll right into the varsity game. (You’ve) just got to; there’s not a lot of options.”

Parson said it’s not unusual for a football official to work a sub-varsity game on Monday night, another on Tuesday night, attend a study group with other officials on Wednesday night, add a third game on Thursday night and then work a doubleheader Friday. And they do all that in a job that requires good physical conditioning and even more mental discipline, even for a former Marine.

“It makes for a long afternoon and evening,” Parson said. “You’ve got to keep yourself focused in that second game, which is a key element, and that’s not easy.”

Todd Fiske, the Region 1 all-sport director and a basketball official with 30 years experience, says days can be even longer for hoops crews. He recounted the story of a three-man team from Kalispell being called to Noxon for a night, driving the nearly 150 miles to get there, then working the junior varsity girls game, varsity girls game, junior varsity boys game and varsity boys game, before getting back in the car and driving home. Officials make $60 for varsity contests — pay is less for sub-varsity and middle school games — and receive a travel stipend, but no matter the money, such a scenario is still far from ideal.

“We do four games on the same night; you come home, you’re just dead-ass tired,” he said. “Well, that’s not effective.”

Fiske said he sets aside the money he makes every year from refereeing for his family, and has used that money to pay for family vacations and outings with his wife. And that’s important, because since officials all work separate day jobs, then get taken away sometimes every night of the week, personal relationships can be difficult to maintain.

“I got to give kudos to my wife,” Dobler, the veteran football referee, said. “I mean, for 30 years she has let me, on Friday nights, go do my thing, and many other nights during the week. So that’s a family dynamic that each individual has to wrestle with as well.”

Dobler and Sullivan are both on the other side of 60, and Fiske has the scars of his own three-decade career, and their age makes them more the rule than the exception. Older referees have made it through the struggles of raising a family or advancing in their career while making time for officiating, two factors that cause loads of promising young officials to walk away from the job. But every year officials get older is a year they get closer to retirement, or face difficulty because of the physical realities of aging. Sullivan said two officials in the football pool have come back to work after bouts with cancer, and called he and Dobler’s generation “a Medicare group” while referencing his own two hip replacements and a knee surgery in recent years as evidence of the physical toll the work takes.

“You look at these guys reffing football, 90 percent of them have some fake joint or fake limb,” Porrovecchio said with a grim laugh. “They’re a dying breed and it’s hard to find people who want to put the time in. It’s a tough gig and it’s gotten tougher.”

Data on referee ages is not available in Montana, but no one is particularly encouraged about the current age breakdown that skews much more toward the gray-haired types. The primary stakeholders in prep sports identify two main areas of focus to change that: recruitment and retention. And the major impediment to improving either of those isn’t the schedule, isn’t conflicts with work — some games, particularly sub-varsity games, are played in the afternoon, before many employers are comfortable excusing their employees — and isn’t injury, although those all contribute. The main impediment is one you already know without reading another word.

“Why would I go make 35 bucks to get screamed at?” Grady Bennett asks, rhetorically, through a laugh. (Some sub-varsity games can pay as little as $25)

 

acier High School football coach since 2007 (and teaching at the school). Three years ago, Bennett stopped coaching basketball, decided to “make 35 bucks to get screamed at” and took the test to become a basketball a referee. His friends thought he was crazy.

“The first time I told them I’m going to get into officiating, they said, ‘Why in the world would you ever do that? Why would any human being want to do that?’” he said.

It’s a given, today anyway, that officials must deal with verbal abuse during games as a reality of the job. Fans, coaches and players, in descending order, are the primary offenders, and while it varies from sport to sport, it’s always there. Like the shortage in officials, it’s not a new problem, but it is one that is trending in the wrong direction.

The National Association of Sports Officials National Officiating Survey, completed by more than 17,000 officials from all levels and all sports in 2017, found that almost 57 percent of officials believe sportsmanship is getting worse, more than 64 percent had removed a spectator from a game, and a whopping 84 percent believe they are treated unfairly by spectators. (Coaches were not immune either, checking in at over 70 percent on the “treated unfairly” question.) Perhaps most troubling of all, an astounding 46 percent of officials reported they have “felt unsafe or feared for (their) safety” because of the behavior of players, coaches, administrators or fans.

“The work around good sportsmanship is a really big factor,” Fiske said.

No local official interviewed for this story recounted feeling unsafe in a game environment, but all of them had stories of out-of-control fans. Somewhat counter intuitively, they also reported that the abuse they receive is worse in middle school and sub-varsity games, a factor exacerbating retention problems.

“I had a couple of games this last year where our varsity refs helped out with sub-varsity basketball,” Bryce Wilson, Flathead High School’s activities director, said. “They came back afterward and said, ‘That’s worse than any varsity game I do.’ … One guy, he told me right then that, ‘I refuse to do a sub-varsity game again.’”

“You cut your teeth in the fifth, sixth, seven and eighth grade gyms,” Fiske said. “These little junior high games where there’s like 14 people and dad or mom are up there complaining, or a coach that’s complaining, you hear it all.”

Every official knows criticism comes with the job, and officials are fairly sympathetic to the hyper-competitive coaches, players, parents and fans who spit fire their way. Competitiveness is baked into sports, and when someone’s flesh and blood is involved, officials are patient so long as the offenders avoid personal attacks. But being insulted for hours can’t help but wear on everyone, especially officials who are new to the profession.

“When you look at it from the majority of people, it’s a good thing, because they’re supporting their sons or daughters in their activities,” Beckman, the MHSA commissioner, said. “But then always what happens, when there’s that intimate involvement, there can be ones that are saying, ‘I’m so tied up in this I’ve let myself go across the boundary line a little bit.’ They paid their money and they’re really invested and they’re emotionally tied to it.”

Ross Gustafson, the normally mild-mannered head coach of the Flathead basketball team, said he makes a goal every year of maintaining his composure when interacting with officials during a game. But even he is not immune to falling prey to his emotions.

“If you walked up and met (a referee) on the street, you’d never act that way,” he said. “That’s one thing I try to keep in mind because I run into these guys around town and they’re all great guys and gals, and you’ve got to remember that. That’s the challenge for me, is remembering that aspect in the heat of the moment.”

Through it all, the MHSA, the activities directors, schedulers, and referees have found a way to make it work, sometimes by shifting games to other nights of the week, sometimes by subbing in a parent on a sub-varsity game, and sometimes by paying extra mileage to bring in officials from out of the area. But something has to give.

Those working today in Northwest Montana do their best to sell the perks of the job, beyond just the extra walking-around money. Through officiating, they say they remain involved in the sport they love, stay in shape, impact the lives of young men and women by teaching the sport and teaching sportsmanship, and sharpen life skills like working under pressure, acting decisively and exercising patience. And above all, they boast about the camaraderie; officials run in tight circles socially, routinely gathering after games to swap stories over a burger and a beverage.

But no one has a good answer to the question of how this trend will turn around. The default seems to be that there will always be enough referees because, well, there have to be. Sure, the numbers have been declining, and the refs are getting older, and some day they’re all going to retire, and people don’t want to get screamed at for three hours, but there just can’t be competitive sports without them. And no one is predicting the end of competitive sports. The MHSA has a slogan it uses on materials to drive up referee recruitment: “Without referees, it’s just recess.” That’s a clever one-liner but unwittingly portends a future where games are conducted under the nearly lawless dog-eat-dog rule of the schoolyard.

All hope is not lost, however. Bennett, the Glacier football coach and newbie basketball referee, is one of the success stories. He’s someone who decided to take the plunge and do this, despite the busy schedule, despite knowing what the worst impulses of some coaches and fans can be, and says he expects to continue doing it for the foreseeable future.

“I really can’t convince anybody (else to do this) — I’m not kidding you,” Bennett said. “For me, it’s the passion of loving education and caring about young people so much and wanting to be part of the sport. I just like to help the kids out … It’s just kind of my passion in life.”

And maybe there are more people like that, and maybe there will always be, to keep the fields and courts of high school sports safe and orderly. Because without more people like him, the next time you load the car to enjoy a football Friday night, you might just be going to watch recess.

 andy@flatheadbeacon.com

So You Want to Referee?

The Montana High School Association wants you to give officiating a shot, in one of the six sports — volleyball, football, wrestling, soccer, basketball and softball — that fall under the Montana Officials Association. To get started, fill out the brief questionnaire at www.highschoolofficials.com or call the MHSA at (406) 442-6010.

To become a member of the MOA, officials must pay annual dues ($65 for one sport; $30 for each additional sport), be at least 18 years old, and score 60 percent or higher on a rules examination. Officials must also purchase a uniform compliant with their sport and be “of good moral character.” To maintain membership, officials must attend at least six “study club” sessions annually in most sports. Officials in soccer and softball need only four study clubs per year.

In Montana, referees are paid $60 for varsity contests and are compensated 12 cents per mile for their travel. Drivers receive additional mileage for travel to games, paid at the federal rate.

 

 

 

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RODOLPH, AUDETTE    STEVENSVILLE   NW COLLEGE (WY)   SOCCER

WAGNER, GRACE          LAUREL             CARROLL                   SOCCER

STAHLMAN, LEXIE         LAUREL             WILLISTON                SOFTBALL

 

 

 

 

2023 'A' COLLEGE SIGNEES/COMMITMENTS

 

 

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Team Scores 1.         Columbia Falls            275.5 2.         Polson             226.0 3.         Hamilton/Victor          208.5 4.         Stevensville     146.5 5.         Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges          144.5 6.         Corvallis/Darby           143.5 7.         Frenchtown/Alberton 126.0 8.         Whitefish        100.0 9.         Butte Central 24.0   103   Placements     1st Place Match - Mateo Quinones (Polson) 15-4 won by decision over Rene Pierre (Polson) 15-2 (Dec 6-2)     3rd Place Match - Austin Nelson (Columbia Falls) 12-4 won by fall over Carter Brown (Corvallis/Darby) 8-6 (Fall 0:39)     5th Place Match - Benji Opat (Corvallis/Darby) 8-3 won by fall over Luke Huffaker (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 7-7 (Fall 4:14)     7th Place Match - Roy Russell (Butte Central) 5-6 won by decision over Zach Blanchard (Frenchtown/Alberton) 5-12 (Dec 9-2) 113   Placements     1st Place Match - Michael Golden (Hamilton/Victor) 21-1 won in sudden victory - 1 over Winfield West (Columbia Falls) 11-3 (SV-1 4-2)     3rd Place Match - Dante Venema (Corvallis/Darby) 7-8 won by fall over Elliot Vanosdell (Stevensville) 11-7 (Fall 4:18)     5th Place Match - Taisuke Matsuo (Whitefish) 6-11 won by fall over Kelson Bauman (Frenchtown/Alberton) 4-9 (Fall 4:49)     7th Place Match - Jimmy Schmitt (Corvallis/Darby) 5-8 received a bye () (Bye) 120   Placements     1st Place Match - Bridger Wenzel (Polson) 17-0 won by fall over Owen Indreland (Frenchtown/Alberton) 15-4 (Fall 3:00)     3rd Place Match - Adrian Garcia (Hamilton/Victor) 12-6 won by major decision over Aden Role (Columbia Falls) 6-8 (MD 9-0)     5th Place Match - Jesse Welling (Frenchtown/Alberton) 8-6 won by fall over Joe Kidd (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 2-11 (Fall 0:37)     7th Place Match - Eli Taylor (Whitefish) 4-7 won by fall over Sidney Cooke (Whitefish) 1-7 (Fall 4:17) 126   Placements     1st Place Match - Koltin Starkel (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 12-0 won by fall over Thunder Morales (Polson) 8-6 (Fall 3:54)     3rd Place Match - Ben Windauer (Columbia Falls) 11-4 won by fall over Clay Fisher (Butte Central) 5-5 (Fall 0:44)     5th Place Match - Dillon Thorsteinson (Whitefish) 4-7 won by fall over Caden Brown (Hamilton/Victor) 7-10 (Fall 1:27)     7th Place Match - Aaron Christensen (Corvallis/Darby) 6-9 won by fall over Jesse Shaske (Frenchtown/Alberton) 2-6 (Fall 2:37) 132   Placements     1st Place Match - Cameron Brown (Polson) 17-0 won by decision over Hunter Peterson (Columbia Falls) 8-2 (Dec 7-1)     3rd Place Match - Kwin Stoddard (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 6-5 won by major decision over Brandon Thomas (Columbia Falls) 11-4 (MD 13-3)     5th Place Match - Steven Banks (Hamilton/Victor) 16-9 won by fall over Will Wissenbach (Corvallis/Darby) 10-8 (Fall 2:04)     7th Place Match - Sam Peterson (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 7-4 won by major decision over Robert Bertelsen (Whitefish) 4-10 (MD 16-8) 138   Placements     1st Place Match - Brent Tezak (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 10-2 won by decision over Kaleb Gravelin (Columbia Falls) 14-1 (Dec 5-2)     3rd Place Match - Cody Warner (Frenchtown/Alberton) 8-5 won by decision over James Buckley (Whitefish) 9-10 (Dec 9-3)     5th Place Match - Jaben Wenzel (Polson) 13-7 won by fall over Drew Schmitt (Corvallis/Darby) 15-6 (Fall 4:01)     7th Place Match - Nathan Hader (Columbia Falls) 7-4 won by fall over James Bess (Hamilton/Victor) 11-13 (Fall 2:46) 145   Placements     1st Place Match - Mason Fetters (Columbia Falls) 11-2 won by fall over Parker Adler (Polson) 14-1 (Fall 1:04)     3rd Place Match - Bridger Nelson (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 11-3 won by decision over Bryce Williams (Frenchtown/Alberton) 10-6 (Dec 3-2)     5th Place Match - Kris Anderson (Hamilton/Victor) 13-10 won by major decision over Dustin Copeland (Hamilton/Victor) 9-16 (MD 17-5)     7th Place Match - Jackson Stephens (Corvallis/Darby) 3-7 won by major decision over Daylon Moore (Corvallis/Darby) 0-9 (MD 14-5) 152   Placements     1st Place Match - Jon Blanchard (Frenchtown/Alberton) 17-0 won by decision over Steven Scheffer (Hamilton/Victor) 16-5 (Dec 5-3)     3rd Place Match - McCollaum Kye (Corvallis/Darby) 9-7 won by decision over Colton Cote (Polson) 15-5 (Dec 10-7)     5th Place Match - Colton Sweeney (Columbia Falls) 9-8 won by fall over Loveless Braden (Stevensville) 6-9 (Fall 3:49)     7th Place Match - Hyme Anderson (Hamilton/Victor) 7-7 won by fall over Hunter Allen (Frenchtown/Alberton) 0-3 (Fall 2:17) 160   Placements     1st Place Match - Patrick Griffin (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 12-0 won by decision over Manny Rivera (Hamilton/Victor) 12-4 (Dec 7-1)     3rd Place Match - Koby Garcia (Polson) 9-6 won by decision over Colten McPhee (Columbia Falls) 8-6 (Dec 10-6)     5th Place Match - Troy Meyer (Columbia Falls) 10-4 won by decision over Edens Caleb (Stevensville) 5-6 (Dec 4-2)     7th Place Match - Christian Ellis (Hamilton/Victor) 12-12 won by fall over Malik Heydon (Whitefish) 3-9 (Fall 4:07) 170   Placements     1st Place Match - Ben Crews (Stevensville) 14-1 won in sudden victory - 1 over Storm Kemppainen (Columbia Falls) 7-2 (SV-1 10-6)     3rd Place Match - Konrad Zinke (Whitefish) 12-3 won by fall over Cole Jones (Frenchtown/Alberton) 11-5 (Fall 1:39)     5th Place Match - Aaron Swafford (Hamilton/Victor) 5-12 won by decision over Colter Stillwagon (Butte Central) 5-7 (Dec 12-5)     7th Place Match - Chase Krone (Stevensville) 11-5 won by decision over Michael Edwards (Frenchtown/Alberton) 2-9 (Dec 5-2) 182   Placements     1st Place Match - Cassidy Jerry (Stevensville) 11-4 won in sudden victory - 1 over Griffin Mason (Stevensville) 11-2 (SV-1 6-4)     3rd Place Match - Kyle Anderson (Hamilton/Victor) 17-11 won by fall over Miguel Garate (Columbia Falls) 3-13 (Fall 2:28)     5th Place Match - Hunter Barron (Corvallis/Darby) 12-8 won by fall over Dale Meyer (Columbia Falls) 2-5 (Fall 0:28)     7th Place Match - Levi Downard (Frenchtown/Alberton) 6-11 won by fall over Noah Humphrey (Polson) 10-7 (Fall 1:26) 205   Placements     1st Place Match - Justin Hinson (Hamilton/Victor) 23-1 won by decision over Mike Corrigan (Polson) 13-4 (Dec 6-4)     3rd Place Match - Cassidy Shawn (Stevensville) 8-4 won by fall over Travis Catina (Whitefish) 5-3 (Fall 5:00)     5th Place Match - Jakob Freeman (Columbia Falls) 12-7 won by fall over Behner Kordale (Stevensville) 8-7 (Fall 0:20)     7th Place Match - Matt Stafford (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 6-10 won by fall over Harley Wise (Corvallis/Darby) 0-9 (Fall 0:12) 285   Placements     1st Place Match - Steven Quimby (Whitefish) 12-2 won by decision over Luke Channer (Corvallis/Darby) 16-1 (Dec 10-7)     3rd Place Match - Garret Hunt (Corvallis/Darby) 16-4 won by fall over Nick Marquardt (Polson) 8-8 (Fall 1:39)     5th Place Match - Kyler Koski (Columbia Falls) 9-7 won by fall over Justin Murray (Hamilton/Victor) 12-13 (Fall 4:40)     7th Place Match - Woods Tyler (Stevensville) 5-8 received a bye () (Bye)   Team Scores 1.         Havre 273.5 2.         Sidney/Bainville          216.0 3.         Laurel 202.0 4.         Hardin             179.5 5.         Dawson Co. (Glendive)          168.0 6.         Fergus (Lewistown)    167.5 7.         Belgrade          148.0 8.         Billings Central           125.0 9.         Browning        72.0 10.       Park (Livingston)        71.0 11.       Custer Co. (Miles City)           68.0 103   Placements     1st Place Match - Christian Dean (Sidney/Bainville) 30-11 won by major decision over Adam Bankert (Park (Livingston)) 31-10 (MD 9-1)     3rd Place Match - Kaleb Ripley (Laurel) 28-14 won by fall over Josh Aisnebrey (Sidney/Bainville) 15-17 (Fall 0:36)     5th Place Match - Wyatt Harmer (Hardin) 13-19 won by decision over Austin Rollins (Belgrade) 4-23 (Dec 6-5)     7th Place Match - () received a bye () (Bye) 113   Placements     1st Place Match - Travis Kinn (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 36-6 won by decision over Ben Stortz (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 32-6 (Dec 4-0)     3rd Place Match - Eric LaFontaine (Hardin) 27-14 won by major decision over Ryan Stewart (Havre) 30-13 (MD 11-1)     5th Place Match - Matt Glennon (Laurel) 26-19 won by decision over Jacob Morgan (Billings Central) 25-22 (Dec 6-0)     7th Place Match - Kon Speelmon (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 19-26 won by fall over Talon Arndt (Fergus (Lewistown)) 6-23 (Fall 0:37) 120   Placements     1st Place Match - Martin Wilkie (Havre) 40-7 won by decision over Caleb Birdwell (Fergus (Lewistown)) 34-9 (Dec 5-2)     3rd Place Match - Tristan Slye (Belgrade) 20-12 won by fall over Wyatt Vanburen (Sidney/Bainville) 12-5 (Fall 3:52)     5th Place Match - Bridger Grover (Fergus (Lewistown)) 21-10 won by fall over Sean Comstock (Billings Central) 21-22 (Fall 3:43)     7th Place Match - Payten Batalden (Laurel) 21-18 won by fall over Cole Vandelinder (Billings Central) 3-16 (Fall 1:33) 126   Placements     1st Place Match - Sawyer Degen (Belgrade) 33-2 won by fall over Trey Sokoloski (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 25-16 (Fall 1:15)     3rd Place Match - Jace Winter (Sidney/Bainville) 33-13 won by fall over Anthony James (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 22-19 (Fall 4:33)     5th Place Match - Brandon Rockwell (Belgrade) 13-20 won by fall over Lane Poulson (Havre) 11-10 (Fall 2:09)     7th Place Match - Ethan Boyce (Billings Central) 18-29 won by fall over Joe Murnion (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 9-32 (Fall 0:31) 132   Placements     1st Place Match - Logan Pleninger (Havre) 45-6 won by fall over Clayton Carter (Laurel) 35-7 (Fall 4:41)     3rd Place Match - Brandon Held (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 19-13 won by decision over Brady Gorder (Sidney/Bainville) 27-19 (Dec 6-2)     5th Place Match - Chase Farrar (Fergus (Lewistown)) 33-14 won by fall over Issac Wippert (Browning) 32-20 (Fall 0:59)     7th Place Match - Hunter Popetsaitke (Hardin) 20-21 won by decision over Jacob Swope (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 18-18 (Dec 7-4) 138   Placements     1st Place Match - Kody Pribyl (Havre) 22-12 won by fall over Pat Comstock (Billings Central) 26-11 (Fall 1:57)     3rd Place Match - Bryce Roan (Hardin) 32-16 won by fall over Torrey Watts (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 35-17 (Fall 4:04)     5th Place Match - Jace Johnson (Sidney/Bainville) 32-21 won by major decision over Avery Gurney (Sidney/Bainville) 26-17 (MD 10-0)     7th Place Match - Jordan Shovar (Laurel) 19-18 won by decision over Kade Pitsch (Hardin) 10-19 (Dec 7-0) 145   Placements     1st Place Match - Jarrett Degen (Belgrade) 36-1 won by fall over Brenden Roan (Hardin) 28-7 (Fall 3:25)     3rd Place Match - Connor Ludwig (Laurel) 20-12 won by decision over Parker Dean (Sidney/Bainville) 33-16 (Dec 3-1)     5th Place Match - Mason Fend (Laurel) 30-16 won by fall over Gabino Ramirez (Billings Central) 26-22 (Fall 0:59)     7th Place Match - AJ Ullmer (Sidney/Bainville) 24-18 won by decision over Jazz Schroeder (Havre) 21-24 (Dec 8-4) 152   Placements     1st Place Match - Parker Filius (Havre) 43-4 won by major decision over Alex Wickens (Fergus (Lewistown)) 21-10 (MD 14-3)     3rd Place Match - Bridger Coffman (Sidney/Bainville) 33-18 won by decision over Cade Dockter (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 25-21 (Dec 7-4)     5th Place Match - Justin Zier (Hardin) 34-18 won by fall over Jared Laux (Havre) 13-8 (Fall 4:04)     7th Place Match - Tanner Branstetter (Laurel) 17-19 won by decision over Ben Harsha (Billings Central) 8-25 (Dec 11-5) 160   Placements     1st Place Match - Dane Flammond (Havre) 32-9 won by major decision over Chad Landers (Fergus (Lewistown)) 30-18 (MD 9-0)     3rd Place Match - Dylan Loring (Browning) 9-11 won by decision over Tyler Clapp (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 39-10 (Dec 7-6)     5th Place Match - Quinton Dirette (Park (Livingston)) 18-12 won by major decision over Tyler Laverty (Park (Livingston)) 28-23 (MD 17-5)     7th Place Match - Nick Verlanic (Laurel) 17-18 won by decision over Phillip Rising Sun (Hardin) 12-28 (Dec 7-2) 170   Placements     1st Place Match - Wyatt Blythe (Fergus (Lewistown)) 35-14 won by fall over Cody Lucke (Browning) 25-7 (Fall 1:05)     3rd Place Match - Kyle Cannon (Laurel) 21-12 won by decision over Gunnar Gillespie (Sidney/Bainville) 23-17 (Dec 9-2)     5th Place Match - Bradley Denton (Fergus (Lewistown)) 16-15 won by decision over Brett McBurney (Laurel) 25-22 (Dec 2-1)     7th Place Match - Matt Kale (Billings Central) 28-17 won by decision over Casimir Melton (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 19-23 (Dec 11-10) 182   Placements     1st Place Match - Jase Stokes (Havre) 40-3 won by decision over Connor Murdock (Hardin) 19-5 (Dec 4-1)     3rd Place Match - Jon Jares (Laurel) 27-14 won by decision over LaRenzo Roan Bear (Hardin) 12-16 (Dec 4-2)     5th Place Match - Brady Boyce (Fergus (Lewistown)) 12-11 won by fall over Josh Sundgren (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 29-17 (Fall 3:00)     7th Place Match - Dean Studer (Billings Central) 20-14 won by fall over Matt Fulton (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 10-29 (Fall 0:56) 205   Placements     1st Place Match - Hunter Severson (Sidney/Bainville) 39-4 won by decision over Tyler Schaub (Havre) 37-7 (Dec 3-0)     3rd Place Match - Braden Watson (Billings Central) 33-13 won by decision over Caid Dickman (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 23-15 (Dec 5-2)     5th Place Match - Devyn Towner (Belgrade) 11-19 won by fall over Uriah Turner (Hardin) 10-15 (Fall 3:52)     7th Place Match - JayR Caplette (Havre) 3-4 won by decision over Zackery Wippert (Browning) 5-10 (Dec 11-4) 285   Placements     1st Place Match - Travis Adams (Havre) 38-3 won by fall over Bryce Blumenschein (Belgrade) 25-6 (Fall 3:34)     3rd Place Match - Cole Jesson (Park (Livingston)) 8-1 won by fall over Brandon Connolly (Laurel) 27-6 (Fall 2:07)     5th Place Match - Grant Scalpcane (Hardin) 15-25 won by major decision over Kolton Wippert (Browning) 17-11 (MD 17-7)     7th Place Match - Keegan Mires (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 16-19 won by decision over Mason Roberts (Billings Central) 11-25 (Dec 10-4)

 

NW ‘A’ CONFERENCE

2015-16 STATE CHAMPS

COLUMBIA FALLS VOLLEYBALL

WHITEFISH GIRLS GOLF

WHITEFISH FOOTBALL

2015-16 DIVISION CHAMPS 

WHITEFISH BOYS GOLF
WHITEFISH GIRLS GOLF

2015-16 CONF CHAMPS  

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS SOCCER

COLUMBIA FALLS VOLLEYBALL

WHITEFISH FOOTBALL

2014-15 STATE CHAMPS  

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH

FRENCHTOWN SOFTBALL

WHITEFISH GIRLS GOLF

2014-15 DIVISION CHAMPS 

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS TRACK

COLUMBIA FALLS VOLLEYBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS WRESTLING

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH/DEBATE

LIBBY DRAMA

FRENCHTOWN BOYS X-COUNTRY

WHITEFISH GIRLS X-COUNTRY

WHITEFISH BOYS GOLF
WHITEFISH GIRLS GOLF

WHITEFISH BOYS TRACK

2014-15 CONF CHAMPS  

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS SOCCER

COLUMBIA FALLS VOLLEYBALL

FRENCHTOWN SOFTBALL

WHITEFISH FOOTBALL

WHITEFISH BOYS SOCCER

2013-14 STATE CHAMPS   

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH

FRENCHTOWN SOFTBALL

POLSON GIRLS GOLF

2012-13 STATE CHAMPS  

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH
FRENCHTOWN SOFTBALL

POLSON GIRLS GOLF

POLSON BOYS TENNIS

WHITEFISH BOYS SOCCER
WHITEFISH BOYS TRACK

WHITEFISH BOYS X-COUNTRY

2011-12 STATE CHAMPS

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH
POLSON GIRLS GOLF
POLSON SOFTBALL
POLSON GIRLS TENNIS
WHITEFISH BOYS SOCCER
2010-11 STATE CHAMPS

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL
COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS TRACK
COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH/DEBATE
LIBBY BOYS SOCCER
POLSON SOFTBALL
WHITEFISH GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

2013-14 DIVISION CHAMPS  

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH/DEBATE

COLUMBIA FALLS VOLLEYBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS WRESTLING

WHITEFISH BOYS GOLF
WHITEFISH GIRLS GOLF

WHITEFISH BOYS TRACK

WHITEFISH GIRLS TRACK

2012-2013 DIVISION CHAMPS
COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH/DEBATE

COLUMBIA FALLS WRESTLING

FRENCHTOWN GIRLS BASKETBALL

FRENCHTOWN VOLLEYBALL

POLSON GIRLS GOLF
POLSON BOYS TENNIS
POLSON GIRLS TENNIS

WHITEFISH BOYS GOLF

WHITEFISH BOYS TRACK

WHITEFISH GIRLS TRACK
2011-2012 DIVISION CHAMPS
COLUMBIA FALLS SPEECH/DEBATE
COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL
COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS TRACK
FRENCHTOWN GIRLS BASKETBALL
POLSON BOYS TENNIS
POLSON GIRLS TENNIS
POLSON GIRLS GOLF
POLSON VOLLEYBALL
POLSON WRESTLING
WHITEFISH BOYS GOLF
WHITEFISH GIRLS TRACK

2013-2014 CONF CHAMPS

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS FOOTBALL

FRENCHTOWN SOFTBALL

FRENCHTOWN VOLLEYBALL

WHITEFISH GIRLS SOCCER

WHITEFISH BOYS SOCCER

WHITEFISH GIRLS X-COUNTRY

WHITEFISH BOYS X-COUNTRY

2012-2013 CONF CHAMPS

COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS SOCCER

POLSON GIRLS X-COUNTRY

POLSON FOOTBALL

POLSON SOFTBALL

WHITEFISH BOYS X-COUNTRY

WHITEFISH BOYS SOCCER

WHITEFISH VOLLEYBALL

2011-2012 CONF CHAMPS
COLUMBIA FALLS BOYS BASKETBALL
COLUMBIA FALLS GIRLS SOCCER
FRENCHTOWN GIRLS BASKETBALL
FRENCHTOWN SOFTBALL
POLSON FOOTBALL
POLSON VOLLEYBALL
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WHITEFISH BOYS SOCCER
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Four Belgrade High seniors signed letters-of-intent Wednesday afternoon to continue their athletic careers at the college level. Softball players Jordan Branch and Skyla Neubauer are headed to Minot State University, while teammate Kindall Bethke will play at Black Hills State University. Wrestler Jarrett Degen signed with Virginia Tech

Whitefish's May commits to Minnesota track

·         Ryan Minch

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Whitefish's Luke May wins the javelin at the Montana State A Track and Field Meet in Laurel in May.

WHITEFISH -- Whitefish High School senior Luke May will continue to use his right arm during his collegiate career.

To the surprise of many, however, it won't be throwing a football.

May told The Gazette on Thursday that he has given an oral commitment to the University of Minnesota to throw javelin for the track team.

"I just feel that that was a better opportunity for me," he said. "Being able to be a part of Big Ten track and field program is a tremendous opportunity and something I couldn't pass on."

He went on an official visit in late September and gave his commitment Tuesday.

"The facilities and overall atmosphere there are just amazing," he said. "My (maternal) grandparents live in Minnesota so my family is pretty supportive and almost as excited as I am about it."

May, who has thrown for 7,353 yards and 77 touchdowns -- including 1,363 and 18 this season as the Bulldogs enter the Class A playoffs next week -- during his high school career, did say he spoke with his future coaches about potentially walking on for the Gophers' football team.

"I did throw around the idea of trying out for the football team as well," he said. "The coaches weren't necessarily against me doing it but I'm going to just focus on throwing the javelin."

The six-foot, 190-pounder said he had about "six or seven" schools including Montana and Montana State recruiting him to play football but "nothing was over the top."

May has won back-to-back Class A state titles in the event and is a favorite to win his third straight this season.

As a sophomore he turned in a personal best of 206-7 at the state meet.

During his three-plus year career as a standout athlete in Northwest Montana, May has also earned Academic All-State honors in each of his first three seasons of track and football.

Whitefish (8-1) and May will host the winner of Saturday's Belgrade-Sidney game November 7 in a quarterfinal game of the State A football playoffs.

 

 

Crittenden finalist for 'Academic Heisman' award

Whitefish Pilot | Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:00 am

Derek Crittenden

Derek Crittenden is a senior captain on the University of Montana football team. Kylie Richter/ Lake County Leader

University of Montana senior captain and former Whitefish Bulldog standout Derek Crittenden is in the running for college football’s top scholar-athlete award.

The Grizzlies' 6-3, 240-pound defensive end is one of 12 finalists for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy, a University of Montana press release reports.

Known as the “Academic Heisman” award, The Campbell Trophy recognizes the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation.

As a finalist, Crittenden will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2015 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class. He will travel to New York City for the awards dinner on Dec. 8, where one of the finalists will have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000.

Crittenden is a double major in chemistry and mathematics holding a 4.0 GPA. He maintains the highest GPA of the 12 finalists, and is the only Rhodes Scholarship candidate in the group.

“It’s an enormous honor to be among the highest achieving players across the nation and I’m excited to meet them all in New York,” said Crittenden.

“Being named a finalist for the Campbell Trophy is a reflection of my individual effort, but more importantly it’s a representation of the awesome support that I’ve had from coaches and professors over the past few years. My goal is to help teammates and kids across Montana realize that just because you play football, doesn’t mean you can’t excel in the classroom.”

Crittenden is a 2010 graduate of Whitefish High School.

He was named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America team. This season he was voted by his peers as a captain of the Grizzly football team.

 

Four Whitefish High School musicians recently participated in the All-State Honor Choir and Orchestra ensembles, in conjunction with the annual Montana Music Educators’ Conference meeting in Billings.  Following an evening of sectionals and seating auditions, and two days of intensive rehearsals, t he students’ final performance was Friday, October 15, under the direction of guest conductors Dr. Johannes Dietrich (orchestra), Dr. Michael Belnap (choir) and Dr. Russell Newbury (band).

Students are auditioned in the spring, using a mandated set of materials selected to demonstrate expertise in technique and musicianship. Recordings are submitted online and are anonymous, in that the screeners do not have information about the students’ genders, ages or school affiliation.  Well over a thousand students submit auditions, and from those submissions, 125 are selected for each All-State ensemble – band, orchestra and choir.

Senior Hunter Cripe was selected for the All-State Choir; sophomore Matthew Perez and seniors Maybelline Green and Annika Gordon performed as members of the All-State Orchestra.  These three orchestra students, along with Sam Benkelman, Chaffin Ross and Kate Ehrenberg have also been named to the University of Montana All-Star Orchestra which will convene in November on the UM campus.

Of special note is the achievement of violinist Annika Gordon.  Annika has been a member of the All-State Orchestra for all 4 years of her high school career.  This is an honor achieved by very few students across the state; students at this level have submitted successful auditions in the spring of their 8^th grade year in school, and then have re-auditioned and been selected each subsequent year.  Whitefish High School has had just two previous 4-year All-State musicians – violinist Rebecca Holdhusen and violist Breanna Barnes.

We are extraordinarily proud of Annika and her All-State colleagues, thankful for their hard work and dedication and grateful to our community and school district for supporting these students in these endeavors!

 

FOOTBALL PRE-GAME INFORMATION

WHITEFISH vs FRENCHTOWN

 

DATE:                       10-16-15                                  TIME:                        7:00 PM         

 

PLACE:                     WHITEFISH MEMORIAL FIELD                                                                         

ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR             Aric Harris                             Phone:   250-7609

PRINCIPAL                                     Kerry Drown                         Phone:   253-4503

ASISTANT PRINCIPAL                Jackie Fuller                          Phone:   249-0052

GAME ASSISTANT                       Al Dias                                    Phone:   471-6122

COACH                                            Chad Ross                              Phone:   250-7111

 

SOUTH-NORTH

 

GRANDSTANDS AND PRESS BOX

G          10           20          30          40         50           40        30           20          10        G

 

VISTORS SIDELINE AND STANDS

 

NORTH-SOUTH

West Sideline – WHITEFISH

East Sideline - DILLON

Time:                     Event:

4:30am                  Locker Rooms will be available at Whitefish High School– Park on the East side of the high school.  

 

5:30pm                  Game field –Memorial Stadium will be ready for teams’ pre-game warm-up. The above diagram shows the pre-game warm-up area for both schools.   

 

6:00 pm                 Ticket booths will open.  We will have ticket gates located to the South, North and East.

 

6:00pm                  Coaches booths are open.  The visitor press box is located on the East sideline behind the visiting team                                         bench. The home team press box will be located on the West sideline behind the home team bench. This                                      press box will also include the media.

 

6:47pm                  National Anthem (Game clock will be at 0:00)

 

6:51pm                  Introductions of starting teams – visitors will be introduced first.

 

6:57 pm                 COIN TOSS.

 

7:00pm                  Kickoff

 

****Halftime will be 12 minutes in length due to Homecoming + 3 MIN. MANDATORY WARMUP****

 

HALFTIME PERFORMANCE – WHS Cheerleaders

 

Steve Kracher returns to Bobcat Stadium

 

Goodbye, Coach

Missing Stanton, the man, not the coach

 

Miles City football coach Dan Stanton gone to cancer

 

 

 

MILES CITY — Dan Stanton, veteran head football coach at Custer County High School, lost his battle with brain cancer Saturday in Miles City. He was 48.

 

Stanton, who was originally diagnosed with the cancer in 2007, had been the Cowboys’ head coach for 12 seasons, guiding the team to State Class A football championships in 2008 and 2010.

 

He originally had a brain tumor removed in 2007, according to the Miles City Star, and again had major surgery this past spring to remove part of a second tumor. Stanton underwent treatment in Billings and had both surgeries at the University of California San Fransisco.

 

The third of four boys, Stanton’s brothers Jim, Pete and Rob are all head football coaches as well. Pete coaches at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. Jim and Rob are at Billings high schools Central Catholic and West, respectively.

 

Dan leaves behind his wife, Kim, and two sons, Kasey and Kyle.

 

Miles City football coach passed away on 'cowboy time'

 

September 14, 2015 5:15 pm  •  By Mike Kordenbrock

 

 

 

 

Mixed between lessons on toughness and consistency, Dan Stanton stressed to his players the importance of showing respect to others, in part by being on time at the least, and on “cowboy time,” or 15 minutes early, at the best.

 

Dan Stanton passed away Sunday at Billings Clinic, on cowboy time, at the age of 47, in the company of his loved ones after a lingering battle with brain cancer dating back to 2007.

 

“He was just a great person. They say that the good ones go too soon,” said Clint LaRowe, a redshirt junior offensive lineman at the University of Montana who played for Stanton at Custer County District High School in Miles City, where Stanton coached for 24 years and taught U.S. and world history. “He was the biggest fan of all of us I know. Talking to other guys who play, they’d say the same, I’m sure.”

 

Stanton’s cancer first appeared on Mother’s Day 2007, when he suffered a seizure. Tests revealed a tumor on the frontal lobe of his brain known as the motor strip, which controls movement. The precarious location of the tumor caused many surgeons to decline to treat him, but Stanton went to San Francisco in 2008 for an operation to remove a portion of the tumor.

 

Last year, the tumor started to regrow, and Stanton had another surgery this spring, after which he seemed to improve enough to leave many in his family feeling hopeful.

 

Stanton was a middle child, with older siblings Kathy Mitchell, Jim Stanton and Pete Stanton, and younger siblings Rob Stanton, Missy Racht and Terri Stevenson. The family was raised by their father, Jim Stanton, who died of throat cancer in 2002, and their mother, Pat Stanton. Dan will be buried next to his father in Baker.

 

The family rallied around Dan Stanton after his diagnosis, although he tried to hide signs of his pain and discomfort and continued to coach through two-a-days this season. A few weeks ago, the family came together in Billings to watch Pete Stanton, the head coach of Dickinson State’s football team, face Rocky Mountain College on Aug. 29.

 

“He was just hurting a lot but didn’t want to show it, never complained, never said a word. He just hung with the kids and played with the kids and never showed it,” Terri Stevenson said. “It’s a good lesson never to complain.”

 

Lessons imparted with fairness and humor were Stanton’s strong suit, said Jeff Regan, a coach on the Miles City football staff. “You know he knew football real well, but the biggest thing was he treated everyone around him better, from his coaches to his players, and he believed in people and gave them chances to succeed and confidence to do it,” Regan said.

 

“He influenced my life for the better. Besides being a good coach, he was probably the best friend you could ever ask for. He was the godfather to my child, and it’s really hard to not have him around.”

 

In addition to Pete Stanton, Dan Stanton’s two other brothers are head football coaches. Rob Stanton coaches at Billings West and Jim Stanton coaches at Billings Central. The shared conference, Eastern A, of Miles City and Billings Central resulted in numerous showdowns between the brothers over the years, something that Jim remembers with humor.

 

“We laughed and made fun of all of you guys for making such a big deal about us. In reality, it wasn’t about Stanton vs. Stanton but Cowboys vs. Rams,” Jim Stanton said.

 

According to Rob Stanton, Dan Stanton’s “dry, witty sense of humor was without precedent” and he also had a knack for pranks. “When he was coaching, he had a trick he would do, if you were staying overnight and you went out to dinner, he’d turn the heat up in your room as high as it would go and you’d come back and it would be 110 degrees and you’d just laugh,” Rob said.

 

“He’s a big Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and we watched the game together. And when they got beat, I told him the next day that the headsets weren’t working for the Steelers,” Rob Stanton said. “He couldn’t talk, and he just frowned and shook his head, like he couldn’t believe the Patriots were cheating again.”

 

 

Stanton has left not only generations of Miles City football players and students behind, but also his wife, Kim, and his sons Kasey, 25, and Kyle, 23. Kasey is studying to receive his doctorate in psychology from the University of Notre Dame. Kyle took time off from school to help his father coach in his final days on the field.

 

“A couple things that stand out is what kind of father he was,” said Pete Stanton. “They were his world, and he set such an example for them and he was a father to so many people.”

 

Stanton’s sister Missy Racht likewise remembers the example he set for her sons. “I have three boys, and he was always so good to them. He always had a great sense of humor to them, and they looked up to him so much,” she said.

 

“I think for all of us, Dan was obviously a man of strong faith, and I think seeing him the last few days and the struggle he was going through, it makes me feel good thinking my dad was waiting for him with a bottle of beer.”

 

Dan Stanton died early Sunday, but not without sharing a final moment of love and respect with his family.

 

“By Thursday night, he couldn’t swallow, and by Friday he couldn’t really talk anymore,” Rob Stanton said. “Saturday he couldn’t speak, and my mom came and in and my mom grabbed his hand and she said, ‘Hi Dan,’ and he said, ‘Hi.’ And grabbed her hand and wouldn’t let it go. You know, a pretty special moment.”

 

The Stanton family asks that Dan’s current and former players wear their jerseys and for everyone else to dress casually and wear Miles City Cowboy clothing to the funeral Mass scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Gymnasium.

 

That’s 9:45 a.m. cowboy time.

 

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/miles-city-football-coach-passed-away-on-cowboy-time/article_310f84bc-4c12-5e68-8559-35ee965ef5ca.html#ixzz3lrOWwGRF

 

 

 

Miles City's Stanton remembered by peers as one of good guys

 

 

 

Dan Stanton was “one hell of a football coach,” Laurel coach Mike Ludwig said Sunday night, still in disbelief after learning about the veteran Miles City coach’s death from brain cancer less than a day earlier.

 

“But he was an even better person off of the field. He is someone that we can never replace as a coach in our conference, not just as a coach but as a human being.”

 

Stanton, 47, died Sunday morning surrounded by his family at the Billings Clinic after an eight-year battle with cancer.

 

“He was just a great leader,” said John Tooke, a Miles City football assistant. “But he was not just a leader when it came to the game of football. He was a leader in teaching everyone — including his coaching staff — to be better men.”

 

Stanton, who coached and taught history for 24 years in Miles City, took over the football program in 2004. He also coached the Custer County High School track and boys basketball teams, winning Eastern A Coach of the Year honors in 2001-2002 and guiding the Cowboys to the 2002-2003 State A basketball tournament.

 

Stanton posted a 75-30 record as football coach. He led the Cowboys to two state titles and nine playoff appearances. His 11-year tenure included a one-year hiatus in 2007 after he was initially diagnosed with a brain tumor.

 

On Mother’s Day 2007, Stanton suffered a grand mal seizure that led to the diagnosis. He subsequently underwent surgery in San Francisco before enduring months of chemotherapy.

 

Stanton returned to the sidelines in 2008 and led Miles City to the state championship.

 

Over the years, Stanton underwent multiple MRIs and checkups to monitor the tumor and its growth. Last November, a brain bleed and suspicious spot led to another trip to San Francisco and another major surgery this past April.

 

“I ran into him last spring at a track meet and I could tell he wasn’t feeling very good and was sick again,” Ludwig said. “He reassured me he was OK and would be ready to go for the fall. It’s very shocking news, and I know every coach, person and more so any athlete he coached is hurting today.”

 

Ludwig added that Stanton will be remembered as one of the all-time Eastern A greats when it comes to coaches.

 

“When you’re talking Dan Stanton, you then start talking about the likes of (former Sidney legend) Mike Gear, (Ed) Rohloff and his brother, Jim,” he said.

 

• • •

 

Stanton also guided the Cowboys to a state championship over Billings Central in 2010, a week after defeating heavily favored Dillon in the semifinals at home on a hook-and-lateral play and touchdown pass in the game’s final seconds.

 

“That state championship season was probably one of the greatest jobs of coaching I have seen,” Ludwig said. “That Dillon team was loaded, and Dan got his kids to believe that could beat them and they played hard and fought for him.

 

“That’s how special that man was. He believed in everyone he ever met, and in turn they believed in him.”

 

That was true even into his final hours, when former Miles City Star sports editor Josh Samuelson tweeted late Saturday evening: “It’s not over until it’s over. #2008 #2010.” The hashtags referred to the Cowboys’ penchant for wild comebacks in their state-title years.

 

The Stantons, known for their athletic accomplishments in Baker, are a revered coaching family as well. Dan’s brother Pete is head coach at Dickinson State in North Dakota. Another brother, Rob, is in his first season as the head coach at Billings West and a third, Jim, is the longtime head coach at Billings Central.

 

“Dan’s favorite quote was, ‘We had a great week of practice,’” Samuelson said. “Every week I knew I could pencil that into my preview stories but that week was different. He had a way of making his voice resonate and be heard, which for as such a reserved person he was, was really quite impressive.”

 

• • •

 

 

Kevin McAullife, who has been acting Cowboys coach since late last month and will continue to do so throughout the season, echoed those sentiments.

 

“I came to Miles City the same year Dan did,” McAullife said. “He taught me so much more about football than winning and losing. Dan was about as successful as they come when it came to wins and losses but for him it was about building young men.”

 

Those young men began their grieving process Sunday night at a team dinner.

 

“We addressed the team Saturday night after the doctors and coach Stanton’s family informed us of how quickly things were moving,” McAullife said. “With the way social media is these days, we didn’t want our boys to just start reading stuff.”

 

The school’s booster club held a dinner for the football players Sunday night, less than 24 hours after their mentor’s passing.

 

“All things considered, it was good thing … a good time for our football team,” McAullife said. “It gave us that opportunity to begin that grieving process and cry on each other’s shoulders.”

 

Stanton’s funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Sacred Heart Elementary School’s gym. Interment will take place at 2:30 p.m. at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Baker.

 

The Cowboys (3-0) game scheduled at Belgrade (0-3) — site of Stanton’s first career victory in 2004 — for Friday evening will be played as scheduled, McAuliffe said.

 

“The family commanded that we play the game as scheduled and, really, (Stanton) wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.”

 

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/sports/high-school/football/miles-city-s-stanton-remembered-by-peers-as-one-of/article_482dd7de-b371-54b8-8e4b-f4dea76bc4ad.html#ixzz3lrPpBlAF

 

 

 

Miles City football coach Dan Stanton gone to cancer

 

 

 

MILES CITY — Dan Stanton, veteran head football coach at Custer County High School, lost his battle with brain cancer Saturday in Miles City. He was 48.

 

Stanton, who was originally diagnosed with the cancer in 2007, had been the Cowboys’ head coach for 12 seasons, guiding the team to State Class A football championships in 2008 and 2010.

 

He originally had a brain tumor removed in 2007, according to the Miles City Star, and again had major surgery this past spring to remove part of a second tumor. Stanton underwent treatment in Billings and had both surgeries at the University of California San Fransisco.

 

The third of four boys, Stanton’s brothers Jim, Pete and Rob are all head football coaches as well. Pete coaches at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. Jim and Rob are at Billings high schools Central Catholic and West, respectively.

 

Dan leaves behind his wife, Kim, and two sons, Kasey and Kyle.

 

Whitefish High School

 

2015 HOMECOMING SCHEDULE

 

September 13 – 19, 2015

9-13 Sunday                  

 

1:00-4:00         Window, Sheet, Class Flags, Entrance  Decorating (All classes)

4:00-5:00         Parents hanging signs

·         Soccer:  A-1^st Floor-Lacey

·         Volleyball:  A-2^nd Floor-Scott

·         Cheerleaders:  B-1^st Floor (North)—Main Office

·         Golf:  B-1^st Floor (South)—Art Room

·         Cross Country:  B-2^nd Floor—Library to Sullivan

·         Football:  C-2^nd Floor-Ross

9-14 Monday    Dress Up Day—Welcome to the Jungle

Lunch time      Ultimate Frisbee:   Freshman vs. Seniors and Sophomores vs. Juniors-South Lawn

9-15  Tuesday    Dress Up Day—Time Warp Day

Lunch time      Ultimate Frisbee:   Winners vs. Winners from Monday’s games – South Field

6:00-7:15         Community Open House

            7:30-9:00         Homecoming Kick Off – Memorial Field

9-16  Wednesday   Dress Up Day –Wacky Wednesday

          Lunch time      Volleyball:  Freshman vs. Seniors and Sophomores vs. Juniors

                                  Winners vs Winners– South Field

            Lunch time      Royalty Rehearsal

9-17  Thursday  Dress Up Day—Class Wars

·       Freshmen—Beach Day

·       Sophomores—Red Carpet Day

·       Juniors—Super Hero Day

·         Seniors—Redneck Day

·         Staff –Grease Lightening

Lunch time      Volleyball:   Student All Stars (3 from each class) vs Teachers-South Fields

9-18Friday    Dress Up Day--Green and Gold Day

        Period 2                                  8:40 am – 10:10 am

        Period 4                                10:15 am – 11:43 am

                        Lunch     11:43 am – 12:23 pm

        Period 6                                12:28 pm -  1:56 pm

        Pep Assembly                                2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

(ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE)

                2:00 – 2:15 pm       Students assemble in Memorial Field                                                 Bleachers  – band is playing

                2:15 – 3:00 pm       Powder Puff Football Game

                3:00 – 3:20 pm       Class cheer wars

                                                Announce weekly winners

                                                School Songs

                3:20 – 3:30 pm       Dismissal of grades 9 – 11

                                                2016 Class picture for the yearbook

            3:45                 Parade line up at the high school

            4:30                 Homecoming parade through downtown

7:00                 Football game vs. Stevensville

                                    Presentation and crowning of royalty at halftime

9:30-11:30       Homecoming Dance—WHITEFISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY!  Whitefish High School Multipurpose Room

9-19 Saturday

5:00 pm           Boys Varsity Soccer vs. Polson (Memorial Field)

            7:00 pm           Girls Varsity Soccer vs. Polson (Memorial Field)      

 

Please text or email us your scores as soon as the game/match is complete so I can put them on our website, twitter and facebook pages. Text number is 406-471-2263.  Email is tjw@centurytel.net.

Also, email us your pics/videos so we can put them on the website.

Thanks.

Contact info

email scores= tjw@centurytel.net

text scores to= 406-471-2263

 

DUE TO COVID VIRUS AND WEATHER, FOLLOWING SCHEDULES MAY VARY

 

WEEK OF 4-1-25

 

'A' ACTIVITIES FOR WEEK OF 4-1-25

 

 

SOFTBALL

Tuesday, April 04, 2023

COLUMBIA FALLS @ BROWNING*

WHITEFISH – POLSON*

LOCKWOOD / PARK*

FERGUS V LAUREL

FRENCHTOWN / CORVALLIS*

HAMILTON / STEVENSVILLE*

BILLINGS CENTRAL V HARDIN*

GLENDIVE @ GLASGOW

Thursday, April 03, 2025

BUTTE CENTRAL / DILLON*

LAUREL / PARK*

WHITEFISH – LIBBY*

Friday, April 04, 2025

BROWNING V POLSON*

FRENCHTOWN / TIMBERLAKE

BILLINGS CENTRAL / LOCKWOOD*

GLENDIVE @ HARDIN

LAUREL / PARK*

HAVRE -FERGUS*

MILES CITY – FERGUS*

BILLINGS CENTRAL – SENIOR

SIDNEY/WILLISTON

Saturday, April 05, 2025

BUTTE CENTRAL / STEVENSVILLE*

LAUREL – HARDIN*

LIBBY V RONAN*

SIDNEY – WAYFORD

HUNTLEY PROJECT / GLENDIVE

POLSON / DILLON

COLUMBIA FALLS @ DILLON

HAMILTON – CORVALLIS*

BASEBALL

Monday, March 31, 2025

FLORENCE – SENTINEL*

Tuesday, April 01, 2025

WHITEFISH / BIGFORK*

COLUMBIA FALLS @ POLSON*

BIGSKY / HAMILTON*

COLUMBUS V LAUREL*

BELGRADE / E HELENA*

HELLGATE / MISSION*

BUTTE CENTRAL / BUTTE*

WEST – SKYVIEW*

LONE PK – DILLON*

Thursday, April 03, 2025

POLSON / RONAN*

LAUREL- SIDNEY*

EUREKA V BROWNING*

WHITEFISH – TROY*

BIGFORK / NOXON*

HUNTLEY PROJECT / COLUMBUS*

STEVENSVILLE V MISSION*

HELLGATE / HAMILTON*

BUTTE CENTRAL – DILLON*

LAUREL – SIDNEY*

BILLINGS CENTRAL- SENIOR*

LONE PK – BUTTE*

Friday, April 04, 2025

E HELENA – TOWNSEND*

COLUMBIA FALLS V WHITEFISH*

BROWNING – RONAN*

TROY / PLAINS*

BELGRADE / PARK*

SENIOR / WEST*

Saturday, April 05, 2025

POLSON / NOXON*

TOWNSEND / PARK*

SKYVIEW – BILLINGS CENTRAL*

BIGFORK – TROY*

EUREKA V PLAINS*

HUNTLEY PROJECT / SIDNEY*

HELLGATE – FLORENCE*

SENTINEL / CORVALLIS*

TRACK

Tuesday, April 01, 2025

KALISPELL

Thursday, April 03, 2025

FERGUS

Friday, April 04, 2025

HAMILTON

Saturday, April 05, 2025

BIGFORK

LOCKWOOD

TENNIS

Tuesday, April 01, 2025

PARK QUAD

COLUMBIA FALLS / RONAN

BILLNGS CENTRAL – SKYVIEW

Thursday, April 03, 2025

HAMILTON / CORVALLIS

STEVENSVILLE – E HELENA

Friday, April 04, 2025

POLSON TRI

WHITEFISH TRI

HAVRE INVITE

HARDIN INVITE

Saturday, April 05, 2025

POLSON TRI

BIGFORK / LIBBY

STEVENSVILLE – BUTTE CENTRAL

 

 

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