LEWISTON, Idaho — Lewis-Clark State College swept a Frontier Conference basketball doubleheader with Montana Western Thursday night at the Activity Center. The Warriors won the women’s game 61-40 (stats) before completing the sweep with a 85-61 (stats) win in the men’s game. Kiara Burlage notched her fifth double-double of the season to lead the No.
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By Bill Foley Taylor England and Dylan Pannabecker could tell something historic was going on Thursday night. Toward the end of the Oredigger’s 81-53 win over Rocky Mountain College at the HPER Complex, the two Oredigger men’s basketball players started doing the math and talking history. (Stats) “Me and Dillon were actually talking during the
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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Anaconda 47, Whitehall 40 Billings Central 67, Livingston 44 Billings West 59, Belgrade 40 Carter County 55, Custer-Hysham 24 Chinook 75, Big Sandy 43 Colstrip 72, Shepherd 40 Denton-Geyser-Stanford 73, Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap 63 Dutton-Brady 46, Geraldine/Highwood 36 Fairview 78, Circle 32 Hamilton 64, Corvallis 39 Hot Springs 79, Two Eagle River 67
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DILLON — Butte High’s wrestling team has a boat load of depth this season. That was apparent Thursday night as the Bulldogs bulldozed their way to a 52-18 win over the Dillon Beavers in a non-conference dual at the B.W. Lodge Gymnasium. Butte High, which wrestled a handful of their backup guys, used seven pins,
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Prep girls’ basketball Stevensville at Butte Central, 7:15 p.m. The Maroons (1-10, 0-5) will play at home for the first time since Jan. 4 when they battle the Yellowjackets in the Southwestern A game at the Maroon Activities Center. Sophomore Sofee Thatcher averages 8.7 points and 4.6 rebounds for the Maroons, who are looking to
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By Bruce Sayler Montana Tech needs a closer to emerge. The Orediggers lost 63-52 to 20th-ranked Rocky Mountain Thursday night in a Frontier Conference college women’s basketball game. It was Montana Tech’s fifth straight loss and marked the third time in the stretch the Orediggers carried a lead into the fourth quarter before falling short.
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The Jim Peltomaa Pre-Super Bowl Party hosted by Mining City Little Guy Football will be held Friday at the McQueen Athletic Club. Doors open at 6 p.m., and tickets are $10. Children 12 and under are free, and complimentary appetizers will be served. Memorial bottomless glasses will be sold for $20, a silent auction will
READ MOREPrep wrestling Butte High at Dillon, 6:30 p.m. The Bulldogs hit the road for a non-conference dual with the Beavers at the B.W. Lodge Gymnasium. Butte High is coming off a fourth-place performance at the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic in Missoula. Keagan Gransbery placed second at 120 pounds to lead the Bulldogs at that
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By Bill Foley When Chuck Morrell left Montana Tech for an assistant coaching job at Fresno State, the easy choice would have been to immediately promote Kyle Samson to head football coach. Promoting the Orediggers’ offensive coordinator with a strong record in the Frontier Conference would have also been the popular choice on campus and
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — A total of 164 Cascade Collegiate Conference student-athletes in the winter sports of men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s wrestling have earned U.S. Bank Academic All-CCC honors for their performances in the classroom, the conference office announced. To earn recognition as a CCC scholar-athlete, a student must have a minimum
READ MOREBOYS PREP BASKETBALL Billings West 45, Bozeman 41 Heart Butte 61, Conrad 45 Kalispell Flathead 60, Columbia Falls 55 Libby 56, Troy 25 Roundup 63, Winnett 54 St. Labre 71, Forsyth 59 Thompson Falls 68, Noxon 34 Three Forks 65, Anaconda 57 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Anaconda 49, Three Forks 39 Billings West 58, Bozeman 47
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By Bruce Sayler Coups in conventioneering, volleyball and wrestling were among the topics of reports heard Tuesday at the Advantage Butte January meeting held in the Butte Plaza Inn. Advantage Butte money was also approved for holding golf, roller derby and softball tournaments this spring in Butte during a busy session with a rather low
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By Bill Foley Count Kameron and Kobe Moreno as two guys who were happy to hear Kyle Samson was hired as the next Montana Tech football coach. Within minutes of the Montana Tech announcement Tuesday morning, the Butte High senior twins told Butte Sports that they are committing to play football for Samson’s Orediggers. “He’s
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WHITEFISH — Frontier Conference Commissioner Kent Paulson released the 2019 Volleyball Academic All-Conference team today, and eight Montana Tech players made the grade. Rocky Mountain College led the conference with 11 student-athletes. Montana Tech had the second most on the academic list. The Orediggers placed five sophomores on the list in Emma Carvo, Portia Cortner,
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Montana Tech has its third head football coach in 33 years. Kyle Samson will replace Chuck Morrell as the leader of the Orediggers, Montana Tech Director of Athletics Matt Stepan announced this morning. Morrell, of course, followed 24-year-head coach Bob Green. Samson, who was the offensive coordinator this past season, has been serving as interim
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