Bigfork's Morley among area girls at Foot Locker nationals
She’s been building to it all year and Saturday marks the do-or-die moment for Bigfork senior runner Makena Morley.
Morley — along with her freshman sister Bryn and Kalispell Glacier freshman Annie Hil — will run in the national finals of the 36th annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships this weekend in San Diego.
And you can watch the West Regional champ and her pals live online for free at www.footlockercc.com or get updates via Twitter at @FLRun or using the hashtag #FLCCC.
MCA fall 2014 'Coaches of the Year'
The following is a complete list of fall 2014 Coach of the Year recipients for Montana high school athletics, as voted on by fellow Montana Coaches Association members.
All 21 honorees won their respective state titles this fall.
What is Montana's best high school sports rivalry?
UPDATED: The Billings area schools are killing it in the online voting. Central-Laurel leads the way with Senior-West hot on its heels through the first week of voting and Malta-Glasgow coming in third.
You can vote daily by following this link. But remember, you must register to have your vote count. Go ahead, go!
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Rivalries are what makes sports fun — well, that and maybe winning — but which schools in Montana have the state’s best sporting rivalry?
Well, that’s up to you. The Missoulian newspaper, in conjunction with Lee Enterprises and the Wisconsin State Journal, want you to get out there and vote! Cast your ballot for Montana’s best high school sports rivalry (sorry — no Griz or Cats allowed) by clicking here and supporting rivals and those teams you love to hate.
Is it Sentinel-Hellgate? How bout Loyola-Florence? Whitefish-Columbia Falls or Arlee-Charlo? Maybe Hamilton-Stevensville-Corvallis? Or Thompson Falls-Plains?
We’ll be back with updates and results as the competition goes along.
And don’t forget, you have to vote to have your thoughts count. We appreciate your comments below but they might as well be yelled from a moving car window.
i.e. they don’t count
Bigfork XC runner Makena Morley appears in Sports Illustrated
After yet another magnificent cross country season, Bigfork runner Makena Morley did more than just make the headlines around the state of Montana. Her utter dominance at the State B meet in Missoula two weekends ago earned her a mention on the national scale.
In Sports Illustrated no less.
Morley, a junior at Bigfork High School, led off the Faces in the Crowd section on Page 24 in the November 11th edition of the magazine (that’s the one with David Ortiz and the Boston police officers on its cover) after she destroyed the all-classification state cross country meet record with a time of 16 minutes, 35.31 seconds. Continue reading