Western Montana all-conference girls' basketball 2014-15
The following is a list of western Montana all-conference girls’ basketball teams as released following the 2014-15 season.
The list will be updated as new information is provided.
You can find a full list of Montana all-state girls’ basketball teams here.
Japanese wrestlers making stop at Missoula Big Sky
When most people think of Japanese wrestling, Sumo is the first discipline that comes to mind.
The island nation from Asia will have a chance to make Missoulians think twice next month when a team of 14 high-school aged wrestlers from Japan visit Big Sky High School on a wrestling cultural exchange trip.
2014 Montana all-conference volleyball teams
The following is a full list of western Montana all-conference volleyball teams from the Missoulian’s coverage area. The list will be updated as new information is provided.
All-state teams from all classifications in Montana are also available here:
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UPDATED: 2014 Missoula high school football radio schedule
Cherry Creek Radio will be carrying nearly all Class AA Missoula football games this fall on one of its two AM radio stations — 1450 KGRZ and 1340 KYLT.
That includes several away games with the only exceptions when Missoula’s three teams (Big Sky, Hellgate and Sentinel) play simultaneously.
Cherry Creek Sports Director Bill Schwanke will handle the calls along with Chris Stratton.
Wintry weather cuts into Saturday's sports schedule
After a week of 50- and 60-degree weather throughout Montana, Saturday’s storms struck with vengeance leading to a slew of spring sporting event cancellations across the state.
The following is a (growing) list of athletic endeavors with western Montana interest that were called off or shortened because of snow, rain, cold or some combination thereof:
Updated: Sifting through Montana high school enrollments and reclassification
UPDATED: Libby voted this week to move from Class A to B.
The recent news that Southwestern A school Anaconda is, like its enrollment, dropping to Class B for athletics has generated a bit of discussion ’round these parts.
What are the enrollment restrictions for classifications in Montana? Who’s close to those limits and who could be on the move next?
Several other schools are on the verge, though not all have decided to pack their bags and move yet. Let’s take a look at the tape:
Latest Loyola golf stars ready to continue run
Following Tommy Tirrell’s tie-breaking chip-off victory Friday that earned him second place at the Loyola Sacred Heart Invitational golf tournament, he carried his iron off the 18th green to talk to a waiting reporter.
They introduced themselves, having never met before. Tirrell didn’t garner too many interviews in his sophomore or freshman seasons golfing at Loyola.
“You probably talked to Tom last year,” Tirrell said, no hint of animosity in his statement of fact, just an observation.
Tom Swanson, and with him Maggie Crippen on the girls’ side, dominated the action for the Rams and Breakers golf teams over the past few seasons. Each are gone now onto NCAA Division I programs, but the Loyola golf legacy still has some sheen on it.
Hamilton co-op gives Darby girls swing at softball
Some sports are available to students no matter which Montana high school they attend. Others, like softball, can generally be found only at the larger classifications, Class B and up.
That leaves a void for many at smaller schools. Darby is filling one of those holes this spring for its diamond cravers, co-oping with Hamilton for spring girls’ softball.
Winter academic all-team winners for 2013-14
The MHSA/Army National Guard Academic All-Team Award winners were announced Monday for the winter sports seasons.
The awards are given to the top three teams that exhibit outstanding academic achievement during the school year’s second quarter of play for each respective activity in each of the MHSA schools’ classification (AA, A, B and C). Member schools calculate their students’ accumulative grade point average for the award.
This season’s varsity winners with cumulative team GPA:
Western Montana all-conference girls’ basketball 2013-14
The following is a list of western Montana all-conference girls’ basketball teams as released following the 2013-14 season.
The list will be updated as new information is provided.
A full compilation of all-state girls’ basketball teams from Montana can be found here.