ALL PREP SPORTS
- Arlee Scarlets, Warriors to move up from Class C to Class B in 2019-20
- Achieving lofty goals in 3 sports earns Eureka’s Garrett Graves 406mtsports.com Athlete of the Year
- Warrior mentality on, off court makes Arlee the 406mtsports.com Team of the Year
PREP BASKETBALL
BREAKING
- Missoula Big Sky relieves Bryan Ferriter of boys’ basketball coaching duties
- Gatorade Player of the Year Sam Beighle flips from Carroll College to Montana Tech
FEATURES
- ‘This is for Two Eagle:’ Arlee’s suicide awareness campaign about more than just basketball
- Los Angeles Lakers legend Michael Cooper uses basketball camp to teach on, off court skills in Pablo
- Arlee’s Phillip Malatare signs NLI to play basketball for North Idaho College
- Loyola Sacred Heart’s Tessa Burke commits to play basketball at Eastern Washington
- Super Spartan: Missoula Sentinel multi-sport star Frohlich has sights set on state basketball title
- Hiawatha to Hamilton: Cariann Kunkel boosts Hamilton over Stevensville for Broncs’ 10th straight win
- Loyola Sacred Heart’s Joey McElroy uses 4 sports to be complete athlete for Montana State
AWARDS
- Most of Missoula-area all-state, conference teams announced
- Missoula Sentinel’s Sam Beighle named Montana Gatorade Player of the Year
PREVIEWS/GAME COVERAGE
- Undefeated and reigning champion Arlee headlines Class C state tournament
- Hamilton Broncs look to make school history at Class A state tourney, ready for challenges
- Flu doesn’t deter Arlee, Warriors top Manhattan Christian, 69-60 in state title rematch
- Undefeated teams highlight Western A, B and C Divisionals
- Kalispell Glacier downs No. 2 Missoula Sentinel in buzzer-beater fashion on senior night
- No. 1 Missoula Sentinel girls use stout defense to top No. 2 Helena Capital
- Sentinel Spartan boys get the season sweep over Hellgate Knights
- Crosstown: Missoula Sentinel’s Sam Beighle hits 1,000 career points, Spartans sweep Eagles
- Big city wins: Missoula Big Sky girls win first league game, Hellgate boys cruise
- No. 1 Missoula Sentinel uses well-rounded game to top Kalispell Glacier
- Sentinel Spartans hang tough, top Helena Bengals in nailbiting state title rematch
- Downed power line forces Lincoln, Seeley-Swan to make up final five minutes of boys’ basketball game
PREP SOCCER
- Former Missoula Hellgate greats collide with current Knights in exhibition match at Intermountain Champions Cup
- Frenchtown’s Maddie Teagle to take love of soccer to Mexico, Missoula Strikers top FC Missoula in rivalry game
- ‘Good experiences’ bring Seattle clubs back to Intermountain Champions Cup, U17 Missoula Strikers blank Greater Seattle Surf
- Nearly 70 club soccer teams converge on Missoula for second annual Intermountain Champions Cup
PREP CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
FEATURES
- Through hell and back: Columbia Falls running star in biggest race of her life against cancer
- ‘We just had to fight through it’: Seeley Lake athletes’ year of snow and fire
- Sentinel’s Emily Malone carrying positive attitude all the way to North Carolina
- Deer Lodge’s Austin Forson’s injury doesn’t impede nationally-ranked toss
- ‘It’s time:’ Hall of Fame Missoula Hellgate track coach Ron Jones to retire after 53-year career
- Missoula Hellgate’s distance crew continues Knights’ legacy in track and field
ENTERPRISE
- Controversy brews as airborne hurdles cause injury, interference, re-run in Class AA 100-meter hurdles
- After disciplinary issue, Helena’s Trey Tintinger is back at the high jump mat with new perspective
MEET COVERAGE
POST SEASON COVERAGE
- Valley Christian’s Benjamin Tuinstra wins first state race for Eagles in 20 years
- Controversy brews as airborne hurdles cause injury, interference, re-run in Class AA 100-meter hurdles
- Missoula Sentinel girls, Kalispell Glacier boys win Class AA team titles at state track
- Seeley-Swan’s Kovatch, Maughan, Bertsch win on Day 1
- Sentinel’s Emily Malone, Shelby Schweyen win gold on Day 1
- Notebook: Missoula Sentinel quartet of senior girls’ throwers, other Spartan seniors, leave legacy
- ‘It’s time:’ Hall of Fame Missoula Hellgate track coach Ron Jones to retire after 53-year career
- 2018 state track and field qualifiers
- Western AA: Missoula Sentinel’s Shelby Schweyen shines as Spartans win girls’ side, Glacier takes home boys’ trophy
- After disciplinary issue, Helena’s Trey Tintinger is back at the high jump mat with new perspective
- Western AA: Missoula Big Sky’s Rylan Wilcox soars on new pole
REGULAR SEASON COVERAGE
- Seeley-Swan sweeps District 13-C track meet with standout performances from Klaire Kovatch, boys’ 1600-meter relay
- Charlo boys extend District 14-C reign to 16 years, girls win for first time since 2014
- Missoula Sentinel Spartans sweep team track and field titles at Greg Rice Meet
- Frenchtown’s Natalie Yocum embraces transfer from Arlee, Missoula Big Sky hosts meet in heat
- Big Sky’s Brooke Kearns sets sights on school record, Sentinel sweeps quad meet
- Jace Klucewich wins 3 individual events in first prep track meet to boost Frenchtown
- Senior Jake Jessop helps Corvallis boys win Gene Hughes Invitational, Blue Devils sweep
- Missoula Sentinel sweeps both sides in dual track meet with Kalispell Glacier
- Eagles shine in Missoula Big Sky’s first track meet of the season
- Missoula Sentinel girls poised to defend Class AA track and field title
- Class A/B/C track preview: Plenty of Western Montana champions return for 2018
- Missoula Sentinel’s Lauren Heggen, Helena’s Trey Tintinger show out at Stanford Invitational
- Bigfork’s Bryn Morley places second in 1-mile race at Nike Elite meet in Arizona
PREP SWIMMING
- Raise the jug: Missoula Hellgate in uncharted waters with state swimming 5-peat
- Both Missoula Hellgate Knights’ swim teams cruise to victory at Missoula Meet
- Katharine Berkoff adds new swimming record to already glowing resume
PREP FOOTBALL
- Valier’s Colten Curry makes USA Football’s U-18 National Team
- Kalispell Glacier’s football tide turning to Montana Grizzlies
- Missoula Sentinel’s Brandon Morley inks with Montana Tech
- Loyola Sacred Heart rallies to top Florence, retains No. 2 seed to host playoffs
- Levi Janacaro’s 400-yard outing boosts Missoula Big Sky over Billings West
- Flag on the play: Officials shortage in Western Montana inspires major recruiting effort
PREP SOFTBALL
- Walk-off home run lifts ZooTown over East 3-1 in Senior League Softball World Series consolation game
- ZooTown shut out 10-0 in quarterfinal game of Senior League Softball World Series
- ZooTown loses 6-5 in extras at Senior League Softball World Series, advances to next round
- ZooTown blanked by Canada 11-0 in pool play of Senior League Softball World Series
- ZooTown’s comeback held off by Central, drops first game 11-9 at Softball World Series
PREP TENNIS
COMMITMENT STORIES
- Seeley-Swan’s Ibby Lorentz signs NLI to compete in rifle shooting for Nebraska
- Arlee’s Phillip Malatare signs NLI to play basketball for North Idaho College
- Missoula Sentinel’s Brandon Morley inks with Montana Tech
- Loyola Sacred Heart’s Tessa Burke commits to play basketball at Eastern Washington
- Missoula Big Sky’s Tyler Flink to walk on with Montana football, joins teammate Levi Janacaro in 2018 class
- First Montana football commit for 2019, Fairfield’s Ryder Meyer, to carry on friends’ memory at UM
MULTIMEDIA
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