Blue Hawks stay perfect, earn top seed
Momentum prior to a playoff tournament is often crucial for teams hoping to advance to the state basketball finals.
Tigers rebound with win over Victor
There’s a logjam atop the boys Western 13C conference regular season, with three teams tied with one loss each.
Random draw to decide 13C logjam
A lotto style random draw is the deciding factor in breaking the three-way logjam atop the Western 13C boys’ basketball conference as the District playoff tournament gets underway this Thursday through Saturday in Frenchtown.
Trotters escape Eureka with win to cap regular season
The Plains girls’ regular season basketball schedule concluded the way it officially began back in November, with a win for the Trotters.
Hot Springs hoopers sputter heading into district tourney
With the regular season now in the rear-view mirror for the Hot Springs boys’ and girls’ basketball teams, the focus becomes this weekend’s (Feb 20-22) Western 13C District tournament in Frenchtown.
Superior girls split home games; boys drop two
The battle and shuffle for playoff seeding is underway.
Red Devils stay hot in two wins
The Noxon Red Devils boys’ basketball team remained hot with a pair of victories this past weekend, 58-37 over Drummond and a 76-68 win over Philipsburg.
Kvelve's Comments: USA v. Canada
There are some things in life about which I just can’t look the other way.
Two Eagle River slips by Alberton girls
Two Eagle River’s girls' basketball team got their third victory of the season in their second-to-last game of the season at the expense of the home-standing Alberton Lady Panthers, who were looking for their first win of the year.
Waterbury earns second at state meet
Once again, the State Mat Classic wrestling championships from Billings are in the books, with a reportedly successful run.
Hot Springs girls burn Two Eagle River
With the high school basketball playoffs just two weekends away, every game takes on added importance as teams jockey for district tournament seeding.
Waterbury claims divisional title
One of the best, most inspiring sports stories of the year continued this past weekend during the Western Division B-C wrestling championships in Butte.
Kvelve's Comments: The injury bug
The ugly side of sports can happen at any minute.
Hawks soar on the road
It was a good week to be a Blue Hawk or Lady Hawk.
Panthers have tough road trip
The road was not kind to the Alberton Panthers and Lady Panthers this past weekend, and it had nothing to do with snow.
Noxon puts stamp on 13C conference with two big wins
What had been a tight race atop the Western 13C boys' basketball conference is even tighter after a wild weekend topped by Noxon’s hellish run.
Lincoln snaps St. Regis' winning streak
On the positive side, the stress associated with being unbeaten is gone for the St. Regis Tigers basketball team, their 15-game winning streak put to rest by the Lincoln Lynx, 55-34, Saturday night in Lincoln.
Lady Bobcats get two conference wins
With the basketball regular season coming to an end this weekend, every game takes on added importance, particularly seeding for the District 7B tournament two weeks hence.
Home school teams take down Hot Springs
Evidence that home schooling and home school associations are growing in rural Montana were on display in Hot Springs this past week as the Flathead Valley Home School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams swept the Savage Heat and Lady Heat this past Tuesday in Hot Springs.
Troy takes down Noxon in non-conference meeting
For the Troy boys’ and girls’ basketball teams it was a rare sweep this past weekend of an opponent this season, at the expense of the visiting Noxon Red Devils and Lady Devils.
Kvelve's Comments: The big game is here
The day is in sight.
Panthers roughed up by visiting Plains
Home sweet home was not so sweet for the Alberton Panthers and Lady Panthers this past week, as a pair of 7B teams rolled into town and left the home teams reeling.
St. Regis boys improve to 14-0
Running the gauntlet of the old 14C conference was one thing.
Savage Horsemen wrestlers earn hardware at Buzz Lucy
In what was a smaller-than-average turnout for a normally big wrestling event, the Plains-Hot Springs boys’ wrestlers finished fourth in a five-team field despite bringing a scaled-down number of wrestlers to the Buzz Lucy meet this past weekend in Eureka.
Seeley-Swan sweeps Superior
Seeley-Swan is usually considered a welcoming place for folks to visit.
Thompson Falls splits with St. Ignatius
In boxing parlance, the pair of games this past week between St. Ignatius and Thompson Falls basketball teams was a split decision.
Kvelve's Comments: Unbeaten Tigers
So, there is one undefeated team still standing in the 13C conference, the mega-league that resulted from the merger of the old 14C and what was a six-team 13C.
Plains-Hot Springs wins Ted Kato Memorial
The annual Ted Kato Memorial wrestling tournament in Thompson Falls had a decidedly Plains-Hot Springs look to it this year.
Tigers stay perfect with tough victory over Noxon
Defense, as they say, wins championships, in basketball and most sports.
Bobcats get conference win at St. Ignatius
The Superior Bobcats and Lady Bobcats split a pair of road games against St. Ignatius on Friday night, with the boys pulling out a 52-44 Western 13C conference victory over the Bulldogs.
St. Regis teams take down Two Eagle River
St. Regis is not a great place to go.
Savage Heat roar past Charlo
The first game of the evening between Charlo and Hot Springs girls’ teams was a classic nail-biter decided by two points, with the visiting Lady Vikings edging the Lady heat 50-48 in Hot Springs Saturday night.
Noxon and Hot Springs split games
Noxon’s boys continued their winning ways in advance of their crucial Western 13C showdown with St. Regis the next night as they chalked up an 80-66 victory over Hot Springs on the Savage Heat’s home court this past Friday.
Panthers take two losses
For the Alberton Panthers boys’ basketball team, their road game with Two Eagle River (TER) this Saturday night was a chance to measure progress.
Plains hoopers drop two home games
It was a tough week for the Plains boys’ and girls’ basketball teams as both lost home games to St. Ignatius (Mission) Thursday night and Eureka this past Saturday.
Hawks earn lopsided victories
It was a good week to be a Blue Hawk or Lady Blue Hawk basketball player as both the boys and girls teams won a pair of games this past week.
Hot Springs takes on tough Stillwater teams
These are games that technically don’t count, at least for now and not in the Montana high school standings or rankings.
St. Regis boys get two wins
As country legend Buck Owens sang, “it looks like I’ve got a Tiger by the tail”, he was likely not referring to the St. Regis Tigers.
Kvelve's Comments: A comeback
There are many good, some potentially great, stories brewing as the second half of the local high school basketball and wrestling seasons come into focus.
Hawks sweep Eureka Lions
After a pair of resounding home wins over rival Plains this past Friday, the Thompson Falls boys’ and girls' basketball teams were looking for a Western 7B conference sweep as they entertained Eureka Saturday night in T Falls.
Hot Springs notch wins over Alberton
Spa City was not so nice a place to visit for the Alberton boys’ and girls’ basketball teams this past Friday night.
Local wrestlers perform well at Jug Beck, Choteau Classic
The Plains-Hot Springs co-op wrestlers (Savage Horsemen) are on a roll on the mats.
Red Devils take down Charlo
If offense is your thing when it comes to basketball, Noxon’s Red Devils boys’ team is for you.
Lady Bobcats get wins over Plains, Troy
The Superior girls’ basketball team is one a good roll with the team picking up their third straight win with a pair of victories this past week.
Thompson Falls sweeps county rival Plains
It would be an understatement to say Thompson Falls boys and girls had a good night in their rivalry games against Plains this past Friday night in Thompson Falls.
Noxon escapes with wins over Two Eagle River
Palbo was the site of two high schools' basketball games which could have had different outcomes than they did.
Trotters roar back for win over Darby
After one quarter of play, things did not look well for the Plains Trotters basketball team Saturday night against the Darby Lady Tigers in Plains.
St. Regis boys stay unbeaten
For the St. Regis boys’ basketball team, it was another week on the job, as they took care of business with a pair of victories that kept the unbeaten season record intact at 8-0.
Superior hoopers snag wins at Darby
Superior’s boys' and girls' basketball teams made the most of their only contests of the past week as the Bobcats boys and Lady Bobcats girls swept a pair of road games in Darby Thursday night.
Fredette nets 34 in win for Panthers
On small step for Alberton, one giant leap for Panther nation.