Pros and Preps

While I was in Billings for the All-Class state wrestling meet I got a phone message from Mike Norman of Cleveland, Ohio, who was going to be in Missoula the following week for the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Well, I forgot to get back to Mike, but here’s a clip from his film, “Pinned,” [...]

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Missoula’s KGRZ radio (1450 AM) will carry the Loyola Sacred Heart boys’ and girls’ championship basketball games from the District 6-B tournament in Hamilton on Saturday.
LSH faces Florence in both games for the district title. The boys’ game tips off at 6:30 p.m. and the girls’ game starts at 8 p.m.
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The four seniors that comprise the Missoula Sentinel wrestling team’s “Death Row” – Josh Hamilton, Tanen Doty, Jace Prideaux and Bentley Alsup – were selected to compete in this Saturday’s Tournament of Champions in Great Falls, meet sponsors announced.
In case you missed it, Doty explains how the group earned their nickname “Death Row” immediately after [...]

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From their living room to the wrestling room the Howards are slowly filling the Missoula Hellgate wrestling program with family members.
And for the first time ever they’re filling the Rimrock Auto Arena at Billings’ MetraPark where the All-Class wrestling meet is being held this weekend. Jake Howard, a senior 189-pounder, qualified for state for the [...]

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As the All-Class state wrestling meet nears its end, folks have been clamoring for results. Ask and you shall receive. Here’s the link that I’ve been using while covering the state meet.
Good luck to your favorite grappler.
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The pins keep coming for western Montana wrestlers as Polson senior Brock Picard, our Prep Extra feature story this week, won his opening match by pin over Livingston’s Kyle Dirette in 1:14 in their 171-pound match.
Also, Missoula Sentinel junior Sean King beat Bozeman’s Natty Lambert, 4-3, in a first-round match at the 140-pound weight [...]

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The Billings Gazette did a nice article on Friday on Butte wrestling official Ron Collins, who is also known as the “Flying Ref”.
Collins announced earlier this season that this would be his final state tournament after 46 years of officiating. He has been a constant at state meets as well as big tournaments like [...]

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There’s always plenty to see at the All-Class state wrestling meet in Billings, where more than 700 wrestlers will be in action this weekend. But if you can only see a few matches make sure two of them involve Poplar senior Hunter Azure and Townsend junior Jade Rauser.
Azure, who wrestles at 145 pounds, and [...]

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The Frenchtown boys’ basketball team lost a double-overtime thriller against Anaconda on Thursday, 78-77, in the Smelter City.
The Broncs had six players foul out, including all five starters. That’s one player per period.
The Frenchtown-Anaconda battle was the second double overtime game in less than a week for the Class A ranks. Hamilton [...]

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The Montana High School Association announced ticket prices for the All-Class state wrestling tournament, which is scheduled for Feb. 12-13 at the MetraPark Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings.
Tickets for the event may be ordered online from the MetraPark Ticket office or by calling 1-800-366-8538. Ticket windows will be open on site for advance sales [...]

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