Sports Briefs
Lewis wins Montana 200
Columbus wins series over Missoula squad
BILLINGS - The Mount Jumbo East/Mullan Trail baseball team finished as the runner-up at this year's senior Little League state tournament, after losing 9-7 to Granite Peak Columbus Thursday night.
Arizona blanks Montana
The Montana senior softball team was shutout by Arizona Thursday in the opening round of the Western Regional Little League softball tournament in Missoula.
Senior Babe Ruth: Pioneers try to stay calm at regionals
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Butte team earns right to Western Regional
There was no state tournament this year in Montana girls' senior softball for a very simple reason: There were only two teams.
Junior Little League softball: Butte concedes after two
BONNER - Missoula's Mount Jumbo East/West Mullan Trail junior Little League softball team claimed the state championship Wednesday with an abbreviated 21-0 victory over Butte Mile High at the Bonner Elementary field.
Senior Little League baseball: Granite Peak takes early lead
COLUMBUS - The Mount Jumbo East/Mullan Trail senior Little League baseball team fell 6-5 to Granite Peak Columbus on Wednesday in the opening game of the championship round at the state tournament.
UGF, Westminster volleyball favored
BILLINGS - A preseason poll of Frontier Conference volleyball coaches predicts a competitive league.
Frontier coaches pick Carroll fb to repeat
BILLINGS - Frontier Conference football coaches favor Carroll College to repeat as league champions this fall, according to a preseason poll released Wednesday.
John Stroeder: around the world and back home again
When John Stroeder decided to take his basketball talents from Port Townsend, Wash. to the University of Montana in the mid 1970s, little did he know that he would be taking them a lot farther than Missoula.
Missoula squad opens with 2 wins in pool play
BONNER - The Missoula Mount Jumbo East/West/Mullan Trail junior softball Little League team began state-tournament play at the Bonner Elementary field with a pair of convincing wins Monday.
College Sporting News ranks Appalachian State first, Montana second
CHICAGO - Defending national champion Appalachian State leads the way in the 2007 College Sporting News preseason NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision top 25.
Junior softball tourney starts with pool play
Steve Warren is hoping that the old saying “practice makes perfect,” doesn't apply to his team.
Sentinel wrestler gets better by the pound
Jake Love is gaining weight but he certainly isn't getting any fatter.
Westside falls to Billings Heights
Billings Heights defeated Missoula Westside 12-2 to sweep the 9- and 10-year-old Little League state baseball championship series on Saturday in Billings.
Mt. Jumbo sweeps Billings
The Mt. Jumbo East/West all-star sqaud won the 9- and 10-year-old Little League state softball title Saturday with a 15-5 triumph over Billings Heights at the Bonner Elementary School Field.
Billings downs Westside
Missoula Westside dropped a seesaw battle with Billings Heights in Game 1 of the 9- and 10-year old Little League baseball state championship series on Friday at Crow Field in Billings.
Mt. Jumbo East/West squad comes on late to top Billings
The Mt. Jumbo East/West all-star squad overcame some early nerves and came on strong late to defeat Billings Heights 9-2 in Game 1 of the 9- and 10-year-old Little League softball championship series on Friday at the Bonner Elementary School field.
Seven Missoula martial artists medal
Eight Missoula athletes recently traveled to San Jose, Calif., to compete in the National Taekwondo Championships and the Junior Olympic Taekwondo Championships. Seven of them walked away with medals.
Missoula bowler takes third at tourney
Missoula's Ashley Smigaj took third place in the girls' Division 2 of the 2007 Pepsi United States Bowling Congress Youth Championships on Wednesday in Buffalo, N.Y.
Mt. Jumbo dances into championship series
The Mt. Jumbo East/West 9- and 10-year-old Little League softball team breezed through the District 2 tournament a couple of weeks ago, and now it's two wins away from a state championship.
District loss prepares Westside for state
The only thing standing between the Missoula Westside 9- and 10-year-old Little League team and a state title is the Billings Heights squad.
Montana State names wide receivers coach
BOZEMAN - Montana State football coach Rob Ash announced Wednesday he has hired former Kansas State quarterback Jonathan Beasley as receivers coach for the Bobcats.
No fine for hit on Dickenson
TORONTO, Ontario - Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Fred Perry won't be fined or suspended for a hit he laid on Dave Dickenson that resulted in the B.C. Lions quarterback suffering a concussion, the CFL said Wednesday.
Three Griz gridders make All-American team
MISSOULA - University of Montana football players Kroy Biermann, Cody Balogh, and Lex Hilliard have been named to the 2007 College Sporting News' Football Championship Subdivision All-America team.
New FCS coaches poll coming this season
A new weekly top 25 poll from a panel of head coaches from the Football Championship Subdivision will be launched in August through the Collegiate Commissioners Association and the American Football Coaches Association.
Dickenson suffers third concussion
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The Canadian Football League is reviewing the hit Saskatchewan's Fred Perry put on B.C. Lions quarterback Dave Dickenson on Friday night that resulted in Dickenson suffering his third concussion in less than two years.
Boomers wins Men's B Goosetown title
The Boomers Pub softball team took home the Men's B division title this past weekend at the 34th annual Goosetown softball tournament in Anaconda.
Montana captures 2006-07 Presidents Cup
PARK CITY, Utah - For the first time in the award’s five-year history the University of Montana has captured the Sterling Savings Bank Big Sky Conference Presidents Cup, which combines athletics and academic achievement.
Dlouhy helps Team USA to title
KAWASAKI, Japan - Former University of Montana defensive end Dustin Dlouhy had four tackles in Team USA's 23-20 double overtime win over Japan in the International Federation of American Football world championship game on Sunday.
