The Montana High School Association executive board at its April 22-23 meeting voted to bring competitive video gaming to Montana schools as a two-year pilot program. An official esports season w...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/04/25/competitive-video-gaming-coming-to-montana-high-schools/
MISSOULA — Evan Todd knew he had put some serious power into his javelin throw when he raised his head back up and saw the spear still fishtailing through the crosswinds on Friday afternoon at...
As the Glacier Range Riders face the rapidly approaching start of their third season in the Pioneer Baseball League, the team is battling a trademark dispute with the U.S. Department of the Inter...
The tracks are shoveled, the dugouts (mostly) dry, and across the Flathead Valley athletes are dusting off their cleats and preparing for the final months of high school competition. Last year lo...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/04/07/2024-spring-sports-preview/
At the top of Claim Jumper, a groomed blue run on the front side of Discovery Ski Area overlooking Georgetown Lake, a group of skimo athletes milled around catching their breath. Sporting a mixtu...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/04/03/blackfeet-youth-take-on-uphill-challenge-in-big-sky-skimo-cup/
CORVALLIS — The Columbia Falls baseball team is playing for more than just a win every time the Wildcats step on the diamond this spring. With the jersey of late coach Bill Sapa hanging ...
Maeve Ingelfinger School: WhitefishClass: SeniorHonors: 3x National Junior Cross Country Skiing Champion Over the last three years, Maeve has seen an almost picture-perfect trajectory through the...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/03/29/best-of-preps-winter-2024/
MISSOULA — Erin Wilde remembers vividly that day back in eighth grade when a doctor suggested she steer away from sports with her severe scoliosis. Her response? Ignore the advice. Six years l...
Hundreds of the nation’s fastest young cross country skiers descended on Lake Placid, New York, during the second week of March for the Junior National Cross Country Skiing Championships, the t...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/03/21/ingelfinger-nabs-two-more-national-skiing-titles/
DAYTON, Ohio – Jimel Cofer scored all 19 of his points in the second half and overtime and Grambling State rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Montana State 88-81 to earn its first NCAA Tou...