Sports

Beaver-Dawgs featured on All-Frontier Conference teams

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A quintet of Bulldogs that includes a pair of former Dillon Beavers stood tall on the Frontier Conference list of standouts released last week by the league.

Montana Western netters gain sweep over MSU-Northern

The University of Montana Western volleyball team last weekend doubled-up Montana State University-Northern to triple UMW’s win total for the season.

Rivals

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Twin Bridges senior Matthew Kaiser works inside versus Manhattan Christian 6-6 junior Willem Kimm. Manhattan Christian won the regular season game and the Western A Divisional championship versus Twin. The Falcons knocked off Manhattan Christian for the District 12-C tourney title. Both teams advance to this week’s State C tourney at Lockwood High School in Billings. Twin opens versus Bridger Thursday morning at 9. J.P. Plutt photo

Undefeated, top-ranked Beavs open at state today

The top-ranked Dillon Beavers open the Montana Class A State Tournament today, Wednesday, at 3 :30 p.m., at the Montana ExpoPark in Great Falls. The Western A Divisional champion Beavers, 17-0, will face Hardin, the fourth-seed out of the Eastern A and a traditional fixture at the state tournament.

#1 Dillon tops #2 Polson in defensive battle for Western A Divisional title

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The Dillon Beavers continued their run of excellence last week at the Butte Civic Center, the site of the Western A Divisional Basketball Tournament. Dillon extended their record to 17-0, capping the tourney with a 42-32 win over Polson in the title game, preceded by a 58-48 semifinal victory over Butte Central and a 65-38 first round win over Columbia Falls.

UMW women fall in league tourney final to edge of national tourney field

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The Montana Western women’s basketball team over the past week made a deep, fast run into the Frontier Conference tourney.

Lady Beavs bow out of post-season one win from state qualification

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The Dillon Lady Beavers battled down the stretch of the regular season to move into the second seed from the Southwestern A Conference, an effort that gave the team a break last Monday when the bottom four teams in the league faced off in single elimination play-in games. The run included three straight wins over conference foes to end the regular season.

Dawgs downed and outted at MSUN

One might just wish the University of Montana Western men’s basketball team ‘better luck next year’ after the Bulldogs’ early exit last week from the Frontier Conference tourney that concluded their star-crossed 2020-21 season.

Dillon mat team qualifies 7 for state A

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The Dillon Beavers qualified seven wrestlers for the state A tournament with their success at Libby and the Western A Divisional Wrestling Tournament on Friday and Saturday.

#1 Beavers, Lady Beavs set to take on Western A

Yep, 2020 has rubbed off on 2021 already as the state moves into playoff basketball mode. A year ago at the state hoop tournaments, Montana High School Association officials announced to the different crowds gathered at venues across the state, that the tournament had been suspended. The finals, consolation finals and semifinals were not played, leaving a terrible taste in the mouths of fans anticipating championship celebrations.