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Butte Central upsets Dillon in rescheduled duel

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The Dillon Lady Beavers were hopeful they would pick up the season’s first win last Thursday versus Butte Central in a match that had been postponed due to COVID considerations. Dillon opened strong with a 25-20 game 1 win and a solid performance early in game 2. Central rallied to win the game, 29-27, and swept the next 2 to take the match, 3-1.

BCHS cross country runners to compete at state meet Fri.

It’s the final leg of a difficult and unprecedentedly unpredictable season.

UMW hosts cross country meet Friday at golf course

The University of Montana Western cross country team is scheduled to host its Montana Western Open cross country meet on Friday, Oct. 23, on Beaverhead Golf Course in Dillon. The men’s 8k race will take off at 1 p.m., with the women’s 5k to follow at 1:45 p.m. For more information, call 683-7419 or email casey.parrott@umwestern.edu.

Short-handed Beaver crew blasts Libby, 34-14

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The Dillon Beavers returned from the long trip to northern Montana with a 34-14 win over Libby. The win sets Dillon in control of their own fate in terms of winning out and placing second in the Western A.

Local ski patrol member wins regional award

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Justin Schmeisser, Assistant Patrol Representative for the Beaverhead Ski Patrol, has been selected as the 2020/2021 “Dwight Chambers Rising Star Award” recipient for the Northern Region of the National Ski Patrol. The Northern Region of the National Ski Patrol is made up of ski patrols in Montana, North and South Dakota, and Eastern Wyoming. This award is named in honor of Dwight Chambers who was a 30-year member of the National Ski Patrol. Chambers served the public at many ski areas in Montana during his career. Dwight was injured in a skiing accident in 2013 at Great Divide Ski Area near Helena, and passed away a year later.

Frontier Conference football schedule starts in February

HELENA, Oct. 6 (AP) – The Frontier Conference has approved a conference-only football schedule with games beginning in late February, the league announced.

BCHS harriers unharried heading to state meet

The Beaverhead County High School cross country teams headed into the stretch run of this most unpredictable of seasons in the most unpredictable of ways.

Netters drop 2

The Dillon Lady Beavers had moments of inspired play, but too often not, and lost a pair of Southwestern A Conference matches to Frenchtown and Stevensville last week. Dillon fell to 0-7 on the season with the results.

Dillon’s three sophs compete at state golf

The three qualified golfers at the State A Tournament at the Butte Country Club completed the two-day, 36-hole meet. Now it is on to next year.

Steadman, frosh excel again for BCHS runner

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Despite missing a number of their top competitors out due to injury or illness, the Beaverhead County High School Cross Country team stayed the course on the Silver Fox Golf Course in Pablo at the Polson Invite last weekend.