Sports

UMW cross country teams boast big rosters

The most accomplished cross country runner in the history of the University of Montana Western graduated in the offseason, leaving a canyon-sized hole in the women’s roster.

Dillon golf wins two team seconds

Both the Dillon boys and girls earned second place team awards at the Frenchtown Invitational at King Ranch Golf Course.

Bulldogs open win account in AZ

It followed weeks of work at their summer camp, dozens of hours of preseason practices, hours of sweatwrenching conditioning exercises, tons of weight-room work, seven early season near-miss matches and a bunch more practices.

Hamilton runs over Dillon, 34-7

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The Dillon Beavers struggled to find consistency Friday night at Hamilton and against the defending state A champions that didn’t work out so well.

Saints damn Dawgs to defeat in 16-10 defensive battle

After enduring a summer of up-and-down scrimmage performances, the University of Montana Western football team’s offense got grounded and pounded and held down for the count by Carroll College’s defense on Saturday in Helena during a season-opening loss.

BCHS golfers tackle Ronan golf course

The Dillon girls placed second and the boys were eighth at Ronan last Thursday. This Thursday they play Frenchtown’s King Ranch.

Weekly runs/walks aim to aid Dillon area suicide prevention

Instead of running from his family’s, his hometown’s and his home state’s painful history of suicide, Dillon’s Cory Birkenbuel chose to run straight at them—in an effort to help others avoid having to face them, too late, the way he has had to for the past two decades.

Beavs climb to tops of XC leaderboards

The Beaverhead County High School cross country team crossed over into a new season with some personal bests and meet bests last weekend’s Grant-Kohrs Ranch Run.

Dillon volleyball reloads at tourney

The Dillon Lady Beaver volleyball team under the direction of second-year coach Charelle Hinkey posted a 3-1 record on Friday at the Northwestern-Southwestern A Challenge, and then going 3-0 on Saturday to place fifth overall. Dillon split with three teams on Friday, 1-1, with a loss coming to eventual tourney champion Polson and 1-1 wins over Whitefish and Columbia Falls. Total points decided tie outcomes.

Beavers dominate Whitefish, 26-9

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was out of reach.