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Beavs close out softball season

Circumstances proved challenging for the young, inexperienced, snakebit Beaverhead County High School softball team in 2021.

But the Beavs continued to face off against those challenges in good spirits right to the end, which came last weekend in Hamilton.

Coming off a series of game cancellations due to bad weather and bad luck on the health front, the Beavs got off to a tough start in their bittersweet season finale in the Bitterroot Valley on Saturday, when host Hamilton scored a dozen runs in the opening frame.

Western C track and field

Athletes from Twin Bridges, Sheridan and Lima competed at the Western C Divisional Track and Field Meet in Missoula last weekend, with the top five in each event advancing to a return trip to Missoula for the State C meet this weekend. Twin Bridges enjoyed the most success of the area teams with a number of state title hopefuls on the roster.

Western C Divisional Track and Field at Missoula

The time is now for BCHS track and field teams

It has all been about the end game for Dillon coach Jeremy Anderson and the boys and girls track and field teams for the season and now it is getting to that point with a trip to Columbia Falls and the Western A Divisional track and field meet this Friday and Saturday. And while success at the divisional is necessary to have a shot at the big dance the following week, Anderson is still playing for the big trophies at state. The Livingston meet this past weekend was a glorified practice to keep athletes healthy and fresh and both sides still managed third place team finishes.

Buckner, Staley take Sat. races

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The turnout and weather turned out better than ever at the annual Beaverhead Marathon on Saturday.

“We had capped it at 100 people and we got 100 people who signed up,” said Cory Birkenbuel of a half-marathon/ marathon split of about 3:1 at the third running of the event.

“We had great weather. Even the little rain in the morning helped with those dirt roads,” said Birkenbuel of some of the stretches of graded but unpaved, remote road along the course that starts by the reservoir south of Dillon and concludes downtown.

Beavers swing into tennis divisionals

They are nearing the tail end of a campaign in which the weather proved mild and accommodating compared to many of their recent seasons.

But the Beaverhead County High School boys and girls tennis teams saw the scheduling of their biggest event of the year so far blown around a bit, and then finally pushed forward this week by the forecast of decidedly foul weather for later this week.

Application deadline extended for participants on Madison River Work Group

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission is seeking additional applicants for the Madison River Work Group. The general application period closed April 23, however more applications are needed from people with Madison Valley business interests. The application deadline for these positions will be extended to May 26.

Public lands reopen near Everson Creek after fire rehabilitation

Federal officials have lifted an emergency closure order for some public lands near the Montana-Idaho border. The area has been closed since last summer due to the Bear Creek Fire.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office issued the Recession of Emergency Closure order for public lands in the Everson Creek area, about 50 miles southwest of Dillon, on May 11.

The field office had kept this portion of the burned area closed to the public until spring to protect land damaged in the fire as rehabilitation efforts got underway.

Constant contact : Dillon Cubs batter Salmon Savages

Every year in Alaska, bears head to certain rivers and streams to dine on the salmon swimming up them to spawn.

The Cubs enjoyed a two-course Salmon feast of their own at home on Sunday, when Dillon’s American Legion baseball team devoured the pitching from their afternoon guests from Idaho.

“Our guys hit well,” noted Cubs Head Coach Greg Fitzgerald, shortly after his Cubs swept the Salmon Savages, 16-6 and 16-3 at Ray Lynch Park on a warm, sunny afternoon in Dillon.

Dillon dominates on both sides of home track and field meet

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The Dillon Beavers dominated both sides of their invitational track and field meet at Vigilante Field on Friday. The Beavers conclude the regular season this Friday at Livingston.

Success for Dillon, Twin at Top 10

The Dillon girls placed second and the boys third at the Western A, B, C Top 10 meet in Hamilton last Tuesday.