Sports

Beaverhead County High School events to have limited spectators

Fall sports events will have limited space for spectators for both home and away teams, the Beaverhead County High School board decided Monday.

Dillon Beaver football opens Friday at Frenchtown

Zach McRae enters his third year as Dillon Beaver head football coach excited about the opportunity to see his team hit the field and play ball. His squad has improved each season from a playoff qualifier to a state semifinalist. This year he is giddy with excitement about just having the opportunity to put his team on a field of play.

Dillon Beaver activity schedule

Football – At Frenchtown Aug. 28, host Stevensville, Sept. 4.

BCHS golf teams open season

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The Dillon Beaver golf teams opened on Monday at Butte, hosted a tourney on Tuesday and finish the week at a meet in Livingston.

Frontier moves football to spring

The next football season will move to another season in the Frontier Conference.

Big Sky Region rodeo set for fall season; UMW hosts Sept. 18-19

The Big Sky Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) will go forward with the fall season according to Montana Western coach Cody Lahaye. The region includes seven Montana schools and Northwest College, a junior college based in Cody, Wyo.

“We made the decision in July that we were a go until somebody told us otherwise,” said Lahaye. “The NIRA left it up to the regions and we met several times through the summer, most recently a week ago.”

Montana Western volleyball earns national academic honors

The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced recently that 1,315 teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year’s record by almost 200 teams. 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020.

Frontier moves ahead with fall football, netters move to spring

HELENA, Aug. 7 (AP) – The Frontier Conference is moving its volleyball schedule to the spring, the league’s Council of Presidents announced Friday, while reaffirming plans for its NAIA schools in Montana to play football this fall.

Moving volleyball to the spring will accommodate all schools and match up with the NAIA volleyball championships, which have been moved to the spring, conference Commissioner Kent Paulson said. Schools rely heavily on nonconference tournaments to fill their schedules and those tournaments may be more available in the spring, Paulson said.

Big Sky to play spring football

Aug. 7 – The Big Sky Conference postponed its football season to the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic and called for the FCS playoffs to be moved to the second semester as well.

Cubs complete Legion season in Cub style

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The Dillon Cubs concluded and aptly summarized their 2020 baseball season at last week, battling to the bittersweet end of the Southern A District Tournament in Three Forks.