Sports

Short and sweet: Area pro snowmobilers dominant again in shortened season

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The 2020 pro snowmobiling season lost most of its schedule and its biggest annual event to the coronavirus pandemic when the Rocky Mountain States Hillclimb Association (RMSHA) last month cancelled the rest of its season after just three events.

Over $135,000 generated by online UMW Annual Colt Sale

It wasn’t the way it was planned, but it was a great success- the annual, national Colt Sale of the University of Montana Western, traditionally held every spring in Dillon. But this year was different.

The Last of the Bignells—for now

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University of Montana Western senior Savanna Bignell saw her fine college basketball career unexpectedly end early earlier this month when the NAIA’s decision to cancel its annual women’s basketball championship tourney scheduled for March 18–24 in Billings.

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Lady Beavs end season with win

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The Dillon Lady Beavers ended their season with a win, a sign in any other year that the team brought home state tourney hardware. Unfortunately for players in the eight high school state basketball tournaments being held across the state, the season ended prematurely with the cancelation of the events due to safety reasons in relation to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Twin boys make 3rd/4th place game

When you narrow the Class C field from 83 teams to the final 8 for the state tournament, there isn’t a weak team in the bunch. So it began to unfold last Wednesday in Missoula with competitive basketball on both the boys’ and girls’ sides.

Beaverhead Little League delays start of season to May 11

Due to the drastic changes in virus spread over the past week, Little League International has recommended we delay the start of our season until May 11. This recommendation falls in line with federal guidance to limit gatherings to less than 10 individuals in order to reduce the risk of community spread of COVID-19.

Montana High School Association suspends spring sports

The Montana High School Association (MHSA) Executive Board, during a conference call to conduct Association business on Monday morning, took the following action regarding MHSA Spring Activities:

Eight Dawgs gain conference basketball honors

Eight members of the University of Montana Western’s basketball program gained honors last week when the Frontier Conference announced its allconference team memberships and individual award winners for men and women’s basketball.

Reign extended NAIA tourney cancelled

The University of Montana Western women’s basketball team got denied a chance to defend its national title this spring due to a decision last week by the NAIA.