Coach Kadie Briggs is in her third year as head coach of the Lady Panthers Volleyball Team. With an additional three years on the coaching staff and eight returning seniors, experience promises to be a favorable factor in the Panthers’ season.

“Last week was a whirlwind with five tournaments in eight days,” Browning golf coach Brian Harrell said of the 2022 team. Their efforts encompassed Columbia Falls, Havre, Shelby, Whitefish and Ronan.

Cut Bank cross country coach Jared Berkram encourages his team as he runs near Mylee Barry on Aug. 18 at the Rumney Ranch. Runners endured a hot and hilly 5k. 

The first game of the 2022-23 football season began at Arrowhead Stadium as Big Red took on Frenchtown before a home crowd. And a crowd it was, filling the stands on the home side and about half the brand new stands on the opposite side of the field.

When the Lady Indians volleyball team shows up at the tip off in Hamilton this weekend, Coach Dan Connelly is confident they will be more than ready for the competition.

The Shelby Coyote football team opened practice last week with six seniors and a total of 29 athletes.

The Browning cross country team makes its way to the Libby Invitational on Friday, Aug. 26, the first meet of the season, and Coach Roy McNabb is pleased with the caliber and quality of his runners.

The Shelby Coyotes Cross Country team started practice last week, welcoming back four sophomores, Mason Lamb, Allan Flores, Nathan Benjamin and Aisha Munson. They will be joined by freshman Aiyana Franco.

Nine Cut Bank Sharks swimmers traveled to state the first weekend in August to put their races to the test against the best in the state. After a cold, 45 degree day on Saturday the team was able to pull off a huge win and they brought home the 1st place trophy for the first time since 2014.

There are only four nights of league left and the standings are getting closer at the top. At the moment on the team side, Glacier Peaks is holding onto a one point lead over the Outlawz. The Holey Ones and the Fighting Trout are kinda making a move to get into the thick of things. Those Hol…

Overall the Tri-County Cardinals had a productive season. Our record might not have reflected the improvement the boys made, but overall we became a very good team in the last half of the season. We ended up closing our conference play in the 3rd seed for the district tournament. The boys be…

The National Science Foundation recently awarded $10 million to a six-state collaborative working to boost the underrepresentation of Alaska Native and American Indian (AI/AN) students in STEM disciplines and the workforce.

Two mats covered the gym floor at Browning High School last week to accommodate young athletes who attended the 2022 BHS Wrestling Camp. Two sessions daily were held, with mornings devoted to the youngest wrestlers and afternoons going to the older group.

The Cut Bank Saddle Club (CBSC) was well represented at the National O-Mok-See held in Buffalo, Wyo. this past July. Despite $5 plus fuel costs and 100 degree temps, the Cut Bank riders persevered to bring home numerous individual and High Point placings. While the contestant numbers were do…

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The Water Otters traveled to Hamilton for the Divisional Swim Meet with 19 swimmers. The Otters had a fantastic weekend, sending all 19 swimmers to the State Meet this weekend in Lewistown. 

Thirteen Sharks braved the five-hour trip to Hamilton to compete in the Western Divisional Swim Meet last weekend.  The 104-degree weather did not hold them back as they swam their hearts out in the hopes of qualifying for the state meet this weekend.

August has arrived and with it “back to school” and all it entails. Toole County Alliance for Youth, along with some very generous sponsors and volunteers: First Baptist Church, Sunburst Lutheran Church, Seubert Insurance Company, KW Insurance, Sunburst Mercantile, Toole County DUI Task Forc…

The race will take place on Saturday, July 30 in conjunction with Lewis and Clark Days. The run will start at 8 a.m. sharp on 1st St. SE right by the blacktop of H.C. Davis Elementary School playground. 

Outlawz capture team lead

The Shelby Water Otters gave it their all in Fort Benton last weekend. They ended up placing seventh, only 3.5 points behind Fort Benton in team points. 

Last week the Sharks endured what is lovingly known as “ hell week.” 

Last weekend the Cut Bank Shark swim team traveled to Conrad to compete in the hottest meet yet.  With 70 splashes from the swimmers ranging in ages 4-18 they couldn’t let the hot temperatures hold them back.

The Water Otters competed in Conrad this past weekend and had a great meet. New swimmers got in the pool for the first time and veteran swimmers competed at a high level. Here are the results of the Conrad swim meet:

The 2022 Marias Fair 4-H livestock auction is slated for Saturday, July 23, 2022 at the Seewald just east of Shelby.  4-Hers from the Blackfeet Reservation, and Glacier, Toole, Liberty, and Pondera counties will offer their market beef, goat, lamb and swine projects to bidders at the 3 p.m. …

This past week the Cut Bank Sharks swimming club put in the work after a much-needed break for the Fourth of July. Knowing that the bigger teams on the west side of the federation were going to show up big time this weekend in Columbia Falls just fueled the fires.

While the name may have changed from North American Indian Days to the Celebration of Recovery, Blackfeet Youth Day was once again the focus of activities the day before the larger gathering began. Everything was set up with local kids in mind on Thursday, July 7, from reduced carnival rides…

The Junior Golf Tour kicked off its eighth season June 27 at the Cut Bank Golf Course. The tour is sponsored by Leavitt Group Insurance, which pays for the greens fees and meals, less the golfers’ $25 membership fee. 

Oki, people of the Blackfeet Nation and community members. It has taken some time for me to write about the exciting events that happened to our Boxing Club and Youth Center. 

Winter may be over finally, as we had two very nice evenings of league golf this past Tuesday and Wednesday.

Folks began appearing for the 2022 Glacier Half Marathon in time to camp at Red Eagle Campground at Lower Two Medicine Lake on Friday, June 24. Runners and their families and friends found their hosts, the Blackfeet Tribe, had prepared the Tribal campground, and Vacation Races had set up reg…

Seventeen Shark Swimmers made the short trek to Chester last weekend to swim their hearts out on the first warm weekend of the summer. 

The Water Otters traveled to Chester last weekend with 16 swimmers. The Otters swam well and placed sixth as a team. Here are the results for the meet:

The Shelby Water Otters placed sixth at the Cut Bank Swim Meet, scoring 305.5 points. 

We thought Week Two wouldn’t happen because of the “Winter Watch,” “High Winds” and “Flooding.” But the weather ended up a real nice high 50s and comfortable. The winds were only 30 mph, and the trees were flooded with flying golf balls. So we went ahead and hit those golf balls. While some …

Doig Day festivities in Dupuyer begin at 2 p.m.  Monday, June 27, on the day of writer Ivan Doig’s (1939 – 2015) birthday.

This past weekend the Sharks hosted 195 swimmers at their 2022 Invitational swim meet.  Saturday met us with a surprise rainstorm at the end of the day but the swimmers were able to power through and finish the meet strong.  

The Cut Bank Shark swim team attended its first meet of the season last weekend. After four short days of practice in the pool, the team traveled to Shelby with 17 swimmers to compete. 

We are back and we have 19 teams, which is too many for a nine-hole course and short summer weeks. But we will manage. 

Shelby High School band and choir students, under the direction of Mr. Ron Gruber and Ms. Kristen Ewing, and accompanied by Jessica Buck, proudly presented a Disney Pop Concert on May 24 in the SHS gym. A fantastic collection of musical selections were performed and end of the year awards we…

The Cut Bank Jr. Golf Program will run their annual training program June 13, 14 and 15 this year at the Cut Bank Golf and Country Club. This chipping, putting and driving training program is free for kids aged 6-14 courtesy of some wonderful local business sponsors, parents and volunteers i…

Shelby High School sports standout Mat Seidensticker is among five members of the Montana High School Association’s (MHSA) class of 2022 MHSA/Wendy’s Athletes’ Hall of Fame.