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Desire. Confidence. LOVE OF THE GAME. There are very distinctive and powerful traits that must be within an athlete to separate them from the rest. The word “Pro” must mean exactly that; The best of the best. Hometown football star Dylan Donahue IS all of those traits and...

LACEY, Wash. — The Montana State Billings softball team won the second game of a doubleheader against Saint Martin's University in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play to avoid a series sweep Sunday. SMU won the first game, 7-0, Sunday before the Yellowjackets rallied for a 2-1 win in the...

BILLINGS--It was a very different environment than at last week's state tournament, or at the divisional and district tournaments in the weeks before. At the Billings Hotel Senior Classic at Billings Senior High School, a committee of coaches selected the best senior players in the state and put them on teams by division to play a three-day tournament.

BILLINGS — The Billings Outlaws are ready for another chance to play football. Add in the fact that Monday will mark the 2023 home opener for the second-year Champions Indoor Football league team, and Billings has a lot of optimism heading into its second game.

South A: Dougie Peoples 34, Asher Magnuess 27, Treyton Graham 13. South C: Bryce Grebe 26, Marcus Mader 16, Kade Erickson 15. North AA: Garlin Sutherland 26, Ashton Platt 15, Keaton Stuckman 14. South AA: Rhyse Owens 26, Billy Carlson 17, Brighton Mccaffrey 14. Fifth place. Central A 100, West...

BILLINGS — Scobey's Caden Handran and Great Falls' Drew Wyman are national champions with the College of Idaho men's basketball team after the Yotes defeated Indiana Tech 73-71 in the title game of the NAIA National Championship tournament Saturday night in Kansas City, Missouri. Both players were starters in...

BILLINGS, Mont. – Playing at home for the first time this season, the Montana State University Billings baseball team marked the occasion with a pair of victories over Saint Martin’s University in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play. The Yellowjackets (9-11, 3-3 GNAC) nearly surpassed their total run total...

Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school girls basketball. America's source for high school sports continues the tradition to close out the 2022-23 season by naming the top player in each state. Selections are based on team success and individual excellence in addition to local and state accolades.

BILLINGS — Three senior student-athletes from Bridger signed on to play college sports with in-state schools Wednesday, per Scouts activities director Lena Kallevig. Mya Goltz and Dylann Pospisil signed to play volleyball at Carroll College and Rocky Mountain College, respectively, while Zach Althoff made his pledge to play football at Rocky.

Billings Central softball was knocked off in the state championship game last season after Frenchtown won back-to-back games to take home the title. While that still stings, they're using it as a motivator this season for their young roster.

BILLINGS, Mont. - As we're in the middle of March Madness, many sports fans are excited to place their bets. In Montana, a person can only place a sports bet online at an authorized retailer. "I think March Madness is getting its traction more so than in the past," said...

Lustre Christian struggled shooting the basketball and lost to Belt, 47-24, in loser- out action at the Class C state tournament in Billings on Saturday, March 11. Belt jumped out to a 17-5 lead in the first quarter and gained a 29-12 half-time advantage. The Huskies held a 37-16 lead...

BILLINGS — On the third day after his girls basketball team won the Class AA state title, the season still wasn’t over for Billings West coach Charlie Johnson. He was in his office Tuesday afternoon, uploading statistics and game film from the tournament and cleaning up the team room at the school.

In their first game at the state basketball tournament in the school’s history, Lustre Christian came up short against Big Sandy, 60-47, in Billings on Thursday, March 9. The Lions were never completely able to recover from a slow start in the opening-round contest. The Pioneers jumped out to a 13-3 lead in the contest. The outside shooting of Clay Reddig and Elijah Lenihan helped Lustre close the margin to 17-10 at the end of the first quarter.

We know this because our St. Patty's Pub Golf Classic Tournament was this past weekend, and it was a huge turnout. We could easily guess who golfs regularly because one team absolutely dominated the others, and we had a great time doing it. To all you golf lovers in Billings, this one is for you!

A big third quarter lifted Lustre Christian over Lone Peak, 59-48, during loser-out action at the Class C boys’ basketball state tournament in Billings on Friday, March 10. Eight straight points by Cayden Klatt and a drive by Elijah Lenihan put the Lions up by a 28-20 half-time advantage.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The bond between Mick Durham and Danny Sprinkle continues to strengthen. Durham, the head men’s basketball coach at Montana State Billings, was talking about Montana State’s success during MSU’s shootaround at the Greensboro Coliseum on Thursday, one day before the Bobcats’ NCAA Tournament game against Kansas State. As Durham spoke, MSU coach Danny Sprinkle waved to him. Durham stopped his answer mid-sentence, smiled and waved to his pupil.

BUTTE- Donovyn Headswift, Mario Rosemond, Cuinn Powers, Asher Topp, Leo Filardi, and Connor Dick. Those names will not soon be forgotten. As freshmen, Missoula Hellgate’s six seniors endured Brett Clark’s buzzer-beating jumper, which lifted the Bozeman Hawks to a 56-54 OT State championship win in 2019. On the...

There is one set of numbers explaining why the North Country Mavericks became the 2023 Montana High School Association Class C Girls’ state champions in basketball following last week’s 47th annual gathering in Billings: 25, 25 and 26. It adds up to 76, and when divided by three...

No game is easy at Montana State Class A basketball competition when only the finest teams are left in the lineup. But for Browning the challenge was even tougher, given their opening contest was against the eventual state champion, the Havre Lady Blue Ponies. Nonetheless, the Lady Indians had a...