There was nothing pretty about Friday night’s crosstown showdown for the Flathead Braves. Except for the final score. Flathead snapped an eight-game losing streak to its Kalispell rivals with a hard-fought 46-39 win at Glacier High School in the final Western AA regular season game of the year for both teams. A boisterous, orange-clad Braves...Read More

The Knights can take the next two weeks off — from games at least. Missoula Hellgate clinched the Western AA championship Thursday with a 50-34 victory over Kalispell Glacier, earning with it an automatic bye to the state boys’ basketball tournament. Hellgate (10-2 in league, 17-3 overall) jumped out to a 10-4 lead after the...Read More

By David Lesnick The Daily Inter Lake | Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2016 10:01 pm Helena Capital coach Guy Almquist called it “a hustle play.” Connor Dowdy, a 6­’ ­6″ senior center, gathered in a missed shot by a driving Will Hunthausen for an easy basket with 1.8 seconds remaining in overtime to give Helena...Read More

Glacier takes down first ­place Helena on late triple By Joseph Terry The Daily Inter Lake | Posted: Friday, February 19, 2016 11:42 pm In desperation mode after a late bucket gave Helena High its second lead of the game with only 24 seconds to play, Glacier found an open shot in the corner with...Read More

MISSOULA — Glacier outscored Missoula Sentinel in each of the final three quarters to pick up the Western AA victory. Down 10-7 after eight minutes of play, Glacier ripped off 19 points in the second quarter for a 26-21 halftime lead. Glacier outscored Sentinel 27-17 after that. Blayne Bailey had 17 points for Glacier. Tadan...Read More

The Glacier High School sophomore boys basketball team added three more victories early this month to improve to 13-1 on the season. The Wolfpack beat the Bigfork JV 45-41 on Feb. 1 at Glacier. That game was tied 21-all at the half. Nick Whitman had 11 points for Glacier and Cole Crosby eight, including the...Read More

Big Sky 44, Glacier 36 Glacier could not overcome a rough night shooting, falling to Missoula Big Sky (5-2, 10-4) at Glacier High School. The Wolfpack was 11 of 45 shooting overall, going 2 for 11 from 3-point range. “The kids played hard,” Glacier coach Mark Harkins said. “We failed to score. We had good...Read More

CURT SYNNESS INDEPENDENT RECORD “It wasn’t pretty, but an ugly win is better than an ugly loss,” Helena High coach John Hollow said with relief after his hoopsters pulled out a scrappy win over Glacier on Saturday, 42-35. The victory in The Jungle moved league-leading Helena to 9-5 overall, and kept HHS undefeated in the...Read More

FEBRUARY 05, 2016 10:43 PM  •  CURT SYNNESS INDEPENDENT RECORD Once, when a newspaper erroneously published Mark Twains’ obituary, the fabled author and humorist retorted, “The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.” More than a hundred years later, Capital High boys basketball coach Guy Almquist stated, “We’re not dead yet,” when his Bruins took...Read More

Missoula Hellgate went on the road and outscored Glacier 31-12 in the second half to post a 52-35 Western AA conference win Thursday night. The Wolfpack (4-8, 1-3 Western AA) led 23-21 at halftime but went ice cold after the break. Glacier made 4 of 20 second half shots as a team and watched the...Read More