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