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Osweiler to hold camp at Legends July 20
High school and youth football players should circle July 20 on their calendars — Brock Osweiler is once again coming back to Kalispell to help with the Flathead Braves Football Camp.The day starts with a Quarterback-Receivers-Tight Ends throwing session for high school athletes from 9-10:30 a.m. at Legends Stadium. Then a youth camp for players in Grades 3-8 will run from 10:30 a.m.-noon.That will be followed by a “Legends of Flathead at Flathead” tailgate. Braves football coach Caleb Aland aims to have as many former Flathead athletic standouts attend as possible.It will be open to all the campers, and food will be provided by 406 BBQ and Sweet Peaks Ice Cream.Osweiler was a standout basketball and football player at Flathead from 2006-08, who then played quarterback at Arizona State University ahead of a 7-year NFL career with the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans. He retired in 2019.Registration is $15 and can be done through at fhsbravesfootball.com: Go to “Schedules” and hit Camp Info.For more information contact Coach Aland at fhsbravesfootball@gmail.com.
Polson Tennis bests Co-Falls, falls to Whitefish
Whitefish Tennis downs PolsonPolson had some bright spots but the Pirates and Lady Pirates both fell to Whitefish in Northwest A Conference tennis on Tuesday, April 24.On the girls’ side, Vivian Grainey won her No. 3 singles battle for Polson over Ainsley Grubb 6-4, 6-1. Katie Smith and Julia Barnard won their No. 1 singles bout vs. Ainsley Scott and Maggie Mercer by a score of 6-3, 6-2.The Polson boys saw Torrin Ellis win his No. 1 singles matchup over Owen Erickson 6-1, 6-1, while Taegan Gage and Teague McElwee won the No. 3 doubles bout 6-0, 6-4 over Whitefish’s...
Hoerner has hot bat in Frenchtown tournament
The Columbia Falls softball team dropped Havre 11-3 and Libby 16-4 at the Frenchtown tourney last week.Italia Hoerner drove in four runs on three hits against Havre, including a three-run homer in the first.She also drove in a run on a single in the fourth,Tayler Lingle also tripled in the first inning to drive in two more runs against the Blue Ponies as the Wildkats shot out to a 7-0 lead and never looked back in a game that went five innings.Maddie Moultray, Haden Peters and freshman Katie Bulawsky combined for a three-hitter on the mound.On Thursday the Wildkats walloped Libby as well, 16-1.Hoerner also had a big game with five RBIs on three hits including the game’s lone dinger in a game that went four innings. Peters went the distance on the mound, striking out two while giving up just one run. Libby has been without their starting pitcher the past few games after she was hit by a ball during a game against the Wildkats earlier this season.The Kats faced conference foe Polson at home Tuesday.
Track does well at ARM, Top 10
Malaki Simpson had more strong outings in track last week.The senior sprinter won the 100 meters at the Whitefish ARM meet Saturday with a time of 11.05. In the Top 10 meet in Missoula last Tuesday, Simpson was third in the 100 and won the 200 with a time of 22:05.Lane Voermans took fifth in the discus.Also at Whitefish ARM, Jack Phelps was second in the 400 with a 51.93; Quinn Clark took fourth in the 800 with a 2:05.93,.The Wildcats won the 4x400 relay with a 3:37.32; Voermans won the discus with a 158-10 and Joe West was third...
Cats wallop Bigfork, Browning
The Columbia Falls baseball team hammered its competition last week. In a doubleheader on Thursday the Wildcats beat Bigfork 14-1 and 16-3 respectively.On Saturday, they dropped Browning 21-0 and 28-2. All four games were on the road. The Cats are 11-2 overall. In the opener against Bigfork Nico Young had the big bat, with four RBIs on three hits as the Cats put up seven runs in the second and six more in the fourth in a game that ended in five on the mercy rule. Young had a homer and a double in the contest while Dayne Tu had a...
Tennis squads rounding into form; Pickard has good week
The Columbia Falls tennis teams competed against Polson, Ronan and Bigfork last week.Against Polson, Logan Heupel and Will Pickard dropped Brock Henriksen and Ruger Ellis in No. 1 doubles, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Silas Ypma and Oliver McDonald also nabbed a win in doubles, dropping Teague McElwee and Taegen Gage 3-6, 6-1 (10-2).The girls swept Ronan in singles play, with Aliyah Arends dropping Sara McConnell, 6-1, 6-0. Bailey Windauer beat Mady Evo, 6-1, 6-1 in No. 2 singles.On the girls’ doubles side, Lexi Oberholtzer and Lucie Love, a new combination halfway through the season, dropped Kate Johnson and Kamryn Brown, 6-0, 6-0.On the boys’ side Pickard beat Toby Cantlon in singles play, 6-3, 6-0 while Jax Ramage and Lane Hoerner teamed up to beat Mason Parks and Brady Hunt, 6-3, 6-2.Against Bigfork, Oberholtzer kept her win streak alive in singles with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Tessa Troyer.Ramage nabbed a win in singles over Seth Christiaens, 6-2, 6-3.Heupel and Pickard also did well in doubles against the Vikes, dropping Malachi Comly and Andrew Wallen 6-1, 6-2.The teams faced off against Whitefish on Tuesday after presstime and then travel to Libby Saturday.
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