There were ski tracks on the steep stretch of road leading down to the Upper Beehive Basin Trailhead on Sunday, Nov. 4. From there, skin tracks ran from the parking lot up into higher elevations and deeper snow. A Subaru parked in the lot had a bumpersticker summing up the current season with a mixed message.
“That was a monster save,” said Missy Botha, head volleyball for the LPHS Big Horns. Her team had just defeated White Sulphur Springs and she was praising the play of Ruth Blodgett. Against the Hornets, Blodgett made a lunging one-handed tap back into play, protecting her team’s lead.
Lone Peak High’s pioneer cross country competitors took part in the Montana State XC meet held at the University of Montana golf course on Oct. 20. They may not have brought home any medals, but Head Coach Dave Brekke said he’s more than pleased with his two long distance racers’ first season.
Last week the image used to accompany our story about Lone Peak High School’s new logo was the incorrect one. The logo of the animated Big Horn, used for high school sports, will remain. The old logo used for Lone Peak High will be replaced by a new one. Apologies for the confusion!
Before joining the first-ever Lone Peak High School cross-country team this fall, freshman Nate McLain had never even really run long distance before—not even when taking part in mile runs during gym class.
The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center crew spends the month of October preparing for winter, scheduling avalanche safety classes and setting up the weather stations they use to study the snowpack. Here’s their recently-issued early season advisory.
The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center crew spends the month of October preparing for winter, scheduling avalanche safety classes and setting up the weather stations they use to study the snowpack. Here’s their recently-issued early season advisory.
The Big Sky Futbol Club may be new this fall, but the players themselves are far from inexperienced. In fact, many of the young athletes have been competitively kicking the ball around for years.
After a commanding 54-16 victory over Harlowton-Ryegate, the Ophir Miner Head Coach Ben Holst heaped praise on his team.
“Almost perfect. We did everything right on both sides of the ball,” said Coach Holst, who around mid-second quarter started cycling in younger players to give them lots of live game experience.
When the Lone Peak High School varsity team heads to the Manhattan Christian Invitational volleyball tournament on Sept. 29 they’ll play on courts warmed up the previous week by the Ophir Miners.
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