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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. 

Freshman Nate McClain described his experience at the recent Butte Invitational Cross Country Carnival like this: “Just jacked up on nerves. And then you’re running and you’re not thinking about anything except how much it hurts.

As an almost full harvest moon rose through a thin layer of clouds, the Lone Peak High School football team went to work under the lights against an opponent with players about the same size as the Big Horns.