The Big Fish Radio - The Sound of Whitefish, Montana

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL - July 3rd & 4th Kalispell @ Spokane/Coeur d' Alene Wood Bat Tournament...vs. Trail, British Columbia (7/3), vs. Chugiak Mustangs & Twin City Titans (7/4) July 2nd Seattle Shockers def. Glacier (Whitefish) 5-3 @ Wood Bat Tournament in Seattle WA July 1st Kalispell (Class AA) def. Great Falls Electrics 4-1 & 3-0...Game 2 shortened due to rain. Glacier Twins (Whitefish) @ Wood Bat Tournament @ Seattle WA June 30th Northwest Lumberjacks def. Glacier 13-3 @ Wood Bat Tournament June 29th Kalispell def. Glacier (Whitefish) 17-2 June 28th Bitterroot & Glacier (Whitefish) split...Glacier wins Game 1 10-8, Bitterroot 13-4 in Game 2 (nonconference doubleheader) June 26th Kalispell (Class AA doubleheader) def. Great Falls Stallions 8-7 & 12-7 June 25th Great Falls Stallions def. Glacier (Whitefish) 10-3 & 5-2 (Class AA doubleheader) June 24th Missoula def. Glacier 15-9 & 19-9 (Class AA doubleheader) GOLF - July 3rd, 4th & 5th 72nd Annual 4th of July Tournament @ The Whitefish Lake Golf Club. Defending champions Robb Bergeson (men) & Rachel Warren (women) both of Billings MT are returning. COACHING - Pending school board approval, Chris Putzler will succeed Eric Sawtelle as boys' soccer coach @ Flathead (Kalispell) High. Paul Jorgensen, Flathead High cross country coach was named National Boys' Cross Country Coach of the Year @ the National High School Athletic Assn. convention in Colorado Springs CO. The Flathead boys have won 11 state Class AA championships under Jorgensen's watch. The Braves have been nationally ranked 4 times, holding the #2 position in 2000 WHITEFISH LAKE RUN - June 28th Brooke Andrus (Bigfork MT) wins women's 5K...Dan Bigham was overall 5K winner...Mary Thane (Missoula MT) won women's 10K...Seth Watkins (Kalispell MT) 1st in mens' 10K MISC - The Columbia Falls MT Chamber of Commerce 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament takes place July 26th. Registration deadline July 21st...Call the C-Falls Chamber of Commerce @ 892-2072 PRO FOOTBALL - The Atlanta Falcons have signed former University of Montana defensive end Kroy Biermann, their fifth-round pick in last April's NFL Draft, to a 4-year deal. Terms were not released. Biermann, of Hardin MT, had 32 career sacks and 220 tackles as a Grizzly COLLEGE FOOTBALL - John Laidet, most recently a redshirt defensive lineman @ The University of Oregon of the Pacific Ten Conference, is transferring to Montana State University in Bozeman MT. Laidet was named the 2006 Oregon Class 2A defensive player of the year after leading his team to an 11-2 record and a trip to the state championship. Former Oregon backup quarterback Cody Kempt signed with the MSU Bobcats earlier in June COACHING - Tim Severson was named new girls' softball coach @ Flathead High (Kalispell). Severson will succeed Dale Beerman, who resigned at the end of the season. Whitefish High's Derek Schulz was named Class A Boys' track & field Coach of the Year by the Montana Coaches Assn. GOLF - Larry Iverson of Kalispell MT won the Montana State Golf Assn. Junior Championships @ Larchmont Golf Course in Missoula MT by 1 shot COLUMBIA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME - 4 new names have been added...Michael Hader, Chase Fairbank, Chase Grilley & Sarah Marcille COLLEGE FOOTBALL - From Bozeman MT...The Montana State football team will be playing on FieldTurf beginning this fall. FieldTurf is an artificial surface. MSU football has been playing on grass since 1893. The Bobcats open the season @ home vs. Adams State Aug. 30th. Montana State's 1984 National Championship football team has been the driving force behind raising the estimated $900,000 needed for the project . The turf is expected to be in place for games this fall ACADEMICS - Columbia Falls High School had 32 student-athletes named Academic All-State in Montana for spring sports...those who earned a varsity letter while maintaining a minimum G.P.A. of 3.5 TWO BEAR MARATHON (Running) - Race organizers have added a half marathon in addition to the 'big' marathon. Both races are set for Sept. 21st (Sunday) to happen in and around Whitefish MT...both races will be limited to 300 runners each FOOTBALL - The University of Montana athletics department says all 12 Grizzly football games will be televised live this fall, for the first time in 4 years. All 8 conference games will be TV'd by KPAX-TV and broadcast on Montana's News Station channels throughout Montana. COACHING - May 30th Bigfork High School announces the hiring of 3 new head coaches...Hauna Trenerry (girls' soccer), Yvonne Peck (girls' volleyball), Mark Hanson (girls' basketball). PRO FOOTBALL - Former University of Montana defensive back and punt returner Tuff Harris, a native of Colstrip MT, agreed to a 3-year contract with the New Orleans Saints. Harris will get to compete at the defensive safety position as well the punt return job. MISC - The 7th Annual Columbia Falls High Wildcat Athletic Endowment Assn. Auction and BBQ is Friday, July 25th. The 8th Annual Columbia Falls High Wildcat Athletic Endowment Assn. golf scramble is Sunday, July 27th @ the Glacier View Golf Club in West Glacier MT

COLUMBIA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
2007 - 2008 Sports Schedules
	Wrestling	Swimming coming soon
	Tennis	Softball
	Boys and Girls Track


Jamie Heinz, Columbia Falls Track Coach

Game Schedules

SOFTBALL
	PLAYOFFS State May 22 - 24
	Apr. 3	3:30 & 5:30pm	Whitefish
	Apr. 4	4:00 & 6:00pm	at Libby
	Apr. 10	4:00 & 6:00pm	Polson
	Apr. 12	10a, 12p, & 2p	Havre
	Apr. 12	4:00 & 6:00pm	Stevensville
	Apr. 14	4:00 & 6:00pm	at Ronan
	Apr. 18	3:00 & 5:00pm	Browning
	Apr. 22	4:00 & 6:00pm	at Whitefish
	Apr. 25-26	TBA	Frenchtown Tourney
	May 2	4:00 & 6:00pm	Libby
	May 8	4:00 & 6:00pm	at Polson
	May 9 & 10	TBA	Butte Central; Tourney
	May 15	4:00 & 6:00pm	Whitefish
	May 16	3:00 & 5:00pm	at Browning
	May 22 - 24	TBA	STATE

TRACK
	PLAYOFFS Divisional May 16 & 17 State May 23 - 24
	Mar. 29	10:00am	Columbia Falls Invite
	Apr. 5	11:00am	at Polson (time trials)
	Apr. 8	3:00pm	at Kalispell
	Apr. 12	10:00am	at Bigfork Meet
	Apr. 12	10:00am	at Missoula County Invite
	Apr. 15	3:00pm	at Bigfork (relays)
	Apr. 19	10:00am	at Libby Invite
	Apr. 22	3:00pm	at Missoula (top 10 meet)
	Apr. 26	10:00am	at Whitefish (ARM meet)
	Apr. 29	3:00pm	at Whitefish (JV track meet)
	May 3	10:00am	at Kalispell (Archie Roe)
	May 9	TBA	Glacier Dual Track (home)
	May 10	10:00am	at Polson
	May 16 & 17	TBA	at Whitefish (divisionals)
	May 23 & 24	TBA	at Bozeman (STATE)

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