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Latest Montana sports:
BOZEMAN COACH
Bozeman High names new girls' basketball coach
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - The Bozeman High athletics director
is recommending that Brad Ruston return as girls' basketball
coach.
Ruston was head coach for the Hawks from 1989 to 1998,
leading the team to three state championships. He was an
assistant to boys' coach Mike Cole from 1999-2007.
Ruston was an assistant to outgoing girls' coach Brooke
Svendsen during the 2007-08 season. Svendsen is moving to
Colorado, where her husband has taken a job.
The school board must approve Ruston's appointment at a
meeting next Monday.
Ruston takes over a program that finished third at state
last season after winning the prior two Class AA championships.
The Hawks are losing seven seniors, including all five starters.
MSU BILLINGS-FISH
DJ Fish of Browning signs with MSU Billings men's basketball
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Browning forward DJ Fish has signed
a letter of intent to play basketball at Montana State-Billings.
MSU-Billings athletics director Gary Gray announced the
signing yesterday.
The 6-foot-5 Fish led Browning to the state Class A
championship and was named the state tournament MVP. He had 25
points, eight rebounds and nine steals in his team's 72-52 win
over Butte Central for the state title.
He is also an all-state cross country runner.
WESTERN SIGNS
Helena High standout signs with Western basketball
DILLON, Mont. (AP) - Montana Western men's basketball coach
Steve Keller has announced the signing of Helena High forward
Grant Fink.
The 6-foot-7 Fink averaged 17 points and 10.3 rebounds for
the Bengals, earning first-team all-state honors. He also was
selected to play in this summer's Montana-Wyoming All-Star
series.
Keller says Fink is a player with great size and
athleticism.
Fink's older brother, Garrett, also plays for the Bulldogs.
Keller has also signed 6-foot-3 guard Cody Thueringer of
Kent, Washington. He's transferring from Highline Community
College in Des Moines, Washington.
MSU BILLINGS SIGNS
MSU Billings golf signs two recruits
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana State-Billings women's golf
coach Kevin Woodin has announced the signing of two in-state
recruits.
Erin Heaney of Anaconda and Libby Rutz of Billings have
signed with the Yellowjackets.
Heaney earned all-state honors as a senior, finishing
second at divisionals and in the Top 10 at the state Class A
tournament last fall.
Rutz, of Billings Senior, placed in the Top 10 at the state
Class championships as a junior and senior, earning all-state
honors both years.
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WRESTLING RESIGNATIONS
List of resigning Montana prep wrestling coaches grows
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The list of Montana high school
wrestling coaches who have resigned after the 2007-08 season
continues to grow.
In Class AA, the losses include Jeff Thompson at Kalispell
Flathead, which has won four of the past five state
championships. Also leaving in Class AA are Jim Street, who
coached at Butte for 25 seasons; Rob Bazant, who has coached at
Billings West for 18 seasons; and Joel Auers of Great Falls
Russell after six seasons.
Glasgow wrestling coach Mark Johnston recently resigned to
accept a position as assistant principal at Ronan High School.
He's been the wrestling coach at Glasgow for 17 years, winning
five Class B-C state championships, including the past two.
Anaconda wrestling coach Ryan Pesanti has resigned after
eleven seasons and Todd Rose resigned at Shepherd, where he
coached from 1994-99 and again the past two seasons.
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MCA COACHES HALL
Four coaches to be inducted into MCA Hall of Fame
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Four high school coaches will be
inducted into the Montana Coaches Association Hall of Fame this
summer.
Those to be honored are Mike Cole, Lyndon Conroy, Jackie
Fuller and Jeff Strickland.
Cole's boys' basketball teams at Bozeman have won five
state championships in 22 seasons.
Conroy was the head coach for the Colstrip boys' and girls
track teams for 14 years, during which his boys team won five
state championships while the girls won three.
Fuller has led the Whitefish volleyball team to five state
championships in 13 seasons.
And Strickland has been the head golf coach at Three Forks
for 19 seasons, during which his girls team has won five state
championships and the boys team one.
The four will be honored on August 7 at the MCA Awards
Ceremony as part of the annual MCA Clinic in Great Falls.
MONTANA-DELANEY
Delaney named assistant football coach at Montana
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Montana football coach Bobby Hauck
has named Mick Delaney the new running backs coach for the
Grizzlies.
Delaney is a Butte native who has been running backs coach
at Colorado State for the past 14 years.
He has also coached at Montana Western, been an athletics
director at Montana Tech and an assistant coach at both Montana
and Montana State.
Delaney worked for coach Sonny Lubick at both Montana State
and Colorado State.
Hauck calls Delaney an outstanding addition to the staff.
He has already started his coaching duties with the Grizzlies.
Delaney replaces Mike Hudson as running backs coach for the
Griz. Hudson will now coach the secondary, after Tim Hauck left
to take a similar position at UCLA.
MSU BILLINGS-HODGE
MSU Billings signs 6-foot-9 post from Oregon
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana State-Billings athletics
director Gary Gray has announced the signing of 6-foot-9 Brad
Hodge to the men's basketball team.
Gray is announcing the recruits while the school looks for
a men's basketball coach.
Hodge is a native of Hillsboro, Oregon, and played at Grays
Harbor College in Aberdeen, Washington. Prior to that, he
redshirted at Salt Lake Community College.
Hodge helped Hillsboro High School to a runner-up finish at
state during the 2002-03 season and earned first-team all-metro
honors after the 2004-05 season.
Two other Grays Harbor players, Ryan Meehan and Lance
Anderson, have signed with the Yellowjackets.
ROCKY SIGNS
Rocky volleyball signs two from Canada
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Rocky Mountain volleyball coach
Laurie Kelly has announced the signing of two hitters from
Canada.
Brittany Hodgson of Manor, Saskatchewan and Sara Brunner of
Redcliff, Alberta have signed with the Bears.
Hodgson's club team, the Southeast Stingers, are ranked
first in Saskatchewan. She helped Manor High School to a
second-place finish in the provincial championships.
Brunner played at McCoy High School in Medicine Hat, where
she helped her team finish second in the 3A Alberta Provincial
Championships. She was named her league's MVP and the MVP of her
club team.
Kelly has signed nine freshmen for the upcoming season.
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