SHRINE BOWL All-star players to face off at Shrine Bowl
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - The East-West Shrine football game isn't the first all-star contest for many of the participants. In fact, 42 of those who will compete tonight at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls played in an all-star football game earlier this summer. Twenty-five Shrine players helped Montana roll to a 54-14 victory over North Dakota in the Knights of Columbus Badlands Bowl, on June 21 in Miles City. Two weeks earlier, a dozen Shrine players competed in the Class B All-Star Game in Billings. On May 31, five Shrine players participated in a pair of all-star tilts - three in the Bob Cleverley Class C game in Butte and two in the Six-Man game in Highwood. The East-West Shrine Bowl is the nation's longest-running high school all-star game, and raises money for the Shriner's Hospital for Children in Spokane, Wash. --- Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com
SHRINE BOWL-RADIO 10 radio stations to broadcast game
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Ten radio stations across the state will broadcast tonight's Shrine game. The statewide satellite radio broadcast is the third jewel in the Northern Sports Network's "Triple Crown" of Montana high school all-star events this summer. NSN also made it possible for stations in three states to air the Montana-Wyoming basketball series, and the Montana-North Dakota all-star football game. The Shrine game broadcast will start with the pregame show at 6 p.m. NSN sports director Rocky Erickson will do the play-by-play with help from Jim Sargent of KSEN in Shelby and Troy Mellinger of KQDI in Great Falls. The game will be carried by KXGF-AM in Great Falls, KURL-AM in Billings, KBOW-AM in Butte, KDBM-AM in Dillon, KXGN-AM in Glendive, KMTX-AM in Helena, KXLO-AM in Lewistown, KMMR-FM in Malta, KMTA-AM in Miles City, and KSEN-AM in Shelby. --- Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com
HAVRE, Mont. (AP) - Stephen Leggitt has been named the interim head volleyball coach at Montana State-Northern. Athletics Director Mark Samson says Leggitt served as an assistant coach under Greg Ryan for six years - four at the University of Calgary and the past two at Northern. Leggitt is from Canada and graduated from the National Coaching Institute at the University of Calgary. He also has coached at the University of Saskatchewan. Ryan resigned this summer to become the athletics director at Augustana University College in Camrose, Alberta. The MSU-Northern volleyball team posted a 7-20 overall record last season but improved as the year went on.
MCC BASEBALL Pioneers sign Utah lefty
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Miles Community College head baseball coach Rob Bishop has announced the signing of Jared Christensen of Highland, Utah, to a national letter of intent. Christensen is a left-handed pitcher from Lone Peak High School. He's the sixth signee out of the Salt Lake City area to commit to the Pioneers. As a senior, the 6-foot-3 Christensen threw more than 50 innings and faced 220 batters in Utah's toughest region (Region 4, Class 5A). He finished the season with 34 strikeouts and a 2.77 earned run average. --- Information from: The Billings Gazette: http://www.billingsgazette.com/
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RODEO RUCKUS Animal rights group targets popular Wyo. rodeo
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - As the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days gets underway this weekend in Wyoming, the "Daddy of 'Em All" rodeo finds itself fighting off allegations of animal cruelty. Animal-rights activists want certain rodeo events banned, saying they are cruel to the rodeo stock. Organizers and competitors are calling it an attack on Western tradition that seeks to ban rodeos entirely. The culture clash comes amid a national debate on the treatment of sporting animals following the death of a race horse in the Kentucky Derby. One animal-rights activist has been aggressively targeting Frontier Days, in the hopes of forcing change. The campaign by Steve Hindi of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness prompted the rock band Matchbox Twenty to cancel a scheduled performance at this year's Frontier Days entertainment lineup. Cheyenne Frontier Days spokesman Bob Budd says the rodeo has strict rules to protect the welfare of rodeo animals. He and other rodeo supporters say the events represent what occurs on ranches across the West, and that the animals are treated well.
BIG SKY STATE GAMES Big Sky State Games this weekend in Billings
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The 23rd annual Big Sky State Games take place this weekend in Billings. Executive Director Karen Sanford Gall says the 2008 games likely will be at least as big as last year's, when more than 10,000 people took part. Wyoming competitors have been invited to join the games this year. Sanford Gall says Wyoming has held its own winter and occasional spring games, but hasn't held a summer competition for a number of years. Opening ceremonies for the Big Sky State Games are set for tonight at Daylis Stadium. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with the parade of athletes starting at 7:30 p.m. Briana Scurry will light the cauldron to officially start the games. Scurry is a USA Women's Soccer goalie and alternative player for the USA national team at the Olympics in Beijing. --- On the Net: Big Sky State Games, http://www.bigskygames.org/ --- Information from: Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com
MONTANA SCHEDULE Selvig announces 2008-09 Lady Griz schedule
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - University of Montana women's basketball coach Robin Selvig has announced the Lady Griz's 2008-09 schedule. The 29-game schedule features 10 games against teams that won at least 20 games last season, and two opponents that played in the 2008 NCAA tournament. It also features five teams that made the WNIT. Of Montana's 13 non-conference games, just two will be on the road. Eight will be at home, including two at the 29th annual Lady Griz Holiday Classic, while three are neutral-site games in Cancun, Mexico. The 16-game Big Sky Conference schedule has Montana-Montana State day-night doubleheaders with the schools' men's teams in Missoula in January and in Bozeman in February. Montana returns four starts from last year's team, which went 25-7. --- On the Net: University of Montana Athletics, http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Great Northwest Athletic Conference has announced its 2007-08 Academic All-Sports titles. In its first year in the league, Montana State-Billings finished fourth overall, and its men's soccer program garnered the top grade-point average in that sport. The Yellowjacket men's soccer team posted a 3.36 GPA, which was better than any previous winner since the awards began in 2001-02. As a department, the Yellowjackets nipped Saint Martin's, 111-110, for fourth-place in the standings. Northwest Nazarene took top honors for the first time, winning both the men's and women's titles. The Yellowjackets also finished fourth in the women's sports, with 70 points.
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