Keeping Score

That's a wrap for High School Sports in Montana for the 2022-2023 season. We recap the Glacier Wolfpack and Columbia Falls Wildcats taking home state titles in softball, a strong showing from Glacier tennis at state, and one last look at the local track and field scene for this year. Also, a look at the Montana State track and field team where Bobcats runner Duncan Hamilton set the world reco...

Fritz Neighbor of the Daily Inter Lake joins the Sports Now to breakdown the upcoming Pioneer League baseball season and recap some of the greatest players to ever play in the Pioneer League including Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett and San Diego Padres Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman.  Plus, we recap the local headlines including the first state championship high school baseball game i...

The Flathead Valley's professional baseball team the Glacier Range Riders held their 2023 media day at Glacier Bank Ballpark. Josh spoke with Manager Stu Pederson, Starting Pitcher Noah Barros, Shortstop Gabe Howell, and Outfielder Dean Miller on expectations for the team in their second year competing in the Pioneer League, thoughts on the new shift and time limit rules, and what it is like...

The 44th Archie Roe Invitational track and field meet in Kalispell, Five members of the Columbia Falls Wildcats state champion soccer team signed collegiate letters of intent, Glacier Softball drops their first game but bounced back with a win to split a doubleheader in Helena. Plus, we recap a list of student-athletes from Northwest Montana who recently received honors for their academic success...

Kalispell product Patrick O’Connell headlines a group of football players who played their college ball in the treasure state who look to latch on with an NFL team and jump-start their pro careers. O’Connell is headed to the Seahawks joined by former Bobcat standouts Ty Okada and James Campbell. While former Griz star cornerback Justin Ford heads to Ravens rookie camp and record-setting Griz retur...

Montana State head basketball coach Matt Logie's introductory press conference, Griz football names their legacy #37 player on defense, Prep Players of the Week, and a recap of crosstown softball & track in Kalispell.   Local sports talk from Northwest Montana covering prep sports, Bobcats, Grizzlies and more!  Hosted/Produced by Josh Dugan  https://twitter.com/jdugan406 Special thanks to...

Montana State announced Matt Logie as the 24th Head Coach in the program's history Monday morning. Logie had a successful run at Point Loma at the Division II level and looks to continue the success the Bobcats saw the last few years under recently departed former head coach Danny Sprinkle who left to take the Utah State job. In other Bobcats basketball news three key members of the Bobcats r...

Whitefish baseball head coach Kyler Blades joins the Inter Lake Sports Now to preview the Bulldogs squad and discuss the inaugural season of High School baseball in the treasure state. Plus, Fritz Neighbor calls in from Missoula to recap the recent Griz football spring game and football pro day at the University of Montana featuring former Grizzlies stars Malik Flowers, Patrick O'connell and...

Local sports talk from Northwest Montana covering prep sports, Bobcats, Grizzlies and more!  Hosted/Produced by Josh Dugan  https://twitter.com/jdugan406 Special thanks to Nomad GCS and Hagadone Media Group Montana for their support.  https://nomadgcs.com/ https://www.hagadonemediagroup.com/montana Thanks to Corwin Motors for sponsoring the Keeping Score podcast! They’re proud to be family-driven...

Local sports talk from Northwest Montana covering prep sports, Bobcats, Grizzlies and more!  Hosted/Produced by Josh Dugan  https://twitter.com/jdugan406 Special thanks to Nomad GCS and Hagadone Media Group Montana for their support.  https://nomadgcs.com/ https://www.hagadonemediagroup.com/montana Thanks to Corwin Motors for sponsoring the Keeping Score podcast! They’re proud to be family-driven...

The final four Montana colleges still competing in postseason basketball saw their seasons come to an end last week with Montana State falling in March Madness while the Montana Tech men and Carroll +  Montana Western girls fell after making deep-runs in their respective NAIA tournaments. Also, we recap our local athletes who earned post-season accolades for their efforts on the basketball court....

Fritz Neighbor joins the show to discuss March Madness and the Montana State Bobcats first round matchup with the Kansas State Wildcats Friday night.  The Bobcats recently earned their second straight Big Sky championship and head coach Danny Sprinkle has Montana State poised to play spoiler after finishing second in the nation in free throws per game.  Kansas State is led by star duo Keyontae Joh...

Head Coach of the class B state champion Bigfork Valkyries basketball team Cortnee Gunlock joins the Inter Lake Sports Now to reflect on winning state, her coaching background, the balance of coaching her two daughters, and a look ahead at the Vals move to class A next season. Plus, the Daily Inter Lake's Fritz Neighbor joins the show to recap the State AA basketball tournament that took plac...

Fritz Neighbor of the Daily Inter Lake joins the program to breakdown the Western AA tournament that took place last weekend in Kalispell. We put together an All-Tournament team to highlight some of the weekend's best hoopers and reflect on an epic weekend of basketball that saw the Flathead Bravettes win their first western AA division title since the 2000-2001 season on a game winning buzze...

The Bigfork girls won the western B tournament, the Columbia Falls boys and girls took fifth at western A and the class AA postseason starts next week. The Lady Bobcats clinched a share of the Big Sky Title and Kola Bad Bear earned a Big Sky Play of the Week nod for the Cats. Plus, we look at how some former valley athletes are doing at the college level and as always we celebrate our Prep Players...

The Grizzlies football team announced who will be calling the plays on offense and defense with Brent Pease taking over the role of offensive coordinator and Ronnie Bradford moving into the defensive coordinator position. The Prep basketball postseason started in Montana with our local class A and class B schools getting things underway while class AA finishes up their regular season. Glacier and...

The Columbia Falls Wildcats boys wrestling team took home the 2022-2023 MHSA class A State Championship in Billings last weekend while the Flathead boys and girls took home second and third for class AA. Glacier's Teegan Vasquez joined an exclusive club by winning his fourth straight title, the 39th wrestler in Montana history to accomplish the feat. The Prep Basketball scene was also jam-pac...

The wrestling postseason has begun with the Flathead Brave Brawlers boys and girls sweeping the Western AA tournament. The Flathead basketball program also had a big weekend with the boys earning their first win of the season and girls extended their winning streak to six games with an overtime win. Columbia Falls wrestling star Justin Windauer moved to 44-0 and helped the MatCats take home the We...

With national signing day in our rearview it's time to leap into the University of Montana Grizzlies off-season football action and take a look at where the Griz are as a program after bringing in 19 new recruits including five players in the transfer portal. We'll run through the list of recruits then Fritz Neighbor joins the show to discuss the Griz quarterback room heading into next s...

The Ronan basketball program took the trip of the lifetime after winning a place in the Alaska Airlines Classic in Anchorage, Alaska. Glacier High Head Tennis Coach Josh Munro was named the 2021-2022 national tennis coach of the year. Plus, the Montana Grizzlies had a pair of football coaches step down including defensive coordinator Kent Baer. Also, as always we honor our prep players of the week...

The City of Kalispell was a hot-spot for Prep Sports this past weekend with Glacier and Flathead squaring off in crosstown swimming, wrestling and basketball. Also, the Montana State Bobcats men and women basketball teams pulled off a sweep over the Grizzlies in Missoula. Plus, as always we'll roll through some headlines from the Inter Lake last week, get to some Cat-Griz football news, and h...

The University of Montana Grizzlies made some noise in the transfer portal by landing a QB from Boise State and a LB from Hawaii while Montana State lost their offensive line coach to Fresno State. Also, former Montana State Bobcat Bill Kollar was named to the College Football HOF. Prep sports are hitting mid-season form and rivalry games are underway. This episode we cover the Columbia Falls-Whit...

Winter Prep Sports is back in full-swing after break with tons of action in the Northwest Montana basketball and wrestling scene. Also, we dive into the Big Sky basketball season as it relates to the Cats and Griz. Plus, as always. we get to our Hagadone Media Group Montana Prep Players of the Week. Local sports talk from Northwest Montana covering prep sports, Bobcats, Grizzlies and more! Hosted...

In our first episode of Sports Now in 2023 we look at how the heavy winter storm had an impact on the Northwest Montana sports scene, breakdown the biggest headlines from the Daily Inter Lake the past few weeks, and take a look at what is on the radar for sports in Northwest Montana this year. Plus, a look back at some of the best moments from the Inter Lake Sports Now in 2022. Local sports talk f...

The Bobcats magical season comes to an end with a 39-18 loss to South Dakota State but there is plenty of positives to focus on for this Montana State program moving forward. Thoughts on the Bobcats and their bright future with Tommy Mellott and Sean Chambers at QB under Head Coach Brent Vigen.  A break down of the local winter prep sports in the valley and beyond.  Plus, as always a look at our H...