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Registration Opens for Montana Senior Olympics

Anne James — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:59:20 +0000

Press Release

The Montana Senior Olympics Committee is proud to announce that Great Falls will be the site for Montana Senior Olympics again in 2013. Great Falls hosted the games in 2011 & 2012 and has been selected again as the host site for the 2013 and 2014 Montana Senior Olympics.

Griz Pre-Season Ticket Sales End May 1

Anne James — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:37:09 +0000

MISSOULA, MONTANA (4/24/13) – The University of Montana’s football season ticket holders are reminded that the deadline for UM’s ticket renewal is just a few days away. Griz football season ticket holders must pay for their 2013 tickets by Wednesday, May 1 at 4:30 p.m. to secure their seats. Season tickets that are not paid [...]

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR GRIZ FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE APRIL 13TH IN RONAN

Wendy Nielsen — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:58:50 +0000

MISSOULA, MONTANA (3/26/13) – The University of Montana Grizzly football spring scrimmage, sponsored by the Mission Mountain Chapter of the Grizzly Scholarship Association, is just three weeks away, Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Ronan, Mont., at the Laverne Parrish Memorial Field. Kickoff will be at noon. The festivities surrounding the scrimmage begin on Friday [...]

Browning Players Named to All-Conference List

Wendy Nielsen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:01:03 +0000

Two Browning basketball players were named first team all-conference selections when the Central A List came out today. Here’s the entire list: 2013 All – Conference Selections ( Central A) 1St Team- Top 3 All State Jeremy Ragar-Sr.-Belgrade DJ LazyBoy-Sr. -Browning Marcus Payne- Sr.- Park Dane Warp- Fr.- Havre Jalen Croff-Sr.- Browning 2nd Team Brandon [...]

Carroll College Makes NAIA Women's Tournament

Anne James — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:44:58 +0000

Carroll College is one of two Frontier Conference teams in the NAIA Div. I Women’s Basketball tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through next Tuesday. Click HERE for the full bracket. The 32 teams in the women’s tournament are divided into four “sub-brackets”, each leading to a semi-final berth. Teams are seeded 1-8 within their [...]

Browning Indians Finish the Season

Wendy Nielsen — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:46:04 +0000

The Browning Indians fell to Columbia Falls this afternoon in a 72/56 final score. The loser out game will put a period on the season for the Indians. We will continue to cover the Class B tournaments from Butte. Tune in at 96.7 FM or online at k96fm.com.

Fairfield 59 Shepherd 46

Wendy Nielsen — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:02:17 +0000

The Fairfield Lady Eagles continue on their winning streak with a 59/46 win over Shepherd in the first round of the State Class B Girls tournament. That will move Fairfield into the 6:30pm game tomorrow against the winner of the Powell County/Colstrip game that is getting underway now. We’ll have the game for you tomorrow [...]

Wolf Point and Florence-Carlton Move On (UPDATED BRACKET HERE)

Wendy Nielsen — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:43:52 +0000

The first two boys games are done at the State B combinedd tournament and Wolf Point and Florence-Carlton, both #1 seeds have moved into the semi-final.

Here's the Updated Bracket

CLASS B BOYS STATE TO

Griz Fans: Tailgating Isn't Just for Football!

Anne James — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:15:01 +0000

The Grizzly Scholarship Association will hold a fan appreciation pregame tailgate Saturday before the Montana-Northern Arizona men’s basketball game. The fan function will be hosted in the East and West Auxiliary gyms of the Adams Center from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The first-place Grizzlies (21-6, 17-1 BSC) will face the fifth-place Lumberjacks (11-18, 8-10 BSC) at 7 [...]

Big Thanks to the Lady Bull Dogs of Choteau

Wendy Nielsen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:43:01 +0000

Tournaments can get a little rough around here – trying to cover everyone as much as possible. We had a conflict between the Browning Girls and the CJI Girls, but Choteau helped up out (by winning their game), so we have room for Browning on KZIN (96.7 FM) k96fm.com and we’ll have CJI on ksenam.com [...]

CJI Girls Stay Alive in the Northern C – OT (AGAIN)

Wendy Nielsen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:50:06 +0000

CJI and Roy/Winifred gave us a little flashback this morning when Roy/Winifred tied the game at 40 with seconds left! CJI proved they can play in OT with a final of 51/50 to stay alive and wait for the loser of the Winnett/Grass Range -v- Chinook game to play tomorrow afternoon at 12:30pm. In case [...]

CJI to meet Roy/Winifred in the Early Morning Game

Wendy Nielsen — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:52:01 +0000

The CJI Lady Hawks gave the North Star team all they could handle through four quarters. Unfortunately, they were unable to score in the overtime, giving the Knights the 49/40 win. That puts CJI in Loser-Out Action starting in the morning (8am to be exact). They will meet the Roy/Winifred girls. We’ve updated the bracket [...]

It's not over…

Wendy Nielsen — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:45:27 +0000

It’s the District 10C Girls Basketball Tournament from Conrad, and there is one more thing to be decided! Will the Valier Panthers go on to the Divisional? Or will it be the Dutton/Brady Diamond Backs?? We’ll find out tonight on KZIN – 96.7 and online at k96fm.com at 6:30pm when the Diamondbacks will challenge the [...]

District 10C Boys and Girls on KZIN From Conrad

Wendy Nielsen — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:10:00 +0000

We'll send Gary Goodan and Dean Lerum to Conrad starting on Wednesday to bring you all the action in the District 10C Tournament on KZIN - 96.7 FM and ONLINE - Click below to get the bracket

District 10C Girls/Boys Brackets

If it's the 1B tournament you're interested in

Griz On A Roll

Anne James — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:40:25 +0000

Press Release: The University of Montana Grizzly basketball team has moved up to 12th-ranked in the CollegeInsider.com’s Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, which was announced by that organization late this afternoon (Feb. 11). Montana moved up two spots from the Feb. 4 poll. The Grizzlies are currently 18-4 overall and in first place in the Big Sky [...]

Cats Sign 18 Recruits

Anne James — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:42:24 +0000

A Bison, a Rustler and eight other Montanans are among the eighteen players who have signed letters of intent to join the Montana State University football program next season. Here are the details and Coach Rob Ash's comments on the Class of 2013:

Folabi Akanbi -- 6-5, 290, Fr, Houston, TX (Dawson Pearland)

Player Notes: An honorable mention all-conference selection... earned an 89% grade from coaches, allowing only one sack duri

MSU-Northern Signs 3 Local Players

Anne James — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:57:51 +0000

Players from Chester, Choteau and Cut Bank are among the thirteen players who have signed letters of intent to play football for Montana State University - Northern next season. Click HERE for the full l

GRIZ FOOTBALL: CLASS OF 2013

Anne James — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:35:56 +0000

Head Coach Mick Delaney has announced the UM Griz 2013 signees, and it sounds like he’s pretty pleased with the results of this recruiting season. Here’s what the coach has to say about his freshman roster: “I am just tremendously excited about this class, as are the rest of our coaches. This time of [...]

MUSH! 2013 Pedigree Sled Dog Race Is Underway

Anne James — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:34:18 +0000

The 2013 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race begins this evening (6:00pm MST) at Jackson, Wyoming. Over the next week, 23 teams will race over a nearly 350-miles course that includes eight checkpoints and runs through portions of four states, ending in Evanston, Wyoming next weekend. There are two Montanans in this year’s race, [...]

KZIN Sports Schedule January 17 – 21

Wendy Nielsen — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:24:10 +0000

Here comes the weekend again (YAY!) and it’s time to get down to the sports for the weekend. Here’s the KZIN (FM 96.7) broadcast schedule. You can listen at 96.7 on the FM Dial or click HERE to listen online. If it’s the AM you’re interested in – click HERE to see the schedule on our sister station: [...]