Local Sports

The Browning Lady Indians finished up 3rd in their divisional tournament in Great Falls on Saturday with a win in the consolation over Fergus High School 53/45.  The Championship was Havre over Belgrade 50/4.  The Lady Indians played the 2nd place Belgrade team in the first game of the tournament, so there will not be a challenge game and the Lady Indians have ended their season...

The Dutton/Brady Diamondbacks will meet the Chinook Sugarbeeters in loser-out action tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 8am. Dutton/Brady fell to Roy Winifred by a final of 55 to 38 and Chinook fell to Highwood 57/45. I've updated the bracket and will keep you informed as things change...

The District 10C tournament came to an end last night in Cut Bank with the Dutton/Brady boys triumphant over the CJI boys with a final score of 50/38 and the Valier girls getting past the Dutton/Brady girls in a final score of 40/32.  Surviving the challenge game gets them each a trip to the Divisional tournament beginning tomorrow in Great Falls...

Championship night at the 10c Tournament in Cut Bank will feature the ladies of Valier and CJI and the gentlemen of Power and Dutton/Brady. We'll be there, in case you can't be - so tune in at 96.7 FM or ONLINE (CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW) UPDATED BOYS BRACKET CLICK HERE UPDATED GIRLS BRACKET CLICK HERE

The 10C boys got into action from Cut Bank yesterday afternoon.  The first round of tournament had Power advancing over Simms (40/31), CJI over Sunburst (50/42) and Heart Butte over Valier (71/50).  Power will meet CJI in Semi-final action at 1pm on Friday and Dutton/Brady takes on Heart Butte at 4:30 on Friday...

I'm so glad that my middle name really is "Sports" as I've got a lot to enjoy this weekend. Our KSEN/K 96 sports coverage kicks off tonight (Thursday) on K 96 FM, when we broadcast not only the Shelby girls but also the Shelby boys from Fairfield...

The ol' Puffman is a little down in the dumps today (Monday). Why? It's simple...there's no Monday night football tonight for the first Monday night since Labor Day. I was on my way down the hall to the Puffman Blog desk and our sports director, Gary Gooden, noticed the long look on my face...

It will be Choteau and Cut Bank going to the State B Tournament from the Northern B Divisional. The State Tournament will be held at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on the MSU campus beginning on Thursday. The State B Bracket is here: Class B Bracket Class C Bracket We'll carry their games on K96 - Listen HERE

We'll have reports from the Northern B in Glasgow, the Northern C at North Star and the Central A in Havre. Check out the Brackets below: Northern B Divisional Volleyball - Glasgow Northern C Divisional Volleyball - North Star (Rudyard) Central A Divisional Volleyball - Havre

In 1B action from Choteau yesterday: Shelby defeated Conrad 3/2 Cut Bank defeated Rocky Boy 3/0 Choteau defeated Shelby 3/0 Fairfield defeated Cut Bank 3/1 Shelby defeated Rocky Boy 3/0 Cut Bank defeated Conrad 3/0 Choteau defeated Fairfield 3/0 Saturday's games: 2:30 pm Shelby -v- Cut Bank 4:00 pm Fairfield -v- winner of 2:30 game 6:00pm Choteau -v- winner of 4:00 pm game (Championship) KZIN will

I know how some of you enjoy "playing along at home", so I thought I would post the volleyball brackets for this weekend. We have three tournaments in the immediate area - the brackets are here: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE 1B BRACKET - IT'S CORRECT BELOW District 1B Volleyball Bracket (Choteau) District 10C Volleyball Bracket (Conrad) District 6C East Volleyball Bracket (CJI High Sch

One of the coolest books I have ever shared with the Tuesday evening Montana History group at the Marias Heritage Center is Ed Kemmick's "The Big Sky, By and By-True Tales, Real People and Strange Times in the Heart of Montana" and tomorrow afternoon (Friday at 4:35PM, Easy Ed is my special guest on the Puffman Show...