BOZEMAN – Loyola Sacred Heart got a bump, the Bluehawks suffered a blow and Chiara Warner wore out the track at Van Winkle Stadium on Friday at the State B track and field championships.

LAUREL – Layne Lantis was expecting a battle with rival Chance Hyatt. And what a battle it was.

LAUREL – The Corvallis girls’ track and field machine ran full-throttle Friday at the State A meet at the Laurel Sports Complex, building a huge lead in pursuit of a second consecutive championship.

BOZEMAN – For the first 56 seconds of her 400-meter showdown with Helena’s Carly Smiedela, Missoula Sentinel senior Liz Harper was a nervous wreck.

The State AA hasn’t cornered the market on marquee races or top-flight talent: Just ask Townsend, Bigfork, Plains and Thompson Falls.

The Whitefish boys have speed, depth and their health, and that makes Derek Schulz feel pretty good about their chances at the State A track and field championships that start Friday in Laurel.

Missoula Sentinel’s Liz Harper will be chasing Billings Senior’s Morgan Sulser, or vice-versa, and Missoula Hellgate’s Chris Herrick and Adam Peterman will be trying to hold off Troy Fraley an…

FRENCHTOWN – The first time David Diehl competed in the pole vault, he was a 5-foot-11 freshman who couldn’t get bend on the pole.

HELENA – The Missoula Big Sky boys scored three individual wins Saturday to race past first-day leader Kalispell Glacier and take the team title at the Western AA divisional track meet at Vigi…

HELENA – The first day of the Western AA divisional track meet had a distinctly Missoula flavor.