Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to play football

The NFL is arguably the most popular sport in America, with its electrifying “action” and bone crushing hits, but is this all coming with a decrease in player’s health?
This question first arose in September 2002, when Mike Webster was found dead at the age of fifty. According to GQ magazine, Mike Webster was a Hall [...]

NFL’s big names continue to stand out in the 2009 season

The 2009 NFL season has been filled with surprises, but what isn’t a surprise is the players who never cease to amaze us. A few of the big names this season are Peyton Manning, Larry Fitzgerald, Adrian Peterson, and Troy Polamalu. Although the numbers of great players never seem to end, I’ll tell you how [...]

Senior High students make noise as members of the Billings Junior Bulls

The Billings Junior Bulls high school JV hockey team played two games against Glasgow, Montana, on Saturday, November 21. The Junior Bulls won both games with scores of 8 to 4, and 6 to 2.

The Junior Bulls have thirteen members this year, and Senior High is home to three of them. Senior Austin Bourassa [...]

Broncs takin’ it to the mat

As the Senior High wrestling season kicks off, the boys are proving that they have what it takes to have another amazing wrestling year.

“My biggest goal this year is to place well at state and beat Skyview,” said junior wrestler Zach Shovar. The wrestlers have been doing all that they can to put themselves in [...]

Swimmers optimistic about this year’s team

Swimmers take your mark, a short pause, and then splash!  The swim team warms up for its first big meet of the season on December 5th. With nine returning swimmers and a devoted coach, the swim team is off to a good start.

“We work out hard all week to prepare for the meets on Saturdays,” [...]

Lady Bronc Basketball is in full swing

Winter is here and the holiday season is underway, which can mean only one thing, it’s time for girls basketball to get started.
This year’s team is being led by four returning seniors:  Sarah Mutch, Dani Ostwalt, Chalice Strobe, and Hannah Roberts.  The Lady Broncs are going to face some adversity this season, with no returning [...]

Tanner Sprenkle is more than just a great wrestler

Tanner Sprenkle has a knack for simply cheering other people up.  Whether it’s his passionate gestures, positive words of encouragement, or his smile that never fails, he has a personality that’s contagious to everyone around him.  Except when he’s on the wrestling mat…

Sprenkle, a junior, won the state championship in his weight class both as [...]

Great snow gives Red Lodge an opening day for the books

Thanksgiving Break, Friday morning, you are nestled in your warm bed, stomach still full, and looking forward to a little R&R. Then there are ski bums, like myself, who are looking forward to mad powder up at Red Lodge Mountain. November 27th, was opening day on the mountain.  Ski season had arrived.  “I’m reborn when [...]

An unforgettable trip to Yellowstone National Park

As I step into America’s true wilderness I am suspended, up to my chest, into six feet of snow.  I struggle to reach for my ski poles.  I am about to wrap my fingers around them when my friend Allie picks the poles up and pulls me out.  The group finally caught up with me. [...]

Hunting season a sucess for Senior High students

The 2009 big game hunting season has come to an end, and Senior High students were not short on success.

“This season was great. I shot two does with my bow, and a nice whitetail buck and antelope buck with my rifle,” said senior Tyler Stewart.

A light winter in Montana brought a late rut for both [...]