Sports

Brady vs. Brees: A matchup for the ages and the aged

Published on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 12:00am
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The NFL has never seen a playoff matchup quite like the upcoming one between Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Drew Brees’ New Orleans Saints.

PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE

Published on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 12:00am

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Braves gear up with new coach, safety measures

Published on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 3:28pm

The American Legion Braves baseball team is gearing up for the 2021 season.

An informational meeting will be held at the Park County Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m., open to everyone interested in Legion baseball. The coaching staff and board of directors will be available to answer questions from interested athletes and their families.

The Rangers pin Hardin, can’t pull out the win against Sidney, Huntley

Published on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 12:00am
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The Ranger wrestlers had a big weekend, winning one out of three duals at home against some of the toughest competition in the state.

Park/Sweet Grass wrestling season underway, despite virus

Published on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 2:59pm
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The Park/Sweet Grass wrestling team’s season is well underway, and Head Coach Ben Hahn said there is some fantastic wrestling going on, though it may look a bit different this year. 

A wrestling season typically consists of several large meets with individual wrestlers competing one on one against wrestlers from other schools. As a result of the ongoing pandemic, these large meets were replaced with smaller meets, and the individual wrestling was replaced with dual-style matches, pitting entire teams against one another. 

Putting up the ball

Published on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 3:11pm
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Photo courtesy of Michael Kokot

Park High Ranger Payton Kokot (2) puts up the ball during a Tuesday game in Billings against Billings Central. Kokot had 25 points in the game, which Billings Central won 80 to 53.

Kansas City Chiefs enter playoffs favored for a winning repeat

Published on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 3:06pm
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It took five decades for the Kansas City Chiefs to win a second Super Bowl. Now they have the audacity to shoot for two in two years.

Yet while Patrick Mahomes and Co. are the favorites at just about every sports book, bar or barbershop heading into the playoffs, the road to a repeat is hardly a smooth one. Nobody has won back-to-back championships since the New England Patriots successfully defended theirs in February 2005, the longest stretch without a repeat winner in Super Bowl history.

TENNIS ’21: COVID questions key; Djokovic, Nadal eye records

Published on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 8:38am

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer

 

When the 2020 men’s tennis season ended at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal captured a common sentiment that still holds true as the 2021 tennis season is set to begin this week.

“The world is suffering a lot, so we are very lucky that we can play tennis,” Nadal said in London in November. “That’s the real feeling that I have.”

Saints rout Panthers 33-7 to earn No. 2 seed

Published on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 12:00am

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — While the Saints didn’t get the first-round bye in the NFC playoffs they coveted, they proved again they can win big games without star players. And that could come in handy in the postseason.

Welcome to the postseason, Cleveland. Cleveland? Yep

Published on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 12:00am
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Welcome to the postseason, Cleveland. Cleveland?