Sports

Livingston Rockies advance to semifinals on Edwards’ blast

Published on Tue, 06/07/2022 - 12:00am
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The Livingston Rockies played their first game of the Babe Ruth league playoffs on Monday night against the Bozeman Yankees in Livingston, bringing with them the weight of being a number one seed.

Palat scores late, Lightning beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 3

Published on Mon, 06/06/2022 - 12:00am
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Just when it appeared the New York Rangers might be ready to push Tampa Bay to the brink of elimination, the twotime defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning showed they were nowhere near finished. Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos scored to wipe out a two-goal deficit, and Ondrej Palat finished a dramatic comeback with the 10th winning playoff goal of his career Sunday in a 3-2 victory that cut the Rangers’ lead in the Eastern Conference final to 2-1.

Liebsch passes long jump torch to Kokot

Published on Fri, 06/03/2022 - 12:00am
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In 1971 the 26th Amendment was passed lowering the voting age to 18. Charles Manson was convicted for the Manson Family Murders. Watergate was still a year away. George Harrison released “My Sweet Lord.” The internet had yet to be created. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met for their first of three epic boxing matches. The Ed Sullivan show came to an end. “Patton” won the Academy Award for best movie. Gasoline cost 36 cents per gallon. Milk was still being delivered by milk trucks and left on the back steps in glass bottles. The war in Vietnam was still raging. And at the Montana high school state track championship Park High senior Greg Liebsch set a school record when he leaped 22-5.00 feet to bring home first place. A record which stood for 51-years until this past weekend when Park High senior Payton Kokot won first place at state with a leap of 22-07.00 to break Liebsch’s long standing record.

Baseball playoffs come to the city of Livingston

Published on Fri, 06/03/2022 - 12:00am
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The Babe Ruth league Livingston Red Sox and Livingston Rockies finished their regular season schedule on Wednesday night, with the Red Sox holding off Manhattan team one 14-10 and the Rockies defeating Manhattan team two, scoring seven runs in the sixth inning to come back and win 12-7. With their wins the two teams finished first and second in the 16-team league. The Rockies claimed first place with a 14-2 record while the Red Sox finished a half game behind, earning second place with a 13-2 record. As a result both teams will play host on June 6 with games scheduled for 6 p.m. at Miles Park in Livingston.

Chytil scores twice, Rangers rout Lightning 6-2 in Game 1

Published on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 12:00am
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NEW YORK (AP) — Filip Chytil has found his scoring touch and it’s helping the New York Rangers get on quite a roll.

Transformative year: Black coaches now lead 50% of NBA teams

Published on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 12:00am
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s an annual occurrence in the NBA. Teams change head coaches and the roster of candidates who should get those jobs starts getting bandied about, and especially in recent years those lists almost always included Black candidates.

Avalanche hold off Oilers for wild 8-6 victory in Game 1

Published on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:00am
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DENVER (AP) — In a frenetic game that featured 14 goals, Colorado and Edmonton players came away with the same thought — defense can’t be so optional.

KOKOT WINS STATE LONG JUMP

Published on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 12:02pm
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The Park High boys track team took seventh place overall this weekend out of 21 teams at the Class A state track tournament with a team total of 31 points in Butte. Senior Payton Kokot led the Rangers winning first place in the long jump with a personal best leap of 22-07.00. Amazingly, Kokot would go on to earn a total of 23 points, taking second in the high jump and fourth in the triple jump, and he also was a member of the Rangers All-State 4x400 relay team.

STATE CHAMPS

Published on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 12:01pm
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BOZEMAN — Park High Rangers Tess Cocotos and Debbie Chambers are state doubles champions. After putting together a

Rangers lose at tourney

Published on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 12:00am

The Park High Lady Rangers opened the state softball tournament at 11 a.m. on Thursday in Hamilton against the Lady Golden Eagles from Fergus with their goal to finish in the top four. The state softball tournament was a double elimination format, meaning the teams who lost a game before reaching the finals would be dropped into the consolation bracket with a chance to play into the third/fourth place game on Saturday. For seniors Marissa Taylor and Taylor Young they came to Hamilton hoping to improve upon their fifth place finish last year.