The Jefferson High girls’ and boys’ basketball seasons ended in much the same way Saturday, by nearly the same margin, to the same opponent. Read Article

Brackets for the District 5B basketball tournament, starting Thursday at the Belgrade Special Events Center. Read Article

Triple overtime. The words alone sound exciting: Two teams who both refuse to lose, going at it until one blinks.   Read Article

Can Leo Anderson be stopped? Yes, it turns out – but not by many. The Jefferson High sophomore placed third at last weekend’s B/C State Wrestling Tournament, besting his fourth-place finish last year. Read Article

Jefferson High brought 16 wrestlers, the maximum allowed, to the Southern B/C Divisional Wrestling Tournament in Cascade on Feb. 8. They came away with fourth place – the same result as last year — and five individual spots in next weekend’s state tournament. Read Article

With tournament time looming, Jefferson High’s basketball teams enjoyed their strongest week of the season. The boys walloped off Ennis and Sweet Grass County, while the lady Panthers edged Ennis 42-40 and then came close to knocking off undefeated Sweet Grass in the closest game the Herders… Read Article

As they ramped up for the post-season, Jefferson High’s wrestlers enjoyed a relatively relaxed week with two competitions close to home. Read Article

A five-minute cold streak in the fourth quarter doomed the Jefferson High girls in a taut match-up Friday in Three Forks. Despite a gutty comeback, the Panthers fell to their division rivals, 44-37. Read Article

As the post-season nears, the high school basketball universe is coming into focus. In District 5B, Three Forks tops the boys’ bracket at 6-0 in league play, while undefeated Sweet Grass County rules the girls’ standings. Beneath them, well, everything is up for grabs. Read Article

Jefferson High’s wrestlers hit another milestone in their strong season, placing fourth in the grueling Class BC Dual Team Tournament last weekend. Read Article

Rachel Van Blaricom finally returned to the court – and just like that, Jefferson High’s girls hoopsters righted their season, notching wins last week at Powell County and Broadwater. Read Article

It was another week on the road for Jefferson High’s wrestlers, and another strong result: The Panthers placed seventh, their best finish in memory, at the Choteau Classic tournament. Read Article

Basketball is in full swing at Jefferson High, with eight of 18 scheduled games in the books. The Panther boys picked up two wins over the weekend —by 65-49 over a scrappy White Sulphur Springs team and by 43-41 in a great match-up with Sweet Grass County in Big Timber. Read Article

Jefferson High’s girls basketball team hit up against the reality that it is one squad with Rachel Van Blaricom, and a different one without. Read Article

The Jefferson wrestling team’s match-up with Columbus-Absarokee last Friday was more than just another dual competition. Columbus-Absarokee are the defending Southern Division Champs; Jefferson, took the division title in 2018. So this was a meeting of small-school powers. Read Article

The Jefferson High hoopsters closed out their 2019 with two days of a tough, exciting games that showcased high school basketball at its finest. Both varsity squads came away with splits. Read Article

The C.M. Russell Holiday Classic is a big deal. Sixty schools from all divisions, including many of the top teams in the state, descend on Great Falls for two days each December in a who’s-who wrestling showcase. Read Article

What’s the best way to start the basketball season? How about against two of the toughest opponents in the state? Read Article

One-hundred-and-forty-six matches in three days – and another fourth-place finish at a big tournament: It was a packed weekend for Jefferson High wrestling team. Read Article

It was just before Districts last year when Rachel Van Blaricom lost her mojo. Read Article

Early into a practice last week, Anthony Connole slipped out of the gym while his team warmed up. He returned a few minutes later…transformed! He sported a purple top with gold stripes down the arms. And, shockingly, purple-and-white candy-striped pants – a bold, retro style in the mode of t… Read Article

The Jefferson High School Panther wrestling team opened its season at the Badger Invitational Tournament in Cascade on Dec. 6 and Dec. 7. The Panthers had 19 wrestlers participate in the tournament that saw 23 teams enter. Read Article

The nerve center of Jefferson High wrestling is not easy to find. You journey down a long corridor toward the back of the school building, make a dogleg, dodge some boisterous students, head up the stairs, and pass through the weight room above the gym. There, finally, is a space, about 30 b… Read Article

Montana’s high school football season ended last Saturday with championship games in all divisions. Class AA Bozeman traveled to Butte and came away with a 49-28 win, while Miles City won the Class A title with a 35-7 win over Laurel. Eureka got by Manhattan for the Class B title, 20-6; Fair… Read Article

Jered Padmos, who had an outstanding career at Jefferson High School, will play in his last regular season college football game this Saturday when the Montana State University Bobcats host the University of Montana Grizzlies. This is a huge game for both teams. Read Article

Jefferson High’s 2019 volleyball season ended where it did last year, with an exit at the Southern B divisional tournament. But this was a different story: While last year’s undefeated, top-seeded Panthers were disappointed not to make the State tourney, this year’s young team bowed out with… Read Article

It wasn’t clear to anyone, including Coach Mike Majors, what the Panther volleyball squad would deliver this year: After losing nine seniors from last year’s undefeated team, and a star junior to transfer, Majors was left with a very young group. Promising, yes – but how far could this inexp… Read Article

This was a year of promise for Clint Layng’s Jefferson High’s football team. After a disappointing 3-6 campaign in 2018, the Panthers had a new quarterback, a big and quick line, and a shared determination to return to the team’s winning heritage. Read Article

This was going to be good: A Friday night match-up of two of the top defenses in the state, Jefferson High and league-leading Manhattan, with both sides yielding less than 10 points per game. Read Article

The Jefferson High volleyball team made a compelling closing statement on their way to the District tournament, knocking off Manhattan on Friday afternoon in a thrilling five-set match that gave the Panthers the third seed for tourney play. Read Article

Cross Country athletes are like the Post Office: They run through rain, sleet, dark of night – and, at last weekend’s Montana State meet in Great Falls, some pretty nasty cold, wind, and snow. Read Article

You’ve heard this before: Defense wins football games. Read Article

It was a grueling week for the lady Panther volleyball team, with three matches in the course of six days. Jefferson won one and dropped two as they head toward the district play-offs starting Oct. 31. Read Article

With the regular season winding down, Jefferson High’s volleyball squad split two matches, dropping a league contest to Broadwater before sweeping Powell County in a non-conference affair. Read Article

Behind Jaxson Yanzick’s four-touchdown display, Jefferson High’s football team clinched a spot in the District 5B playoffs, walloping Three Forks on Friday night, 35-0. Read Article

Jefferson High School hosted its third annual “Smack Down in the Big Rock” volleyball tournament on Saturday, attracting seven visiting Class B squads from across the state. It was an all-day affair, with varsity teams competing in the high school’s two gyms while JV squads played across Mai… Read Article

So, it seems the Panthers’ season isn’t over. Read Article

It took just seconds on Friday night to alter the course of Jefferson High’s football season. On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Avery Stiles dislocated his shoulder. One day after losing running back Ethan Smartnick for the season to a broken ankle at practice, the Panthers sudde… Read Article