The start of August brings high school sports closer to getting in some much needed action, and this year it will be especially great to see football, volleyball and cross country start practicing this Friday Aug. 14.  Read Article

Most colleges told Jaxson Yanzick he was too small to play collegiate football, so, with a chip on his shoulder, the 5’8’’ 155-pound running back/kick returner will play this fall at the only school to make him an offer, the University of Montana-Western.  Read Article

In which sport has Jefferson High won the most state titles? That would be cross country, for which the Panthers have notched 10 boys’ championships and nine girls’ crowns. Read Article

In another year, we’d be gearing up now for the state high school track and field championships. Unfortunately, of course, track and field has been wiped out this spring – as have tennis and golf – because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read Article

It’s always fun to highlight the Jefferson High sub-varsity teams. They don’t get the weekly fanfare of the varsity squads, but this year’s basketball squads turned in great performances. Read Article

The Boulder/Clancy junior high wrestling team closed its 2020 season with a dual mixer in Anaconda and then Dillon Jaycee Wrestling Tournament. Read Article

The growth of wrestling in the area has been mirrored in the new coop team joining Boulder Elementary and the Clancy School, which is new to the sport. The combined team boasts 40 athletes, many of them trying wrestling for the first time – and gaining experience and confidence with each match. Read Article

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

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