Finally, a year and change later, Jefferson High’s spring sports were all in action last week. The Panthers’ track and field teams opened their season at the Joliet-Park City Meet in Laurel, while the golf squad squeezed in two meets after postponing their opener due to weather. Here’s how it went: Read Article
Spring put in an appearance as Jefferson High’s tennis team opened its season on Thursday. The girls enjoyed sunny skies and very little wind — the first time I can remember a beautiful day like this for the first meet of the year. Normally, for the first competition, fans are bundled up wit… Read Article
Montana’s high school basketball season officially ended with the State basketball tournaments last week. In Class B, the outcome was one I don’t think I’ve seen in many years: Teams from the Southern division, which includes Jefferson High, captured all three trophies in both girls’ and boy… Read Article
The basketball post-season is a cruel time. For all teams but one, the season ends with a loss; the physics of the bracket ensure that outcome. And the question is: Will the loss come today, or some other day? Read Article
For the first time in three years, Jefferson High’s girls basketball squad is headed to the Divisional tournament. Read Article
Another busy week of sports at Jefferson High School that ended the regular season for basketball and wrestling. The post season started on Tuesday with the Lady Panthers hosting Manhattan and the boys team hosting Whitehall. The top three teams will qualify for the divisional tournaments in… Read Article
Whew. This was the sort of week that gives sports columnists heart palpitations. Five basketball games in five days – and four of them nailbiters. It made for great high school sports – and Jefferson High’s Panthers mostly came out on top. Read Article
Jefferson High’s basketball traveled to Sweet Grass County amid a winter storm on Saturday for important conference contests. The boys came away with a key win, while the girls lost a close one to the top-ranked Lady Herders. Read Article
Led by a scorching performance from Trent McMaster, Jefferson High’s basketball squad notched an important 81-77 win Monday against county rival Whitehall. Read Article
Three weeks remain in basketball’s regular season – a point in the winter when schools start jockeying for position in the playoffs. After shutting down briefly to quarantine, Jefferson High’s boys squad returned to action — and both it and the Lady Panthers faced important conference match-ups. Read Article
Jefferson High’s boys’ basketball hit the COVID-19 wall last weekend: With both varsity and JV teams in quarantine, games against Whitehall and Manhattan were postponed to next month. Read Article
Jefferson High’s basketball schedule saw its first pandemic-related casualty last week, as Powell County had to opt out of the games with the Panthers that had been scheduled for Friday. Read Article
The Jefferson High basketball teams had mixed fortunes last weekend, both splitting their games. While the boys faced the limitations of their height, the girls fell to one of the top teams in the state. Read Article
It was a win one, lose one day for the Panthers wrestling team as it kicked off the season in two dual matches Saturday against Choteau and Fairfield. Read Article
Finally, a month late, after everything, Jefferson High’s basketball squads launched their season on Saturday — and they were more than ready. In tune-ups for what promises to be a tough District schedule, the Panther boys and girls cruised convincingly past visiting Choteau High, with both … Read Article
The wait is almost over for winter sports. Barring any more outbreaks of COVID-19 at Jefferson High School, wrestling will see its first action this Saturday, January 2, when the team travels to Choteau. Coach Troy Humphrey has good numbers this year, and judging from the performance at the… Read Article
Depth and quality. Read Article
On January 2, about a month later than usual, Jefferson High School’s basketball teams will host Choteau High’s Bulldogs for the first games of the 2020-21 campaign. Read Article
A few weeks later than usual, practices for Jefferson High’s wrestling and basketball squads started on Monday, December 7. If numbers mean anything, Panther sports should do well this winter, with large numbers of athletes turning out for all sports. Read Article
December has arrived. In any other year, Jefferson High School would be gearing up for its first basketball and wrestling competitions. Read Article
The fall sports season is in the books — and the all-star selections are out. For Jefferson High, junior linebacker Jake Genger was named all-state, selected by coaches in the South Division. Genger was also voted first team all-conference. Read Article
The state volleyball championships concluded last weekend without Jefferson High, which saw its undefeated streak end at the South Divisional tournament. Read Article
When you reach the Divisional volleyball tournament, there are no walkovers. That’s been especially true in Montana’s Class B South, which for years has brought together some of the state’s strongest squads. Read Article
On to Divisionals! Jefferson High’s volleyball swept through the District 5B tournament without losing a set, preserving their perfect record and qualifying for the Southern Division tournament in Red Lodge starting Thursday. Read Article
Jefferson High’s volleyball team took their undefeated record to Manhattan on Thursday — and escaped with a hard-fought, five-set win to preserve its perfect regular season. Read Article
Jefferson High’s volleyball teams took another step toward a perfect regular season, with both varsity and JV squads taking county rivals Whitehall Oct. 13 in straight sets. The Lady Panthers are now 9-0 in this shortened schedule, with one match to play. Read Article
Jefferson High School’s volleyball teams cruised through another week undefeated -- with the varsity pulling out its first five-set match of the season to topple Broadwater, its closest rival. Read Article
Jefferson High School cross country teams experienced new territory in West Yellowstone and did well. Logan Gillmore continues to lead the Panthers finishing in 18:22, Logan Hornung 18:57, Dylan Mikesell 20:14, Mike Emter 20:29, Christian Gillmore 21:01, Brendan Gallagher 21:28, and Dominick… Read Article
The Lady Panthers volleyball teams continue to win. The teams traveled to Three Forks last Thursday night to take on the Wolves, with the C girls taking a four set win 25-21, 25-14, 15-17, 15-5. The JV girls won in four also, starting the first set with a 20-25 loss, their first of the seaso… Read Article
The Jefferson High School cross country teams competed at Red Lodge last Saturday, leaving early in the morning to compete on a course they have not seen before. The course is laid out around the Red Lodge Airport so you can bet it is flat, not what you would think of a course in Red Lodge, … Read Article
The cross country teams got in another meet. This time they were able to run the course at the Three Forks golf course on a very nice day for being outside in beautiful Montana. Next up will be a long trip to Red Lodge on Saturday, Sept. 19. This will be a first for the Panthers and will aga… Read Article
It was a happy week at Jefferson High School as football and volleyball teams got in games. The football team traveled to Whitehall last Friday night to play a game that was put together between the two schools to get the kids on the field, as this was a non-counter for both teams. Due to th… Read Article
Jefferson High School cross country got in its first meet of the season and what a beautiful morning it was, with plenty of sunshine to warm up the cool morning, no wind, and the smoke had lifted. It does not get any better for cross country. Three teams competed as others elected to stay aw… Read Article
The junior year in high school is generally when students begin to get serious about college. Read Article
Questions were answered last week on how Jefferson High School will start sports this year. Jefferson High School met with the Health Board last week along with Whitehall High School and everyone agreed that COVID-19 is a threat that we all must take seriously. All in attendance agreed that … Read Article
Practices started last week for Jefferson High’s cross country, volleyball and football. All the sports have had great turn-outs, and the kids are eager to blow off some steam. Read Article
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
August in a normal year finds the students and staff at Jefferson High School excited and ready to get back to football, volleyball and cross country. This year the excitement is there but there are a lot of question marks on how it is going to happen, and still a possibility that sports may… 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
Jefferson High School launched a girls’ tennis program in 1988. Its dynasty began soon after. 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
With spring sports officially off the table, it’s time to think about…football! Read Article
The biggest news in Montana wrestling this year was the Montana High School Association’s decision in January to add girl’s wrestling as a sanctioned sport. 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
Two weeks ago, the joint girls and boys State basketball tournament was cut short in the face of the coronavirus emergency – the first time the Montana High School Association had ever done so. The decision came on the Friday night, before Saturday’s finals – so, also for the first time, the… Read Article
Practices started Monday for Jefferson High’s track and field, tennis and golf squads. The Boulder area is in much better shape than last year at this time, when there was still two to three feet of snow covering the tennis courts and track. So hopefully, the athletes will get in more qualit… 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
There’s a break in the sports action at Jefferson High. The Panther basketball teams failed to qualify for the Southern Divisional basketball tournament taking place this week in Billings – so, all’s quiet until March 9, when spring practices start up. 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