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Thursday's Regional Briefs

Tribune Staff

UGF women’s opener reslated for today

HAVRE -- The University of Great Falls women’s basketball opener against Northwest Indian College here Thursday was canceled, Argos’ officials announced.

The UGF women of coach Bill Himmelberg will start the campaign Friday afternoon at 2 against Concordia of Alberta at the Montana State-Northern tournament. The Lady Argos are also slated to play on Saturday night at 8 against King’s University as the tourney concludes at the Skylights’ Armory Gymnasium.

Butte renames ‘Duals’ to honor Jim Street

BUTTE -- The Mining City Duals has been renamed in honor of former coach Jim Street.

Starting this December, the tournament will be called “The Mining City Duals — Coach Jim Street Classic.”

Butte High announced the name change with a press release and the school board approved of the renaming.

Street brought the duals wrestling tournament format to the state of Montana in 1989 after taking one of his prestigious teams to Hawaii in 1987 to participate in a duals format tournament.  Since that time, the duals format has grown throughout the State of Montana with all MHSA wrestling classifications using this type of format in some capacity during their respective wrestling seasons.

Butte High won 13 straight Class AA State championships and 15 titles overall under Street, who was recognized as a 14-time Montana Class AA Wrestling Coach of the Year and a two-time National High School Wrestling Coach of the Year.

The Mining City Duals Wrestling Tournament, hosted by Butte High and held each year in Butte, showcases many of the top high school wrestling teams in the state. Great Falls High and C.M. Russell High both participate each year.

Former Simms star honored at Concordia (Minn.)

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Former Simms High sports standout Tim Lowry was recently among those inducted into the Cobber Hall of Fame at Concordia (Minn.) College.

Lowry was a vital part of the perennially powerful Cobber football running game, leading the team to the MIAC championship in 1995 as a senior offensive tackle. That same season, Lowry was named to the All-MIAC team and the AFCA All-American team in recognition of his outstanding play in the trenches.

Following graduation, Lowry went to work alongside his father doing crane and excavation work. He traveled extensively across the United States to all but four states providing services in national, state and city parks.

In 2006, Lowry founded Specialty Mobile Mix, a volumetric concrete business in Spokane, Wash., that caters to homeowners and small contractors with customized, specialty mixes for a variety of construction projects.

Lowry and his wife, Annie, are parents of three children, Lillian, Henry and Benjamin.

Rustlers girls ninth, boys 10th at 7 on 7 meet

HELENA – C.M. Russell’s Tricia Carlson finished ninth among 27 number one cross-country runners from across the state Thursday to lead the Rustler girls to a ninth-place finish at the Capital City 7-on-7 Invitational meet.

Great Falls High’s Veda Root took 17th position as the Bison girls finished 12th. Bozeman took top team honors, followed by Hellgate, Senior, Flathead and Glacier.

In the race between No. 2 runners, the Bison’s Laura Duffy came in seventh, outpacing CMR’s Annabelle Aline by 11 seconds. Roya Blake of CMR was the only other runner to finish in the top 10, taking seventh among No. 4 harriers.

Bozeman also took the boys’ portion of the meet, with CMR finishing 10th and Great Falls 14th.

The numbers 1-3 runners for the Bison finished in the top 10 in their races. Teagan Olson was ninth among No. runners, Connor Dennis ninth in the No. 2 race, and Will Hoard took eighth in the No. 3 race.

Cooper West, CMR’s No. 2 runner, came in third, missing the lead slot by less than a quarter-second, and Michael Michelson was eighth in the No. 6 meet.

Argos sweep Trinity Lutheran on pitch

Tyler Uddin registered a hat trick Thursday, leading the University of Great Falls men to a 9-0 blanking of Trinity Lutheran College in a nonleague soccer match at Siebel Soccer Park.

Henrik Sohn got the win in goal for the Argos (4-1, 6-3) with one save as UGF captured their fifth straight win.

In the women’s match, Kaylee Bartley ripped home a pair of goals as the Lady Argos won 4-2.

Kayla Gray collected four saves for the Lady Argos (4-3-2 overall, 1-3-1 league).

The Argos will travel to Helena for league play against Carroll College Sunday. The women take the field at 1, the men at 3.

Undefeated Americans face Quake at IcePlex

The Great Falls Americans won 12 straight games to open up their 2014-15 schedule en route to a Frontier Division title.

On Friday, head coach Jeff Heimel and the Americans look to get halfway there for the 2015-16 season with a win over the visiting Yellowstone Quake.

Leaders of the Frontier Division, Great Falls, perfect on the season at 5-0, welcomes the Quake (1-2-1) to the Great Falls IcePlex for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.

The Americans have outscored opponents 30-7 in five games.

The two-game series with the Quake concludes Saturday at 7:30 at the IcePlex.

Rustlers volley past Bulldogs

BUTTE -- Josey Quinn had 10 kills, and Lindsey Anderson dished out 19 assists to lead C.M. Russell to a three-set sweep over homestanding Butte High in an Eastern AA match Thursday.

Kierstin Evenson added 13 digs and a pair of aces for the Rustler girls, as they improved their record to 3-4 in league play, 6-9 overall.

Erika Spear led the Bulldogs with 15 assists and two aces, while Mikayla McGivern and Abby Dodge split a dozen kills.

The Rustlers will cross the river for the second of two crosstown matches with Great Falls High Tuesday night at 7 at Swarthout Fieldhouse.