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| Glacier High School's Kellen Bates leaps to return a ball while playing doubles during a recent tennis practice at the Flathead Valley Community College tennis courts. - File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Kellen Bates remains unbeaten.
The Glacier High junior cruised through the state singles tennis tournament in Missoula last weekend with dominant efficiency and captured his third straight Class AA championship. Bates lost only five games in his first three matches and handled Hellgate’s Alex Braun in the title match Saturday, 6-3, 7-5, becoming only the eighth boy to have won three or more singles titles in any classification in Montana history.
Read The Glacier High junior cruised through the state singles tennis tournament in Missoula last weekend with dominant efficiency and captured his third straight Class AA championship. Bates lost only five games in his first three matches and handled Hellgate’s Alex Braun in the title match Saturday, 6-3, 7-5, becoming only the eighth boy to have won three or more singles titles in any classification in Montana history.
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| Boaters begin to fill the water at Whitefish Lake at City Beach. - File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Warm temperatures beckon recreationists to water, especially around the holidays. This Memorial Day weekend thousands of visitors will likely populate Flathead Lake and other rivers and lakes across the valley. But summertime temperatures can be deceptive in Montana, where most waterbodies are fed by high mountain springs. Combine that with alcohol and no life jacket and it's a deadly combination.
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| People lead their boat to the dock at West Shore State Park earlier this spring. - Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon |
With the days getting longer and warmer, it’s time to start thinking about getting outside and on the water. And the West Shore State Park is one of the best spots to do both along Flathead Lake. Located south of Lakeside along U.S. Highway 93, the park also features a newly rebuilt boat ramp that will improve access for the public.
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I have 21 feet of three-ring binders full of stories and memorabilia that I am trying to digest into my biography. The hard part for me is to leave stuff out because I want to include it all! I will leave it to whomever the publisher hires to decide what is interesting and what is not. Laurie keeps telling me to write it all down and someone else will sort it out.
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| Undefeated: Glacier High School’s Kellen Bates eyes a return during tennis practice at the Flathead Valley Community College tennis courts. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Longtime Montana Hall of Fame tennis coach Jim Gregg was in Kalispell last summer, and naturally he ended up at the courts one afternoon.
Since taking over the Cut Bank High School tennis program in 1983, Gregg has coached nine state championship teams, nine runner-ups and five third-place teams. He has produced 30 individual state champions, some of whom have gone on to play at Division I colleges, including his son Keithan, who is one of only two Montanans to ever win four boys state titles.
Read Since taking over the Cut Bank High School tennis program in 1983, Gregg has coached nine state championship teams, nine runner-ups and five third-place teams. He has produced 30 individual state champions, some of whom have gone on to play at Division I colleges, including his son Keithan, who is one of only two Montanans to ever win four boys state titles.
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There's quite the fisheries experiment right in our backyard. In Flathead Lake, and the upstream watershed, we're experimenting on a massive scale, adding species and adopting a variety of management techniques. I'm rather curious to see how it's going to work out.
The complication is this is an experiment without a control. That means that in the remaining decades I expect to be on this Earth, the "conclusion" of our Flathead fisheries experiment probably won't be reached.
Read The complication is this is an experiment without a control. That means that in the remaining decades I expect to be on this Earth, the "conclusion" of our Flathead fisheries experiment probably won't be reached.
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| A creek along Two Medicine Road on the east side of Glacier National Park. - Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon |
For those looking for some secluded scenery, the Two Medicine Road on the east side of Glacier National Park will certainly not disappoint. The seven-mile road was recently reopened by the park and wraps along Lower Two Medicine Lake, past stunning peaks and streams.
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| Ryan Thompson - Photo courtesy of Conner Scott |
As the lead fly fishing guide for Glacier Anglers, Ryan Thompson knows what it’s like to introduce people to the rivers and the thrill and skill involved in angling. And as a videographer and film producer with a recent award under his belt, his audience just got a lot bigger.
Thompson, along with his film team member George White, won the People’s Choice Award for his film, “Lights Out,” at the Simms 2012 Shoot Out. The Shoot Out is a competition that pairs regional videographers with fly fishing guides to make impromptu films in less than a week.
Read Thompson, along with his film team member George White, won the People’s Choice Award for his film, “Lights Out,” at the Simms 2012 Shoot Out. The Shoot Out is a competition that pairs regional videographers with fly fishing guides to make impromptu films in less than a week.
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