Out of the Box
Flathead High School Sports Essentials
BOYS BASKETBALL
Record: 15-6 (7-6)
Last Game: loss to Missoula Big Sky 76-71 on March 1
Up Next: season over
Season Results (last five games):
Feb. 23: Missoula Hellgate – 62-34 W
Feb. 22: Glacier – 66-44 W
Feb. 16: Helena High – 75-59 W
Feb. 15: Helena Capital – 69-68 (OT) W
Feb. 9: Missoula Big Sky – 67-66 W
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Record: 13-10 (8-5)
Last Game: loss to Missoula Sentinel 48-46 at state on March 7
Up Next: season over
Season Results (last five games):
March 1: Missoula Hellgate – 62-44 W
Feb. 23: Missoula Hellgate – 54-50 L
Feb. 22: Glacier – 64-53 W
Feb. 16: Helena High – 61-39 W
Feb. 15: Helena Capital – 66-52 L
Brave Football
Flathead’s Osweiler Commits to ASU Football
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Brock Osweiler file photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Flathead High School junior Brock Osweiler, who made a verbal commitment to play basketball at Gonzaga after his freshman season, has now changed his mind and committed to playing football at Arizona State.
"It's just the right decision at the right time," Osweiler said Thursday.
Osweiler committed to the Sun Devils and coach Dennis Erickson on Wednesday and told Gonzaga his plans the same day.
Flathead High School Track
Faces: Charlie Dotson
Charlie Dotson is a senior on the Flathead High School track team. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
Charlie Dotson represents Flathead High School with three different pairs of shoes. In the fall he wears cleats as he carries the football across the pitch and in the winter his sneakers pound the hardwood of the basketball court. With the arrival of spring, Dotson is lacing up his orange and black track shoes.
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Weigand head to regionals
After 16 years, a Gymnast’s Last Hoorah
Amanda Weigand warms up on the high bar of the uneven bars during practice at Flathead Gymnastics in Kalispell. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
For a girl who thrives on improvisation now, Amanda Weigand used to stick solely to the basics of gymnastics: forward rolls, simple trampoline jumps and weaving through an obstacle course.
The simplicity of her early routine is easily explained – she was only 2 years old.
Osweiler, Fierro Tower Above the Rest
Best of Preps: Basketball, Wrestling & Swimming
Brock Osweiler - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
Click here for slide show of the Beacon’s best of preps picks.
These are Flathead County’s high school all-star basketball teams, as chosen by the Beacon. We’ve ignored class distinctions and conference limitations to round up what we feel would be the best squads to match up against any other all-star teams in the state. There’s a lot of talent in this county – if such a county vs. county tournament were to ever be played, we like our chances.
[read more]students working backstage
At Flathead High School, Behind the Spotlight
Shelby Heaton paints the gate used in Flathead High School's production of "The Secret Garden" during her theater class. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
When Flathead High School Theatre presents “The Secret Garden” this weekend, most of the play’s crew hopes to remain unseen, rather than steal the spotlight.
“If everything goes perfectly, the audience doesn’t even notice what you do – they get caught up in the atmosphere and just think it’s magic,” senior Victoria Zimmer said. “But if you screw up, if actors are in the dark because you forgot a light or a car is supposed to be pulling up and there’s no car sound, the audience starts looking around. They know something is missing.”
Flathead High School speech and debate
Faces: Katie Hoag
Katie Hoag is a junior on the Flathead High School speech and debate team. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
What started out as way to overcome her shyness, Katie Hoag has turned into a valuable tool she will carry through life.
[read more]Finished third in last year’s tourney
Nine Seniors Guide Bravettes to State
The Flathead High School girls basketball team rallies around head coach Kim Elliot before practice. - Lido Vizutti/Flathead Beacon
As one of nine seniors on the Flathead Bravettes who have played basketball together for years, Meghan O’Connell knows what to expect from this year’s Class AA state tournament in Great Falls.
“I think state is going to be the best time of our lives,” O’Connell said.
Class AA Basketball
Bravettes Advance to State, Boys Stay Home
In a divisional match-up with a state tournament berth on the line, the Flathead Bravettes jumped out to a 9-2 lead en route to 21 first-quarter points and never looked back, taking down Missoula Hellgate 62-44 at Flathead High School Saturday afternoon.
The Bravettes, 13-8 (8-5), will be Western AA's No. 4 seed in the state tournament this week in Great Falls, kicking off the tourney against the east's No. 1 seed Butte High on March 6 at 10:30 a.m.
On the boys side, the Flathead Braves gave up 28 points in the fourth quarter to blow a late lead and lose to the Missoula Big Sky Eagles 76-71 in a divisional match-up at Flathead High School Saturday night.
With the win, the Eagles advance to the state tournament held in Great Falls March 6-8. The Braves finish the season with 15-6 (7-6) record.
Flathead Bravettes beat Missoula Hellgate 62-44
Missoula Big Sky beat Flathead Braves 76-71
