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MONTANA SIDELINES
A ROUNDUP OF LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
BY DILLON TABISH
Kalispell’s Grant Named to Mountain Bike World Championship Team
Rose Grant, a professional mountain bike rider from Kalispell, was named to the national mountain bike world cham- pionship team on July 25.
Grant is one of 40 men and women from across the nation who will compete on the U.S. team and race in Vallnord, Andorra, tucked between Spain and France. The world championship event is Aug. 31-Sept. 6.
Athletes will compete in the elite, U23 and junior cross-country races and in the elite and junior downhill contests.
Grant joins the Team USA roster for the first time, qualifying for elite women cross-country. She is one of only six American athletes in elite women cross-country.
Grant, the top rider in Montana, recently placed high at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Nationals in Mammoth Lakes, California. She earned third in the cross country race and fourth in the short track cross country. Prior to that, on June 28, she won the U.S. Cup race at Colorado Springs in the short track cross country. She placed second at the Missoula XC on June 20.
Kalispell’s Porch Second at Montana State Men’s Amateur Tournament
Ryan Porch, a sophomore at the Uni- versity of Idaho and a Kalispell native, was runner-up for the second consec- utive year at the Montana State Men’s Amateur golf tournament at Meadow Lark Country Club in Great Falls last weekend.
Porch, a 2013 graduate of Glacier High School, shot a 1-under 71 in the final round and finished seven strokes behind the winner, Tom Swanson of Missoula. Porch carded 69-68-71 — 208. Swanson shot 65-66-70 — 201.
Payton Taylor of Hamilton placed third, 71-66-73 — 210.
Mark Mance, representing Iron Horse Golf Course, placed seventh, 74-73-70 —217.
Shawn Tucker of Whitefish tied for 11th, 72-73-73 — 218.
Addicks Claims Montana Women’s State Amateur Title
Dorsey Addicks, a junior at Seattle University from Big Sky, claimed the championship at the Montana Women’s State Amateur golf tournament last week at Canyon River Golf Club in Missoula.
Addicks won by 10 shots, carding 68-72-78 — 218.
Cathie Williamson, a senior at the Uni- versity of Arizona from Shelby, placed second, 78-72-78 — 228.
The field of 94 golfers featured the state’s best amateur players, including a few Flathead Valley athletes.
Whitefish’s Coral Schulz, who will be a senior at Whitefish High School in the fall, placed seventh, 82-77-77 — 236.
Whitefish’s Karen Jacobson won the senior title, shooting 74-86-80 — 240.
MSU Picked First, Griz Third in Big Sky Preseason Poll
Coaches in the Big Sky Conference gave the Montana State Bobcats the top ranking in the preseason poll announced July 21.
The Montana Grizzlies were tabbed third in the poll. Eastern Washington, the reigning conference champ, nar- rowly took second in the coaches poll but landed the top spot in the preseason mediapoll.
MSU and EWU each received six first- place votes in the coaches poll, but the Bobcats had the edge in point totals with 134 to the Eagles’ 133. The teams also tied in first-place media votes with 17 apiece. Eastern tallied 553 points in the media poll and MSU had 541.
The Grizzlies, who finished 9-5 over- all, 6-2 in conference in 2014, return 23 starters to head coach Bob Stitt’s first UM team. Montana enters its first season with Stitt at the helm and looks to earn a third-straight playoff bid. Stitt, who took over for the retired Mick Delaney, has become widely known for a fast-paced, fly-sweep offense.
Montana will be tested in its opener as they host four-time defending FCS national champion North Dakota State in the first college football game of the season on Aug. 29 on ESPN.
Defense was the strength of the Griz- zlies last season as it advanced to the playoffs for the second straight season. Ty Gregorak remained on staff as the defensive coordinator. His unit will be led by senior defensive end Tyrone Holmes and senior linebackers Kendrick Van Ackeren, Herbert Gamboa and Jeremiah Kose.
The Bobcats, who finished 8-5 overall and 6-2 in conference last year, return nine offensive starters from 2014, includ- ing preseason first team All-America J.P. Flynn, an offensive guard, and quarter- back Dakota Prukop, an FCS offensive player of the year candidate. Three start- ers return on a retooled defense, while preseason First Team All-Big Sky special teams player Chad Newell joins kicker Luke Daly and punter Trevor Bolton to form a strong special teams core.
MSU Head Coach Rob Ash and the Bobcats are eying a second-straight playoff appearance and additionally look to end a two-year hiatus as Big Sky Champions.
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