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MORLEY PLACES SECOND AT the irst half to tie the game at 21-all in
the third. But after that, Central scored
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Makena Morley has run herself into two unanswered touchdowns and kept
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the Wildcats scoreless. The defense had
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Fresh of an appearance in Sports ive interceptions, including two for TDs
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junior from Bigfork qualiied for the Ty Morgan inished with 10 catches
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Nike Cross Nationals last weekend af- for 174 yards and two TDs. Trevor Hous-
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5,000-meter championship race in 17 passed for 309 yards.
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minutes, 36 seconds, inishing nine sec- This season will still go down as one
onds behind irst-place Alexa Efraim- of the best in Columbia Falls history.
son of Oregon. A total of 158 runners The Wildcats inished with a 9-1 record,
From from seven states competed in the elite one of the team’s best, and captured the
race. Christina Aragon of Billings Se- Northwestern A conference title.
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nior placed sixth and Piper Meuwissen

of Bozeman earned 14th. The Bozeman GLACIER SPIKERS FINISH
girls won the team trophy. Jason Holmes FOURTH AT STATE
of Bozeman earned 13th in the boys The Glacier volleyball team earned
284 North championship race.
fourth at the Class AA state champion-
Meridian Road, Morley now has a decision to make. ship meet in Bozeman last weekend. Hel-
Kalispell
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ley placed third at the regional race and up irst-round victories — the Wolfpack
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beat Great Falls, 25-17, 23-25, 25-23, 25-
Morley appeared in the recent issue 21 and the Bravettes won a nailbiter over

of Sports Illustrated, earning a shout Bozeman, 20-25, 25-19, 27-29, 25-23, 15-
out in the “Faces in the Crowd” section 8. In the quarterinals, Billings Skyview
for shattering the all-class state record defeated Glacier 25-22, 25-17, 25-17 and
at the state championship cross country Billings Senior defeated Flathead 25-22,
meet last month. The Nov. 11 edition fea- 14-25, 25-14, 25-17. Helena dropped Flat-
tured a picture of Morley and a brief de- head the next day, 25-18, 25-22, 19-25,
scription of her historic race at the state 23-25, 15-10. Glacier beat Bozeman, 25- One Call!
meet, when she won her third consecu- 13, 25-21, 15-25, 25-12 to advance to the
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