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SHARPS DO NOT BELONG
Montana Sidelines
By DILLON TABISH
IN THE PLASTIC RECYCLE BINS!

Roundup of recent sports and outdoors news

In an effort to reduce contamination of plastic
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN would ever play against. To look at his
recyclables, please DO NOT PUT NEEDLES, DIABETIC longevity, number of wins, and state ti-
BASKETBALL TEAM WINS
SYRINGES, EPI PENS, ETC. IN THE RECYCLE BINS. SPECIAL OLYMPICS TITLE
tles is truly remarkable, not only for the
state of Montana but nationally. Anoth-
Plastic recycling contaminated with sharps is a safety er aspect of his coaching is his ability to
hazard to employees and necessitates disposal of the adapt. He started in the ’70’s and he was
able to adapt ofensively and defensively
entire load. Secure sharps disposal is available in a to any changes in football. His ofense
certainly wasn’t from the ’70’s. He pro-
separate bin at the Landill.
duced some of the great QB’s this state
Flathead County Solid Waste District 758-5910
has seen.”
Glacier head coach Grady Ben-
nett: “Jack is a legend. He’s the dean of
coaches in Montana and not just in foot-
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ball but arguably of all sports. He’s the Packages
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experienced one of those thrilling and else to follow. Jack was the irst coach starting at
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unforgettable moments at the Montana to implement so many diferent innova-
Special Olympics State Basketball Tour- tions in all aspects of the sport of foot-
nament in Great Falls last month.
ball both on and of the ield and both Includes a Room
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The local nonproit organization that in and out of season. Everyone else just
serves adults with developmental dis- followed along and tried to do what CMR and Dinner
abilities organized a talented team that was doing to try to catch up or keep up. I for Two.
brought home the state championship in know for myself personally, when faced
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Trout heaved the game-winning shot in cepts and philosophies of Jack Johnson ESSEX, MONTANA
the inal seconds.
to lay the foundation.”
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“This championship is a combina-
tion of the residents’ desire to win and COLUMBIA FALLS RANKS
the teaching and patience from coach FOURTH IN CLASS A IZAAKWALTONINN.COM

(Kirk) Taylor and staf,” Shirley Willis, WRESTLING POLL
executive director of Lighthouse Chris- The Mat Cats are back and so is two- Planning to work
tian, said.
time state champion Shonn Roberts.
“Our volunteers are the blessings to Columbia Falls drew the No. 4 rank-
the residents and the community as we ing in the latest Class A wrestling poll,
brought home the gold medallions that released last week. Polson sits seventh.
near a stream?
now hang with pride in each of the resi- In the individual ranks, Columbia
dent’s room.”
Falls junior Shonn Roberts is No. 1 at

126 pounds. Teammates Bryan Shaf- Get our Free Permit First!
FOOTBALL ‘LEGEND’ RETIRES fer ranks second at 152. Columbia Falls
FROM COACHING AFTER 41 has 10 other wrestlers who are of to
SEASONS
a good start: Eli Scheeler (fourth, 98);
Last week, longtime Great Falls C.M. Zane Brunz (fourth, 145); Cody Walters
Russell football coach Jack Johnson an- (fourth, 160); Andrew Burgess (fourth,
nounced his retirement after 41 seasons. 195); Mikey Dennison (fourth, 220);

During Johnson’s esteemed career the Spencer Ross (fourth, 285); Cameron
Rustlers won 340 games and 13 Class Goodwin (ifth, 113); Kaleb Gravelin
AA state championships, including eight (ifth, 120) and Manny Guzman (sixth,
between 1980 and 1992. The team had 98).
seven other runner-up inishes. His win Zach Crace of Libby ranks second at
total ranks No. 1 in state history and his 138 and teammate Garret Chapel is sec-
championship collection is tied for irst ond at 170. Whiteish’s Steve Quimby sits
all-time with Swede Dahlberg, accord- sixth in the heavyweight division.

ing to the Montana High School Associa- The Polson Pirates have 10 ranked
tion.
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Carvel and Glacier’s Grady Bennett — of- Warren Wood (ifth, 152); Tel Motichka
fered a few comments on Johnson and (ifth, 170); Tele Seeman (ifth, 182); Isa-
the impressive program and tradition he iah Williams (ifth 220); Jaben Wenzel

built over four decades.
(sixth, 120) and Carlos Quinones (sixth,
Flathead head coach Russell Mc- 132).
Carvel: “CMR was always one of the Flathead
most fundamentally sound teams you
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