ALUM DAVE CORNELIA NAMED COACH OF YEAR! Dave C ornelia , who guided Lewiston to its first state basketball title in 61 years, was named the Inland Empire League Coach of the Year.  Cornelia later resigned as head coach to spend more time with his fa   More »

Dogs repeat as Schwab champs   By DILLON TABISH/The Daily Inter Lake Published: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:44 PM CDT Colt Idol had one last slam dunk left in his high school career and it helped win Whitefish $2,000. The Whitefish High School senior basketball stand   More »

JV boys compile 14-3 hoop record By JOE SOVA / Hungry Horse News Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:54 AM PDT   Kaleb Johnson takes the ball to the hoop during a C-   More »

CRAIG FINBERG PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, 3-20.  OBITUARY BELOW.   Cancer claims 'Finny' Published: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:35 AM CDT The Daily Inter Lake Beloved coach remembered for making those around him better Columbia Falls native    More »

NOLAN--ALL-STATE; GETTS, WASSUM AND HOWELL--ALL-CONFERENCE! Northwestern A Boys' All Conference 08-09      More »

IDOL AND NOLAN MAKE ALL-TOURNEY TEAM!   More »

CATS TOOK 2ND AT STATE!  LOST TO DILLON--54-50 CATS/DILLON TO DEDICATE FINALS TO CRAIG FINBERG!  BROWNING LOST TO  BILLINGS CENTRAL FOR 3RD. SAT., 3-14 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE GM 9--BROWNING 50 BUTTE CENTRAL 47; GM 10--BILL   More »

CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINKS TO VIEW HIGHLIGHTS OF CAT BASKETBALL AT STATE!    More »

CATS IN THE FINALS!!!  BEAT BROWNING--64-55!  PLAY DILLON IN FINNY BOWL! FRI., 3-13 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE GM 5--CORVALLIS 60 LAUREL 55 GM 6--BUTTE CENTRAL 67 WHITEFISH 52 GM 7-- COLUMBIA FALLS  64 BROWN   More »

Barth Brothers help carry the load for Columba Falls By DILLON TABISH/The Daily Inter Lake Published: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:23 AM CDT GREAT FALLS - Being a freshman playing on the varsity is hard enough, but being a freshman on varsity and helping your team get to the state bask   More »

CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINKS TO VIEW PHOTOS GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE STATE PHOTOS    More »

CATS MOVE ONTO SEMI-FINALS--BEAT CORVALLIS--61-44.  PLAY BROWNING AT 6:30 ON FRIDAY. THURS., 3-12 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE GM 1-- COLUMBIA FALLS 61 CORVALLIS 44; GM 2--BROWNING 82 LAUREL 64; GM 3--BILLINGS CENTRAL 48 BUTTE CENTRA   More »

It's anyone's ballgame at State A By CHARLES PULLIAM of the Missoulian        More »

DIVISIONAL PHOTOS.  CLICK ON LINKS BELOW TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM DIVISIONAL TOURNEY FLATHEAD BEACON PHOTOS    More »

CATS WIN DIVISIONAL!  BEAT POLSON--64-45!  PLAY CORVALLIS AT STATE AT 12:30 ON MARCH 12TH IN GREAT FALLS! Wildcats roll over Polson for title By DILLON TABISH/The Daily Inter Lake Published: Sunday, March 1, 2009 1:27 AM CST Make room Columbia Falls High, there's   More »

CATS UPSET BULLDOGS--58-53!  PLAY POLSON FOR DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY AT 6:00 PM! On the prowl: Cats nip Dogs, advance to title game By DILLON TABISH/The Daily Inter Lake Published: Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:28 AM CST The 'Cats are back. A ye   More »

CATS BEAT RONAN--69-47!  PLAY WHITEFISH IN SEMI-FINAL!  CATS IMPROVE TO 12-7 OVERALL! C-Falls rolls in tourney opener By DAVID LESNICK/The Daily Inter Lake Published: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:21 AM CST For a tournament opener, Columbia Falls sure looked cool,    More »

Divisional tourney next test for 'Dogs By DILLON TABISH/The Daily Inter Lake Published: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:08 AM CST Heavy is the head that wears the crown. The Whitefish boys basketball team is finding this out as it enters today's Northwestern A divisional tou   More »

'Finny' T-shirt orders now taken Fundraising continues to assist Craig Finberg in his battle with pancreatic cancer with T-shirt sales before the Northwester 'A' Divisional Basketball Tournament next week in Kalispell. "Finney" is printed on the back    More »

CATS BEAT RONAN--51-50!  TAKE 4TH IN CONFERENCE!  IMPROVE TO 5-5 IN CONFERENCE AND 11-7 OVERALL!  PLAY RONAN IN 1ST GAME AT DIVISIONAL ON THURSDAY AT GLACIER HIGH SCHOOL AT 2:00 PM. JV CATS 62 RONAN 57! Columbia Falls 51, Ronan 50 At C   More »

CATS 71 BIGFORK 42!  AUSTIN BARTH LED CATS WITH 15 POINTS!  OTHER SCORERS WERE Kyle Howell 6, Tanner Barth 6, Matt Triplett 3, Mackey Nolan 8, Austin Robbins 6, Mitchell Wassam 9, Kaleb Johnson 4, Grant Getts 11, Michael Williams 3!    More »

Updated February 18, 2009    More »

FROSH CATS BEAT RONAN--58-51 WHILE FROSH KATS LOST--50-27   More »

CATS 58 WHITEFISH 61  MOVE TO 3-5 IN CONFERENCE AND 9-7 OVERALL. JV CATS 72 WHITEFISH 39! Boys Hoops: Idol breaks WHS' scoring mark in victory over Columbia Falls Published: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:23 AM CST The Daily Inter Lake COLUMBIA FALLS - Whitefish'   More »

WHITEFISH, LIBBY, CFALLS BOYS AND LIBBY GIRLS RANKED IN LATEST POLL! Class A Boys Record Pts Prv 1. Billings Central (7) 12-3 85 1 2. Dillon (1) 10-4 75 2 3. Browning (1)     10-4    73 3 4. Laurel  &nb   More »