As the school year ends, I think how exciting of a time it was covering sports for our area teams these past several months. One thing that stands out in my mind is that our area athletes simply never give up. That determination was most evident during the football season when the Froid/Lake Red Hawks accomplished an amazing 79-75 quarter-final playoff victory against Chester/Joplin/Inverness.

Froid/Lake’s Mason Dethman and Bainville’s Elsie Wilson each earned All-State honors during the Class C state track meet in Great Falls during the weekend. Dethman, a senior, placed in four individual events at the meet. The Red Hawks scored 14 points for 12th place in the boys’ standings. Dethman finished third in the 400-meter dash with a personal record time of 51.13 seconds. He placed

Bainville Schools present Miah Pippenger (left) with P.R.I.D.E. in Athletics Award. Samuel Butikofer and Elsie Wilson were selected Athletes of the Year. (Photo submitted)

The Wolf Point Yellowjackets and the Froid area Bulls battled in Babe Ruth baseball action Saturday, May 25, but the real winners were sportsmanship and kindness during play in Wolf Point. With the Bulls well ahead heading into the bottom of the second game’s final inning, recent Poplar graduate Joey Blount walked and then advanced to third on two steals. When Blount crossed the plate on a

Receiving Iron Bulldog Awards were (from left) Kendra Romo, Charles Butikofer, Kaelyn Romo and Samuel Butikofer. These seniors have been three season participants for all four high school years. (Photo submitted)