Sports

The Sweet Grass County High School wrestlers are once again trading in the Herder blue and red for Park High School’s purple and gold.

With a red slash along the jaw and a yellow-brown body arrayed in black spotting patterns, state and federal wildlife agencies have classified the declining Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri, more commonly known as the Yellowstone cut-throat, as a sensitive species. The fish makes its home in the cold, clean waters of western Montana.

Pioneer photos by Ryan Peerboom

The Big Timber Grade School seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams were back to practice on the newly resurfaced floor at the Big Timber Civic Center after COVID-19 quarantines caused them to close up shop for a couple weeks.