Sports

It was fair weather for football as the Herder boys took the field, ready and willing to fight and play four full quarters in their season opening game -- yet against the Huntley Project’s invigorated Red Devils, the Herders suffered a narrow 14-12 defeat.

Two Big Timber Herders players in senior all star games in Billings on Saturday June 12. Hailee Brandon, pictured at right shooting the basketball, played in the 45th Montana-Wyoming All-Star Basketball Game. On Friday, Hailee stole the ball in the closing minutes to help the Montana team win that game in Sheridan, Wyo., by a score of 55-52 and then played tenaciously in Saturday’s 71-39 victory at Lockwood High School. Big Timber senior Alex Kober, pictured at far right, played defensive linebacker in the 32nd annual Montana Big Sky Class B All-Star Football Game in Lockwood Stadium. The North team downed Alex’s South Team in a hard-fought 28-21 victory.

HELENA — Montana anglers have landed six new state record fish since last August. On May 10, Trevor Johnson of Helena added a seventh whopper to that list when he reeled in a nearly 3-foot-long walleye from Holter Lake near Helena. Johnson’s fish weighed in at 18.02 pounds on a certified scale, measured 32.25 inches in length, and 22 inches in girth. He caught the recordsetting fish on a jig.