Sports

One of the best parts of the difficult loss to Manhattan Christian came near the end when sophomore Isaac Gilmore entered the game with a head of offensive steam. He scored just 3 points, but his hustle and energy reinvigorated his teammates and the crowd.

Manhattan Christian’s offense is all about tossing the ball into No. 31, six-foot Kelsey Heidema. Once in the paint, Heidema knows how to pour in points with easy layups or even easier foul shots. Or at least, Heidema makes it look easy. 

Whenever the Lone Peak Big Horns see an opportunity to exploit a size and height advantage, they take it. Time after time, as the Shields Valley Rebels tried to shoot down low, they were met with a powerful swat from center Jackson Wade. 

Wade went on to achieve another double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

One of Lone Peak’s fiercest fans likes to sleep through entire games. Her name is Scarlet, she’s the coach’s infant daughter and she was born at the start of the season. When stray balls bounce toward Scarlet, she’s usually in the arms of her Grandmother Linda Cole, so she sleeps through those moments too. 

The Lady Big Horns came out a bit cold, but rallied thanks to scoring by Emma Flach, KP Hoffman and Jayleen Cole, who hit four three pointers. Then down the stretch, Cole’s impressive outside shooting couldn’t hold back the Mustangs’ balanced attack.

The Lone Peak Bighorn boys made a huge comeback to defeat the Ennis Mustangs in Ennis on Friday, Jan. 19. Final score LPHS 49 Ennis 44. 

GVSA will be having its annual Buck Ridge Fun Run on Saturday Jan. 27. Registration is from 
8:00 a.m.–noon at the Buck Ridge parking lot, just south of the Corral Bar and Restaurant. 

The little black Wells Cargo trailer next to the Big Sky Exxon is a sled-in, sled-out property. It’s the basecamp for Rudy Noorlander’s Alpine Adventures, a snowmobile outfitting service that sits just three and a half miles from the Buck Ridge trailhead.