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     BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) _ California has turned to its biggest
rival to find its new basketball coach. The school hired former
Stanford coach Mike Montgomery yesterday to replace fired men‘s
hoops coach Ben Braun. Montgomery has a career college coaching
record of 547-244. That includes a 155-76 record in eight seasons
at Montana from 1978 through 1986.

     

     BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ The rosters for Montana‘s teams in the
Montana-Wyoming All-Star series have been announced. The boys‘
roster includes point guard Casey Rogers of Class AA champion
Billings West and the state‘s Gatorade player of the year Andy
Garland of Missoula Sentinel. The girls‘ roster includes four
players who have signed to play Division I basketball -- Jeni
Guertin and Kirsten Tilleman of Bozeman, Ali Hurley of Anaconda and
Joey O‘Neill of Butte.

     

     BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Great Falls Central runner Dillon
O‘Fallon has signed a letter of intent to join the cross country
team at Rocky mountain College. O‘Fallon finished 15th at the state
Class C champoinships last fall and his best three-mile time is 17
minutes, 11 seconds.

     

     BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Former Montana State Amateur golf
champion Eddie Kavran is the new golf pro at the Hilands Golf Club
in Billings. The 32-year-old Kavran started working at the Hilands
in January, after spending 5 1/2 years as the assistant pro at the
Laurel Golf Club. The Dillon native won the Montana State Amateur
in 1988 and was runner-up in 1995 and 1999.

     

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