Montana Sports: AP-MT-1stSportsMinute

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     MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) _ The University of Montana football team
wraps up spring drills Saturday with a scrimmage in Polson. Coach
Bobby Hauck says the Grizzlies aren‘t the same team they were the
past few seasons, after the loss of nine starters on defense, five
on offense as well as their kicker and punter.

     

     BIGFORK, Mont. (AP) _ Bigfork girls‘ basketball coach Nate
Hammond has resigned, saying he and his wife want to move closer to
their families in eastern Montana. Hammond‘s teams posted an 84-67
record and won the past two Northwestern A divisional tournaments.
Bigfork athletics director Shannon Smith said there is no timeline
for finding a new coach.

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     BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Billings Senior guard A.J. Paine has
signed a letter of intent to join the Montana Tech men‘s basketball
team. Paine averaged 16 points, four assists and three steals per
game, and also played quarterback for Senior, the Class AA
runner-up last fall.

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     BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ The Montana State-Billings men‘s soccer
team has signed two players, including the Gatorade player of the
year Garion Holian of Missoula Hellgate. Also signing with the
Yellowjackets is center-midfielder Ross Carmichael of Dorset,
England.

     

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