Barrel racer Alicia Stockton of Stevensville, Texas, wipes out during her run in Frontier Park Arena during the 2015 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Sentinel High School's Sam Beighle struts to a stop as the buzzer sounds at the end of the fourth quarter on Jan. 12, 2018, at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Mont. Beighle led the Spartans with 21 points in their 47-40 win over Hellgate.
Hellgate High School’s Katharine Berkoff makes a pass in Splash Montana’s pool in Missoula, Mont. Berkoff, 15, qualified for the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., in June 2016.
Black Hills' Hannah Cass, left, and teammate Haley Schneider battle for a rebound in the third quarter. The Lady Griz squashed the Yellow Jackets 70-46 on Nov. 7, 2018, at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Mont.
Bozeman quarterback Kris Brown dives for the pylon as he attempts a touchdown in the second quarter of Hellgate High School's loss to Bozeman High School on Aug. 24, 2017, in Missoula, Mont. Brown was marked at the one-yard line on the play.
Arlee's Greg Whitesell (left) listens to his pregame mix with future Warrior Quinten Wabaunsee before Arlee played Rocky Boy on the first night of the Native American Class Montana basketball tournament in Pablo, Mont., on Dec. 8, 2017.
Braden Jacobson of the Missoula Mavericks eyes the ball before catching it near third base and throwing out the runner on first in the sixth inning. The Mavs won the first game of their doubleheader 19-12 against the Bitterroot Red Sox at the Vestor Wilson Athletic Complex on June 28, 2017, in Hamilton, Mont.
Montana State tight end Ryan Davis, center, carries the Great Divide trophy with Walker Cozzie, left, and Grant Collins, right, after the Bobcats beat University of Montana Grizzlies 29-25 in the 118th Brawl of the Wild at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Nov. 17, 2018 in Missoula
Montana wide receiver Keenan Curran eyes the ball as he looses control of a pass as Cal Poly's Dominic Frasch defends on during Grizzlies 48-28 win over the Mustangs in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Sept. 29, 2018.
Senior Missoula Hellgate distance runners Will Dauenhauer, Ellee Becker and Isaac Schmidt, from left, stand for a portrait before practice at Sentinel High School on May 16, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. All three are continuing their track careers at the collegiate level.
Missoula Hellgate's Rylan Compton (10) runs into Missoula Big Sky goalkeeper Devin Jacaruso as he punches the ball away in Missoula, Mont., on Oct. 3, 2017.
Montana's Makena Simis tackles Eastern Washington's Kurt Calhoun after Calhoun intercepted a pass from Montana quarterback Gresch Jensen late in the fourth quarter. The Griz fell to Eastern Washington 48-41 on Sept. 23, 2017, at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Mont.
A fly fisherman sends a cast on the Yellowstone River near sunset in Livingston, Mont., in March 2016.
A Hellgate football player catches a pass in the waning hours of a summer camp in Missoula, Mont. "We’re battling it within our own school, we’re battling it within our own town, we’ll battle it in the state — this perception of Hellgate football," Coach Matt Morris said at the end of the summer session. "Just getting kids to buy in to change that, to be a part of that, I hope we do."
Missoula Osprey first baseman Zack Shannon (36) misses a catch during the team's 8-7 loss in eight innings on Monday evening at Ogren Park at Allegiance Field.
Ashley McElmurry looks on before landing in the long jump during the city meet on May 15, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. McElmurry won with a jump of 17 feet, 11.5 inches.
Montana State's Keenan Reinhardt looks on during his go in Bareback Bronc riding during the Griz Rodeo at the Missoula County Fairgrounds on April 28, 2018, in Missoula, Mont.
The Montana basketball team waits to take the court in their locker room before open practice in the bowels of Intrust Bank Arena on March 12, 2018, in Wichita, Kan.
Montana's Samori Toure pulls in a 24-yard pass in from quarterback Gresch Jensen as Northern Colorado's Stone Kane in looks on at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Nov. 11, 2018, in Missoula, Mont.
Montana's Ahmaad Rorie, left, looks to steal the ball from Michigan's Isaiah Livers as Montana's Bobby Moorehead, center, and Fabijan Krslovic look on in the first half of Montana's loss to the University of Michigan in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament in Wichita, Kan.
Montana's Carlee Bates, left, looks to score off a header while Weber State's Sydnie Brough attempts a block while Aspen Peifer, center, reacts in the first half. Montana beat Weber State 3-0 at South Campus Stadium in Missoula, on Oct. 7, 2016.
Missoula Mavericks' Tyler Jewett slides into home base to score. The Mavericks beat the Bitterroot Red Sox 7-3 in the semi-finals of the Dale Dahlgren Memorial Day Tournament at Lindborg-Cregg Field on May 29, 2016, in Missoula, Mont.
Colin Ferris, 11, of North Muskegon plays goalkeeper during a game of hockey at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex in North Muskegon, Mich., on Jan. 8, 2014.
The University of Montana’s Ellis Henderson (7) stretches for a long pass from quarterback Jordan Johnson on Nov. 16, 2013.
Will Cherry led the University of Montana men’s basketball team to a second-consecutive Big Sky Championship and appearance in the NCAA tournament in March 2013.
Montana's Michael Oguine celebrates after dunking the ball against San Jose State on Dec. 7, 2016, in Missoula, Mont.
The Billings Senior relay team comforts each other after falling to Billings West in the girls’ 1600-meter relay. West ended Senior's six-year winning streak with the victory.
Loyola Sacred Heart's David Koppang on July 13, 2017, in Missoula, Mont. Koppang received a partial scholarship to the University of Montana football team in the 2018 season.
Missoula Osprey second baseman Keshawn Lynch (top) attempts to tag out Helena Brewers' Nick Roscetti as he steals second base in the first inning. The Osprey beat the Brewers 12-5 on July 3, 2017 at Ogren-Allegiance Park in Missoula, Mont.
Lindsey Jacobs (2) leaps in joy after scoring a point as Audrey Hanson (5) looks on in the final seconds of the fourth set. The Ravenna Bulldogs defeated the Morley Stanwood Mohawks 3-1 in the 2014 Class C Regional Finals in Morley, Mich., on Nov. 13, 2014.
Montana's Walter Wright (5) fights Idaho's Victor Sanders (11) and Brayon Blake (4) for a layup in the second half. Montana fell to Idaho 85-77 in overtime on Han. 28, 2017, in Dahlberg Arena.
Montana's Mekayla Isaak (22) and Northern Arizona's Kaleigh Paplow (23) crash into the Montana bench in Missoula, Mont., on Feb. 12, 2017.
Montana head coach Bob Stitt, center, TJ Reynard (11) and Gage Smith (54) celebrate together after Montana defeated Northern Iowa 20-14 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Sept. 10, 2016.
Northern Colorado's Kyle Newsom, left, attempts to intercept a pass intended for Montana's Keenan Curran from quarterback Chad Chalich. Montana lost to Northern Colorado 28-25 at Nottingham Field in Greeley, Colo., on Nov. 12, 2016.
Jordan Sullivan takes a moment seconds after missing her final shot as a Lady Griz. An aggressive San Diego squad held the senior forward to a unusually low six points. The Lady Griz were defeated by the Toreros 60-57 in the second round of the WNIT tournament on March 24, 2014, in Missoula, Mont.
Evan Eck rides near Missoula’s Kim Williams Trail during the 2016 Grizzly Triathlon on the University of Montana campus in Missoula, Mont.
Tracy Dolan of the team Ham Slam Sisters, wrestles a pig to the ground during the Pig Wrestlin’ competition at the Laramie County Fair at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Aug. 5, 2015.