Ironman is officially scheduled for Aug. 15, 2027 in Great Falls. Ironman organizers and the Great Falls Tourism Business Improvement District announced that the full-distance triathlon race is a go in an Oct. 21 release. Earlier this month, the Great Falls City Commission approved an agreement with the TBID for support services for the race, but further details needed to
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The sports courts at Charles Russell Park reopened Oct. 6 after a summer overhaul. In May, City Commissioners approved a $156,000 contract to United Materials for the court replacement project, paid with park maintenance district funds. The court replacement is among the planned projects for the eighth year of the park maintenance district. The work includes the removal and replacement
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During the Sept. 8 Great Falls Public Schools board meeting, Superintendent Heather Hoyer detailed student participation in fall sports and activities as the data for the day. Total participation this year is 1,017, up from 962 during the 2025-2026 school year and 977 during the 2024-2025 school year. Extracurricular math: GFPS winter athletes dedicate 175.5 hours for season High school
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Great Falls Public Schools has named AJ Griffith as the interim advisor/head coach for the Great Falls High girls’ flag football program. Griffith is currently an industrial technology instructor at North and East middle schools and a member of GFH’s baseball coaching staff. The C.M. Russell High School graduate was part of the 2009 State Championship football team. At the
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Great Falls Public Schools has hired, pending school board approval, its second girls’ flag football coach for the new club sport the district is launching this fall. The GFPS Athletic Department has selected Whitney Grant as Great Falls High’s first coach for the new sport, according to Mike Henneberg, athletic director. A Malta native, Grant currently serves as general manager of Big
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Brian Crosby has been selected as the first head coach, pending school board approval, for girls’ flag football at C.M. Russell High School. Great Falls Public Schools plans to launch the sport as a club activity at both high schools in the fall and is still looking for a coach at Great Falls High, according to Mike Henneberg, athletic director.
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Horse racing is canceled for the summer at Montana Expo Park. The Great Falls Turf Club has canceled the 2026 summer races for financial reasons, but intends to resume next summer. Horse races were scheduled to run across three consecutive weekends in July at Montana Expo Park, before and during the Montana State Fair. Concert lineup announced for 2026 Montana
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted May 11 to establish student activity accounts for girls’ flag football at both Great Falls and C.M. Russell high schools. All new extracurricular fund accounts much be approved by the board, per board policy. The accounts will hold grant funds from the Arthur Blank Family Foundation and other donations, according to GFPS officials,
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to establish girls flag football as a club activity for the next two school years. The activity will fall under the athletic director and be funded by a grant from the Arthur Blank Family Foundation. Both Great Falls High and C.M. Russell High schools are eligible for
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Girls flag football might be coming to Great Falls Public Schools as a club sport for both high schools. District officials have been discussing the emerging sport for the last five years and for the last six months, studying the level of interest amongst middle and high school students. Mike Henneberg, GFPS athletic director, told the school board during their
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