Timmy Mason from the H-Town Eagles Boxing Club won the regional Silver Gloves Boxing Tournament this past weekend in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

The regional event consists of boxers from Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

The 14-year-old Mason drew a bye in the semifinals of the 119-pound weight class.

In the finals, Mason used his defensive skill and a strong left uppercut to outpoint Oregon's Champion Oscar Herrera for the regional championship.

With the victory, Mason advances to the National Silver Gloves in Kansas City, Missouri in February.

Other H-Town Eagles boxers Ryan Maier, Casey Woslager and Isaiah Freison placed second in the tournament. Winning match bouts were Cody Woslager, Matthew McCarl, Autumn Smith and Jory Songer.

The H-Town Eagles Boxing Club will host a smoker on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Eagles Lodge in Helena. Opening bell is at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the Eagles Lodge this weekend. For more information call (406)-459-2270.

Helena Home School defeats Great Falls

The boys and girls Helena Home School Warriors were victorious in their games against Great Falls Home School last night, winning 54-45 and 41-19, respectively.

In the boys' game, six different players scored for the Warriors, who were led by Andrew Nistler, Phil Kaiserski, and Michael Tappe on offense, though Levi Howell and James Nistler added 3 points each and Caleb Metroka added a bucket as well.

On defense, the Warriors played like kleptomaniacs, racking up an amazing 20 steals.

It was Nistler, however, who stole the show. He put up Lebron-James-like numbers, scoring 24 points, pulling down 19 boards, and adding five steals and two blocks.

After ending the first quarter down 10-6, the Warriors outscored their opponents in each of the last three periods.

The girls team distributed their scoring evenly between eight players. Shana Kertula led all scorers with 8 points, followed by Hannah Geisser and Sierra Chambers who scored 6 points a piece.

The Warriors went up 22-8 at the half and never looked back cruising to an easy victory.

Grizzlies release 2009 football schedule

MISSOULA (AP) -- The University of Montana football team will play an 11-game schedule in 2009, with six home games that include four against Big Sky Conference teams.

The schedule announced late Tuesday also includes an Oct. 10 Homecoming Game against Cal Poly.

The Grizzlies begin their conference play Sept. 19 with the Portland State Vikings.

Other league match-ups in Washington-Grizzly Stadium include Eastern Washington, Weber State and Northern Colorado.

Montana opens the 2009 season at home against Western State and then travels to UC Davis.

The Grizzlies' Big Sky road games are at Northern Arizona, Idaho State and Montana State for the 109th Grizzly-Bobcat game.