Missoula Mavericks

Written by SCOTT MANSCH It was a magical season for American Legion baseball in Montana. So it’s fitting that athletes from the “Magic City” of Billings are the headliners on the second annual Great Falls Tribune Super-State baseball team. The city’s two teams, the Scarlets and Royals, dominated on the diamond all summer and combined [...]

By Michael Heinbach of the Missoulian Riley King first found his way onto the Missoulian sports pages in July 2004 as his Missoula Southside 9- and 10-year-old Little League team battled for but lost out on a state championship. Over the next few years, King grabbed more ink while playing on winning teams at AAU [...]

Fall practice begins on Tuesday September 13th at 4:00PM at Lindborg-Cregg Field  Questions regarding the practices should be referred to Coach Hathaway.  

The Missoula Mavericks placed three players on the Class AA American Legion baseball all-state team, which was released by the coaches this week. Shortstop Brody Miller and center fielder Ben Roberts were named all-state for a second straight season, while pitcher Andrew Sopko was honored for the first time. The trio helped the Mavericks to [...]

By BILL SPELTZ of the Missoulian Turns out the high-profile, high-pressure portion of Andrew Sopko’s pitching season is far from over. Sopko, who posted a sparkling 12-2 record as a righty hurler for the Class AA American Legion Missoula Mavericks this summer, has been pegged as one of the best of the Pacific Northwest and [...]

Missoula Mavericks third baseman Nathan Jewett was named the hitting champion for last weekend’s Alberta-Montana American Legion State AA baseball tournament. Jewett batted .571 for the tournament, going 12 for 21 with 12 RBIs, nine runs scored, four doubles and two triples. The defending champion Mavs settled for third place this season. Billings Scarlets outfielder-pitcher [...]