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High School football 10/5

Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
 
I believe he showed up at Russell in 1972......via Casper WY......his first quarterback; JP Eidel; was my roomate at MSU.
 
Drove from Superior to Corvallis to watch the BEAVS........
Dillon 56-0

Missed Superior and Charlo
Superior 32---Charlo 24

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Ashamed said:
Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
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Too many high schools. Too few athletes. Little Grizzly (on its way out). Too much soccer. Too many other things to do. Grizzly Football.

You name it. High school sports in Missoula are not very strong.
 
grizpack said:
Ashamed said:
Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
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Too many high schools. Too few athletes. Little Grizzly (on its way out). Too much soccer. Too many other things to do. Grizzly Football.

You name it. High school sports in Missoula are not very strong.
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This is what it comes to when you give women the vote. :roll:
 
grizpack said:
Ashamed said:
Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
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Too many high schools. Too few athletes. Little Grizzly (on its way out). Too much soccer. Too many other things to do. Grizzly Football.

You name it. High school sports in Missoula are not very strong.
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I don't know if I buy the "too many schools" thought. The schools are on par with the sizes of the student bodies from the other AA high schools around the state, meaning they should have just as many athletes to draw from. Many other towns (like Kalispell, Helena, Great Falls, Billings) have multiple schools and seem to compete for the most part. IMO, it's all about the upraising (parents teaching good work ethics and values), community (support and pride), and school administration (recognition and support from school and the quality of the coaches).

Doesn't Missoula let the student choose what school to go to? If so, maybe they should switch to zone districts.

Then they could have regions of the community backing each school like north Missoula supporting Big Sky, south Missoula supporting Sentinel, and east Missoula supporting Helgate/Loyola. This would probably help the booster clubs with fundraisers, etc.
 
DoubleNicks said:
grizpack said:
Ashamed said:
Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
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Too many high schools. Too few athletes. Little Grizzly (on its way out). Too much soccer. Too many other things to do. Grizzly Football.

You name it. High school sports in Missoula are not very strong.
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I don't know if I buy the "too many schools" thought. The schools are on par with the sizes of the student bodies from the other AA high schools around the state, meaning they should have just as many athletes to draw from. Many other towns (like Kalispell, Helena, Great Falls, Billings) have multiple schools and seem to compete for the most part. IMO, it's all about the upraising (parents teaching good work ethics and values), community (support and pride), and school administration (recognition and support from school and the quality of the coaches).

Doesn't Missoula let the student choose what school to go to? If so, maybe they should switch to zone districts.

Then they could have regions of the community backing each school like north Missoula supporting Big Sky, south Missoula supporting Sentinel, and east Missoula supporting Helgate/Loyola. This would probably help the booster clubs with fundraisers, etc.
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Not quite correct on the enrollment issues. All 3 Missoula schools have right around 1000 regular students (non-Title 1, alternative school, etc.). I think Big Sky and Sentinel are actually below that. The closest other schools for enrollment are Butte and Helena. I do agree with the rest of your first paragraph.

They do let kids go wherever the hell they want to go. That is another huge problem. I agree with your suggestion but it is only going to get worse. They are talking about going making changes to the high schools that will make a particular school emphasis on certain areas of study (Academies). Under this concept, kids will "choose" a school based on what they want to do later.

Unfortunately, I don't see the situation improving any time in the near future. There are some very good athletes in Missoula. Just tough for enough of them to be at one school, in the same sport to get much done.
 
grizpack said:
Ashamed said:
Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
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Too many high schools. Too few athletes. Little Grizzly (on its way out). Too much soccer. Too many other things to do. Grizzly Football.

You name it. High school sports in Missoula are not very strong.
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I hear the new youth football program in Missoula is great, due to the fact they are using the offensive and defensive schemes of the high schools in their district. I have heard bad things about Little Grizzly in recent years.
 
grizpack said:
Ashamed said:
Is Sentinel just never good, well any of the Missoula HS teams, or is it because there are too many in town vying for athletes?
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Too many high schools. Too few athletes. Little Grizzly (on its way out). Too much soccer. Too many other things to do. Grizzly Football. You name it. High school sports in Missoula are not very strong.
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For those of you with long memories, has Missoula Helgate ever had a competive football team?
 
Hellgate lost to Big Sky 39-13 in the 1994 AA State Championship game. The Eagles lost to Helena Capital 34-7 the previous year. Most state championships (AA) in football: Butte High (14), Great Falls CMR (13), Great Falls High (12), Helena Capital (11). The most impressive state championship run? -- Sidney (7) from 1987-93.
 
YMCA soccer has been the death of competitive sports in Missoula.
You don't keep score, everyone plays equall amount of time regardless of ability, you get a trophy just for showing up, and since no one ever wins there is never a championship or any other competitive goal to play for.
 
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