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Montana's stagnant offense, UC Davis' impressive show on defense led to 30-14 loss for Griz

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Montana's stagnant offense, UC Davis' impressive show on defense led to 30-14 loss for Griz


MISSOULA — The lights were bright inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday for a primetime matchup between UC Davis and Montana. In the end, it was the Aggies who beat the Grizzlies 30-14 to make a statement in the Big Sky Conference.

In a top-10 matchup with major playoff implications on the line, fourth-ranked Davis ended No. 7 Montana’s winning streak of 11 night games at home.

Despite the final score, the game was tight in the first half with both teams missing on scoring opportunities and struggling to get going offensively while staying strong on defense.

However, the second half was a different story. The Griz took a 14-13 lead on a touchdown run by Keali’i Ah Yat, but from there, neither Ah Yat nor fellow Griz quarterback Logan Fife could get the offense moving or find rhythm the rest of the way.

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Griz head coach Bobby Hauck addressed the quarterbacks’ issues.

“I thought our quarterbacks struggled a little bit seeing coverage,” Hauck said. “I think they had a couple of new things for us and certainly a different blend of coverages, and I didn’t think we saw coverage very well would be my initial impression.”

Defensively, UC Davis got two interceptions in key points of the game that prevented scoring opportunities for Montana and halted momentum.

On top of the turnovers, Montana struggled to get its running game going with only 77 total rushing yards.

“They controlled the line of scrimmage with their defense,” Hauck said. “I thought their defense was terrific (Saturday). They really did a good job against us and we couldn’t generate first downs at that point in the game and, you know, we kept having to go back out there and stop them.”

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The Montana defense held as firm as it could against the Aggies’ high-powered offense, forcing Davis to a 6-for-16 effort on third down. But Davis did find ways to answer Montana scores and also sustain drives through adversity.

In the end, it was the Aggies’ ability to force turnovers and create sacks to stymie the Griz offense, which ultimately led to the 17 unanswered second-half points that gave UC Davis the win.

UC Davis head coach Tim Plough complimented his defense in the postgame press conference.

“I just think defensively we did a great job mixing in our zone coverages and match coverages. We did a great job of getting pressure on the quarterback (Saturday), which we really hadn’t done all season,” Plough said. “Some four-man rushes that got home, with Jackson Cloyd and a couple of guys getting some sacks. So, I just thought we were gonna get some consistent pressure on the quarterback and then I thought we did a great job mixing up the back end and then when we got a chance to, you know, make the play we did, which was big.”





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Montana Lottery Mega Millions, Big Sky Bonus results for July 7, 2026

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The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.

Here’s a look at July 7, 2026, results for each game:

Winning Mega Millions numbers from July 7 drawing

02-31-35-36-63, Mega Ball: 12

Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.

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Winning Big Sky Bonus numbers from July 7 drawing

09-21-24-29, Bonus: 15

Check Big Sky Bonus payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from July 7 drawing

27-43-48-49-50, Bonus: 02

Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.

Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results

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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?

  • Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
  • Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
  • Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
  • Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
  • Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
  • Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
  • Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
  • Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.

Missed a draw? Peek at the past week’s winning numbers.

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Great Falls Tribune editor. You can send feedback using this form.



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Surreal trail-cam footage shows giant, ‘big-headed’ grizzly bear

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Surreal trail-cam footage shows giant, ‘big-headed’ grizzly bear


One characteristic that distinguishes male grizzly bears from female grizzly bears is a larger head.

With that in mind, check out the grizzly bear featured this week on the Mission Valley Montana Grizz Cam Facebook page. (Photo and video posted below; view Instagram version here.)

The imagery, captured after dusk on July 3, shows a large grizzly bear pausing and sniffing in front of the camera before exiting the frame. Several followers commented on the beauty of the the striking bruin.

“Absolutely MAGNIFICENT!” one person exclaimed.

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But others remarked about the size and shape of the grizzly bear’s head, and the appearance of thicker fur on its shoulders.

This, along with the gray lighting, lends a surreal quality to the footage. (Click here if video player doesn’t appear below.)

“No doubt that’s a big-headed male griz,” one follower remarked. “It looks like he picked up some scent left at the camera site and moved off!”

“Look at that head! YEOW!” another follower exclaimed. “What an amazing critter.”

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The folks behind Mission Valley Montana Grizz Cam use motion-sensor cameras in different locations to capture footage of grizzly bears in Mission Valley, in northwestern Montana.

The Grizz Cam website states: “In 2015 we started seeing a lot of Grizzly Bears on our property so we decided that setting up some trail cameras might lead to some interesting footage and give us insight.

“Several cameras were put in various locations, and we came to realize there were more bears than any of us had anticipated.”

While many Grizz Cam clips look similar, and some feature brilliant daytime colors and audio, this post stands out because of the unique appearance of the bear.

As one follower stated, “That’s a bad boy there.”

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The Record is Clear: The Wilderness Society, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Montana Wilderness Association have Consistently Undermined the Roadless Rule

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The Record is Clear: The Wilderness Society, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Montana Wilderness Association have Consistently Undermined the Roadless Rule


Beartooth Range, Montana. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.

The Wilderness Society, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and the Montana Wilderness Association, now rebranded “Wild Montana,” all claim they support the Roadless Rule and have been asking people for donations to oppose efforts to repeal it. But a review of the record shows that these “conservation” groups have supported opening 1,585,000 acres or Roadless and Wilderness Study Areas to logging and road building since the roadless rule went into effect in 2001.

Tracy Stone-Manning, now the President of The Wilderness Society, has been widely quoted as supporting the Roadless Rule. But while working as a top environmental advisor for former Montana Senator Jon Tester, she strongly supported his 2009 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. The Montana Wilderness Association, now doing business as Wild Montana, was also one of the main cheerleaders for Tester’s bill

Although the bill never passed, it would have opened one million acres of roadless lands in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in southwest Montana and mandated logging 10,000 acres per year for 10 years in the Beaverhead and Kootenai National Forests. The Kootenai contains the smallest, most threatened grizzly population in the world in the Cabinet-Yaak. Since most grizzly bears are killed within 1/3 of a mile of a road, more logging means more logging roads would be bulldozed into grizzly habitat, resulting in more dead grizzly bears. The measure was so extreme even the Forest Service opposed it.

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The groups also strongly supported former Montana Senator Max Baucus’ Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, passed as a rider on the 2014 defense spending bill. The measure opened 208,000 acres of roadless lands to logging and road-building and guaranteed grazing in perpetuity with no environmental analysis or public review. The pitiful 67,000 acres of wilderness tack-ons also required the sacrifice of four Wilderness Study Areas in Eastern Montana, opening 29,000 acres to oil and gas exploration and development.

Then came Tester’s 2017 Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act that carved up 50,000 acres of an Inventoried Roadless Areas contiguous to the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall Wilderness Areas. The measure also allowed loggers to decide where to build roads and designated 5,000 acres as a play area for snowmobiles and mountain bikes.

The bill didn’t even make it out of committee, but now these same groups have renamed it “A River Runs Through It Act” — although there is no sponsor and no “act.” In addition to the roadless lands Tester’s bill would have destroyed, it turns over management of 70,000 acres in grizzly, lynx and wolverine habitat in the Ogden Mountain Roadless Area northwest of Lincoln Montana to the timber industry. It also converts 130,000 acres of Inventoried Roadless Areas into play areas for motorized recreation and mountain bikers.

The clearcutting, bulldozing new logging roads, and motorized recreation in roadless areas will send tons of sediment into the Blackfoot River which has been designated critical habitat for bull trout, a threatened species. It should be called “A Clearcut Runs Through It Act.”

Finally, all three groups support the Greater Yellowstone Conservation And Recreation proposal. There is no sponsor and no bill, but the proposal opens much of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Study Area and other Inventoried Roadless Areas to motorized recreation, logging and road building. While adding only 102,000 acres as wilderness — less than half of the 250,000 acres that qualify for wilderness designation — it also significantly reduces the 155,000 acre Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area by 53,000 acres.

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Don’t fall for the con. The record is clear: these groups have supported reducing, not protecting Inventoried Roadless Areas in the past and are doing so now.

Please consider helping us get the only bill before Congress that would designate all 23 million acres of roadless in the Northern Rockies designated as wilderness, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act.  Please also consider donating to Counterpunch to help them continue exposing hypocrites.



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