Montana Western football coach Rich Ferris announced the signing of four prep stars from Montana, Colorado and Idaho to letters of intent. One is the son of Bulldog Hall of Famer.

It will be Bulldog vs Bulldog as Montana Western faces Union University in a first-round match-up at the NAIA Division I men’s national tournament in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, March 18.

The Montana Western equestrian team made history after winning the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association regional English title last weekend. Montana Western is the first school in Zone 3 history to win both the English and Western title in the same year.

Five Bulldog senior basketball players earned all-conference honors for the 2009-2010 season. JaRon Brown, Layne Glaus, Terry Hauser and Brandon Lawson were named to the men’s team. Kristen Luedtke was named to the women’s team.

The University of Montana Western’s annual Community Rodeo Banquet returns on Friday, March 26 in the Keltz Arena of the Montana Western campus.

Westminster College downed the Bulldogs 76-68 in the championship game of the Frontier Conference men’s playoffs. The Bulldogs now travel to Kansas City, Mo. for the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship March 17-23.

The Southwestern Montana Veterans’ Home Site Selection Committee was in Dillon Wednesday, March 10 as part of a tour of possible host communities for Montana’s newest veterans’ home.

The Bulldogs edged Montana State University-Northern in the conference playoff semifinals and now play Westminster College for the Frontier Conference playoff title. Tipoff is 7 p.m. from Salt Lake City.

The University of Montana Western Bulldogs host the Montana State University-Northern Lights in a Frontier Conference men’s playoff semifinal game Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m. in Montana Western’s Straugh Gymnasium.

Hayley Pettit, a 2008 graduate of Dillon’s Beaverhead County High School, will return to her hometown after signing a letter of intent to play basketball for Montana Western.