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Golden Gloves slugger

Back in October 2015, Destiny Small joined the Billings Elite Amateur Boxing club a month after her 16th birthday as the only female on the team, taking on male opponents to develop her stance, strategy and – according to her coach – “a wicked one-two” punch. In the years since, the club has taken on four more girls.

“She moves her head a lot and doesn’t get hit a lot,” said her coach Stewart Strever, a volunteer at the boxing club, which operates as a nonprofit. “She’s pretty aggressive. She comes at those girls when she fights them.”

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Hardin’s Bruno Pallone wins AAU state folkstyle wrestling championship

Bruno Pallone was the only Hardin member of the Amateur Athletic Union to place first at the State AAU Folkstyle Wrestling Tournament this past weekend in Great Falls.

Swayde Schindler and Conner Schwend both placed second. Noah Ellison, James Porter and Cale Nedens all placed third. Flair Popetsaitke placed fourth and Brody Nedens sixth.

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‘32 minutes that will last a lifetime’

Hardin’s Bulldog basketball team experienced “32 minutes that will last a lifetime,” according to Athletic Director Mike Erickson, as the boys defeated the Billings Central Rams 47-43 on Saturday in Bozeman to claim the Class A state title. Their last title was won in 1997, when they defeated the Dillon Beavers 70-62.

“Our community talks about it like it was yesterday, about the 21 years ago,” Erickson said regarding the Dillon game, “but now we have a new championship team, something that can be handed down and hopefully can continue.”