Sports news

Baseball news

Glacier Babe Ruth is taking registrations for the 2013 season. The league is for baseball players ages 13-15 from Bigfork, Columbia Falls and Whitefish. Registration forms need to be turned in by March 15. They are available online at http://glacierbaberuth.org. Mail completed forms to P.O. Post 1079 Columbia Falls MT 59912. For more information, call Ray Queen at 253-0857.

Softball news

Columbia Falls Youth Softball Association is currently taking registrations for softball in 2013 which will begin late March. Deadline for registration is March 11. Forms can be fond in the offices of all the schools, online at www.wildkatsoftball.org or by stopping at their open gyms. The association will host open gyms at the Fellowship Alliance Church, 1025 Seventh Avenue West, in Columbia Falls, from Feb. 10 to March 24 on Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m.

Special Olympics

Special Olympics Montana will hold its 2013 State Winter Games at Whitefish Mountain Resort beginning with a parade and opening ceremonies at Depot Park in Whitefish on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Time trials and competition will take place on Big Mountain on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 25-26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit online at www.somt.org.