Potent winter storm causing sports postponements, mostly in NW Montana so far

BOZEMAN — A potent winter storm causing whiteout conditions on highways and forecast to drop temperatures well below zero for the next few days has caused postponements of high school sports events across Montana from Thursday through Saturday. First to get hit was northwest Montana, where Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Whitefish schools announced early Thursday that games scheduled for Friday would be postponed. Bigfork called a halt to all to all extra-curricular activities for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Whitefish boys and girls basketball teams were to play Ronan. Kalispell Glacier postponed games against Butte and Kalispell Glacier did the…