Big Sky Conference

Griz host 11 committed in-state recruits on official visits

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MISSOULA — With the basketball version of the fiercest rivalry in the Treasure State commencing in Bozeman, a collection of future Grizzlies with Montana roots will congregate in Missoula this weekend.

With National Signing Day fast approaching — on February 7 new UM head coach Bobby Hauck will add to the class that already includes 15 signees from the early period — Montana football hosts 11 previously committed in-state recruits this weekend.

The visitors this weekend to the Garden City include Montana Gatorade Player of the Year Gabe Sulser from Billings Senior, Western AA Offensive MVP Levi Janacaro from Missoula Big Sky and at least for one day, Eureka standout Garrett Graves, a two-time state champion quarterback who might have to leave the official visit early as he tries to defend his Class B 182-pound state wrestling title.

The group will also include a trio from Kalispell Glacier High — running back Drew Turner, safety Jackson Pepe and tight end Max Morris — and another local product in Missoula Sentinel wide receiver Nick Germer. Missoula Loyola athlete David Koppang will also make time in his busy basketball schedule — Germer plays hoops for the No. 1 team in Class AA as well — to hang out with his future teammates.

Also joining the group will be a few Helena Capital offensive linemen, Conor Quick and Trevor Welnel, both who learned under Capital OL coach Ryan Fetherston, a former standout Griz defensive end. Quick committed before the football season last fall while Welnel just pledged to Hauck as a preferred walk-on earlier this week. Colten Curry from Valier, the first six-man player to join the Griz in more than a generation, will round out the group. Curry is the son of former Griz All-American offensive lineman Scott Curry.

For more on each Montana recruit, click on each name below.

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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