UM Griz football scrimmage comes to Polson in April

POLSON - University of Montana Grizzly football fans will have four chances to have fun during the Spring Grizzly Scrimmage weekend in Polson April 11 and 12. To begin with, they can meet Grizzly coaches and staff during the Friday Night Social on the 11 in the Point Spread sports bar below Ricciardi's restaurant, located at the six-mile marker on Highway 35 east of Polson.

Refreshments and food will be available at the event that will start at 5:30 p.m. Music will be provided by the Sons of Beaches followed by the band Out on Bail.

The pre-game tailgate party will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday in Boettcher Park on Flathead Lake below the old golf course. Fans can take shuttle buses from the party to the scrimmage. The scrimmage will begin at 1 p.m. in the Polson Sports Complex at Polson High School. Before the start of the action, Head Coach Bobby Hauck will explain how the scrimmage will work and what the Griz hope to accomplish.

Immediately following the action, a post scrimmage party with coaches and players will take place at the Polson Golf Course. It will be a good chance to meet the 2007 Big Sky Champions and perhaps get a few autographs. Snacks and refreshments will be available. Music will be provided by Out of Bluegrass.

The scrimmage is being hosted by the Mission Mountain Chapter of the Grizzly Scholarship Association with commercial sponsorship provided by Glacier Brewing and Ricciardis.