Sports and Recreation
| Club | Sport | League | Stadium (or Arena) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls Voyagers | Baseball | Pioneer League | Centene Stadium |
| Great Falls Gladiators | Football | Rocky Mountain Football League | Memorial Stadium |
| Great Falls Americans | Ice Hockey | American West Hockey League | Great Falls Ice Plex |
For the 1979–80 WHL season, Great Falls and the Four Seasons Arena was the home of the Great Falls Americans hockey team (see below). The team was 2-25 before folding. Great Falls has a rich baseball history with the Voyagers. Formerly called the White Sox, Dodgers and Giants, baseball players such as Pedro Martínez, José Offerman, and Raúl Mondesí have spent time in Great Falls with the team. Since 1988, the team has won the Pioneer League championship six times (1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2008, and 2011). In 2007, the Great Falls Explorers basketball team were the CBA National Conference Runner-Up.
Great Falls will be home to the Great Falls Americans Junior A ice hockey team starting in the 2011–2012 season.
Great Falls is home to the Great Falls Gladiators semi-professional football team. The Gladiators are currently the defending Rocky Mountain Football League champions, recording an 11-0 record and winning the AA division championship at home in Memorial Stadium.
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Famous quotes containing the words sports and, sports and/or recreation:
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“Playing snooker gives you firm hands and helps to build up character. It is the ideal recreation for dedicated nuns.”
—Archbishop Luigi Barito (b. 1922)