Whitewater earns Academic Excellence Award

The Montana High School Association has named the 2020-2021 winners of its NorthWestern Energy Academic Excellence Awards. One academic champion was crowned in each of the four athletic classifications-AA, A, B and C.

Billings Skyview, Billings Central, Huntley Project and Whitewater High Schools were named champions in each of their respective classifications.

The program was initiated in the school year 1988-89.

In making the 2020-21 list, Whitewater High School became the first Phillips County School to receive the award.

"It is a true testament to the hard work and dedication that our stud...