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Mountain
Goats

a basketball documentary

Four athletes. Two filmmakers. One student-led production. See what happens when you set them free.

The Story

See what happens when high school students are set free to create the greatest high school basketball game of all time.

Missoula, Montana. Heart of the Rockies. A college town where every local player dreams of playing for the Griz or the Cats—the only D1 programs in the state. Three AA high schools, all playing in the state's highest classification.

Three boys grew up playing basketball together from 4th grade through 7th grade. Same gym. Same coaches. Same dream. Then high school split them across Missoula's three biggest rivals—Big Sky, Sentinel, and Hellgate. Like the golden age of '80s and '90s NBA, where the best players actually wanted to play against each other.

Mountain Goats pairs four athletes with student filmmakers who capture what no adult crew ever could. Slade follows Zane. Jaxson follows Avory. Peers filming peers. Raw. Real. Unscripted. They weren't made in a lab. They were made in the life.

Athletes

Filmmakers

Rival Schools

Community

The Rivalry

Friends turned rivals.

Sia, Lincoln, and Zane were inseparable growing up. Same club team from 6th through 8th grade. Lincoln was the shortest of the three—now he's 6'8". Sia was the tallest—now he's the shortest. Nothing about these kids' stories went the way anyone expected.

Lincoln is the top men's talent to come out of Montana in a long time. He sat out the Goat Game—and responded by leading the #1 team in the state and becoming the #1 ranked player in Montana. He committed to a D2 program that really believed in him. Sia, top 5 in the state in 2-point and 3-point efficiency, leads his team in scoring, shooting, and steals—with fewer minutes than either of his childhood friends. Still no offers. And Zane, a state champion as a freshman, has been injured the last two state tournaments.

Sia

Big Sky

Lincoln

Sentinel

Zane

Hellgate

The Athletes

Meet the cast.

Sia Boone

Big Sky Eagles

Top 5 in the state in 2pt and 3pt efficiency. Leads his team in scoring, shooting, and steals—with fewer minutes than Lincoln or Zane. Shows up in high-pressure moments. Still no offers. The most skilled and most desperate.

Lincoln Rogers

Sentinel Spartans

The top men's talent from Montana in a long time. Sits out this year's Goat Game—then responds by leading the #1 ranked team in the state and becoming the #1 ranked player in Montana.

Zane Gilhouse

Hellgate Knights

State champion as a freshman. Best mid-range game in the state. The ultimate coaches' player and unifier—until the final minutes, when he becomes a cold closer. Injured the last two state tournaments. Committed to Montana Tech.

Avory

Big Sky Eagles

Perhaps the top female basketball player to ever come out of Montana. Spotted playing rez ball 3v3 as a 4th grader with the highest basketball IQ you'd ever seen at that age—boy or girl. Played summer league with boys at 5'5" and still scored.

Making History

Perhaps Montana's greatest female player.

In a state where high school basketball is practically religion, Avory isn't just the best girl playing right now—she might be the best to ever do it in Montana. First spotted playing rez ball 3v3 as a 4th grader, she had the highest basketball IQ of any player you'd see at that age—boy or girl. She played summer league with boys and at 5'5" still scored. The most relentless, high-energy player on any court she steps on.

The Filmmakers

The kids behind the camera.

They weren't assigned—they stepped up. Both emerged as high talent in the media arts when they took charge of making the Goat Game trailers for their respective schools. Then they were invited into The Collective to capture something bigger.

Slade

Media Arts • Paired with Zane

Also an athlete with a college scholarship for soccer. Proved himself behind the lens making Goat Game trailers, then earned a spot in The Collective.

Jaxson

Media Arts • Paired with Avory

Stepped up to create his school's Goat Game trailer and proved he could capture what no adult crew could—peers talking to peers, unguarded and real.

The Movement

Build your own Goat Game.

Mountain Goats isn't just a film—it's a blueprint. High school basketball is the purest form of basketball. It's raw, community-driven, and the grind isn't paid for. It takes moms, dads, grandpas, grandmas, coaches, teachers, and an entire community to build these athletes.

The purpose of this project is to prove what happens when project-based education meets student-powered capability. Pair athletes with student filmmakers. Give them real tools, real stakes, and real freedom. Then step back and let them fly.

We want other cities and communities to adopt this model and build their own Goat Games. Every town has this story. Missoula just went first.

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