Path becomes clear for Bulldog kicker Ryder Barinowski
Bulldog Ryder Barinowski kicks a PAT during a 2022 quarterfinal playoff game against Hamilton. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot FILE)
RYDER BARINOWSKI, right, stands with former NFL kicker Matt Stover before a Montana Grizzlies football game last fall. (photo courtesy of Bear Barinowski)
Whitefish High School senior Ryder Barinowski signs to play football at Montana Tech in Butte. (Eden Dias photo)
Three summers ago Ryder Barinowski was a four-sport athlete at Whitefish High School, and two of the sports were in the fall: Soccer and football.
Then one day while working at the Iron Horse Golf Club, Barinowski approached a man named Matt Stover and things changed.
“Me meeting Matt Stover, that was a gift,” Barinowski said Wednesday morning, before a signing ceremony where he and fellow Bulldog footballer Mason Kelch inked with Montana Tech. Kelch will likely play secondary for the Orediggers; Barinowski is a kicker, and a good one.
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