Path becomes clear for 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)
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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