MISSOULA Many of the headliners in this year's Brawl of the Wild football game hail from the Treasure State.Bobcats Tommy Mellott (Butte) and Brody Grebe (Melstone) and Grizzlies Junior Bergen (Billings) and Trevin Gradney (Billings) are all Montanans, and when No. 2 Montana State and No. 9 Montana meet Saturday at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, the two programs will feature 96 Montana natives up from 92 last year representing 30 communities.The Griz have 49 Montana natives on their roster, including Gradney and a host of other playmakers on defense. Ryan Tirrell, a Missoula Loyola alum, leads UM with 89 tackles on the season, and Jace Klucewich, a Frenchtown product who graduated from Missoula Sentinel High School, has a team-leading four interceptions.Forty-seven Bobcats are from Montana, including defensive stalwarts Grebe, McCade O'Reilly and Rylan Ortt. O'Reilly, a Bozeman High graduate, leads MSU with 54 tackles and Ortt, from Missoula Sentinel, is second with 52. Grebe, who grew up on his family ranch outside of Melstone and played high school football at Roundup, leads the Bobcats with six sacks.Like last year, Bozeman and Missoula will provide the most players in the game. Bozeman has 18 players spread between the two rosters, while Missoula has 17 including Jaxon Lee, who graduated from Missoula Sentinel but was born in Belgrade and played three years at the Flint Creek co-op of Drummond and Philipsburg.Sentinel and Bozeman High each have 14 players between the Cats and Griz.The Griz have nine former Spartans on the roster: Klucewich, Lee, Drew Klumph, Geno Leonard, TJ Rausch, Danny Sirmon, Tate Templeton, Grady Walker and Joe Weida. The Cats have five in Ortt, Zac Crews, JJ Dolan, Adam Jones and Dylan Rollins.Former Hawks O'Reilly, Everett Carr, Kenneth Eiden IV, Rocky Lencioni, Ryan Lonergan, Jaden Perkins, Jaren Perkins, Justus Perkins, Luke Smith and Hudson Wiens are now with MSU, while Torin Jeske, Brady Lang, Padraig Lang and Ryan Simpson left Bozeman High for UM.Billings, Montana's largest city with more than 120,000 people, has 13 players between both teams.Melstone, population 145 in 2023, is still Montana's smallest town represented on the rosters. Brody Grebe is joined on Montana State's roster by younger brother Bryce. While Brody played 11-man football in high school as part of the Roundup-Melstone co-op, Bryce played for the Custer-Hysham-Melstone 6-Man football co-op.Montana State linebacker Mason Dethman (Froid-Lake) and Montana defensive lineman Sloan McPherson (Savage) also played 6-Man football in high school.Two players MSU's Hunter Sharbono (Fairview) and UM's Kade Cutler (Flint Creek) finished their high school careers playing 8-Man football. Thirteen played their senior seasons at the Class B level, 12 in Class A and 65 in Class AA. Bobcats offensive lineman Cole Sain, a Darby native, played high school football in California.Below is a list of the Montana natives on the Cats and Griz rosters for the 123nd Brawl of the Wild, which kicks off at noon Saturday and will be broadcast statewide on the Montana Television Network's local CBS affiliates.Montana State Bobcats from MontanaPaul Brott, DL, Billings WestThomas Buchanan, QB, Red LodgeMaclain Burckley, WR, Billings SeniorEverett Carr, OL, Bozeman HighTom Carter, WR, Helena CapitalKee Christiansen, WR, DillonZac Crews, DE, Missoula SentinelNeil Daily, LB, Billings West (spent two years at Missoula Sentinel before moving to Billings)Mason Dethman, LB, Brockton (Froid-Medicine Lake co-op)JJ Dolan, DB, Missoula SentinelCaden Dowler, DB, Billings WestTaco Dowler, WR, Billings WestPatrick Duchien, QB, FlorenceKenneth Eiden IV, DE, Bozeman HighBrody Grebe, DE, Melstone (Roundup-Melstone co-op)Bryce Grebe, LB, Melstone (Custer-Hysham-Melstone co-op)Adam Jones, RB, Missoula SentinelCasey Kautzman, K/P, Butte HighRyan Krahe, LB, Great Falls HighCase Kruse, DL, ManhattanRocky Lencioni, TE, Bozeman HighRyan Lonergan, TE, Bozeman HighJonathan Luhmann, OL, FlorenceTalon Marsh, DL, Helena CapitalBurke Mastel, OL, Red LodgeTommy Mellott, QB, Butte HighMax Murphy, FB, Billings WestRyan Nansel, DB, Bozeman GallatinTommy Nilson, OL, Missoula HellgateDalton Noble, Clancy (Jefferson High)McCade O'Reilly, LB, Bozeman HighRylan Ortt, DB, Missoula SentinelJaden Perkins, OL, Bozeman HighJaren Perkins, DL, Bozeman HighJustus Perkins, OL, Bozeman HighColter Petre, DB, Helena HighDylan Rollins, OL, Missoula SentinelCole Sain, OL, Darby (graduated from St. John Bosco High School in California)Rylan Schlepp, TE, Bozeman GallatinHunter Sharbono, DL, FairviewLuke Smith, TE, Bozeman HighCole Taylor, LB, Great Falls CMRJake Vigen, DE, Bozeman GallatinMarcus Wehr, OL, Billings CentralHudson Wiens, DL, Bozeman HighJosh Woodberry, LB, Bozeman GallatinBraden Zimmer, OL, Billings WestMontana Grizzlies from MontanaJunior Bergen, WR, Billings SeniorDillon Botner, OL, WhitefishKade Boyd, S, Billings CentralAustin Buehler, OL, Helena CapitalKade Cutler, S, Philipsburg (Flint Creek co-op)Beau Dantic, RB, LaurelDrew Deck, WR, Kalispell GlacierKellen Detrick, DL, HavreMarcus Evans, LB, Helena HighIan Finch, WR, Missoula HellgateKash Goicoechea, S, Kalispell GlacierTrevin Gradney, CB, Billings WestJourney Grimsrud, OL, Huntley ProjectCameron Gurnsey, WR, Butte HighBraunson Henriksen, OL, PolsonTanner Huff, CB, Butte HighKaden Huot, QB, Helena HighTorin Jeske, OL, Bozeman HighIsaac Keim, TE, Kalispell GlacierJace Klucewich, CB, Frenchtown (played three years at Frenchtown, senior year at Missoula Sentinel)Drew Klumph, WR, Missoula SentinelBrady Lang, WR, Bozeman HighPadraig Lang, S, Bozeman HighJaxon Lee, S, Missoula Sentinel (born in Belgrade, played three years with Flint Creek co-op, senior year at Missoula Sentinel)Geno Leonard, LB, Missoula SentinelGabe Longin, S, Great Falls HighChase McGurran, S, HelenaSloan McPherson, DL, SavageRyder Meyer, S, FairfieldHenry Nuce, DL, Kalispell GlacierJake Olson, TE, Butte HighHayden Opitz, LB, Helena CapitalClay Oven, DE, Billings CentralTJ Rausch, S, Missoula SentinelOwen Reynolds, S, Red LodgeTalen Reynolds, RB, Missoula LoyolaTyson Rostad, S, HamiltonTommy Running Rabbit, Ath., BrowningCody Schweikert, Ath., Columbia FallsRyan Simpson, WR, Bozeman HighDanny Sirmon, TE, Missoula SentinelGage Sliter, QB, Kalispell GlacierDylan Smith, DL, WhitehallCy Stevenson, LB, LibbyTate Templeton, OL, Missoula SentinelRyan Tirrell, LB, Missoula LoyolaJaxon Tucker, DL, Billings WestGrady Walker, Ath., Missoula SentinelJoe Weida, TE, Missoula Sentinel