Sports
POLSON — The grandstands were loaded and the cars were roaring for the championship races at the Mission Valley Super Oval on Saturday, Sept. 16. Racer Kyle Basler noted one of the important elements of the event: “This sport wouldn’t be possible without the fans.” And to show appreciation to the fans, a multitude of bikes were raffled off for all the kids who came to watch the event. Lakota Matt, another racer, said: “I came here as a kid, and I would watch, and the next step for me was to find a car and become a racer myself.” He credited friends and family with helping build his race car. Tony Undem, track owner, said every year th...
COLUMBIA FALLS — Playing an away game didn’t work well for the Polson Pirate Girls Soccer team on Sept. 7. The Columbia Falls Wildcats outplayed the Pirates and won the game with a score of 9 to 1. Columbia Falls had possession of the ball 60% of the time took 39 shots on the goal vs. 7 shots at ...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Mission Lady Bulldogs volleyball team faced off last Saturday with the Thompson Falls Lady Blue Hawks. The Lady Bulldogs gave it a good effort, but in the end, fell to Thompson Falls, 3 to 0. Coach Marissa Mocks spoke highly of her team. With a lot of returning players, Mission&rs...
News from Montana Coaches Association MONTANA — The Montana Coaches Association announce Jim Peterson of Charlo was selected, as C class “Assistant Coach of the Year” for the 2022-2023 school year. Peterson is an assistant coach for football, wrestling, basketball and track...
News from the Montana Coaches Association MONTANA — Polson tennis coach Bob Hislop won Coach of the Year for both boys’ and girls’ tennis. Polson basketball coach Brad Fisher won Coach of the Year for basketball.
LAKE COUNTY — Local softball players who made the 2023 Montana High School Association (MHSA) Class A Northwest Softball All-State, All-Conference, All-Conference second team, and honorable mentions have been announced: Polson juniors Mckenna Hanson and Carli Maley have both made the All-State first...
Girls Singles Round 1: Clara Todd (Polson) def. Kinzee Brimmer (Custer County) 6-0, 6-0 Consolation Round 1: Piper Hoxie (Polson) def. Amber Stevenson (East Helena) 6-2, 6-3 Quarterfinals: Clara Todd (Polson) def. Debra Don’t Mix (Hardin) 6-0, 6-1 Girls Doubles Round 1: &...
State Wrestling BILLINGS — The Ronan Maidens are the Class A-C state champions with every team member scoring points to contribute to the 119 point total that took home the title. For the girls tournament, class AA-C all competed against one another and the class A Maidens were able to punch up ef...
Western Divisionals Wrestling Class A POLSON — Polson hosted the Western Class A Boys and Girls Divisional Wrestling tournaments Feb. 3 and 4 with teams from Ronan and Polson competing. In the girls tournament the Ronan Maidens took first place with five first place finishes. Saellah N...
Mission Mountain Classic Wrestling Tournament Mission/Charlo, Arlee, Ronan ST. IGNATIUS — The annual Mission Mountain Classic wrestling tournament was hosted in St. Ignatius on Jan. 28. Local teams from Arlee, Mission/Charlo and Ronan came to face off against visiting Three Forks, Plains, Sup...
