Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Aaric Bryan

Lady Bulldogs eliminate Eureka from playoff picture

ST. IGNATIUS — The Lady Bulldogs used a 10-0 divisional ticket-punching victory over Eureka to erase a nightmarish end to the regular season. At home Monday, the Lady Bulldogs looked like a different team than the one that closed the season being shutout by Thompson Falls and committing 13 errors ag...

Lady Bulldogs take care of Troy, Deer Lodge

ST. IGNATIUS — Heading into the final week of the season, the Lady Bulldogs continue to separate themselves from the weaker teams in the Western B-C Division, but can’t join the ranks of the elite teams in the conference. Last week, the Lady Bulldogs recovered from a 10-3 loss to Loyola by dou...

Maidens suffer pair of extra-inning losses

RONAN — The Ronan Maidens let the perfect chance to get back in the Northwestern A conference race slip through their fingers Tuesday.  After fighting back to tie the Libby Lady Loggers in the eighth inning, the Maidens committed three errors in the ninth inning, leading to two Libby runs to gi...

Mom nets monster during 9th weekend of Mack Days

Mother’s Day is a day that you’re supposed to put the fishing pole and tackle away and spoil mom for a day – unless your mom is Nicole Peters. Peters, the top lady angler in the 2009 Fall Mack Days and leading women in the spring event, caught a 45-inch, 38.4-pound lake trout, while fish...

Ahlborn takes silver at Loyola Invite

MISSOULA — The Mission tennis team was able to fit in a lot of tennis last week to get them ready for a postseason run. The Lady Bulldogs didn’t look too sharp in their final tuneups before the Western B/C Divisionals in Bigfork this weekend. After falling to Valley Christian 4-2, only the dou...

Peak performance

The Charlo Vikings are hitting their stride at the right time. In the week heading up to the District 14-C Track Meet, the Vikings backed up a strong performance at the Lake County Invitational by winning their first meet of the season. At the Seeley-Swan Invitational Saturday at the Missoula County Stadium,...

RSI’s Durglo wins 3 events, breaks school record at Lake County Invite

POLSON — Mission junior Adessa Durglo was a triple threat at the Lake County Invitational Thursday. Durglo swept the jumping events at the Polson Sports Complex to boost RSI to third place with 55 points.  Durglo jumped 15 feet, 3.5 inches to win the high jump, 33 feet, 5.5 inches in the tri...

Felsman jump starts Warriors at county meet

MISSOULA — The Warriors got a big boost with the return of Kyle Felsman. In his first meet since the 2008 state tournament, the senior won the high jump and triple jump and placed second in the long jump at the Lake County Invitational Thursday and then followed that up with a second-place finish in...

Clean sweep

The Polson track team’s dominance over the rest of the competition in the county continued Thursday. The Pirates and Lady Pirates swept the Lake County Invitational at the Polson Sports Complex. With this year’s title, the Pirates have won all Lake County meets and the Lady Pirates all but one...

Lady Bulldogs trounce Trotters, dominate Drummond

DRUMMOND — A shutout loss to the Florence Lady Falcons awoke the slumbering bats of the Mission Lady Bulldogs.  After being limited to only one hit and two base runners in an 4-0 loss to the Lady Falcons in Florence Thursday, with their hitter Katie McDonald back in the lineup the Lady Bulldogs...


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