Articles Written By: Mike Moore
LIBBY – The Pirates and Maidens traveled to Libby this past week to compete for a select few spots at next week’s State A tournament in Great Falls. Polson boys finished second with a score of 43, while the Chiefs took fifth with a score of 10. The Polson girls had an impressive showing at the me...
THOMPSON FALLS – Janeal McDonald was on third with two outs, and down one run in the top of the seventh inning of the Western B-C Divisional Championship against No. 1 seed Florence. Serena Long stepped up to the plate. A few swings later she was in a full count: three balls, two strikes. A pop-u...
For Charlo freshman Aspen Runkel, her recent performance at the district track meet in Polson was the icing on the cake of an already successful season. At the meet, Runkel topped a 23-year-old school record in the 400-meter dash, previously held by Kathy McCready. Runkel finished the 400-meter dash with a t...
It was a day of remembrance, honor and relationship building as American Legion national commander Jimmie Foster traveled to Pablo on May 17 to meet with the Mission Valley Honor Guard and members of the Veteran Warrior Society at the Warrior/Veterans Wall of Remembrance next to CSKT tribal headquarters. Par...
Residents in the southern region of Lake County may have received an earlier wake up call than expected on the morning of May 10. At 3:40 a.m. a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was released below the Mission Valley fault at the base of the mountain range four miles east of Kicking Horse reservoir. According to s...
PABLO – A roar of laughter erupted in the Two Eagle River school lobby, as Maria Alkadhem, a foreign exchange student from Saudi Arabia, grabbed Damon James’s hand and brought him to the stage. Alkadhem swayed her arms back and fourth, in a vibrant Saudi Arabian traditional yellow-striped dress, ...
RONAN – Mousetrap racecars, mini-tornadoes, and a small-scale solar system were some of the displays that fifth graders at K. William Harvey students created for the annual science fair on Thursday, May 13. According to teacher Sara Stenberg, the main goal of the fair is to teach students that anything...
ANACONDA – It all came down to the wire Tuesday in Anaconda, as the Maidens used a three-run seventh inning to break a tie and secure the 8-5 victory. It could have gone either way during the seventh, as the Maidens filled the bases, yet had two outs. Ronan freshman Jasmine Bocksnick stepped u...
The Mission boys’ tennis team faced off against some stiff competition this week, splitting with Loyola 3-3 in St. Ignatius before traveling to Loyola for the annual invitational. Mission boys’ No. 1 Spencer Ahlborn played well this week as he first defeated Loyola’s top player Jon...
POLSON – The Ronan/St. Ignatius and Polson track programs faced off against a select few teams on Saturday as Polson hosted the ABC invitational. Polson girls finished third overall with a score of 64, while RSI girls finished fourth with 58. Both teams are looking strong heading into divisionals May 2...
