Articles Written By: Carrie Pichler
POLSON – Some play baseball for the fame, some for the glory, some because it’s simply something to do to fill a summer void. For the Mission Valley Mariners seniors, it’s much more – they’ve become a family. For a lot of the Valley’s young ball players, taking th...
Strong pitching performances and big bats proved dominant against the Mariners opponents at the District Tournament in Kalispell last week as the M’s knocked down every team to go undefeated in the double elimination tournament. In just the first two games alone, M’s pitchers threw 25 strikeouts,...
KALISPELL – The Polson 12U team burned through opponents their 2014 season with a mission to grab a spot at the coveted Regional Tournament. Mission accomplished. After winning four tournaments, including their own hosted invitational tourney, the team snagged a State title with five wins and onl...
RONAN – The Mission Mountain Golf Course in Ronan hosted a tournament with a different kind of agenda. On Saturday, July 19, golfers came from far and wide to gain so much more than a trophy — they came to raise money. The Sagmiller/Williams ALS Memorial Golf Tournament, in it’s 12...
RONAN – The town of Ronan was abuzz last weekend with rubber cleated, Big League Chew bubble-blowing, future-hopeful MLB playing 10 year olds donning pin stripes, caps, and dirty knees as the Ronan-Pablo Summer Rec League hosted the 2014 Cal Ripken10U State baseball tournament. All-Star teams from a...
POLSON – The Mission Valley Mariners proved to be a force in their last week of league play adding five wins to their conference record and bringing their final tally to 13-6 on the season. Fighting off intense weather including heat, a rainstorm and even hail, the M’s lit up the diamond...
The Mariners joined teams from Montana, Idaho, and Canada, in Kalispell during the scorching heat last weekend for the John Harp Tournament, hosted by the Kalispell Lakers. For the past two years, the M’s have won the tournament. After only giving up four runs total and dominating in their first thr...
After snagging another conference win against Libby on Tuesday, bringing their league record to 6-3, the M’s returned home to capture their hometown-hosted Firecracker Tournament, going out with a bang in the championship win against Helena’s Reps. Mariner bats exploded out of the gate in Thur...
The Mission Valley Mariners B grabbed a win at the Mission Valley Mariners-hosted Firecracker Tournament, going 1-3 for the weekend. For the B team, every game is a lesson as the feeder to the A Team in the years to come. Because Montana does not have high school baseball, American Legion is the driving forc...
Arlee held its 19th annual 3 on 3 basketball tournament July 3, bringing in the second most teams in its 19 year history with 46 total. Teams of boys and girls, as well as coeds from all around the valley and even from places as far away as Eureka, competed in the sizzling summer sun. Top three in each di...
