Articles Written By: Jim Blow
POLSON — They had 'em. The Polson Pirates had the top-ranked Columbia Falls Wildcats right where they wanted them. But a couple of costly turnovers and a couple of missed scoring opportunities down the stretch changed all that. Polson had the defending state champs and current number two team in ...
POLSON — It was the game of the week, the marquee matchup between the top two Northwestern A girls' basketball teams. But it turned out to be not much of a contest. Instead, it was a lickin' that went the wrong way for Polson's Lady Pirates. The Columbia Falls Wildkats came to Polson last T...
Charlo's Lady Vikings may not be there yet, but every week they're getting a little better. And that's just the way their coach likes it. Charlo head coach Bret Thompson said he's asked his team to focus on getting better with each game and his players are doing just that. The Lady Vikings put up two m...
POLSON — The Ronan Chiefs tuned up for the Montana State Wrestling Championships with a strong showing at divisionals. The Chiefs placed second as a team with 180 points, behind first-place Polson at 232 and edging third-place Libby at 176.5. The Chiefs crowned four divisional champions and placed 1...
POLSON — The Polson Pirates thrilled their hometown fans with a Northwestern A Divisional Wrestling Tournament championship last Saturday. Polson won the team championship, the Pirates' first divisional championship since 2007, and had four individual weight champions. The Pirates placed 16 wrestler...
Most people outside of the newspaper industry don't understand what a publisher is or what he does. Heck, I'll bet there's a big part of those who do work in newspapers that can't fully appreciate the crucial role a publisher plays. A publisher is the CEO of a newspaper, the buck-stops-here person who ste...
RONAN — The Ronan Chiefs tuned up for this weekend’s divisional wrestling tournament with a pair of duals last week. After a 54-16 win in Whitefish Tuesday, Ronan lost an exciting 45-31 dual to visiting Polson on Saturday night. The win in Whitefish wasn’t as dominating as expected for t...
POLSON — The Polson Pirates finished off their dual wrestling schedule with a pair of conference wins last week, beating Columbia Falls 54-27 on Tuesday in Polson and winning an exciting dual in Ronan Friday night 45-31. Polson won four matches by pin over the Wildcats on Tuesday. Brock Picard, the ...
HOT SPRINGS — It was good defense against good defense when the top two girls’ teams in District 14-C met in Hot Springs Saturday. Not surprisingly, the difference in the game turned out to be the free-throw line. Charlo’s Lady Vikings trailed Hot Springs’ Savage Heat 24-17 after t...
POLSON — It was a different way of winning for Polson's Lady Pirates, but win they did over two Bitterroot teams. Polson post Riley Kenney powered her way to double-figures in the paint on Thursday and Saturday. The 5'10" sophomore scored 18 points and hauled in seven rebounds to key Polson's 58-45 ...
