Sports
ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Valley Soccer Association is well underway this year with their fourth game coming up this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the St. Ignatius practice field. Started about 20 years ago, the association includes kids in kindergarten through sixth grade from Ronan, Pablo, St. Ignatius, Charlo, and Arlee. With over 330 kids participating, this marks one of the association’s biggest years yet. According to Jim Myers, who coaches Ronan players, the program is going through a rebirth of sorts. After missing the 2017 season due to the smoke from fires and the 2020 season due to COVID, the association has been ramping things up in the last c...
The Arlee Warriors and Charlo Vikings faced off in the Sept. 2 game, in which Charlo came away victorious.
Arlee vs. Charlo ARLEE— The Charlo Vikings defeated the Arlee Warriors on the gridiron Sept. 2, 58-12. Running back Matthew Johnson received the ball and traveled 26 yards bringing in a touchdown for the Warriors. Then followed a 21-yard pass from Kendall O’Neil with another touchdown. The V...
RONAN — St. Ignatius boys cross country runners took top honors individually and as a team during the Sept. 2 Canal Bank Run in Ronan. Andrew Rush came in first for the Mission Bulldogs with a time of 16:21 while teammate Robbie Nuila finished just under a minute later at 17:18. Mission’s Zoran L...
Volleyball Mission Lady Bulldogs ST. IGNATIUS — Mission High School’s volleyball team lost 3 sets to Arlee High School in a regular season game Tuesday night in Arlee. Scores were: 25-25; 25-21 and 25-23. Coach Marissa Mock said, “They played really well and are learning...
MISSOULA — Six Polson swimmers of the Lake Monster swim team competed at the Montana Long Course State Championships in Missoula last weekend, with events including butterfly, backstroke, freestyle, individual medley, and breaststroke. In the 11 and over sessions, team captain Gus Hertz and Ol...
ANACONDA — The Polson Lady Pirates went above and beyond at the State Championship games in Anaconda July 15-17. The Lady Pirates took down Frenchtown Fury with a score of 10 to 2, the Billings 406 Flyers 4 to 2, and the Kalispell Emeralds 3 to 2. In an undefeated game, the Lady Pirat...
ARLEE — On Friday, June 17, kids and families gathered at the Arlee Pow Wow Pavilion for an annual Midnight Hoopz three-on-three co-ed basketball tournament. A free event for kids that’s been held for over 10 years, no one is turned away for cost. “We’re trying to benefit as ...
LEWISTOWN — Second verse, same as the first. For the second consecutive year, the Florence-Carlton Lady Falcons derailed the Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) Lady Bulldogs’ hopes of bringing home a state championship trophy with a 14-11 victory during Saturday’s Class B/C state champions...
HAMILTON — On Thursday in first-round action of the State Class A Girls Softball Championship hosted in Hamilton, both the Polson Lady Pirates and Ronan Maidens opened the three-day double elimination tournament with a loss. The Maidens fell 9-3 to the Corvallis Lady Blue Devils, while the Butte Cen...
