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FRENCHTOWN — On Thursday afternoon, during the Western C Divisional basketball tournament hosted in Frenchtown, the Charlo Vikings and Lady Vikings opened tournament action against the Manhattan Christian Eagles and Lady Eagles. The Lady Vikings fell 43-30 to the Lady Eagles, while the Vikings were outpaced by the Eagles 76-32.  Hayleigh Smith scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Lady Vikings in the first round lost to Manhattan Christian. In Friday morning’s loser-out contest, Mila Hawk scored 26 points and Kassidi Cox had 17 points as the scrappy Lady Vikings battled the West Yellowstone Lady Wolverines in a four-overtime affair, which ended in a heartbreakin...

BIGFORK — Battling in the 7B district tournament hosted in Bigfork, the Mission Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs both placed third, nabbing bracket spots in the upcoming three-day Western B Divisional tournament starting on Thursday in Ronan. The Mission Lady Bulldogs opened tournament action on Thursday ...

RONAN — On Saturday evening, playing in the 14C District tournament championship held in Ronan, the Charlo Vikings and Lady Vikings placed second, earning automatic berths into the Western C Divisional tournament hosted in Frenchtown this weekend. The Superior Lady Bobcats narrowly prevailed over th...

POLSON – The Polson Pirates basketball team extended its win streak to four games with a 67-37 rout of the Browning Indians, while the Lady Pirates fell 68-38 to the visiting Lady Indians on Saturday. The 30-point blowout win clinched the regular season Northwestern A Conference title for the Pirate...

BILLINGS – Mission Valley area prep wrestlers squared off against top wrestlers from across the state on Saturday during the MHSA all-class state wrestling tournament hosted at the First Interstate Arena in Billings. Ronan wrestlers Ridge Cote and Tirza Two-Teeth were the valley’s top state fi...

Swimming The Polson Pirates swim team took part in the MHSA State AB Swim Meet held in Great Falls this past weekend and the Pirates came away with multiple top five finishes. Gus Hertz was the top finisher for the Pirates with a second-place time of 1:56.24 in the 200 Yard Freestyle, and a third-pla...

Basketball Girls Mission Lady Bulldogs On the road Monday, Jan. 31, Kooper Page scored a game high 27 points to lead the Mission Lady Bulldogs past the hosting Plains Trotters 60-29. Also for the Lady Bulldogs, Izzy Evans scored 10 points. On Thursday, the hosting Florence-Carlton Lady Fa...

FRENCHTOWN — It was a busy weekend for local prep wrestlers as they hit the divisional tournaments mats in hopes of securing bracket spots at next weekend’s state tournament held in Billings. On Saturday, the Ronan Chiefs secured 14 state berths and snagged a third-place finish as a team durin...

RONAN — At the Ronan Event Center on Friday evening, Dani Coffman tallied 13 points for the Ronan Maidens in a 51-30 victory over the visiting Polson Lady Pirates while Jarrett Wilson booked 16 points to lead the Polson Pirates to a 56-47 win over the hosting Ronan Chiefs. The game between cross cou...

RONAN — The Ronan Chiefs and Maidens basketball teams split their double-header against Mission High School in a non-conference cross county showdown Thursday night at the Ronan Event Center. The girls game went to the host Maidens 51-39, while in the boy’s game the Class B Bulldogs slipped pa...