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Flathead River Rodeo named INFR 2021 Tour Rodeo of the Year Flathead River Rodeo named INFR 2021 Tour Rodeo of the Year

Congratulations to the fantastic and hard-working team that has once again blessed the Flathead Reservation and Polson, Montana with another “INFR Tour Rodeo of the Year.” This is a great accomplishment, as they are competing with 16 other Indian National Finals RodeoTour Rodeos held throughout the US and Canada. A big thank you to these folks for their months of hard work organizing and producing this event: Sheila Matt, Pete White, Elmo McDonald, Bryon Miller, S&K Gaming, The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes & Council, the KwaTaqNuk Resort, Polson Fairgrounds Inc., plus generous support from local sponsors and volunteers, who donate money and time to make this...


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Volleyball Polson Lady Pirates In a Northwestern A conference road game on Tuesday, Sept. 28, the Polson Lady Pirates picked up a three-set (25-11, 25-12, 25-16) win over the Columbia Falls Wildkats. Liz Tolley led the Lady Pirates with nine assists and 16 digs, while McKenna Hanson posted sev...


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Golf Polson Pirates and Lady Pirates The Polson Pirates boys team came in second, while the Lady Pirates finished third in the girls team standings during the Western A divisional tournament held at the Hamilton Country Club in Hamilton on Friday. Carson Hupka, Christian Lund and Torrin Ellis ...


Lucky Strike bowling results for Sept. 12–18

Merchant High Team Game:Big Boys Haulin       1195 High Team Series:Big Boyz Haulin       3425 High Game Scratch:Jake Starkel299 High Game Handicap:Jake Starkel299 High Series Scratch:Jake Starkel704 High Series Handicap:Dennis Dellwo788 Tuesday...


Rivalry week ends with Polson sweep Rivalry week ends with Polson sweep

POLSON — The Polson Lady Pirates opened rivalry week on Thursday evening with a 3-2 five set volleyball victory over the Ronan Maidens while the Polson Pirates completed the sweep on the gridiron Friday night with a 62-8 rout over the Ronan Chiefs. In Ronan, Northwestern A conference rivals Lady Pir...


Gold at home: Mission girls take 1st, boys 2nd at hosted meet Gold at home: Mission girls take 1st, boys 2nd at hosted meet

ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Bulldogs cross country team hosted a 14-school mixed class meet on Tuesday, Sept. 14, and used the home course to its advantage, with the Lady Bulldogs winning the girls’ team title and the Bulldogs placing second in the boys’ team standings. “I feel that...


Pirates win own tournament, Lady Pirates finish second Pirates win own tournament, Lady Pirates finish second

POLSON — Christian Lund fired a two over par 74 finishing in a three-way second place tie to help lead the Polson Pirates to a team score of 302 and a first-place team tie with Whitefish at its own Polson Pirate Invite on Monday, Sept. 13, held at the Polson Bay Golf Course. Placing in the top 10 on...


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Cross Country Competing on the University of Montana Golf Course, the same course as the upcoming state meet in late October, Mission Valley area prep cross country runners were among the more than 800 runners in attendance from around Montana, Idaho and Washington during the Mountain West Classic Cro...


Ronan volleyball sweeps Mission in three sets Ronan volleyball sweeps Mission in three sets

RONAN – The Ronan Maidens volleyball team never let neighborhood non-conference rivals Mission Lady Bulldogs feel comfortable in the Ronan Event Center Gym on Tuesday night, Oct. 7, en route to a three-set 25-10, 25-19, 25-13 sweep. “It was a fun evening. I think our girls did great,” sa...


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Golf Polson Pirates and Lady Pirates The Polson Pirates, posting a score of 329, brought home the team title during the Corvallis Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 7, held at the University of Montana Golf Course in Missoula. For the Pirates, Carson Hupka fired a first place 78 narrowly slipping...


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