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RONAN — Girma Detwiler, a 2021 Ronan High School graduate, signed his national letter of intent recently to continue his athletic career at the collegiate level. Detwiler will play basketball and compete in the long jump at the University of Providence Argos in Great Falls. The multi-sport athlete signed his letter during a small ceremony at the RHS event center on Monday, June 14. Detwiler, who wants to pursue a business and marketing degree, couldn’t turn down the possibility of playing both sports for the Argos. It’s a rarity at the collegiate level, but one that Detwiler is looking forward to. “I love their facility and their coaches,” ...
LAKE COUNTY — There was no shortage of local athletes when it came to the 2021 MHSA all-conference and all-state post season selections. Seventeen Mission Valley area softball players were named to the all-conference teams in their respective classifications with nine players taking first-team honor...
Monday Night Fun Night Spring League Game Played: Dutch Doubles First Place: Donata Healy and John Roylance Second Place: Joan Thompson and Moe Schoon Third Place: Jerry Powell and Jeff Lulow St. Luke Hospital Spring League Men High Game Scratch: ...
BUTTE — The Polson Lady Pirates claimed their eighth Class A softball state championship in school history in a decisive fashion on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Pirates defeated the Frenchtown Lady Broncs 9-3. On Thursday, at Stodden Park in Butte, the Lady Pirates opened state tournament acti...
FLORENCE — It wasn’t quite the finish the Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) softball team had hoped for, but it’s one the program will never forget. The team fell 10-4 to the Florence Lady Falcons at the Class B/C state tournament championship game held in Florence on Saturday. In the opening r...
BILLINGS — The 2021 Class A state girls tennis tournament belonged to the Polson Lady Pirates. At Pioneer Park in Billings, on Friday, the Lady Pirate doubles team of Berkely Ellis and Qia Harlan captured the doubles championship in a 6-1, 6-1 win over teammates Ara Mercer and Megan Rost. Lady...
LAKE COUNTY — Charlo Lady Viking Carlee Fryberger claimed the top spot in the Class C State girls 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.81 seconds, and Ronan Maiden Lindsey Brooks won the Class A State girls high jump title with a mark of five feet and two inches. The MHSA Class AA-C State Track and F...
MISSOULA — The Mission Bulldogs duo of Kayden Carter and Lalo Bravo placed second in the State B-C doubles tennis championship on Friday, May 21. The event was held indoors at the PEAK Racquet Club in Missoula. The duo battled it out against Brett Sneed and Dillon Gray, of Cut Bank, for the c...
The Polson Lady Pirates softball team is having perhaps one of their best seasons ever with an overall season record of 19-1-1. They dominated the season by out scoring their opponents by a margin of 303-37. In Polson’s 19 wins, 18 have ended via mercy rule, including 10 games in which the Lady Pira...
Polson High School unveiled its newly renamed softball field in honor of one of the school’s most decorated coaches. The Larry Smith Field, as it is now named, commemorates Smith’s 30-plus years of service that helped shape local softball history in the Mission Valley. The ceremony was held be...
