Sports

MISSOULA — Mission Valley area prep track and field teams had plenty of strong performances during the Class B/C Divisional meet held in Missoula and the Class A Divisional meet in Columbia Falls this past weekend. Mission Lady Bulldog Sydney Brander won four individual events to headline area athletes and now moves on to state track and field action this weekend. Brander won the girls’ Class B 100 meters (13.26), 200 meters (27.77), long jump (15-11.5), triple jump (32-2.50) and she took second in the high jump. For the Mission Bulldogs, Andrew Rush won the division title in the 800 with a time of 2:01.79 minutes and placed third in both the 1600 and 3200 races. Charley A...

FLORENCE — The Mission-Arlee-Charlo Lady Bulldogs softball team secured a second place divisional finish and a bracket spot in the upcoming State B/C tournament with key wins last weekend. The Lady Bulldogs went 3-2 on the week with a 16-0 shutout win over Anaconda and a 20-1 win over Ennis. On Thur...

POLSON — Playing on their home court, the Polson Lady Pirates tennis team won the divisional team title during the Western A divisional tennis tournament on Friday. The Lady Pirates won with 55 points and out paced Whitefish who scored 46 points, followed by Libby with 23.   Polson’s doub...