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POLSON — Polson Lady Pirate Maggie Todd recently signed her national letter of intent to play collegiate volleyball for Carroll College in Helena. Todd was joined by family, friends and teammates to celebrate the occasion in the PHS library. Todd was a two time first-team, all-state and all-conference selection this past season. She helped lead the Lady Pirates to a second-place Western A divisional finish and their second consecutive appearance in the state volleyball tournament. While at Carroll College, Todd plans to pursue a degree in both environmental science and Spanish.

GREAT FALLS — The Polson Pirate boys basketball team wrapped up the 2020-21 season at the State A tournament hosted at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. The team opened the tournament with a first-round bye on Wednesday as the number two seed out of the Western A. The Pirates kicked things off ...

GREAT FALLS — Both the Ronan Chiefs and Maidens high school basketball teams finished their seasons on the road in Great Falls last weekend competing at the Four Seasons Arena during the State A tournament. In tournament first round action on Wednesday, the Chiefs dreams of a state championshi...

POLSON — More than 150 of the state’s best swimmers gathered to compete during the Class A-B State Swim Championship at the Mission Valley Aquatic and Fitness Center on Saturday. The MVAFC has been the host for numerous swim events in the past, but Saturday’s championship was the first o...

EUREKA — Another prep high school basketball season is in the books as the Mission Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs both closed their season during Western B Basketball Divisional action in Eureka last weekend. On Thursday, the Bulldogs opened the tournament against the Deer Lodge Wardens. The Bulldogs ou...

MILES CITY — Polson Pirate wrestlers Ryley Knutson and Maysn Cowell both took fifth place in their respective weight classes during the State A wrestling tournament held at Custer County District High School in Miles City on Saturday. Wrestling in the 126-pound weight class, Cowell capped his senior...

Twenty-five Mission Valley Prep wrestlers secured coveted bracket spots in last weekend’s State A wrestling tournament in Miles City and State B/C wrestling tournament in Shelby. Wrestling in Friday and Saturday’s Western A Divisional Tournament, held in Libby, 10 Ronan Chiefs and 10 Polson Pi...

BUTTE — The Ronan Chiefs grabbed a third-place divisional trophy and their first State Class A boys basketball tournament bracket spot in more than a decade by defeating the Butte Central Maroons 54-49 at the Western A divisional boys’ basketball tournament consolation round on Saturday. On Th...

DEER LODGE — The Lady Vikings opened tournament action on Wednesday evening with a close 42-30 win over the Twin Bridges Lady Falcons. Charlo’s Lady Vikings entered the Western C Divisional tournament last weekend as the top seed out of District 14C. The Charlo team knew, from past tourn...

BUTTE — The Polson Pirates are headed to their second consecutive State Class A boys basketball tournament after out-lasting the Hamilton Broncs during the Western A divisional boys’ basketball tournament, held in Butte last weekend. In Thursday’s first round of action, the Broncs explod...