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BUTTE — The Ronan Maidens collected a Western A divisional girls’ basketball tournament second-place trophy and a bracket slot in the upcoming State Class A tournament this past weekend. Playing in the opening round in the Western A Divisional tournament held at the Butte Central Maroon Center on Thursday, the Maidens had no trouble defeating the host Butte Central Lady Maroons 61-43. Scoring a game-high 17 points, Jaylea Lunceford led the Maidens followed by LaReina Cordova with 11 points. Friday’s evening semifinal action saw the Maidens wallop the Hamilton Lady Broncs 54-32.  Maiden Danielle Coffman led all shooters with a game-high 13 points on the nig...

  HOT SPRINGS — The Charlo Vikings boys’ basketball team battled their way through the District 14C championship consolation rounds to clinch a third-place finish by defeating the hosting Hot Springs Savage Heat 46-42 on Saturday evening.  On Tuesday evening, the Vikings opened to...

Boys Basketball Ronan Chiefs On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Ronan Chiefs fell 50-42 to the hosting Whitefish Bulldogs. Elijah Tonasket booked a game-high 18 points for the Chiefs. Girma Detwiler scored 11 points. Leonard Burke scored a Ronan team-high 19 points Thursday night as the hosting Columbia Fall...

POLSON — Ronan and Polson high schools wrapped up their wrestling and basketball regular seasons with one last matchup this past weekend with Ronan grabbing victories in two of the three contests. After falling to the Polson Pirates on their home mat nearly a month ago, the Ronan Chiefs wrestling te...

CHARLO — For the fourth straight season, the District 14C girls basketball championship tournament concluded Saturday evening with the Charlo Lady Vikings hoisting the district championship trophy high in the air after a decisive 60-30 victory over the visiting Alberton-Superior Lady MountainCats. A...

By Rob Zolman                Valley Journal PABLO — For the first time since the 2005-2006 season, the Class A Polson High School and Class B St. Ignatius High School basketball teams battled against each other on the hardwood court. The boys game was he...

Girls Basketball Charlo Lady Vikings Mila Hawk scored a Charlo Lady Vikings’ game-high 12 points on Friday night in a 49-25 road victory over the St. Regis Lady Tigers. With the win, the Lady Vikings head into the postseason with an overall 11-0 record.  Polson Lady Pirates Mos...

RONAN — Ronan softball standout Macao Jackson signed her national letter of intent to play collegiate softball for the Columbia Basin College Hawks, located in Pasco, Washington. Late Wednesday afternoon, family, friends and teammates joined Jackson to celebrate the occasion, held in Ronan High Scho...

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ARLEE — The Arlee Warriors and Scarlets basketball teams hoped to edge in a few more wins last week but the points just didn’t come in.  New head coach Shawn Matt watched the Class B Warriors hardwood action open on Tuesday, Feb. 2, on the road against the Class A Ronan Chiefs. The game w...