Sports

Rodeo The Mission Valley High School Rodeo team competed in a two-day rodeo event in Dillon on Sept. 26-27. Polson cowgirl Cadence Schweigert posted two top-25 finishes on day one by scoring a 22nd place 19.36 time in the barrel race and a 10.32 time in the goat tying event. In day two events, Polson bull rider Caden Fitzpatrick scored a 74-point, first-place ride in the bull riding event. Ronan’s Trapper McAllister wrapped up a fourth-place finish in the tie down with a time of 18.88 seconds. Schweigert nabbed two more top 25 finishes in the barrel race and goat tying events, finishing 23rd in the barrels with a time of 18.96 seconds and 19th in the goat tying with a time ...
Merchant High Team Game: Lucky Strike Lanes 1206 High Team Series: Lucky Strike Lanes 3528 High Game Scratch: Austin Moran 290 High Game Ha...

PABLO — Warm, sunny fall weather greeted prep cross-country runners on Saturday during the Mission Shadows cross country meet. Hosted by the Polson High School Cross Country team, nearly 220 varsity and junior varsity runners representing roughly 14 schools from across Western Montana came to ...

Golf Polson Lady Pirate golfer Ellie Thiel shot a 99 on Thursday and a 92 on Friday for a total of 191 and an 11th-place finish during the two-day Class A State Golf Tournament. The event was held in Butte at the Butte Country Club. As a team, the Lady Pirates placed fifth in the team standings. The R...
News from the office of Senator Tester BIG SANDY — As the agreement that has kept professional baseball in play across Montana reaches its expiration date, U.S. Senator Jon Tester is pressing Major League Baseball officials to step up to the plate and commit to preserving the Pioneer League. In...
Merchant High Team Game: Frank’s Meats 1263 High Team Series: Frank’s Meats 3231 High Game Scratch: J. McElderry 267 H...
POLSON – Heavy wildfire smoke and a virus pandemic couldn’t derail the long-standing rivalry between two Mission Valley communities and their beloved high school football and volleyball teams. Under the lights Friday night on the gridiron, the Polson Pirates squared off with the visiting Ronan...

Football Arlee Warriors The Arlee Warriors moved to a 1-2 overall record on the season Friday evening with a 76-36 road loss to the St. Regis Tigers. Charlo Vikings Coyle Nagy threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to help the Charlo Vikings ease past the Plains Horsem...

RONAN — Ronan Chief Brant Heiner was the first individual to cross the finish line during the Ronan Cross Country team’s hosted Canal Bank Run on Friday afternoon. Heiner won the boys race on his home turf with a time of 16 minutes, 44 seconds. “I did not expect Heiner to break into t...
Football Arlee Warriors / Charlo Vikings Cross-county and Class 14C conference rivals Arlee Warriors and Charlo Vikings faced off on the gridiron Friday night for county bragging rights and a chance to remain undefeated on the season. “It’s a hard-hitting game,” sai...