Sports

SPOKANE – The 14U Polson Lakers and 16U Montana Mustangs girls softball teams joined more than 40 other teams from six states to compete in the 2019 “A” Fastpitch Western National Championship held at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane, Washington. The near weeklong tournament, which started on Tuesday, July 23, and concluded on Sunday with the championships, featured pool play to set the tournament seeding followed by a bracketed double-elimination tournament. The recently formed 16U Montana Mustangs made up of Mission Valley all-star softball players battled their way to a fourth-place showing during the tournament. The Mustangs opened tournament pool acti...

Football Charlo Viking football standout Landers Smith was the lone Mission Valley representative during Saturday night’s 73rd Annual Montana East-West Shrine Game at the Bob Green Field on the campus of Montana Tech in Butte. Smith, who will be playing for Montana Tech in the fall, suited up f...

MISSOULA – Eight Mission Valley girls fastpitch teams saw plenty of softball action this past weekend during the three-day Montana USA Junior Olympic State Softball Tournament held in Missoula. In the under-10 bracket on Friday, the Mission Valley All-Stars clobbered Belgrade 16-7 to open the tourna...

POLSON — On July 26, area friends, MSU alumni, families and Bobcat Boosters are invited to participate in a Flathead Lake beach party at Boettcher Park in Polson. This event is designed specifically for MSU alums, families and friends, whether or not you participate in the golf scramble. This will be a...

News from CSKT The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council closed hunting of Rocky Mountain goats on the Flathead Indian Reservation in September of 2018 due to low population levels.   Closed areas are located in both the Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness area and adjacent areas on the...

Monday Spring Fun Nite    1st Place: Babe Brothers                 Judy Stevenson  2nd Place:        Greg Linse                 Linda Gerdts 3rd Place:  ...

News from CSKT  The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Wildlife Management Program announce the availability of the 2019 Ferry Basin elk and Little Money bighorn sheep hunting permit applications to interested CSKT Tribal member hunters.    Permit applications will be available at...

News from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks LAKE COUNTY —The last bowhunter education class for Lake County, before the archery season opens, is scheduled for July 16, 18, and 20. Classes will be from 6-9 p.m. on the first two days and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday. Students must attend all sessions ...

RONAN – On June 13, with family and friends all around, Emilie Corley officially inked her letter of intent to play softball starting this fall at Williston State College in Williston, North Dakota. Corley had a.625 batting average, a .715 on base percentage and a slugging percentage of 1.075, in he...

ARLEE – Zanen Pitts, who had built up the Arlee High School boys basketball program into a Class C basketball dynasty, winning back-to-back state championships and appearing in four consecutive state title games in the last six seasons, stepped down as the Warriors varsity head coach on Wednesday eveni...