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Sports Shorts for Jan. 12, 2022 Sports Shorts for Jan. 12, 2022

Basketball Boys Mission Bulldogs Zoran LaFrombois scored a game high 35 points to help lead the Mission Bulldogs to a 73-56 home win over the visiting Arlee Warriors on Friday, Jan. 7. Also scoring in double digits for the Bulldogs were Kellen McClure with 20 points and Cederick McDonald ...

Henriksen signs letter of intent with the Griz Henriksen signs letter of intent with the Griz

POLSON — Polson Pirate Braunson Henriksen, who announced his verbal commitment to play football for the Griz earlier this month, on Wednesday morning made it official by inking the dotted line of his National Letter of Intent to the University of Montana. Henriksen was joined in the PHS weight room ...

sports shorts for Dec. 29, 2021

Basketball Boys Polson Pirates Scoring a game high 22 points, Jarrett Wilson led the Polson Pirates to a 62-48 home opener win over the Missoula Loyola Rams. Also for the Pirates, Colton Graham booked 16 points. On Thursday evening, the visiting Columbia Falls Wildcats tripped up the P...

Polson School District increases daily substitute teacher rate to $120 Polson School District increases daily substitute teacher rate to $120

News from Polson School District #23 POLSON — The Polson School District responds to its substitute teacher shortage by increasing the daily sub rate from $96 to $120. The daily rate had been $96 since 2017. “We have struggled to fill teacher vacancies since the beginning of the year,”...

Cote takes 113-pound Owen title Cote takes 113-pound Owen title

POLSON — Ronan Chief wrestler Ridge Cote took the individual title at 113 pounds on Saturday during the annual Owen Invitational held at Linderman gymnasium in Polson. Entering the title match undefeated, Cote, a freshman at Ronan High School, won by fall over Lake City High School junior Zach Macdo...

Polson plunges into new swim season Polson plunges into new swim season

POLSON — After a solid showing at state in their inaugural seasonal last year, the Polson High School swim team plunged into their Class A 2021-22 swim season by hosting a six-team swim meet on Saturday at the Mission Valley Aquatic Center, their home pool. Swimming against veteran swim squads from ...

PHS senior receives full-ride to Northwestern PHS senior receives full-ride to Northwestern

POLSON — Brookelyn Slonaker, a senior at Polson High School, was recently awarded a full-ride scholarship to Northwestern University in Illinois. Brookelyn spent over a year qualifying for the scholarship via QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that matches high achieving students from low-income ba...

P.E.O. donates to children P.E.O. donates to children

P.E.O. Chapter CA members, Ramona Mahoney, Linda Bone and Janice Donovan (not pictured), purchase warm winter clothing and boots for students at Cherry Valley and Linderman schools. P.E.O. Chapter CA members elected to replace their Christmas gift exchange for a cash collection to purchase the clothing for t...

Polson schools hire staff, consider expulsion in flurry of special meetings Polson schools hire staff, consider expulsion in flurry of special meetings

Prior to last week’s regular meeting, the Polson School Board held three special meetings, one for hiring staff and teachers, another to change a bus route and a third to consider expulsion for a student who brought a weapon to school. The latter meeting, held Oct. 14, was closed to the public due t...

COVID vaccine for kids authorized, offered locally COVID vaccine for kids authorized, offered locally

Tribal Health nurses were in Polson schools and other locations last week, offering parents the opportunity to have their children vaccinated against COVID-19.  After rigorous studies, the Centers for Disease Control recently authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 5-11. Kids under 12 rec...


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