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Articles with the Tag: Polson softball

Mission Valley softballers dominate during inaugural tournament Mission Valley softballers dominate during inaugural tournament

FRENCHTOWN — The Polson Lady Pirates, Ronan Maidens, and MAC Lady Bulldogs girl softball teams hit the road last weekend and traveled south to Frenchtown to complete in the First Annual Bette Paskey Memorial Tournament hosted at the Frenchtown High School on Friday and Saturday. The Maidens finished...

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Track and Field   Ronan Chiefs and Maidens Ronan Chief Payton Cates finished eighth in the high jump during the Russ Plicher Top Ten Track and Field competition held at the MCPS Stadium in Missoula on Tuesday, April 26. On Saturday, Cates, with a jump of six feet - four inches, finishe...

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Track and Field Polson Pirates and Lady Pirates Under the lights Thursday evening in Corvallis, the Polson Pirates and Lady Pirates posted a solid performance during the Sapphire Twilight Invitational held at the Corvallis Community Event Center. Ashtyn Wagner finished second in the 800 and four...

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Softball Polson Lady Pirates The Polson Lady Pirates shutout the visiting Ronan Maidens 10-0 on Thursday, April 14, and defeated the hosting Libby Lady Loggers 10-0 on Saturday, April 16, to remain undefeated on the season.  In Thursday’s cross-county and Northwestern A conference riv...

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TENNIS Ronan Chiefs and Maidens On Tuesday, April 5, the Ronan Chiefs fell 2-5 to the visiting Columbia Falls Wildcats, while the Lady Wildkats swept the Maidens 6-0. Chief Dillon PrettyOnTop defeated Wildcat Dale Blickhan in three sets 3-6,6-4,6-3 and Beau Decker picked up a two set 6-1, 6-0 wi...

Lady Pirates open season with back-to-back wins Lady Pirates open season with back-to-back wins

POLSON — The defending 2021 Class A State champions, Polson Lady Pirates, opened the 2022 season with back-to-back victories at home on Saturday. Polson shutout the Plains Trotters 10-0 and defeated the Butte Central Maroons 8-2.  In the season-opener, Lady Pirate Carli Maley was 3-for-3 wit...

Area teams receive softball postpeason selections Area teams receive softball postpeason selections

LAKE COUNTY — There was no shortage of local athletes when it came to the 2021 MHSA all-conference and all-state post season selections. Seventeen Mission Valley area softball players were named to the all-conference teams in their respective classifications with nine players taking first-team honor...

State Champions State Champions

BUTTE — The Polson Lady Pirates claimed their eighth Class A softball state championship in school history in a decisive fashion on Saturday afternoon.  The Lady Pirates defeated the Frenchtown Lady Broncs 9-3. On Thursday, at Stodden Park in Butte, the Lady Pirates opened state tournament acti...

Lady Pirates move to state tournament after regular season domination Lady Pirates move to state tournament after regular season domination

The Polson Lady Pirates softball team is having perhaps one of their best seasons ever with an overall season record of 19-1-1. They dominated the season by out scoring their opponents by a margin of 303-37. In Polson’s 19 wins, 18 have ended via mercy rule, including 10 games in which the Lady Pira...

Softball field re-named in honor of 'legendary' coach Softball field re-named in honor of 'legendary' coach

Polson High School unveiled its newly renamed softball field in honor of one of the school’s most decorated coaches. The Larry Smith Field, as it is now named, commemorates Smith’s 30-plus years of service that helped shape local softball history in the Mission Valley. The ceremony was held be...


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