Briefs: Valkyries 3rd at NW-A tennis

POLSON — The Bigfork Valkyries’ tennis team placed third in the Northwest Class A Divisional this past weekend and is sending three girls to the State A tournament in Hardin.

Senior Grace Holtmeyer finished fourth in the singles and the doubles team of Gwenna Lustig and Peyton DeSpain also qualified by taking fourth in their bracket. 

Cassie Schlicht had reached the singles semifinals for Bigfork while Amanda Leonard also won a match. Lustig and DeSpain lost in the doubles semifinals but worked back into a state berth with a consolation bracket win. The State A begins Thursday.  

Bigfork’s Johnson, Stutzman sign for Gillette soccer

BIGFORK — A pair of Bigfork products, Donovan Stutzman and Taylor Johnson, have signed to play soccer at Gillette College in Wyoming.  

Stutzman was the keeper for the Vikings, who went 8-4-1, and was named first-team all North A and All-State for 2025. Johnson was a defender for the 12-3-1 Valkyries and second-team all-Northern A.  

Both future Gillette Pronghorns helped their teams to the playoffs last fall, with the Vals falling in the State A championship. 

Bigfork’s Rudolph headed to Carroll cheer squad

Scott Rudolph, a senior at Bigfork High School, has signed to join the Carroll College sheer squad. 

PBL Mobiles In YouTube docuseries 

The fledgling RedPocket Mobiles of the Pioneer League are getting a YouTube docuseries about their sojourn through their 96-game road trip. 

“On The Road Again: A Season with the RedPocket Mobiles,” has a 3-minute hype trailer so far, but promises to follow the team — who have no home ballpark — through the season. 

One-time MLB All-Star Dmitri Young is managing the Mobiles, whose pitching coach is former MLB reliever Ray King, who is no stranger to the PBL. The lefty fireballer began his professional career with the 1995 Billings Mustangs.