ARTICLES BY JIM BLOW < BR > OF LEADER
Polson girls bring speed, experience back to the field
POLSON - The outlook for the Polson girls' soccer team is rosy, and so is the prognosis for their coach.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Kelley finishes ninth at nationals
EUGENE, Ore. - Mission Valley track and field added another champion early this summer. Polson's Ryan Kelley, 14, set a new Montana state record in USA Track and Field Junior Olympic competition in Bozeman June 12. His mark of 9 feet, 6 inches set a new record by a foot.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Ronan Pioneer Days Jamboree draws 77 hoops teams
RONAN - A brief shower early in the morning served to cool the courts, but not the action at Saturday's Ronan Pioneer Days 3-on-3 Jamboree basketball tournament.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Hoopfest action was as sizzling as the weather
It was hot as the proverbial firecracker in Polson over the weekend, especially on the makeshift asphalt basketball courts set up for the 12th Annual Flathead Lake Hoopfest.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Barrel racers hold pair of runs in Polson
POLSON - Barrel racers and their horses kicked off the first of a four-part open barrel racing series covering western Montana with a two-run series at the Polson Fairgrounds last Saturday.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Thousands attend first annual PRCA rodeo in Polson
POLSON - The first annual Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo was by all accounts a rip-roaring good time and tremendous success.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Picchietti finishes fourth at NHSRF
GILLETTE, Wyo. - Jessica Picchietti led Mission Valley rodeo athletes with a fourth place finish in the All Around Rookie Cowgirl competition of the National High School Rodeo Finals in Gillette, Wyo. Picchietti earned 230 points.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Defense, speed lead Purple Rain to state title
ANACONDA - The Polson Purple Rain U-16 girls' softball team capped off a stellar ASA softball season with a state championship last weekend.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Bear sign
Conservationists develop baseline for grizzly bear population
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Seven locals head to National Finals
GILLETTE, Wyo. - Nobody remembers when so many cowboys and cowgirls qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo, let alone how many actually managed to attend.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
