Last season, the 2019 rendition of the Polson Pirates (4-9) advanced to the State A tournament as a third seed, but aspirations for a deeper foray into the bracket were derailed by Eastern top-seeded Locomotives of Laurel.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Last season, the 2019 rendition of Lady Pirates soccer (4-9) advanced to the playoffs as third seed, but were dispatched in the opening round by Eastern A top-seeded Billings Central, State A champions nine of the past dozen seasons.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Three Legion A baseball Mission Valley Mariners were accentuated with accolades for their athletic apptitude among the recently released postseason list sponsored by Universal Athletic.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Subject to modification of its format with the ever changing landscape of pandemic precautions in mind, the Seventh Annual Veterans Memorial Classic got the green light to be played in Belgrade the weekend of Aug. 7-8.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Ordinarily, most Mission Valley area softballers who infuse the rosters of close to a dozen teams based around the northwestern portion of the state would have competed in the USA-sanctioned Montana Junior Olympic State softball tournament this past weekend in Helena. Those results would then have provided the basis for …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Polson summer league girls soccer played a pair of games in Butte this past weekend. The level of competition was more evenly matched this time around, as preceding games have been played against a higher caliber premier level teams.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
At the USA Softball Falls Fusion Classic in Great Falls this past weekend, there were five teams from the Mission Valley area in attendance including a Polson-based Lady Pirate squads for each age group along with the Ronan’s 14U Maidens.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
At Polson Community Fields behind the Ridgewater Complex, the U17 Polson FC summer soccer club girls team forged a pair of ties during their second week of action. Both games were played against premier level teams which draw from larger metropolitan AA athletic talent pools, underscoring an accomplishment all the …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
At Polson last Tuesday, the visiting Lady Bulldogs showed measurable improvement by making defensive plays on the field, keeping the score within a single digit margin and extending the game through seven innings. Polson plated all the points they would need when they sent their entire lineup to the plate …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
10U Ronan Rimrocks might have been inclined to feel a bit blue after being rolled by the 10U Great Falls Selects Green team in their opening round contest on Friday, but they bounced back with bats ablazing on Saturday, eliminating a trio of teams with a 15-3 tethering of the …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
For the second time in three years, the Lady Pirates will head to the Class A Girls Basketball State Tournament. The team placed second at the Northwestern A Divisional tournament after posting an impressive 15-5 regular season record. In the first round of the Montana’s Big Dance, they face a …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Last season the Polson Lady Pirates (5-5 conf., 10-12 overall) finished fourth in conference at the end of the regular season, but moved up a notch when they captured third at divisionals. Highlights included dealing Columbia Falls their only conference loss over the protesting arms of the twin tower DeWit …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
The preceding season for the Ronan Maidens is one they would like to put behind them. While they were competitive in several games during the schedule, they couldn’t quite close the door on opponents when they held a narrow lead. In other contests where they were able to pull within …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Last season the Polson Pirates finished third in their conference regular season (5-5 conf, 11-11 overall). Highlights included a narrow sweep of Columbia Falls, but several games on both sides of the ledger happened to be barn burners that weren’t decided until the waning moments. At divisional the Pirates successfully …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
The reader need not worry about an impending storm advisory invading your sports section. Aside from a phonetic similarity to meteorological forecasts featured on your local news outlets, the following article seeks rather to highlight several of the accomplishments of 2005 Polson High School graduate Strohm Fouty and speculate as …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO