Small airplanes, big smiles
POLSON – Young Louis had never been in an airplane before.
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A different uniform
POLSON — Mission Valley Mariners pitcher Kellen Hoyt has been called up to the big leagues, but we’re not talking about Major League Baseball.
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Benn named Class B all-star defensive MVP
BILLINGS — All-star football games are always a fun touch for graduated seniors, but Connor Benn made the weekend’s Class B rendition a coming-out party.
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OFF THE MARK: Encountering Cyclotourism
One of the things I love about summer in Northwest Montana is that you seem to meet interesting people every day.
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Mariners third at Cloninger
HELENA — After a rough start to the season, a third place finish for the Mission Valley Mariners at last weekend’s Cloninger Classic may be a sign of good things to come.
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Charlo seniors stand out at 8-man all-star game
BUTTE — Three of Charlo’s standout football players took to the gridiron for the final time at the Bob Cleverly Class C All-Star Football Game Saturday.
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Vikings four-peat as state champs
GREAT FALLS – Charlo’s boys thought they had lost; they had a chance for four and had let it slip away.
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Weltz wins state triple jump title
BUTTE – Polson senior Andrew Weltz capped off a senior year in which he earned all-conference honors for the Pirates’ football and basketball teams with an even bigger feat: he won the Class A triple jump.
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Maidens top MAC to repeat West softball title
RONAN – Ronan’s first bit of revenge has been served. Now the Maidens have bigger fish to fry.
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Pirates take second seed into state tourney
Polson is heading into familiar territory in the form of the Class A state tournament in more than one way.
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Pirates bring home hardware at state tennis
BILLINGS — It wasn’t the fairy tale ending that the Polson boys’ tennis team envisioned, but with No. 1 singles player Brady Hislop and No. 1 doubles duo Dylan McCrumb and Layne Zimmerman each taking third in the state, the Pirates couldn’t be too disappointed.
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Prepping for state
FRENCHTOWN — Polson’s boys and girls track and field teams raced to second and third places, respectively, in the weekend’s Northwest A divisional track meet in Frenchtown.
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Polson tabs Kelley as boys' coach
POLSON — Polson’s new boys’ basketball coach won’t be much of a new face.
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Daniels second at state tennis
MISSOULA — Mission’s top singles netter Karl Daniels capped off a terrific senior season with a runner-up finish at the weekend’s Class B-C state tennis tournament in Missoula.
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Ronan's solo act
RONAN — Ronan’s softball team has been playing a melody seldom heard in sports: the Maidens have been nearly unbeatable following a mid-season coaching change.
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Twice would be nice
POLSON – Polson tennis standouts Brady Hislop and Dylan McCrumb were a match away from facing each other for the Class A boys’ state singles title last year.
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Charlo no-hits Deer Lodge as MAC rolls
DEER LODGE — Courtney Charlo forgot her Under Armour on Mission-Arlee-Charlo’s softball trip to Deer Lodge Saturday.
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Lake County deputy, SRO rehired
POLSON — Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Clay Shoemaker was reinstated April 24 nearly six weeks after he was terminated for alleged policy violations.
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Ronan golf cards another strong week
ST. REGIS — Ronan’s girls golf team won their third tournament in their last four tries with Thursday’s victory at Trestle Creek Golf Course.
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Doty does good turn in Plains
Alyssa Doty has been carrying the Mission-Arlee-Charlo softball team with a strong bat and solid catcher’s mitt for years.
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Pursuing Perfection
CHARLO — Most prep athletes go through high school without a single state championship, but four young men at Lake County’s smallest high school have a shot to win four in a single sport.
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Finding inspiration with outdoor writers
There’s no shortage of inspiration this time of year.
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Maidens golf wins again
PLAINS — Jacey Probst led Ronan’s girls golf team to another team tournament win, this time in Plains at Wild Horse Golf Course.
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Cowboy ball fun for all
POLSON — Supporters of the Polson Fairgrounds gathered Friday for the annual Cowboy Ball, a Western-themed fundraiser that serves as the fairgrounds’ primary effort each year.
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Golfers hit the links for CASA
POLSON — Golfers teed off at Polson Bay Golf Course on Saturday at the Mick Holien 8th Annual CASA Tournament.
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Egg-celent Easter
RONAN — What better time than Easter for a labor of love?
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Petersen signs with Arizona State
CHARLO — With 82 students in high school, opportunities like Jacen Petersen’s don’t come around too often for Charlo, Montana.
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Calamity Matt places fourth at Grizzly Triathlon
MISSOULA — Nearly 20 Lake County triathletes competed in the Grizzly Triathlon Saturday, highlighted by Polson’s Matt “Calamity” Seeley, who took fourth overall in the race.
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Special Olympics athletes train for regional event
POLSON – For some kids, it’s just about having the chance to compete.
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Citizens halt drunk driver in Mission
ST. IGNATIUS — It must have been a strange sight for Robin Frye and Caleb Williams Saturday evening on U.S. Highway 93 just north of St. Ignatius: a Subaru driving south in the northbound lane.
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Huerta chooses to throw at Great Falls
POLSON — It was as simple as fast food for Chloie Huerta.
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Prep Softball - Bagnell no-hits Fergus in Belgrade
BELGRADE — Polson’s Jessica Bagnell had a day to remember Saturday at the First Pitch Invitational when the senior tossed a five-inning no-hitter in the Pirates’ 8-0 win over Fergus County.
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Against the wind
POLSON — They were likely too wet and cold to care about team scores at the Polson High School track on Saturday, but if they had, the Pirates would have likely taken the title in their triangular meet with Anaconda and Butte Central.
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Boats beached by Saturday's storm
FLATHEAD LAKE — After beautiful weather the week prior, Mother Nature reminded boaters just how unpredictable she can be Saturday when strong winds, snow and rain pummeled fisherman on Flathead Lake.
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OFF THE MARK - Instant replay makes me sick
Instant replay is ruining sports.
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Further change in Ronan
RONAN — You'd think there was an earthquake in Ronan the way things in the high school's athletic department have been shaken up recently.
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Locals shine in Speedwagon race
POLSON — Local cyclists again proved they belong with the elite in the state of Montana, this time on their home turf.
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Windy conditions increase fire danger
LAKE COUNTY — Spring is the time for clearing unwanted brush and grass, but local fire officials are warning residents to take caution where and when they burn.
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Charlo boys win season's first meet
Area track teams did their first traveling of the season as all six county programs headed to various venues for early-season meets.
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MAC errors push Ronan to victory
ST. IGNATIUS — Ronan’s bats came alive and Mission-Arlee-Charlo’s gloves went to sleep in the third inning, and that was all the Maidens needed to carry a 16-7 victory Saturday in the first cross-county softball game of the 2014 season.
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TENNIS: Pirates bitten by injury bug
POLSON — Corvallis completed a sweep of the Polson boys and girls tennis teams on Saturday afternoon, using a dominant singles round to take down the Pirates.
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Pirates sack the Bitterroot
RAVALLI COUNTY — Polson’s softball team knows now what they’d thought up to this point: the Pirates are still elite in Class A.
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Ronan begins golf season in Missoula
MISSOULA — Ronan’s golf teams opened the season at Missoula Country Club last week.
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Pluff resigns as Polson coach
POLSON — Polson’s boys basketball team will have a fresh face on the bench next season.
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Launching Pad
RONAN — Lake County hosted the Treasure State’s only track meet of the weekend, kicking off a spring sports season through the rainy conditions.
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Elks honor scholarship winners
POLSON — The Mission Valley Elks Lodge praised six outstanding high school seniors with scholarships Saturday evening.
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Polson off to strong start
POLSON — Polson’s tennis team put on a dominant performance in its season-opening weekend, taking care of Libby and Hamilton’s teams on both the boys and the girls side.
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Pirates start season 2-0
POLSON — For the first time in a long time, pitching was the big question for the Polson softball program heading into Saturday’s season opener.
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Mackay pleads not guilty
POLSON — Desmond Alan Mackay, the Polson man who allegedly attacked his father-in-law and brother-in-law with a hammer last month, was arraigned in Lake County District Court last Thursday.
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Petersen to grapple for Sun Devils
CHARLO — Jacen Petersen will be wrestling for Arizona State this time next year.
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Madplume's murder, rape sentencing pushed back
POLSON — Ronan resident Melvin Madplume, Jr. will have to wait awhile longer to learn his fate after a delay in his pre-sentencing psychosexual evaluation caused his sentencing to be pushed from March 28 to April 8.
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LCSO detention officer on leave following arrest
POLSON — Lake County detention officer Tristen Flagen has been placed on paid administrative leave following her arrest in Sanders County on the evening of Sunday, March 30.
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Benn travels to Auburn for clinic
AUBURN, Ala. — Ronan football coach Jim Benn got the opportunity of a lifetime over the weekend when he traveled to Auburn University for a coaches clinic with the NCAA Division I runners-up.
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Prep track and field preview
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Prep tennis preview
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Chiefs' Woll asked not to return to sideline
RONAN — Steve Woll will not be returning as Ronan’s boys basketball coach next season.
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Sheriff's office dismisses deputy
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2013-14 basketball all-state and all-conference teams
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Area softball teams look to extend success
For most of the past 15 years, softball has been the calling card of Lake County athletics. Last year was no exception, as Polson and Ronan each reached their respective state championship games. The county’s three teams, by all accounts, will again be at the top of the class in …
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Ronan golf sets sights on states
Coach Matt Olson couldn’t have been more excited on Monday, Ronan’s golf team’s first day of practice for the 2014 season. Olson had 28 kids turn out for his team.
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Locals to play in Billings all-star tourneys
BILLINGS — Four Lake County athletes will compete in this weekend’s Treasure State Classic and Billings Hotel Senior Classic, statewide all-star basketball tournaments.
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Suspended detention officer returns to work
POLSON — The Lake County detention officer placed on administrative leave last week is happily back to work, Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said Tuesday.
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UGF-bound Malatare ready for next step
Whitney Malatare has spent her last four basketball seasons bringing the ball upcourt for Arlee.
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The slipper doesn't fit
GREAT FALLS — The clock had already struck midnight for Polson’s Cinderella dream by Friday.
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Pirates prepare for state tourney
It’s just one of those years, it seems, in Montana Class A basketball.
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OFF THE MARK: Thoughts on the Winter Olympics
There’s just something about the Winter Olympics.
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Pablo to play for Dawson
RONAN — Ronan senior Ryan Pablo has committed to continue his baseball career at Dawson Community College come fall.
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Shooting superstar heads for Emirates
One failure was all the motivation Michael Taylor needed to become one of the United States’ premier sporting clays shooters.
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Dribble Therapy
If you click through Salish Kootenai College’s basketball roster, you can see the players’ majors.
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Wind in his sails
As they pulled his new bedsheets out of the plastic packaging, Andrew Curley stopped what he was doing and looked up at Thom Peck.
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Polson hoops teams seeded fourth
POLSON — Both Polson’s boys and girls basketball teams head into the weekend’s Northwest A divisional tournament as the No. 4 seed.
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Scarlets tame Tigers for District 14C title
RONAN — Arlee’s girls basketball team continued its District 14C success in the league’s tournament this weekend, winning the district crown in decisive fashion, 58-40, over second-place St. Regis.
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Class B teams to return to Hamilton
HAMILTON — Ronan’s girls basketball team and Mission’s boys basketball team struggled at the District 6B tournament in Hamilton over the weekend.
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Walking on Water
PABLO RESERVOIR — Dick Zimmer and I got out of our vehicles and faced the gusting wind and blowing snow of February’s most recent storm on the dike at the east end of Pablo Reservoir.
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Six Polson grapplers place in Billings
BILLINGS — Bob Owen has taken quite a few wrestling teams to state in his 39 seasons as the Polson wrestling coach.
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Perfect 48-0!
BILLINGS — The field probably hoped he was taking it for granted.
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On his own two feet
RONAN — Tanner Mead played sports like any other kid: football, wrestling, basketball.
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Mission honors coach, friend
ST. IGNATIUS — Les Rice spent 33 years serving the Mission community as a coach.
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Pirates send 10 wrestlers to state
LIBBY — Despite finishing just third as a team in the Northwest A divisional tournament, Polson will send 10 grapplers to the Class A state tournament in Billings this weekend.
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Best in the West
RONAN — Lyle Cronk almost knew it before his wrestlers hit the mats on Saturday.
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Josh of all trades
Josh Reed is getting used to the spotlight.
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XC star Hewston commits to UGF
POLSON – Claudia Hewston is one of the most decorated cross-country runners in Polson High School history.
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What ever happened to plain old football?
I don’t like the Super Bowl anymore.
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Polson's Jenson inks with Western
POLSON — Wyatt Jenson became the first Polson football player of the year to commit to a college program, signing with the University of Montana-Western last week.
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Charlo boys rolling
CHARLO — Charlo’s boys basketball team has been near unbeatable in 2013.
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Lake Monsters host first meet
POLSON — It didn’t look like something brand new, not even to the trained eye.
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St. Ignatius business to preserve local history
Ken Scott is in the business of bringing St. Ignatius back to life.
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Swiss Army Knife
Columbia Falls had pinned the first four Mission-Charlo wrestlers, and Manuel Ammann was on his back against the Wildcats’ Cody Walters.
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Benn chooses Lights
RONAN — The rest of Connor Benn’s senior year should be relatively stress free.
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Queque-swoosh!
RONAN — Call it the biggest shot of Alex Quequesah’s life.
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OFF THE MARK: A case for the steroid gang in Cooperstown
I first went to Cooperstown, New York in 1999.
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Sorry 'Bout What?
POLSON — When Michael Brandt and Polson Running scheduled the 1st Annual Sorry ‘Bout That Half Marathon three months ago, they were expecting the worst as far as weather was concerned.
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Bulldogs wrestle tough at Ted Kato
THOMPSON FALLS — Mission-Charlo’s wrestling team stayed hot for a second weekend in a row, this time posting a third place finish at the Ted Kato Invitational in Thompson Falls on Saturday.
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Arlee topples Mission in final seconds
ST. IGNATIUS — First-year Arlee coach Zanen Pitts called a timeout with 10 seconds left in the game.
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Mission-Charlo wrestlers shine in Ronan
RONAN — “We’re still in the tournament, and that’s what matters,” Mission-Charlo coach Lyle Cronk told his huddled team after a close dual loss to Corvallis in Friday’s pool play of the Western Montana Duals at Ronan High School.
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Maidens use big first quarter to conquer Pirates
POLSON — Ronan’s girls basketball team used a shutout first quarter to put Lake County rival Polson away, 41-30, in the 2014 installment of what was once the Mission Valley’s fiercest rivalry.
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Polson boys edge Ronan for first win
POLSON — Brad Pluff couldn’t fully explain how much his Polson Pirates needed a win.
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Bulldogs stay perfect
ST. IGNATIUS — Experience won out for the Mission Bulldogs on Friday.
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Petersen wins in Coeur d'Alene
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Polson, Ronan tangle with state's top grapplers
BUTTE — Polson and Ronan’s wrestling squads trekked to Butte to toe the mats with some of the top wrestling programs in the state over the weekend.
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SKC women sweep UMW on the road
DILLON — Salish Kootenai College’s women’s basketball team completed a sweep of the University of Montana-Western’s JV team over the weekend.
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Arlee, Mission travel to Superior
SUPERIOR — Both Mission-Charlo’s and Arlee’s wrestling teams saw grapplers place on Saturday at the Superior Invitational.
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Clairmont, Ronan girls open year with win over Libby
Ronan’s girls basketball team turned in the most impressive girls basketball performance of the weekend, drubbing Libby, 44-19, on Friday behind 24 points from Raymi Clairmont as Polson and Ronan co-hosted the two-day Northwest A/Southwest A Tip-Off.
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Ronan, Polson boys off to rough start
Both Polson and Ronan’s boys basketball teams took the court for the first time over the weekend in the Northwest A/Southwest A Tip-Off, co-hosted by the two schools.
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Arlee boys start season strong
DRUMMOND — Arlee’s basketball teams were some of county’s the few to hit the road this weekend as they traveled to Drummond’s invitational tournament.
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Two Eagle opens season in Billings
BILLINGS — Both Two Eagle River’s boys and girls teams traveled to Billings for the Southern Classic over the weekend, and both teams dropped two games.
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Charlo, Mission open basketball seasons
ST. IGNATIUS — Stuart Grant picked up his senior basketball season right where his junior year left off.
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Age group Monsters have strong debut meet
KALISPELL — The age group swimmers in the newly formed Lake Monsters program trekked to Kalispell on Sunday to compete in a formal meet for the first time.
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An eye for talent
Every young football player dreams of going to the NFL.
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Fresh blood on the bench
Five of Lake County’s six prep girls basketball teams have new head coaches this year.
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SKC ladies post another 1-1 weekend
CROW AGENCY — Salish Kootenai College’s women’s basketball team went 1-1 over the weekend in the Little Big Horn Classic. The Lady Bison fell to Little Big Horn College’s Lady Ramz, 82-73, on Friday evening before rebounding to throttle Chief Dull Knife College the following morning by a count of …
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Bagnell caps off fantastic career with TD record
BISMARCK, N.D. — Polson High School graduate Craig Bagnell ended a stellar four-year football career at the University of Mary with a bang on Saturday, setting the school record for touchdown passes in the Marauders’ 31-15 victory over the University of Minnesota Crookston.
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All stars meet for year's final volley
ST. IGNATIUS — The second-annual Mission Valley All-Star Volleyball Classic stemmed from a similarly formatted basketball game that has been going on for years.
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Polson's prince of pawn
POLSON — Todd Coutts isn’t your typical pawn shop owner.
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Tipping the Scales
CHARLO — Talk with your pads.
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Northwest A recognizes five Polson soccer players
POLSON — Five Polson soccer players received postseason honors for their play this season.
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SKC men's basketball falls to NIC
PABLO — D.J. Fish got one heck of a birthday present last Tuesday, but it wasn’t enough to push the Salish Kootenai College men’s basketball team over visiting North Idaho College.
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Rematch Set
CHARLO — Charlo’s football team didn’t look like a squad that hadn’t crossed the state quarterfinal hurdle since 2001 on Saturday.
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Ronan goes 1-2 at divisional
FLORENCE — Ronan’s volleyball team trekked to Florence for the second straight weekend, and for the second straight weekend the Maidens left town with a 1-2 record.
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Polson's season ends at home
POLSON — Polson’s volleyball season came to an end just one win away from another state tournament berth on Saturday, falling in straight sets to eventual Northwest A runner-up Frenchtown.
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Viking volleyball winless in Butte
BUTTE — Charlo’s epic run from the loser’s bracket to the District 10C championship had undertones a Cinderella story, but the district-champion Vikings’ magic ran out at the Western C divisional tournament last weekend.
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Five local kids Seattle bound
MISSOULA — Five Lake County children will travel to Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 1 to compete in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Team Championships during halftime at the Seattle Seahawks game against the New Orleans Saints.
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Alexander running strong for Griz
MISSOULA — Paden Alexander may be a freshman at the University of Montana, but he’s been racing like a seasoned veteran for the Grizzlies’ cross country team.
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Brotherly Tough
CHARLO — It can be pretty tough to take directions from your little brother.
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Luetzen finds a home with Polson volleyball
POLSON — Patty Luetzen moved to Montana to take a step back from volleyball, but the Polson assistant coach just couldn’t stay out of the gym.
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Ronan, Charlo head to divisional tourneys
Two area volleyball teams are headed on the road to play in divisional volleyball tournaments this coming weekend.
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Polson falls at Hamilton
HAMILTON – Polson’s football season came to an end Saturday with a 24-21 loss at Hamilton in the first round of the Class A playoffs.
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Charlo moves on
CHARLO — It’s hard to imagine a better way to start a postseason run than Charlo’s 68-0 walloping of Twin Bridges in Saturday’s first-round game of the Class C 8-man playoffs.
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Maidens head into divisionals
FLORENCE — For the first time in recent memory, Ronan’s volleyball team will be headed to the Western B divisional tournament.
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SKC ladies hit the road
MINOT, N.D. — Salish Kootenai College’s women’s basketball team took on an NCAA Division II program for the first time in school history last weekend.
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Mission Valley Aquatic Center swim team unveils name
POLSON — The Lake Monsters are a reality.
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A coach on the field
CHARLO — “Where are my dogs at?” Jacen Petersen yells across Charlo’s football field as the opposing team takes the field on third-and-short.
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Prep football preview, Nov. 2
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Mission Valley Christian's campaign ends at states
KALISPELL — Mission Valley Christian Academy’s soccer season ended with a 5-1 loss to Helena Christian in the Montana Christian Athletics Association state tournament on Friday.
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Pirate spikers swing for Bella
POLSON — Polson’s volleyball team created a special moment for one family prior to their contest against Columbia Falls last Thursday.
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Hewston, McDonald highlight state XC races
MISSOULA — Polson’s Claudia Hewston polished off a high school career for the record books at Saturday’s cross country state championships in Missoula.
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C-Falls dispatches Polson
COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls’ defense was ready for the Polson rushing attack on Friday.
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Troy sacks Mission
ST. IGNATIUS — Things were looking pretty good for Mission’s football team after senior Jarred Brown took over the first quarter.
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Swim team to announce name
POLSON – The Mission Valley Aquatics Center’s swim team will unveil its team name on Sunday, Oct. 27 at its fall kick-off event.
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Prep football predictons, Oct. 25
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Pirate runners ready for state
WHITEFISH — Nineteen of Polson’s 21 cross country runners posted season-best times at Saturday’s Northwest A Conference championship meet in Whitefish, but it wasn’t enough for either the boys or girls teams to top the conference.
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SKC teams prepare for basketball season
PABLO — With longevity in coaching on both sides, the Salish Kootenai College basketball programs are expecting big things this coming season.
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Ronan runs past Bulldogs
RONAN — In yet another chapter of the Jekyll-and-Hyde season Ronan football has had, the Chiefs’ offense exploded for 39 first-half points on the way to a 44-19 demolition of Mission.
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Bulldogs lose to Loyola in senior day bout
ST. IGNATIUS — Anybody in Mission’s gym on Saturday afternoon could feel the intensity.
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Polson tames Blue Ponies
POLSON — Led by a host of seniors on Senior Night, Polson’s football hasn’t looked any better than they did in Friday’s 52-20 blowout win over visiting Havre.
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Ronan hosts Class B race
RONAN — Ronan cross country coach Noelle Decker didn’t expect her girls to keep up with Bigfork’s Makena Morley.
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Drummond puts end to Charlo's perfect season
CHARLO — Charlo’s football team managed to dodge a few bullets in the first quarter, converting a pair of suspenseful fourth-and-goal situations, but it was there that the Vikings’ luck ran out.
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Postseason run short-lived for Polson girls
BILLINGS — Polson’s girls soccer team had a short-lived playoff run, falling 5-0 to Billings Central in a first-round game on Saturday.
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Locals part of team enshrined in Montana-Western Hall of Fame
DILLON — Lake County men Jay Krantz and Jim Petersen were inducted into the University of Montana-Western Athletic Hall of Fame along with the rest of the 1977 UMW football team last month at the university’s homecoming.
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Prep football predictions, Oct. 18
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Polson boys defeat C-Falls, fall to Libby
POLSON — Sutton Kanta’s goal in the 66th minute of Polson’s contest with Columbia Falls last Tuesday was more than just his first, it was the team’s ticket into the win column.
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Polson youth soccer in full swing
The Polson Youth Soccer Association’s season is well underway, with more than 200 kids ages 5-14 enrolled for the fall season. They play games on Sunday afternoons at the Kerr Dam fields.
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Prep football predictions, Oct. 11
Arlee (2-4) at Superior (4-2)
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Cross country update
At Hamilton, Polson’s girls won the Hamilton Invitational behind top-10 finishes from Claudia Hewston (third), Isabella Seemann (eighth) and Tegan Bauer (ninth).
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Pirate volleyball closes out Jackets
POLSON — “Indefinitely” apparently doesn’t suggest a very long period of time to Polson’s Jaiden Toth.
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Cleveland nets pair as Pirates boot Vals
For a goalkeeper, nothing can be more exciting than the thought of scoring a goal yourself.
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Polson boys soccer briefs
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THREE-PEAT!
POLSON — Make it three in a row for the Polson girls golf team.
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Bulldogs fall to Florence
ST. IGNATIUS — Florence’s previously winless record must seem an apparition to Mission’s football team following a 25-0 defeat.
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Whitefish hands Polson conference loss
WHITEFISH — The Pirates (3-2, 1-1) struggled on offense, turning the ball over five times in the road defeat.
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Wardens arrest Chiefs' offense
DEER LODGE — Deer Lodge completed a consecutive-weeks sweep of Lake County’s Class B schools, this time pummeling Ronan, 49-15.
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Rausch to play in the WCL next summer
Tim Rausch, a 2010 graduate of Polson High School and former Mission Valley Mariner, will be playing summer baseball in the collegiate West Coast League next summer.
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Polson grad brought into Bobcat Hall of Fame
BOZEMAN — Polson’s Neal Smith was known more for his basketball abilities when in high school, but now he will forever be remembered as one of the best football players in the history of Montana State University.
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Prep Football Predictions, Oct. 4
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Home Sweet Homecoming
POLSON — Polson’s Pirates got plenty of good news in Friday’s 32-22 homecoming win over Frenchtown.
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Chiefs fall to reigning champ
RONAN — Jim Benn was pretty straight-forward when it comes to evaluating how his Ronan Chiefs got beat Friday: Loyola Sacred Heart is just that good.
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Polson golf readies for state
Peyton Anderson (pictured) led the Pirates’ effort last week, finishing second at the Western A Divisional tournament on Thursday with a round of 89. Jaylin Kenney’s 90 was good enough for third place. The Polson girls team finished second to Whitefish in both Divisionals and the Flatfish Tournament over the …
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Prep football roundup
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Cross country teams compete in Missoula
MISSOULA — All five Lake County high school cross country programs participated at the Mountain West Invitational on Saturday.
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SOCCER: Pirate girls tie C-Falls
COLUMBIA FALLS — Polson’s girls soccer team notched its first tick in the tie column this season, drawing 0-0 with Columbia Falls on Thursday.
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Leaps and Pounds
POLSON — He steps out the door of his sister’s house on the hill above Polson High School and starts jogging down the hill.
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Prep Football Predictions, Sept. 27
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COLUMN: High school realignment
After Ronan’s football team dump-trucked Troy two weeks ago, Troy coach Jim Dasios gave me a monologue on the unfairness surrounding the Montana High School Association classification system.
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Prep Football Preview and Predictions: Sept. 20
Polson (1-1) at Browning (1-2)
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Cross Country Update: Visitors dominate Ronan run
RONAN — Mission Mountain Golf Course was filled with runners rather than golfers on Friday afternoon for the Ronan Invitational.
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Polson girls soccer posts 1-1 week
Perhaps it’s early to be looking at standings, but Polson’s girls soccer team sits tied atop the Northern A district.
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Pirates run in Cut Bank
CUT BANK — Claudia Hewston highlighted Polson’s season-opening cross country meet, finishing sixth in the Mike Reynolds Cross Country Time Trials in Cut Bank on Friday.
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Polson boys get off to tough start
POLSON — Three home games to open the season didn’t result in the home-field advantage that Jess Kittle and Polson’s boys soccer team were hoping for.
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Prep Football Predictions, Sept. 13
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Pirates net early wins
POLSON — Polson’s girls soccer team got back on the right track Saturday with a 2-0 victory over visiting Park.
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Chiefs drop first game
RONAN — Ronan’s defense showed up to play on Friday night.
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Pirates dammed up
POLSON — A 44-9 defeat at the hands of Dillon was not the way the Polson Pirates football team wanted to open 2013, but it’s the way it happened.
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Whitehall shuts out St. Ignatius in home opener
ST. IGNATIUS — Following a blowout loss at Eureka in their first game of the season, things got no better for the Mission Bulldogs on their home turf.
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Seeley knocks Arlee to 0-2
SEELEY LAKE — Perhaps it was about time Seeley-Swan won a football game.
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Polson volleyball wins home debut
POLSON — Polson fans call outside hitter Chloie Huerta “the hammer.”
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Hitting the road
ST. IGNATIUS — In an atmosphere fitting for the opening of district play, Ronan overcame the Mission Bulldogs and a feisty crowd to win a hard-fought 17-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-22 match.
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Charlo out swinging
CHARLO — Sheryl Kain should be satisfied with Charlo volleyball’s start to the season.
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Yacht club races on Labor Day
DAYTON — While Labor Day marks the end of the summer for most boaters on Flathead Lake, the South Flathead Yacht Club has made a tradition of ending the warm season with a bang.
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PBGC staff plays for troops' families
POLSON — Two Polson men spent Labor Day on the links to support Patriot Golf Day. Roger Wallace (right), director of golf at Polson Bay Golf Course and Cameron Milton (left), the course’s head professional played 100 holes on Monday, Sept. 2 to support the Folds of Honor Foundation, a …
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Police respond to shots fired outside of Ronan
RONAN — Police responded to a call saying shots were fired on Timberlane Road outside of Ronan on Friday morning.
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Prep Football Preview/Predictions: Week 2
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Polson XC sets the tone
POLSON — Before they have even competed against other teams, Polson’s girls cross country squad is already making history.
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Tip-off gets teams on court
ST. IGNATIUS — Mission’s tip-off volleyball tournament hosted a number of area Class B teams on Saturday.
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Arlee volleyball off to hot start
ARLEE — Coach Brian BigSam’s Arlee Scarlets opened up the 2013 season with an impressive four-set win over Mission.
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SKC boosters tee off for scholarships
PABLO – Supporters of Salish Kootenai College and KSKC-TV hit the links for a 22nd straight year on Friday at Silver Fox Golf Course.
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High School Football Predictions: Week 1
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Diving In
POLSON – Less than four months after the opening of the Mission Valley Aquatic Center, the pool hosted its first ever swim meet.
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Pirate girls place third in Missoula
MISSOULA — Playing short-handed and up against the big dogs didn’t intimidate Polson’s girls golf team last week.
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PHS girls soccer ready to play
POLSON — Despite playing with eight girls who had never played soccer before, Polson High School’s girls soccer team posted a 3-5-1 record in 2012.
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Polson Boys Soccer Preview
Entering his ninth season at the helm of the Polson boys program, Coach Jess Kittle is looking for his team to make a trip to the postseason. His squad missed the playoffs last season for the first time in three years.
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Midnight Mayhem
Small towns in Montana are generally asleep in the wee hours of a Friday morning, but anyone driving through Charlo or Arlee after midnight on Aug. 16 saw the brightest lights in town over the football fields.
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An "Epic" day on the lake
POLSON — A marathon is a long way to run. It’s an even longer trip by paddle.
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On an even keel
DAYTON — When Jim Lekander came to Dayton in 1982, he saw a near perfect environment for sailing.
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Hitting the links
POLSON — Polson’s golf team will be the first high school club in the area to open practice today.
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Polson graduates prepare for college soccer season
Four local men will continue their college soccer careers this fall at various institutions.
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Polson hosts junior rodeo
POLSON — Lisa and Cliff Milliron’s children are grown, but they still host the Southwest Youth Rodeo Association on their land behind the Jette Store.
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Two Mariners named all-state
BOZEMAN — Two Mission Valley Mariners were honored on the Universal Athletic American Legion All-State team in the Class A category last week.
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Whitefish are biting on Flathead Lake
According to fishing guru Dick Zimmer, the whitefish are out and biting at a few hot spots around Flathead Lake.
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Wild horses
RONAN — Working through drenching rain and hail, three Ronan men truly tamed the wild in front of a crowd on Friday and Saturday.
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Ronan 3-on-3 stays strong
RONAN — Yet again at the Pioneer Days 3-on-3 “Jam”boree, Desert Horse rode off into the sunset victorious.
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Showtime at SKC
PABLO — Michael Cooper teaches five “Ds” for success: determination, dedication, desire, discipline and decision-making.
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Local athletes poised to leave for collegiate football camps
Over the next couple of weeks, many of the area’s foremost athletes will again don their pads and hit the gridiron for a new college football season.
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Swimmers find their strokes
POLSON – Backstroke. Breaststroke. Butterfly. Freestyle.
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Mariners season ends early
EUREKA — The Mission Valley Mariners’ season came to a sooner-than-expected end on Sunday afternoon with a 7-6 loss to the Bitterroot Bucs in the Western A American Legion baseball district tournament.
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Could annual whitefish bite occur?
The annual whitefish bite that many anglers look forward to is behind schedule and may not occur at all, according to some local experts.
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Inside those lines
If Robert Louis Stevenson were writing today, the Mission Valley Mariners could be easily convinced that the plot from the “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” came straight from one of their own.
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Local kids impact Shrine Game
BUTTE — Four area football stars helped lead the Treasure State’s western half to its fifth victory in six years in the 67th Annual Montana Shrine Game, played Saturday night at Butte High School.
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Crawford hits power surge
You can tell quite a lot about a baseball player by his walk-out song—the music he chooses to walk to the plate with.
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Ronan camp teaches basics
RONAN — Thanks to two grants from the United States Tennis Association, Lake County children enjoyed a free four-day tennis camp in Ronan last week.
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Knight places in rodeo nationals
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Not many high school students get the chance to compete on a national stage in their sports.
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Mariners ready for district
POLSON — Not many top seeds know that they have already played their final home game of the season, but that is the case for the Mission Valley Mariners.
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Polson ready for 3-on-3 tourney
POLSON — For the 21st consecutive year, downtown Polson will be overrun by hoops, headbands, and the unmistakable sound of basketballs being dribbled this coming weekend.
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Dragon boats buoy Cherry Festival
POLSON — Dragon boats took the water in Flathead Lake yet again on Sunday, this time as an exposition at the annual Flathead Cherry Festival.
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Family Tradition
The Montana Shrine Game is becoming a rite of passage into manhood for two Polson families.
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Campers hit mats at St. Ignatius HS
ST. IGNATIUS — Promoting a winter sport in mid-July is harder than you may think, according to St. Ignatius-Charlo wrestling coach Lyle Cronk.
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Area teams compete in travel softball state
HELENA — Softball players from around the region traveled to the state’s capital to compete in the Amateur Softball Association of America’s state tournament over the weekend.
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Taming dragons on Flathead Lake
Synchronicity: an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events.
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COLUMN: The baseball gods do exist!
Whatever you choose to call it—the baseball gods, karma, reciprocity—it exists.
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Bri's Run a way to honor fallen friend
POLSON — It is often hard to find the best way to help a friend in need.
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Polson softball prepared for state
POLSON — Nine players is all a softball team needs, and for the 16U Polson Purple Rain, that couldn’t be better news.
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Mariners light up Firecracker
POLSON — Coach Jami Hanson can’t exactly remember the last time the Mission Valley Mariners lost their annual Firecracker Tournament.
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Rodeo ropes Polson in
POLSON — Cally Otoupalik was the local star of this past weekend’s Mission Mountain Rodeo, held Friday and Saturday evening at the Polson Fairgrounds.
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Mission girl plays under big league lights
Autumn Porter had never been to a Major League Baseball game before June 23, but her experience at one that day was one she will never forget.
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SKC hosts native games
PABLO — Craig Falcon has been researching traditional native games for almost 23 years.
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