ARTICLES BY MIKE CAST
Cherries ripe and ready at festival
POLSON — The Flathead Cherry Festival saw a slew of venders, local and otherwise, come out to enjoy Polson in its prime.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Elmo greets dancers, players, spectators
ELMO — Members from Tribes around the country and other visitors turned out for the 32nd Annual Standing Arrow Pow Wow, which took place this past weekend in Elmo. The powwow began with the grand entrance on Friday.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Ms snag second place at Kalispell tourney
KALISPELL — The Mariners took second place at the John H. Harp Memorial Tournament in Kalispell this past weekend, proving once again, they are a tournament team.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Mariners win Deer Lodge tourney
DEER LODGE — A second place finish at a tourney in Libby two weeks ago was a tough performance for the Mission Valley Mariners to top.
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Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo brings pros to town
POLSON — When Polson hosts a rodeo it does it right. So it was no wonder that when the Polson Fairgrounds gave way to this year’s Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo this past weekend, it was a success.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Rodeo star shines
CASPER, Wyo. — After Lake County riders put on a show at the high school rodeo finals two weeks back, Arlee resident Jessica Picchietti went a big step further. She saddled up and won first place in breakaway roping at the college rodeo finals last week, making her a national …
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Reds survive Mission, take title
ST. IGNATIUS — In Babe Ruth final tourney play, the Ronan Reds flawlessly batted their way to the championship game against the Mission Rockies. But the Rockies came out with a big effort on their home turf in St. Ignatius, and took a 7-6 win to force a challenge game …
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10U Pirate All-Stars take third at home
POLSON — The Polson 10U Pirate All-Stars just missed the championship of their own Walk the Plank baseball round robin tourney due to a narrow tiebreaker, but went 3-for-1 in a strong effort in their first week of ball together.
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Mission basketball hires 'new' coach
ST. IGNATIUS — After a 10-year hiatus, Mission will welcome back former men’s basketball head coach Lloyd Phillips to retake the reins of the Bulldogs this coming winter.
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Chiefs down Germans
RONAN — It’s not every day a group of touring foreign wrestlers comes to town for a freestyle battle. But on Saturday night there they were, exchanging gifts with a team of Ronan and Mission wrestlers before the dual began - 13 matches to three rounds against the Germans.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Midnight Hoopz in Arlee a success
ARLEE — Three-on-three basketball was the game and Arlee was the place for fifth through ninth graders to show their stuff on the blacktop well into the night at the Midnight Hoopz basketball tournament.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Mariners No. 2 at Libby tourney
LIBBY — After splitting games in Helena, the Mission Valley Mariners put together one of their best weekends so far at the Libby tourney, taking second place against plenty of out-of-state competition.
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OUTDOORS: Summer Skiing
What an absurd concept - skiing in summer. The idea was foreign to me until I finally had the good sense to get a backcountry setup together and take an avalanche safety class, but I’ve found that northwest Montana has plenty of ski runs to offer well into the hot …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Rockies beat Reds, force a challenge
ST. IGNATIUS — In local Babe Ruth tourney play, the Ronan Reds flawlessly batted their way to the championship game against the Mission Rockies. But the Rockies came out with a big effort on their home turf in St. Ignatius and took a 7-8 win to force a challenge game …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
