Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Jeremy Weber

Still perfect

The Lady Bulldogs kept their record perfect heading into the holiday break last week as they picked up a 30-26 win over visiting Eureka. It was once again a true team effort for Mission in the win as Breanne Steele led the way with 10 points while Ashley Courville, Kyla Mitchell and LaGlen Mitchell pitche...

Practicing for perfection

Practice really does make perfect. Just ask Ronan’s Micalann McCrea. Two months after winning the section level of the NFL’s Punt, Pass and Kick Compeition, McCrea upped her game to take home a new trophy: the Regional Championship. McCrea entered the competition with the third-best score a...

Pirate wrestlers gain valuable experience at Tri-State Meet

COEUR d’ALENE- Polson’s wrestlers saw a lot of action this week as the team had duals against Columbia Falls and Whitefish Tuesday before splitting up to compete in the Tri-State Tournament in Coeur d’Alene and the Buzz Lucey Memorial Tournament in Eureka over the weekend. Eight Pirate w...

Ronan wresters take 16th at CMR

GREAT FALLS - Three Chiefs came away with top-six finishes over the weekend as Ronan wrestled at the CMR Holiday Classic. Ronan finished the varsity tournament 17-14 overall and finished 16th as a team at the event. “We competed well and we were in most of our matches that went the distance. That&rs...

On a roll

POLSON - The Pirates offense put 76 points on the board in both games this week as Polson picked up a pair of wins to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Pirates used a strong fourth quarter to pull away from Big Sky at home Thursday evening for a 76-61 win before opening Northwest A Conference play with a ...

Win some, lose some

RONAN - The Chiefs battled back from a tough loss Friday evening as they picked up a lopsided 56-18 win over Mission Saturday. Just a day after suffering a 45-43 loss to Hamilton, the Chiefs looked to be in trouble again in the opening quarter against the Bulldogs Saturday as Mission jumped out to a quick...

Lady Pirates open conference play with 51-23 win over Whitefish

POLSON - The Lady Pirates finally broke their early season losing streak and opened Northwest A Conference play with a win Saturday as Polson downed visiting Whitefish, 57-23. The duo of Breanne Kelley and Riley Kenney proved to be too much for the Lady Bulldogs to answer as the pair combined to pour in 2...

Still slumping

RONAN - The Maidens were able to keep things close for a half Saturday but could not come back in the second half as they fell to visiting Mission, 43-26. Ronan had a 12-6 lead in the closing moments of the opening quarter against the Lady Bulldogs but turnovers and easy baskets allowed Mission to cut the...

Strong start

HAMILTON - Wins come in all shapes and sizes. That was the lesson the Chiefs learned this weekend as they picked up a pair of wins at the Northwest vs. Southwest Tip-Off tournament to start the season. After picking up a 38-point blowout win over Anaconda to open the tournament in Corvallis Friday, the Ch...

Chiefs fall to Polson Thursday, go 2-3 at Mining City Duals

BUTTE - The young Chief wrestling squad picked up some valuable experience at the Mining City Duals this weekend, going 2-3 against some tough competition. Once again, the squad faced a tough task at the duals as they went into all of their matches behind in points because of several open weight classes. ...


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