Articles Written By: Aaric Bryan
BUTTE — The Lil’ Lakers used the new-found confidence and hot swinging they hit upon in the Frenchtown tournament to finish fourth at the 2010 Montana ASA State Championship in Butte. A week after finishing second in Frenchtown, the Polson 10U team went 3-2 over the four-day tournament in Butt...
BUTTE — The young Polson Purple Wave finished third out of 22 teams in the 12U division at the 2010 Montana ASA State Championship in Butte Sunday. Playing in the largest division at the four-day tournament and against bigger and older teams – only two Purple Wave players played in 12U last ye...
In a rematch of the Class A state championship, the Polson Purple Rain lose two 16U championship games against Belgrade at the 2010 Montana ASA State Championship. BUTTE — The Polson 16U softball couldn’t repeat their performance at the high school state championship and finished second at the...
COLUMBIA FALLS – In only their second tournament of the season, the Mission Mountain All-stars flew under the radar all the way to the championship game of the Western Montana State Championship in Columbia Falls Sunday. The 10U Cal Ripken Little League underdogs’ championship bid ran out of s...
BONNER — Another tournament for the Mission Valley Rockies meant another thrilling victory over the Clark Fork Valley Cougars. At the Montana Senior Babe Ruth Championship at Kelly Pine Field in Bonner Saturday, Rockies second baseman Nick Grogan scored on a one-out single by Devin Kamarainen in the...
LIBBY — Timing meant everything for the Mariners B team to finish the season on a positive note. Six of the Mariners’ runs in a season-ending 12-8 victory over the Loggers in Libby Thursday crossed the plate with two outs in the inning. “Timely hitting was key,” Mission Valley m...
KALISPELL — The Mariners used solid pitching to string together four straight victories to win the John R. Harp Memorial Tournament and keep their hot streak going. The tournament in Kalispell over the weekend was the second tournament in a row where the Mariners went undefeated. With the four victo...
POLSON — The Mission Valley Rockies are hoping a rough week at their inaugural appearance at the Firecracker Tournament will prepare them for the Montana Senior Babe Ruth Championship this week. The Rockies, one of two Senior Babe Ruth teams entered in the Mariners’ 11-team American Legion tou...
POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners B team couldn’t find enough offensive firepower to meet up with their veteran counterparts in the Firecracker Championship. The Mariners went 1-3 at the tournament, with two of their losses coming in the final inning against A teams. Last week, the Mariners...
A little rain and some cold weather couldn’t cool down the red-hot Mariners at their Firecracker tournament over the weekend. In weather more fitting for April than July, the tournament host went 5-0 over the five-day tournament to reclaim the Firecracker title and push their win streak to seven gam...
