Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Aaric Bryan

Lady Vikings’ perfect season spoiled by Scarlets

CHARLO — All good things must come to an end. The Charlo’s District 10-C regular season win streak spanning back to October of 2008 was put to rest in Arlee last Tuesday. After taking the first two sets 25-23, 25-22, the Lady Vikings dropped the next three sets 26-24, 25-21, 15-8 to lose their...

Scarlets stun Lady Vikings in 5-set conference win

ARLEE — The Arlee Scarlets have arrived.  While the Arlee Scarlets have been a good team the past year and a half, they haven’t been able to beat the elite teams and have been searching for a signature win. They took care of that Tuesday.  The Scarlets rallied from a two-game defi...

Big Red Machine finally makes appearance in October

I’m very glad for some of the things my dad passed down to me. I’m glad I was one of his lucky sons that got any kind of semblance of his work ethic.  I’m glad that I got his sense of humor. If I couldn’t laugh at myself, I would be in serious trouble. And I’m glad...

Big Play Bulldogs

THREE FORKS — The Bulldogs will enter the toughest part of their season with a lot of momentum after demolishing Three Forks 42-7 Friday night. The Bulldogs ran wild over the Wolves in Three Forks, rushing for 338 yards on 42 carries. The normal ground-and-pound rushing attack for the Bulldogs gave ...

Warriors run wild in Victor for Western C victory

VICTOR — The Arlee Warriors wasted no time getting back on the playoff track in Victor Saturday. After having to think about two straight losses during the bye week, the Warriors were ready to get after the Pirates at the opening whistle. Zach Tameler scored on a 14-yard run just 41 seconds into the...

Vikings’defense punishes Red Devils with shutout

NOXON — A relentless Vikings defense ganged up to shut out the Red Devils in Noxon Friday night. Out of Charlo’s 116 tackles in the 26-0 Western C victory 98 were assisted tackles. Safety Chico Stipe led the Vikings with 21 tackles, six of which were solo tackles, and in what Charlo coach Mike...

Dulmes leads Maidens at state tournament

LAUREL — Maiden golfer Alex Dulmes finished her high school career with a 20th-place finish at the state tournament. Playing on the tough Laurel Golf Club course, Dulmes shot a 102 Friday and a 108 Saturday for a 208 to reach her goal of finishing in the top 20 at the Montana Class A State Champions...

Reversal of fortune

Three Polson golfers were able to walk away from the Montana Class A Golf Championship with medals. In probably the most remarkable turnaround at the two-day tournament at the Laurel Golf Club, Pirate junior Cody Fischer shot a 76 Saturday, shaving 14 strokes of his first day score to finish in 11th place...

Reegan’s hat trick not enough to cage Wildkats

POLSON — The Lady Pirates suffered through two conference losses at home last week, but the big picture remains the same for them. Despite losing 7-4 to Columbia Falls Thursday and 4-0 to Whitefish Saturday, the Lady Pirates can still earn the final Northwestern A playoff spot if they win their fina...

Kicking down the door

With a season sweep of Whitefish, Polson not only joins the playoff party, but also becomes one of the elite teams in the conference. The Polson Pirates weren’t satisfied with just making the playoffs for the first time since 2005 – they want to return to the postseason as the number one seed ...


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