Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Aaric Bryan

Little Guy Wrestlers begin postseason

POLSON — The Little Guy wrestlers cranked up the intensity last weekend with many of the them facing the prospect of their season being cut short. More than 400 wrestlers from six clubs descended on Polson's Linderman Gymnasium Friday night and Saturday afternoon for the Unit Four Tournament, which ...

Local powerlifters shine at Missoula meet

MISSOULA — Young and old powerlifters from the area were able to take home first-place trophies at the World Association of  Benchers and Deadlifters Montana Championships at Ruby’s Inn in Missoula March 6. Arlee 10-year-old Naomi Plant benched 55 pounds for not only first place in her ag...

Spring Mack Days starts out with a bang

Nearly 750 anglers took advantage of the warm weather last weekend and instead of doing spring cleaning or yard work, they decided to dig out their fishing poles and tackle and hit Flathead Lake in hopes of getting a piece of the $100,000 in cash and prizes. The 745 anglers entered in the 2010 Spring Mack...

Lady Bison charge into championship with a 13-game win streak

Lady Bison coach Juan Perez sat inside his office at the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center Thursday afternoon flipping through the pages of UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s biography searching for a couple of hints to help prepare his team for their American Indian Higher Education Consortium National ...

Bison drop 4th in a row

PABLO — The Salish Kootenai Bison will scuffle into the postseason as they prepare for their title defense of the AIHEC championship. In the final game of the regular season at the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center in Pablo Friday Night, the Bison dropped their fourth game in a row, falling to ...

Lady Bison push streak to 13

PABLO — The Salish Kootenai College Lady Bison couldn’t enter the postseason any hotter. In their final regular season game Friday night at the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center in Pablo, the Lady Bison knocked down 14 3-pointers in a 107-73 victory over the Northwest Indian College. The ...

Final four

Undersized and underestimated, the Warriors made the improbable at the Class C State Championship not only seem imaginable, but expected as they became one of only four teams out of the 88 Class C teams that started the season to play Saturday night at the Billings MetraPark Rimrock Auto Arena. Though the...

Lady Bulldogs go winless at divisionals

PABLO — The Lady Bulldogs were outscored 28-10 in the fourth quarter in a pair of losses to end their season at the Western B Divisional Tournament at the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Complex in Pablo. The Lady Bulldogs, who entered the tournament as the third seed from District 7-B, only trailed...

Rising to the challenge

With the euphoria of their semifinal victory over White Sulphur Springs, seemingly farther than 100 miles away and more removed than three days, a young, short-handed Lady Viking crew pulled together and proved to the favored Lady Trojan team that they were up for the challenge. Determination and good def...

Vikings end decade-long drought at divisionals

BUTTE — The Charlo Vikings let any chance of playing at the state tournament slip through their fingers, committing 34 turnovers in a 54-35 season-ending loss to Twin Bridges. But attaining a hard-sought after goal and picking up the first Viking victory at the Western C Divisionals in more than a deca...


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