Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Aaric Bryan

Warriors finish season perfect in conference

ARLEE — The Warriors wrapped up a perfect conference season in their inaugural year in District 14-C with a 72-39 walkover-victory against the Noxon Red Devils Saturday. In his final home game, Kody Morigeau led the Warriors with 21 points. Morigeau scored 17 points in the first meeting against the ...

Scarlets stopped by cold shooting in pair of losses

ARLEE — The Scarlets will enter the District 14-C Tournament on a five-game losing streak after a pair of losses last week, but their coach isn’t too worried. “It’s not the best, but we’re OK, we just didn’t shoot well for some reason, but that’s the name of the g...

Jensen comes through for the Lady Bulldogs in double OT

THOMPSON FALLS — The Lady Bulldogs won a thrilling overtime victory in the final seconds and this time no one could take it away from them. In the game following a 31-29 loss to Seeley-Swan, where Katie McDonald’s game-winning shot was taken away because of a traveling call, Mission forward Ra...

Unmatched resolve

For most of the fans packed in the Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings Saturday, the moment that Bulldog Jame Petersen decided he wasn’t going to lose went unnoticed. But the trained eyes of his coach saw it. After losing his fourth semifinal in four tries at the state tournament, Petersen was tied with ...

Taking care of business

When Cole Rice sunk in the cross-body scissor hold on Townsend’s Shay Christiansen, he knew the 140-pound Class B-C Montana Championship was his long before the referee slammed his hand on the mat. The state championship was something the Arlee junior had been working toward for 10 years and somethi...

Bulldogs stun Seeley-Swan with buzzer-beater in OT

ST. IGNATIUS — If the Mission Bulldogs were looking for a signature win this season, they can end the search. Challenged by his coach before the game to shoot the ball more, Mission senior Jorren Gies responded by scoring 24 points against Seeley-Swan Saturday night, including the game-winning baske...

Vikings swept by Warriors

ARLEE — The Charlo Vikings will have one more week to try to figure out the Arlee Warriors. After having a four-game win streak stopped by Thompson Falls in a 61-48 loss to the Bluehawks in Charlo Thursday, the Vikings tried to use their size-advantage and slow the game down against the Warriors in ...

Warriors sink the Vikings, clinch District 14-C

ARLEE — With their usually fast-paced, high-flying offense taking a night off, the Warriors turned to their defense to clinch the District 14-C regular season championship. With the Charlo Vikings trying to slow the game down and on a night where their shots weren’t falling for them, the Warri...

Lady Bulldogs have victory over Seeley-Swan taken away from them

ST. IGNATIUS — The Lady Bulldogs slowed down the highly-ranked Seeley-Swan offense and looked like they had pulled off an upset, only to have the victory snatched away from them in the final seconds. In St. Ignatius Saturday, after being outscored 12-1 by the Lady Blackhawks in the first quarter, th...

Maidens fall to Lady Loggers

RONAN —The Maidens couldn’t recover from a disastrous third quarter and fell to the Lady Loggers 44-20 at home Saturday. Just trailing 20-13 at halftime, the Maidens were outscored 19-3 in the third frame and went on to drop their fifth conference game in the row. “We just couldn&rsqu...


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