Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Carrie Pichler

Lady Pirates pick up two

POLSON— The Lady Pirates blazed through the week with ease, picking up victories along the way. On Thursday the Lady Pirates made their way up to Kalispell only to pound the AA Kalispell Glacier Lady Wolfpack with multiple homeruns and taking the 11-1 win. Polson’s Jessica Bagnell not only gra...

Lacrosse team making mark in valley Lacrosse team making mark in valley

Lacrosse is picking up momentum with both players and fans in the valley after just four years of play. For head Coach J.R. Daniels, building a lacrosse team just came natural. Both Daniels and assistant coach Alex Alviar met locally having no idea that each grew up less than five minutes away from each othe...

Pirate, Lady Pirate tennis rocking courts Pirate, Lady Pirate tennis rocking courts

POLSON – “Fabulous” is what head tennis coach Bob Hislop had to say about Pirate and Lady Pirate tennis. With the girls dominating, only dropping two losses to their 12 wins and the boys not far behind at 10-4 on the season, “fabulous” fits the Polson team like a glove. Leadi...

St. Ignatius tennis dominates St. Ignatius tennis dominates

    ST. IGNATIUS – The Lady Bulldogs logged tied numbers on both Thursday and Friday while the Bulldogs dominated Valley Christian at home. On Thursday, the girls only traveled to Superior to take on the Lady Bobcats, ending 3-3. Lady Bulldogs Briar Ahlborn, Kayla Billette, and Daisi...

Ronan Chiefs, Maidens tough out week

RONAN - The Chiefs and Maidens toughed it out on the courts Tuesday as both boys and girls dropped the ball to Loyola-Sacred Heart, winning only one match between the boys and girls. Doubles team Sam Friedlander and Julia Matkovich logged the lone win, defeating their opponents 7-5, 6-1. The Chiefs and Ma...

Polson and Ronan compete at A.R.M.

  WHITEFISH — Lady Pirates and Chiefs found themselves with athletes in the top four on Saturday at the Whitefish hosted A.R.M. track and field meet. Overall the Lady Pirates placed seventh out of the 14 teams participating with a team score of 31.33. The Chiefs placed 10th out of 16 with a tea...

Valley girls dominate Big Sky Small Schools meet

  MISSOULA – Several athletes from the Ronan, Arlee, and Charlo girls’ teams made their mark in the top spots at the Big Sky Small Schools meet on Friday. Scarlet Becca Whitesell took home the gold in the 1,600 meter, finishing in first place and Maiden Aspen Jore came home with a first p...

Valley track, field athletes place at Top 10 Valley track, field athletes place at Top 10

  MISSOULA – The Missoula County Stadium was abuzz on Tuesday with athletes from all around the west side of the state competing at the Russ Pilcher Western Montana Top 10 Meet. In order to compete, athletes had to record top-ten scores in their events throughout the season.  Three boys...

MAC struggles on diamond, but not without heroics MAC struggles on diamond, but not without heroics

  ST. IGNATIUS – The Lady Bulldogs had a trying week on the field, dropping four of their five games scheduled. On Thursday MAC hosted Plains, taking a loss both games against the Trotters. In game one the Lady Bulldogs fell early and were not able to gain enough momentum to catch up to Plains,...

Lady Pirates looking to future Lady Pirates looking to future

POLSON — After a devastating loss at State last year to Frenchtown and a couple of losses to the Lady Broncs already this season, Polson softball is ready to put it in the past and focus on the future. Lady Pirate long time coach Larry Smith feels the girls are right on track and showing improvement.&n...


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