Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Rob Zolman

Corley signs with Minot State Corley signs with Minot State

POLSON – Pirate’s senior offensive and defensive lineman Trevor Corley recently signed a letter of intent to play offensive line for Minot State University, a NCAA Division II school located in Minot, North Dakota. The 6 foot 5 inch, 320-pound Corley was a leader on the offensive line that pav...

MAC’s Ran’Dee Charlo has record book year MAC’s Ran’Dee Charlo has record book year

ST. IGNATIUS – Senior Ran’Dee Charlo was Mission- Arlee-Charlo (MAC) Bulldog’s lone player to be named to the all-state and first-team all-conference 2017 roster. Charlo recorded an outstanding year in the circle for MAC in which she booked 205 strikeouts while earning 18 wins. Charlo...

Blind bowler competes at national level Blind bowler competes at national level

POLSON — As a multi-colored bowling ball spun down the alley, snowplowing through pins, the ensuing crashing sound brought a smirk to Marcus Sands’ face. But Sands could only guess how many pins his ball had knocked down, because he is blind.  Three years have passed since Type 1 Diabetes...

Special Olympians celebrated Special Olympians celebrated

RONAN – This past week, athletes from Mission Mountain Enterprises celebrated those who brought home medals in their individual events and the end of the summer olympic season. Athletes from Polson, Ronan, Charlo, Mission and Arlee joined nearly 1,300 athletes from across Montana who participated in th...

MAC softball finishes third at state MAC softball finishes third at state

FRENCHTOWN – If you lose a game at the Class B/C softball state tournament, the road back to championship contention is a hard one. Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) took the hard road.  MAC started the tournament Thursday afternoon with a 7-6 victory over Glasgow, the number one seeded team out of...

Lady Pirate softball team finishes fourth at state Lady Pirate softball team finishes fourth at state

SIDNEY — The Polson Lady Pirates softball team opened the State Class A Softball Tournament on Thursday with a 9-1 win over Lewistown. Laurel Bitterman went 4-for-5 with an RBI, Ashley Benson went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and Quinn Motichka had a two-run double. In the second game of the day, Hamilt...

Polson athlete claims second at state Polson athlete claims second at state

KALLISPELL –  Cassie Carlyle made an undefeated run to the state championship. It took another undefeated to stop her. The senior from Polson, stormed through the divisional championships a week ago and rolled through the first three rounds of the State Class A Tennis Tournament at Flathead Val...

Chiefs run away with divisional title Chiefs run away with divisional title

he Ronan boys clinched the Western B Divisional title on Friday. The Chiefs finished one, two and three in both the 800 and 3200. Jackson Duffey swept the distance races winning the 800, 1600 and 3200.  Lee Camel won the long jump with a jump of 15 feet, 11 inches helping the Maidens to a fifth-pl...

Ronan’s Bailey Moss takes fifth at state Ronan’s Bailey Moss takes fifth at state

 MISSOULA – Ronan Chiefs’ No. 1 singles player Bailey Moss opened strong and finished the same way Saturday afternoon, en route to his fifth-place finish at the State Class B-C tennis tournament held at Playfair Park in Missoula. “I couldn’t be prouder of Bailey,” Ronan ...

Track teams compete at divisionals Track teams compete at divisionals

FRENCHTOWN – The Arlee girls finished second and the Charlo boys finished third in the team standings during the Western C Divisional Track and Field meet in Frenchtown on Thursday and Friday. For the Scarlets, Natalie Yocum placed first in the 1600 and second in the 800. Arlee’s Carly Hergett...


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