Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Rob Zolman

MAC defeats Ronan 17-1 in cross-county showdown MAC defeats Ronan 17-1 in cross-county showdown

Cross-county rivals Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) and the Ronan Maidens faced off on the softball diamond in Ronan Thursday and MAC came away with the win, besting the Maidens by a score of 17-1. The Maidens came out hitting, putting runners on the bases and scoring their only run of the game in the bottom o...

tennis tennis

POLSON – Polson swept visiting Stevensville on May 2, with a 5-2 victory from the girls and a 7-0 shutout from the boys. Cassie Carlyle topped Ashley Eyre 6-0, 6-0 and doubles team of Kyler Lundeen and Olivia Hewston claimed the victory in the No. 1 doubles match for the Pirates. Colin Kenney cru...

track & field  track & field

RONAN – The Polson Pirates won eight events and the Charlo Lady Vikings won seven events capturing team titles during the Lake County Meet in Ronan on May 2. Multiple event winners for the Pirates were Matthew Rensvold and Connor Lanier. Rensvold won the 200 and 400; while Lanier won both 100 and 300 h...

Charlo kicks off new football field project Charlo kicks off new football field project

CHARLO – Dirt was a flyin’ Thursday afternoon during the official Charlo Sports Complex groundbreaking ceremony in Charlo. During the brief ceremony, class presidents from kindergarten through the 12th grade officially broke ground on the first of the threephase renovation project and many did...

Special Olympians celebrate, compete Special Olympians celebrate, compete

FRENCHTOWN - Special Olympians from all over the Mission Valley joined more than 300 athletes from 26 Montana teams in celebration and competition during the 40th Annual Five Valleys Area Spring Games. Valley Olympians participated in the three-day event which started at the Frenchtown High School with th...

tennis tennis

   In class B dual action on Thursday, the Chiefs and Bigfork boys battled to a two-all tie while the Maidens fell to Bigfork 2-1. Chief Bailey Moss defeated Bigfork’s Colton Reichenbach in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 and Breanna Turpin prevailed over her Bigfork opponent, 6-1, 3-6, 10-6 for th...

Olson wins Seeley-Swan Invitational Olson wins Seeley-Swan Invitational

SEELEY-SWAN – Brooklyn Olson fired a 94 on Tuesday capturing first place during the Seeley-Swan Invitational at the Double Arrow Lodge. Olson won by four strokes over Elsie Brown from Thompson Falls. Gabby Wirz (eighth, 113) and Kim Van Der Laan (twelve, 123) also finished in the top fifteen to help...

Big Sky Invitational    Big Sky Invitational

FRENCHTOWN –  Arlee’s Natalie Yocum placed first in the girls 800 and 1600 with times of 2:29.77 and 5:34.03 and teammate Bryndal Goyins won the Javelin on Friday afternoon during the Big Sky Invitational at Frenchtown. Charlo’s Allie Delaney finished first in the 300 hurdles with a ti...

Local softball teams fare well at Frenchtown tournament Local softball teams fare well at Frenchtown tournament

FRENCHTOWN – Hamilton suffered their first loss of the season by the bat of Lady Pirate Hannah Fryberger. Fryberger’s two-out solo home run in the top of the seventh inning led Polson to the 4-3 win over Hamilton during the Frenchtown Invitational softball tournament on Friday. More than twel...

Polson FC U18 celebrates wins and new field Polson  FC U18  celebrates wins and new field

POLSON – Saturday marked a new era for the Polson Youth Soccer Association (PYSA), as the Polson FC U18 boys’ soccer team christened the new field at the Polson Soccer Complex. The U18 boys defeated Libby, 8-1, in their first game on the new field. The team also stopped Whitefish, 3-1, in a la...


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