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POLSON — Thunder cracked the sky, lightning struck the earth and rain pounded the courts during the Montana State Tennis Tournament last week, causing more than six hours of delays and pushing the tournament an extra day into Saturday. Even so, Polson's head coach Bob Hislop said the weather may have helped his team. “I think that having been around state tennis for the last three or four years, we have not had a good weekend state weather-wise for the last few years .... but, having (Friday night) to rest up before we played those very necessary matches worked out nicely in our favor,” he said.  The girls team, having won divisionals seven years in a row, had a...

The weather in Belgrade wasn’t too bad on Thursday, with a sprinkling of rain and wind and on Friday, despite wind, the skies were blue and the temperatures were in the 50s. Yet temperature really didn’t matter to the Polson Lady Pirates softball team, who traveled to Belgrade to play some ball a...

POLSON — Now in his second year as Polson’s track and field head coach, Mike Ellis said what his team lacks in quantity they make up for in quality.  “The season is going pretty well,” said Ellis, who teaches at Polson Middle School. “We’re down in numbers and I&rs...

The Polson Lady Pirate tennis team claimed its seventh consecutive divisional championship last weekend, while the boys won their second divisional title in a row. The Polson girls scored 55 points to send Whitefish into second with 45, followed by Columbia Falls with 23 and Libby with 2. The Pirates finishe...

LIBBY — Polson’s boys and girls tennis had a big Saturday in Libby, with Dylan McCrumb taking a hard-fought victory from Danny Leggins at No. 2 singles.  “The boys battled it out for over two hours in extreme heat,” head coach Bob Hislop said.  Whitney Zimmerman and Br...

Lady Pirate softball continues to sail on, picking up four victories last week. On April 30, Polson beat Western AA leader Glacier High at home 13-8. Glacier started strong with a two-run first inning but the Lady Pirates responded in the bottom of the inning with seven runs and never relinquished the lea...

The Polson U16 girls soccer team traveled to Livingston last weekend to play Laurel and Livingston.  Laurel is ranked first in the U16 select division, and Polson tied them 2-2. Libby Lichte scored with an assist from Sarah Howell, and Howell scored the second goal unassisted.  Livingston is ...

According to head coach Bob Hislop, Polson tennis’ “warrior of the week” was Shannon Oakley, who went 2-1 in weekend matches, losing a heartbreaking three-set match to Sloan Ellis of Whitefish and winning two matches Saturday. “In her last four matches, she has played just short of 12...

POLSON — Sporting a red and white St. Mary’s University of Minnesota jersey, Polson soccer standout James Larson signed his letter of intent to play for SMU on April 25. Larson, son of Lauren and Tom Lipko and the late Joe Larson, has been an all-Montana soccer player for the last two years. St. ...

FRENCHTOWN — Polson’s defending state champion softball team won a close game over Butte Central, 2-1, at the Frenchtown Invitational Friday. “(It was a) great fast-pitch game between two very sound teams, a pitchers’ duel,” head coach Larry Smith said.  Polson got of...