St. Ignatius

EUREKA — The inexperience of the young Lady Bulldogs showed up in a season-opening 5-1 loss to the Lady Lions. For most of the Lady Bulldogs, the match in Eureka Saturday was the first time they have ever played against another team, and they soon found that a competitve match is a far cry from practice. With Jane Makepeace, one of only two returning Lady Bulldogs from last year, sitting out with an ankle injury, Mission senior Rachel Jensen had the chance to play her first high school match. Jensen picked up the Lady Bulldogs’ lone win on the day, defeating Amber Brown 6-2, 6-1. Mission coach Kimimi Ashley said she isn’t sure if Jensen knows how good of a year she c...

EUREKA — The Lady Bulldogs couldn’t have started the season any hotter. When the Lady Bulldogs made the 130-mile jaunt up north to Eureka Saturday, they made sure to bring their bats. The ping of the aluminum connected with the ball was a familiar sound in the top of the first as the Lady Bull...

ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission tennis coach is counting on a youth movement to propel her team to success this season. Only three varsity boys – all juniors – are returning from last year’s team, who finished third in the state, and three sophomore girls are returning to last year&rsqu...

EUREKA — The Mission Valley High School Rodeo Club kicked off the spring rodeo season with some great weather and solid performances in Eureka last weekend. On Saturday, Nichele Marmon won the team roping event with her partner, clocking a time of 12.90 seconds. Emily Schall won the barrel racing ev...

PABLO — The Lady Bulldogs were outscored 28-10 in the fourth quarter in a pair of losses to end their season at the Western B Divisional Tournament at the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Complex in Pablo. The Lady Bulldogs, who entered the tournament as the third seed from District 7-B, only trailed...

LIBBY — With everything seemingly going against them and their season on the line, Mission coach Les Rice didn’t draw upon his 20 years of high-school coaching experience to come up with some complicated plan to mount a comeback – instead he wanted the Lady Bulldogs to forget everything he ...

LIBBY — The Mission Bulldogs played their best basketball of the season at the District 7-B Tournament, but it wasn’t enough to advance to the Western B Divisionals. Maybe it was the nerves of playing in their first postseason tournament in four years, maybe it was the pressure of being so clo...

THOMPSON FALLS — Against Plains it was the first quarter, against Thompson Falls it was the second quarter, but in both cases one slow quarter cost the Bulldogs a chance at a conference victory. On Friday against the Horsemen in the Doghouse, the Bulldogs fell behind 16-6 after the first quarter and...

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...

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...