Articles Written By: Jim Blow
POLSON — With two weeks to go before the state Class A softball tournament, Polson’s Lady Pirates punched their ticket to the big dance a little early. The Lady Pirates improved to 5-0 in Northwestern A conference play by earning a 7-1 win in Columbia Falls last Friday evening, locking u...
POLSON — The Polson tennis team had it on cruise control last week, with the boys winning three duals and the girls notching four wins. “(It was a) real good week of tennis,” Polson head coach Bob Hislop said. “(The) girls’ singles players (only) lost one of 16 singles matche...
After winning both team titles at the Lake County Meet on Thursday, the Polson girls’ and boys’ track squads turned right around and tested themselves against some of the bigger schools in the West at Saturday’s Archie Roe Invitational Track and Field Meet. The Archie Roe meet is large e...
I admit I’m a positive kind of person. I see the glass half full and the potential to fill it. At election time, I try to remain positive about our country’s election process, but there are times when my disenchantment seeps out. After the results from last week’s municipal and ...
POLSON — The Lady Pirate softball team keeps on testing itself, coming up with some tough lessons-learned. Last week Polson won a thrilling come-from-behind battle against its Northwestern A nemesis, Libby, then cruised over Hamilton before giving up a ton of hits in a loss to Corvallis. Polson o...
The Mission Valley High School Rodeo team members competed in Three Forks last weekend. Jessica Read led the local athletes on Saturday by winning the goat tying event with a run of 8.88 seconds. Emily Schall finished third in two events — she had a run of 3.49 seconds in breakaway roping and tied w...
It was a busy, weather-impacted week of track for the Polson squad, but the thinclads made the most of it, though short-handed on the boys’ side. Polson sent athletes to Tuesday’s Top 10 Invitational in Missoula on Tuesday, then they competed in Saturday’s A.R.M. track and field meet in Whi...
Despite the rough weather, the Ronan tennis team got in two conference duals last week, though the competition was a bit rough, too. On Friday at home, the Ronan boys lost to Columbia Falls 6-1 and Ronan’s girls’ squad also lost 6-1. Jeff Blixt and Hunter Shima put together a 6-4, 6-2...
It wasn't the smoothest of weeks but the Polson tennis team had its moments. On Friday the Polson girls rolled over Whitefish 7-0, but the Pirate boys came up short in a 4-3 dual loss to the Bulldogs. On Saturday, both Polson teams lost in Hamilton 4-3, then the split in an afternoon match against Corvall...
Open burning ended last Friday, but that doesn’t mean burning won’t continue for a while. As of Saturday, May 1, open burning is permitted but only by permit. Everyone who lives on the Flathead Indian Reservation and wants to burn woody material must obtain a burn permit through the trib...
