Articles Written By: Melea Burke
Basketball has always been a big part of Two Eagle River senior Casadi Wunderlich’s life — she’s been a force on the court “since she could dribble,” mom Tari Shaw says with a chuckle. Now her love for the game has taken her around the world to an international youth basketba...
RONAN — Tough teams from all over Western Montana endured the heat Saturday to play a full day of 3-on-3 basketball in the Pioneer Days hoops tournament. In addition to the tourney action, several athletes competed in the free throw and 3-point shooting contests, and scholarships were awarded to two Ro...
Ronan City Park played host to the Pioneer Days volleyball tournament on Sunday as dozens of locals braved the heat to block, bump and spike their way to the head of the field. “The Has Beens” eventually claimed the top spot with “Quick Serve” coming in second. There were 12 teams tot...
Seven teams hit the dusty fields adjacent to the fairgrounds for the 2015 Pioneer Days softball tourney on Saturday in Ronan. First place went to “Sons of Pitches,” and “Johnson” took second.
POLSON — Dozens of basketball players of all ages took to the streets of downtown Polson over the weekend for the annual Flathead Lake 3 on 3 competition affectionately known as “Hoopfest,” drawing droves of spectators to the popular slam dunk and 3-point shooting contests Saturday evening....
The Mission Valley Mariners suffered two pairs of hard losses last week before picking up a win over the Kootenai Valley Rangers on Friday. Monday the 13th proved unlucky for the Mariners as they faced two knockouts in Hamilton, falling 13-1 in the first round and 15-1 in the second to a hard-hitting Bitt...
RONAN — A cloudy start to the 13th annual Sagmiller-Williams Memorial ALS Golf Tournament at Mission Mountain Golf Course turned into a downpour by midday, but the soggy weather didn’t stop 18 teams from hitting the greens. Westland Seed’s team of Michael Reeve, Lindsey Reeve, Zach Under...
Choppy seas and a wind on July 12 delayed the start of the inaugural Flathead Laker Poker Paddle, but the waves calmed by afternoon and the event went off without a hitch, according to Lakers President Greg McCormick. “Our goal was to have 100 paddlers, and it ended up at about 108 watercraft,&rdquo...
The Mission Valley Mariners capped off their Missoula tournament run over the weekend with an explosive shutout of the Class A Missoula Mavs Sunday evening. A four-run first inning got the Mariners off to a solid start as Kade Schutzmann was hit by a pitch, sending another batter home. He also doubled for...
POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners A capped off their Firecracker Tournament run with a comeback victory over the Glacier Twins B team Sunday afternoon, squeaking by the Twins 7-6 to take second place in the Mariners’ annual Fourth of July tourney at O’Malley Park. The Mission V...
