Sports
LAKE COUNTY — Local softball players who made the 2023 Montana High School Association (MHSA) Class A Northwest Softball All-State, All-Conference, All-Conference second team, and honorable mentions have been announced: Polson juniors Mckenna Hanson and Carli Maley have both made the All-State first team, as well as Ronan senior Kaleigh Benson and sophomore Kaydance Santos. All four will also be going to the All-Conference first team, as well as Polson sophomore Samantha Rensvold. The All-Conference second team will include Avery Starr and Kailey Smith, both Polson juniors, and Ronan senior Tyariah Morigeau and sophomore Alexis Luedtke. Honorable mentions included Polson s...
Girls Singles Round 1: Clara Todd (Polson) def. Kinzee Brimmer (Custer County) 6-0, 6-0 Consolation Round 1: Piper Hoxie (Polson) def. Amber Stevenson (East Helena) 6-2, 6-3 Quarterfinals: Clara Todd (Polson) def. Debra Don’t Mix (Hardin) 6-0, 6-1 Girls Doubles Round 1: &...
State Wrestling BILLINGS — The Ronan Maidens are the Class A-C state champions with every team member scoring points to contribute to the 119 point total that took home the title. For the girls tournament, class AA-C all competed against one another and the class A Maidens were able to punch up ef...
Western Divisionals Wrestling Class A POLSON — Polson hosted the Western Class A Boys and Girls Divisional Wrestling tournaments Feb. 3 and 4 with teams from Ronan and Polson competing. In the girls tournament the Ronan Maidens took first place with five first place finishes. Saellah N...
Mission Mountain Classic Wrestling Tournament Mission/Charlo, Arlee, Ronan ST. IGNATIUS — The annual Mission Mountain Classic wrestling tournament was hosted in St. Ignatius on Jan. 28. Local teams from Arlee, Mission/Charlo and Ronan came to face off against visiting Three Forks, Plains, Sup...
POLSON — Polson Pirates Baseball player Dawson Dumont announced on Jan. 19 that he will head to Washington next year to play college ball. Dumont committed to play for Shoreline Community College just north of Seattle. We look forward to seeing Dumont’s senior year with the Pirates this spring.
Wrestling Ronan Boys LEWISTOWN — The Chiefs traveled to Lewistown for the Montana Class A Duels tournament Jan. 20 and 21. The Chiefs, who were ranked first in their pool, dominated their early matches in Pool D. After not losing a team match, they fell in the quarterfinals and ended up sixth...
Basketball Polson POLSON — The Pirates hosted local rivals the Ronan Chiefs on Jan. 14, winning a hard fought game at 61-55. Polson started the game on fire, led by Jarrett Wilson who scored 10 of the Pirates 15 in the first quarter. Wilson scored another 10 in the second quarter, and finishe...
POLSON — In honor of the 30th anniversary of the 1993 Polson Pirates and Lady Pirates finishing first and second respectively in basketball, Linderman Gym hosted a reunion of the teams during the Polson vs. Ronan basketball games. 1993 was the first time the Polson Pirates won the boys state c...
From left are: Todd Goode, Brad Walter, Chad Smith, Kris McKethen, Neal Smith, Jarod Tait, Jamie Vies, Geoff Ramsey, Asst. Coach Steve Nelson, Asst. Coach Bruce Thomas, and Head Coach Joe Mckethen.
