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Area teams wrap up season play Area teams wrap up season play

RONAN – The Maidens swept Drummond in a doubleheader 8-5 and 17-0 on Tuesday, May 9. Jaylyn Hakes hit a double and went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the first game. Maidens’ Marissa Mock batted in five runs on two hits in the 17-0 second game victory. In their season finale, the Maidens fell 10...

MAC defeats Ronan 17-1 in cross-county showdown MAC defeats Ronan 17-1 in cross-county showdown

Cross-county rivals Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) and the Ronan Maidens faced off on the softball diamond in Ronan Thursday and MAC came away with the win, besting the Maidens by a score of 17-1. The Maidens came out hitting, putting runners on the bases and scoring their only run of the game in the bottom o...

track & field  track & field

RONAN – The Polson Pirates won eight events and the Charlo Lady Vikings won seven events capturing team titles during the Lake County Meet in Ronan on May 2. Multiple event winners for the Pirates were Matthew Rensvold and Connor Lanier. Rensvold won the 200 and 400; while Lanier won both 100 and 300 h...

Briefs for My 10, 2017

Montana Senior Olympics comes to Mission Valley The 32nd annual Montana Senior Olympics will be held June 15-17 in the Mission Valley and now is the time for all athletes age 50 and older to sign up for their favorite individual and team sports. The Montana Senior Olympics features 14 different sportin...

Student environmental groups get $1K awards  Student environmental groups get $1K awards 

POLSON — Some efforts to get youth involved in recycling has paid off, literally.  The EAGLES, or Environmental Advocates for Global and Local Ecological Sustainability, student groups at Arlee and Mission middle and high schools were recently recognized for their efforts. Each group received a...

tennis tennis

   In class B dual action on Thursday, the Chiefs and Bigfork boys battled to a two-all tie while the Maidens fell to Bigfork 2-1. Chief Bailey Moss defeated Bigfork’s Colton Reichenbach in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 and Breanna Turpin prevailed over her Bigfork opponent, 6-1, 3-6, 10-6 for th...

Big Sky Invitational    Big Sky Invitational

FRENCHTOWN –  Arlee’s Natalie Yocum placed first in the girls 800 and 1600 with times of 2:29.77 and 5:34.03 and teammate Bryndal Goyins won the Javelin on Friday afternoon during the Big Sky Invitational at Frenchtown. Charlo’s Allie Delaney finished first in the 300 hurdles with a ti...

Local softball teams fare well at Frenchtown tournament Local softball teams fare well at Frenchtown tournament

FRENCHTOWN – Hamilton suffered their first loss of the season by the bat of Lady Pirate Hannah Fryberger. Fryberger’s two-out solo home run in the top of the seventh inning led Polson to the 4-3 win over Hamilton during the Frenchtown Invitational softball tournament on Friday. More than twel...

MAC pounds Drummond in double header MAC pounds Drummond in double header

ST. IGNATIUS – Kenzie Couture batted in six runs as the MAC (Mission-Arlee-Charlo) wrapped up a double header sweep of visiting Drummond 11-6 and 28-0 on Saturday. In the series, Couture went 5-for-8 with a double, two triples and six RBIs; Ran’Dee Charlo also went 5-for-8 with three doubles a...

Race to support school brings in the sharks Race to support school brings in the sharks

ARLEE – Teachers are able to buy much needed school supplies including a few sharks thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Friends of Arlee School. The group organized what might be the 16th consecutive Buttercup Run on Saturday, April 15. The race was established in 1992, but it took a hiatus for...


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