Sports Briefs
Feb. 4
Arlee Little Guy
Wrestling
The Arlee Wrestling Club will be doing Little Guy Wrestling sign-ups at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10 in the Arlee Junior High School science room. If you are interested in enrolling your athlete in the Arlee Wrestling Club’s season, you can contact Ken Hill at 370-8119 or Dan Ries at 370-5779. Wrestling practice will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 16 after school. Grades 5 - 8 will be practicing from 4:15 until 5:45 p.m. with coach Hill, and grades 1 - 4 will practice from 5:45 until 7:00 p.m. All practices will be in the Junior High School wrestling room.
-Courtesy of Ken Hill
Polson Little Guy
wrestling sign-up
The registration meeting for Polson Little Guy Wrestling will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Polson High School auditorium. The program is open to boys in second through eighth grades. The first practices will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 16. There is a $15 registration fee payable at the meeting. A parent or guardian must attend the meeting. It is not necessary for wrestlers to attend.
-Courtesy of Bob Owen
Mission basketball
cancer awareness
On Saturday, Feb. 6, the St. Ignatius Bulldog and Lady Bulldog basketball teams will wear pink and take on the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks. The St. Ignatius Bulldog basketball team will be doing their own version of Coaches vs. Cancer, a national program established by the American Cancer Society. As part of the night’s events, coaches will be wearing pink shirts while the Bulldog players will don pink laces, socks and even fingernails in their support of local cancer charities. A portion of the evenings gates and concessions, along with the all money raised through the 50/50 pot and half-time three-point shots, will be donated to local cancer charities. Put on your best pink outfit and support the Bulldogs in their effort to raise money in the fight against cancer. JV Girl action starts at 2 p.m., followed by JV Boys, Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.
-Courtesy of Alan Pule
Polson girls’ basketball
In two games, the Pirates scored 111 points last week, with a 38-point contribution from sophomore Riley Kenney.
In a 58-45 win over Hamilton, Kenney had 18 points as Polson led 25-18 at the half.
Junior Sierra Pete added 14 points as the Pirates turned the ball over 21 times.
The next night against Stevensville, Polson was up by 10 at the half as Kenney led with 20 points. Junior Breanne Kelley added 13.
The Pirates host Columbia Falls tonight in their only action of the week.
In the conference, Kelley is fifth for average points per game with over 11 and Kenney is sixth. Senior Nicole Davey comes in at seventh and junior Sierra Pete is eighth.
-Sports Editor Heidi Hanse
Arlee girls basketball
The Scarlets beat Two Eagle River last Tuesday 54-28 led by junior Melissa Ivanoff and freshman Tayla Desjarlais who each scored 13 points.
Arlee will travel to Hot Springs tonight and host Charlo on Friday night.
-Sports Editor Heidi Hanse
Ronan boys basketball
The Chiefs picked up two wins last weekend. Against Whitefish last Friday, Ronan won its first Northwestern A game 60-56. Junior Lucas Black led with 16 points while junior Kevin Wroblewski added 11 and junior Justin Dustybull added 10.
Facing Superior on Saturday, Ronan led 43-27 at the half in a 81-52 victory. Sophomore Marcus Hungerford dropped 18 points and Wroblewski helped with 13.
Ronan hosts Libby on Saturday.
-Sports Editor Heidi Hanse