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Mission teenager wins first place in Seattle Seahawks team championship

Mission teenager wins first place in Seattle Seahawks team

SOME SERIOUS MILEAGE

Three playoff games, three long road trips, but you won’t hear

Monday Madness: Charlo wins play-in game

Lady Vikings down P’burg in four games to head to

Strength in the face of adversity

POLSON — While pole vaulting is an individual sport, Polson’s Melinda Owen has found that there’s a whole team supporting her quest to go to the 2012 Olympics in pole vaulting.

Q&A: Polson's BIG THREE talk teamwork

Polson’s Big Three know a thing or two about teamwork. This core group of veteran cross country runners has proven time and again that greatness can come to those who balance personal glory with doing what’s best for the team. They’ve run as a ferocious pack for most of the season, and much of last year — each race pushing their peers to reach new frontiers and inspiring the guys behind them to strive to be part of the group.

Home of: Jamison Challeen

Mission's Mad Hatter

ST. IGNATIUS - He's called the Mad Hatter.

Get ready to game

POLSON - Buckle up and get ready to race, because the video game

Year in Review: The Freshman, Polson pitcher Shay Duford

Freshmen usually need some transition time when it comes to

Mission Mountain Movies: The Town

Ben Affleck, our favorite Boston-product actor (or is it second favorite? Matt Damon anyone?) has moved on to acting AND directing, this time churning out his second Boston-based movie “The Town.” His first, “Gone Baby Gone,” in which his younger brother Casey starred, was based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, who happened to write the book-turned-movie “Mystic River,” another movie based in Boston (but directed by Oscar-winner and Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood).

'Tis the season in Mission

St. Ignatius shares holiday spirit of giving with Christmas carnival and parade

Mission finishes better than ever

ST. IGNATIUS - Mission volleyball made it further than they ever

Playing for Dad

POLSON - Senior middle hitter Sallie Sams steps onto the court

Lake County golfers ready for divisionals

LAKE COUNTY — Golf is normally a leisurely sport, but things are starting to ratchet up for the Ronan and Polson high school teams. Divisionals in Ronan on Saturday are looming ahead for many area golfers, some who could make big splashes in the conference.

Letters to the editor, Sept. 16

Green party walk

Tribal Health celebrates with open house

POLSON - A few months after opening for service, the brand new Tribal Health Building held an open house last Wednesday for all to explore the interior of the three-story structure on the corner of 1st St. West and Third Ave in Polson.

Remembering a father

After their dad passes away, three boys and a mother use sports and family to cope with their loss

Merit badges, morals and marshmallows

MELITA ISLAND - Waking up at 6:45 a.m. to go swimming in cold water takes a lot of motivation.

A cherry good time

Videos and photos of the Cherry Festival

Rehberg visits Lake County

POLSON - Montana Republican Denny Rehberg, running for his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Polson last Wednesday as part of "America Speaking Out" town hall forums.