CHUCK BANDEL
Valley Press
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Bulldogs launch season with 34-8 win over St. Regis
The loaded Mission Bulldogs, who are expected to be one of the top teams in this year’s version of the Montana Western Conference 8-player football group, showed they are a team with which to be reckoned when they scored 14 first quarter points to take a 14-0 lead at the end of the opening stanza against St. Regis last Friday.
Plains outscores MAC in first matchup of season
The Plains Horsemen combined solid pitching, both starting and relief, with timely hitting as they outscored Mission 14-8 last Thursday.
Charlo teams take early exit from Class C Divisional
For Charlo’s boys and girls basketball teams the journey to frozen Butte and the Maroon Activities Center ended way to soon.
Two Eagle River teams both end season at District
Both the boys and girls Two Eagle River basketball teams made it through the second day of the recent Western 14C District tournament in Polson. Unfortunately, that amounted to a total of two victories and four losses and an unexpectedly quick exit from the tournament.
Lady Vikings earn Divisional berth
After falling behind by an uncharacteristically large margin in the first quarter, the Lady Vikings shook off the cobwebs and rallied for a 52-42 victory over a scrappy St. Regis girls team and kept their playoff dreams afloat during a Western 14C challenge game Monday night in Thompson Falls.
Charlo boys best Superior, head to Butte
The Charlo boys basketball team came out on top of the spirited, upset-minded Superior Bobcats, 59-49, in a 14C conference challenge game Monday night in Thompson Falls.
Charlo teams claim back-to-back wins over St. Regis
Friday night in Charlo, the top two teams in the boys 14C basketball conference met in a showdown for first place in the regular season.
Plains neighbors rally to rescue doe stuck upside down in ditch
Maybe, just maybe, someone thought if you plant a deer upside down it will no doubt grow into a new deer.
Mariners get back on track with Loggers sweep
After a red-hot 10-1 start to their season then stumbling a bit in their last three games, the Mission Valley Mariners Legion baseball team probably needed to take a deep breath, rely on the basics like solid hitting and lockdown pitching to get back in the grove.
Firefighters gaining control of 3,500 acre Magpie blaze
It was mostly good news for the approximately 20 local residents who attended the Magpie Rock Fire managers meeting at the Dixon School gymnasium Monday morning.