Busy Weeekend

I know I’m a day late with this post, but better late than never right?
This week is one of the busiest I’ve had in a while, with sports Thursday through Saturday.
Trust me, I’m not complaining.
My favorite part of this job is actually going to sporting events, rather than calling coaches on Mondays to hear their account.
A couple key match-ups between first and second place teams happen this week.
Tonight, the Polson girls’ basketball team takes on Columbia Falls. The Pirates sit atop the Northwestern A division at 4-0 in league and 11-2 overall. Columbia Falls is second at 3-0, 8-5.
Tomorrow night, both Charlo basketball teams travel to Arlee. First up is the boys at 5:30. Last time the two teams met, Arlee won. Currently, Arlee (7-0, 12-1) is first while Charlo (6-2, 8-6) is second. Charlo has been on a roll lately, winning its last four games while Arlee has bounced back from its first loss.
Arlee has speed up and down the court while Charlo has size. In the last meeting, Charlo’s size wasn’t able to control Arlee’s quick passing. We’ll have to see what happens this time around.
On Saturday, a full slate of sports is up. Starting at 11 a.m., the Northwestern A divisional wrestling tournament is in Polson.
The newest rankings came out today and Ronan sits at third, as a team, and Polson is fourth after the Pirate’s win over Ronan last week.
Both teams will go up against Columbia Falls, who is unranked, Libby, ranked 10th, and Whitefish, unranked.
Individually, 13 Lake County grapplers are in the top-six of their weight class in all of Class A.
From Polson:
Craig Feistner, first, 98 pounds
Pat Sumner, fourth, 105
Jesse Alfiero, sixth, 119
Jacob Young, fifth, 135
Randy Kelley, sixth, 140
Ty Fouty, fourth, 152
Brock Picard, first, 171
Josiah Clairmont, fourth, 215
Kaden Thomas, fourth, hwt

From Ronan:
Cameron Neiss, first, 130
Micky Cheff, third, 152
Cole McArthur, third, 160
Toby Cheff, first, 189

The consolation rounds start at 3:30 p.m. and the championship matches are at 5 p.m. With the location ideal for Polson and advantageous for Ronan, both teams hope to have the crowd help them.

The B-C divisional tournament is also going on, but in Deer Lodge. Arlee and Mission/Charlo are both unranked as teams.
Austin Rubel, ranked sixth at 105, Cole Rice, first at 140, and Logan Lefler, third at 125, are ranked for Arlee.
Mission/Charlo has Scotty Gilleard ranked fourth at 125 and Jame Petersen second at 145.

Also on Saturday, both Mission basketball teams take on Seeley-Swan in conjunction with coaches vs. cancer. Both Ronan teams take on Libby and the Charlo girls’ basketball team takes on Thompson Falls.

Add the Superbowl on Sunday and things are going to be super busy.