The Mission Valley Rockies won their second game of the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament down in Missoula, defeating the Clark Fork Cougars 10-9 in extra innings this afternoon. Devin Kamarainen drove in Nick Grogan in the bottom of the ninth and Jame Peterson pitched three hitless relief innings for the Rockies.
That moves the Rockies up in the bracket with a record of 1-1. They'll play the winner of the Missoula Pioneers and Helena All-Stars game at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.
For the full story see this week's Lake County Leader.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Mission Valley Rockies lose first game of state tournament
The Mission Valley Rockies played it close, but couldn't find the offensive firepower against the Helena All-Stars and fell 6-4 in their first contest of the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament. The Rockies led 4-3 in the fourth inning but gave up two runs in the fifth and another in the sixth.
Nick Grogan went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the game. For the full game story see next week's Lake County Leader.
They'll play again today at 3 p.m. in the double elimination tournament. Stay logged on for updates!
Nick Grogan went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the game. For the full game story see next week's Lake County Leader.
They'll play again today at 3 p.m. in the double elimination tournament. Stay logged on for updates!
Lebron will wear No. 6 in Miami
Good luck burning No. 23 jerseys, Cleveland fans, because Lebron is changing his number to no. 6. I'm trying to figure out why but other than merchandising reasons, the no. 6 makes absolutely no sense. Although one could take it like Lebron is no longer trying to live in the shadow of Jordan? Or is that too poetic?
As we all know, LeBron James(notes) filed papers to change his number from 23 to 6 back when he was still in Cleveland. But now that he's switched teams, that's irrelevant. However, judging by what the NBA's online store is offering, James will be wearing 6 when he joins the Heat this fall.
Well my no. 23 Heat jersey is totally worthless now.
As we all know, LeBron James(notes) filed papers to change his number from 23 to 6 back when he was still in Cleveland. But now that he's switched teams, that's irrelevant. However, judging by what the NBA's online store is offering, James will be wearing 6 when he joins the Heat this fall.
Well my no. 23 Heat jersey is totally worthless now.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Firecracker Tournament Photo Gallery
You can see a large gallery of photos from last weekends Firecracker Tournament. There are photos of the Mission Valley Mariners A team, B team and the Mission Valley Rockies.
Click here to see the gallery.
Legion Field has the best cup of coffee in town
Since moving to Montana, I've been aghast at the lack of Starbucks.
Coming from Washington where there was a Starbucks under my kitchen sink, the lack of the corporate coffee giant bent on ruling the world was slightly disconcerting. Where was I going to get my cup of joe and complain about the rain and the terrible play of the Seattle Mariners?
Well I found the perfect cup of joe, and the perfect place to get ballpark food for that manner. Having been to numerous minor-league baseball games, I'm use to a teenager with braces, desperate for a summer job, serving me a hot dog that's been sitting in lukewarm water for about six hours.
Not at Legion Field. Manned by the parents and families of the team, they put on a major league assortment of food. This stuff just isn't good, there's lots of it and it's cooked to order.This Saturday when some games were pushed backed because of rain, I found myself driving to the Legion Field specifically to get lunch and go home. No joke. And judging from the people hawking hot dogs back to their cars, I wasn't the only one.
People from Conrad who were attending the games over the weekend told the parents manning the stand that it was the best concessions they'd ever had.
A few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed bleary-eyed and stumbling over to Legion Field for an early game during the Babe Ruth Tournament. I was absolutely shocked when one of moms freshly brewed a cup of coffee for me. Special order.
I mean who does this? Even the most fancy pants restaurant gets their coffee from a pot. I was more perplexed and amazed than the Missoula Pioneers trying to hit Kyle Bagnell's curveball.
The variety of food is also shocking. They seriously offer more choices at their ballparks than most minor-league teams. By a long shot. I'm pretty sure they could be the only baseball park in America that has a breakfast menu. They're probably just weeks away from implementing the Mission Valley Mariners Happy Meal.
Operating the concession stand at Legion Field, families worked rotating three and a half hour shifts. One can only imagine the mayhem when entire teams mobbed the stand after a game looking for food. Limbs were undoubtedly lost.
Two parents, Daniel and Katrina Rausch, spent their 26th wedding anniversary this week at Legion Field. Katrina was instrumental in helping concessions run smoothly and Dan was behind the plate umpping and also is responsible for field maintenance.
I know they gave out a hustle award for the tournament, but wow, is there like a parent MVP award we can give to all of them or something?
Proceeds from the sales obviously go back to the team. Some of those funds help players that cant pay the fees to play ball. Leftovers from the proceeds can also go back into helping improve the field itself. While the prices there are extremely reasonable, I'd imagine I've spent enough in concessions to get third base named after me.
Or perhaps a urinal. That's more fitting for a journalist right?
This first thing Mission Valley Mariners head coach Jami Hanson said after winning the tournament was thanking everyone that helped. A few rain delays mixed things up a bit, but all the helping hands certainly made this weekend a good one.
And I found a great replacement for Starbucks. Now there just needs to be more morning games going on a Legion Field.
Coming from Washington where there was a Starbucks under my kitchen sink, the lack of the corporate coffee giant bent on ruling the world was slightly disconcerting. Where was I going to get my cup of joe and complain about the rain and the terrible play of the Seattle Mariners?
Well I found the perfect cup of joe, and the perfect place to get ballpark food for that manner. Having been to numerous minor-league baseball games, I'm use to a teenager with braces, desperate for a summer job, serving me a hot dog that's been sitting in lukewarm water for about six hours.
Not at Legion Field. Manned by the parents and families of the team, they put on a major league assortment of food. This stuff just isn't good, there's lots of it and it's cooked to order.This Saturday when some games were pushed backed because of rain, I found myself driving to the Legion Field specifically to get lunch and go home. No joke. And judging from the people hawking hot dogs back to their cars, I wasn't the only one.
People from Conrad who were attending the games over the weekend told the parents manning the stand that it was the best concessions they'd ever had.
A few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed bleary-eyed and stumbling over to Legion Field for an early game during the Babe Ruth Tournament. I was absolutely shocked when one of moms freshly brewed a cup of coffee for me. Special order.
I mean who does this? Even the most fancy pants restaurant gets their coffee from a pot. I was more perplexed and amazed than the Missoula Pioneers trying to hit Kyle Bagnell's curveball.
The variety of food is also shocking. They seriously offer more choices at their ballparks than most minor-league teams. By a long shot. I'm pretty sure they could be the only baseball park in America that has a breakfast menu. They're probably just weeks away from implementing the Mission Valley Mariners Happy Meal.
Operating the concession stand at Legion Field, families worked rotating three and a half hour shifts. One can only imagine the mayhem when entire teams mobbed the stand after a game looking for food. Limbs were undoubtedly lost.
Two parents, Daniel and Katrina Rausch, spent their 26th wedding anniversary this week at Legion Field. Katrina was instrumental in helping concessions run smoothly and Dan was behind the plate umpping and also is responsible for field maintenance.
I know they gave out a hustle award for the tournament, but wow, is there like a parent MVP award we can give to all of them or something?
Proceeds from the sales obviously go back to the team. Some of those funds help players that cant pay the fees to play ball. Leftovers from the proceeds can also go back into helping improve the field itself. While the prices there are extremely reasonable, I'd imagine I've spent enough in concessions to get third base named after me.
Or perhaps a urinal. That's more fitting for a journalist right?
This first thing Mission Valley Mariners head coach Jami Hanson said after winning the tournament was thanking everyone that helped. A few rain delays mixed things up a bit, but all the helping hands certainly made this weekend a good one.
And I found a great replacement for Starbucks. Now there just needs to be more morning games going on a Legion Field.
Morning coffee... July 9, 2010
Like the giant statue of Saddam Hussein pulled down in Baghdad, fans gravitated towards the giant LeBron James billboard downtown, only to find it guarded by police. Angry Clevelanders will just have to destroy their city the old-fashioned way: a long slow economic decline marked by the departure of industry and a sustained flight to the suburbs. - DEADSPIN
College News
Mike Kramer lawsuit will go on
Former football coach has lawsuit against Montana State University.
National News
Octopus picks Spain to win World Cup
Like any other sports analysts, the octopus has no backbone, unlike other sports analysts it's been right every time during the World Cup.
Cavs owner rips Lebron
Best. Letter. Ever. And its in Comic Sans.
Local News
Mariners B team ends season with split against Libby Loggers
The future is looking bright for the Mission Valley Mariners.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Mariners B team split with Libby to end season
Lebron's headed to Miami! But lets stick with baseball... the Mission Valley Mariners B team finished their season tonight with a split in a double header against the Libby Loggers tonight on the road. You can read the full game story here.
LIBBY - The Mission Valley Mariners B team finished their season on a positive note, splitting a double header with the Libby Loggers Thursday night in Libby. Kellen Hoyt pitched six innings and gave up one hit and one run, but the Mariners lost to the Loggers 1-0 in the first game. The bats came alive for Mission Valley in the second game as they slugged their way to a 12-8 victory to end the season.
"I can't say how much the coaches, Eric [Locke] and me, are proud of them," Second-year head coach Chris Brown said. "It's been a blast coaching these guys."
The Mission Valley Mariners will be on the road at the John Hart Memorial Tournament this weekend.
LIBBY - The Mission Valley Mariners B team finished their season on a positive note, splitting a double header with the Libby Loggers Thursday night in Libby. Kellen Hoyt pitched six innings and gave up one hit and one run, but the Mariners lost to the Loggers 1-0 in the first game. The bats came alive for Mission Valley in the second game as they slugged their way to a 12-8 victory to end the season.
"I can't say how much the coaches, Eric [Locke] and me, are proud of them," Second-year head coach Chris Brown said. "It's been a blast coaching these guys."
The Mission Valley Mariners will be on the road at the John Hart Memorial Tournament this weekend.
28th Arlee Rodeo Results
Here are the results from last weekend's Fourth of July Open Rodeo.
Click on the "read more" to get results.
Click on the "read more" to get results.
Lebron Day!
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Tune Squad - Lebron, Michael Jordan, Bill Murray and Tweety Bird. Unstoppable!
WCW Wolfpack - Nothing would be better than Lebron descending from the rafters and hitting Clay Bennett with a steel chair. I want this to happen so bad.
Duke - I know this violates the NCAA rules, but like USC, they wouldn't do anything until five years after the fact.
Cleveland Browns - Wait... the Browns would have an actual athlete on their roster?
Jersey Shore - Lets compare him and Snooki.
Washington State Football - Please god, let this happen. PLEASE GOD MAKE THE BLEEDING STOP.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Heading to Rodeo Nationals Journal
Wyatt Lytton was kind enough again to text me about the Lake County rodeo stars down at the Junior Rodeo Nationals in Gallup, N.M. Here's his last entry as they wrapped up on July 3.
The finals have ended. It is a sad time in a way just because you work so hard throughout the year to earn your way here and then you are excited to get here and the finals went by so fast. The final results for Montana are:
Team Standings
Montana was 18th
Montana Boys were 15th
Montana Girls were 18th
Will Powell placed second in the All-Around Rookie Cowboy. We did fantastic and Montana as well as the Mission Valley can be proud of the representation from Will, Abby and Wyatt. This finals was a huge honor for me and I know for my teammates as well. Soon we will be back at it in August starting our new rodeo year. I hope you all enjoyed our view from the finals
-Wyatt, Abby and Will
Here is the whole Montana team. A great group of people and many years we plan in our future of sharing together rodeoing...
The finals have ended. It is a sad time in a way just because you work so hard throughout the year to earn your way here and then you are excited to get here and the finals went by so fast. The final results for Montana are:
Team Standings
Montana was 18th
Montana Boys were 15th
Montana Girls were 18th
Will Powell placed second in the All-Around Rookie Cowboy. We did fantastic and Montana as well as the Mission Valley can be proud of the representation from Will, Abby and Wyatt. This finals was a huge honor for me and I know for my teammates as well. Soon we will be back at it in August starting our new rodeo year. I hope you all enjoyed our view from the finals
-Wyatt, Abby and Will
Here is the whole Montana team. A great group of people and many years we plan in our future of sharing together rodeoing...
Morning coffee... July 7, 2010
And we'll all be witnesses tomorrow night as Lebron James will announce his free agent plans on ESPN. Wowza! Talk about a ratings windfall!
National News
Michael Vick is not the shooter
Why is this stunning news that Michael Vick is clean-nosed?
Chief Kickingstallionsims is a real name, of a real player
And he's coming to a Div. I program near you!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Morning coffee... July 5, 2010
The biggest free agent ever in Lebron James has been getting pitches from NBA teams to join their squad. This was Chicago's strategy, do you think it will work?
College News
Montana State volleyball player leaves MSU for Gonzaga
Lets hope she likes listening to zombie nation
National News
Are the Eagles about to cut Michael Vick
How bad is your rep when you're a suspect at a shooting in a location you left ten minutes before it happened? Well, pretty bad.
Famous hot dog eater in jail
Say it aint so, Kobayashi!
Roger Federer is now third in the world tennis rankings
pssshhh! Amateur!
Local News
The Mission Valley Mariners won the Firecracker Tournament last night in Polson. They defeated the Missoula Pioneers in the championship game 1-0 to win the trophy. Kyle Bagnell struck out 15 and didn't allow a hit in the contest.
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