The Glacier Twins won a loser-out contest to once again face Mission Valley Mariners in the Class A West District Tournament Championship Game, where they avenged an earlier 11-10 loss for the district title on Sunday, July 23, in Polson. The Twins held off a late Mariner rally as Mission Valley’s bats still proved powerful. The two teams advance to this week’s State A Tournament in Laurel.
The Mission Valley Mariners are approaching the end of a busy season after many of their players won the first-ever Montana high school baseball state championship. Now, they are looking to hopefully snag more wins as their season winds down during the weekend tournament.
Last weekend’s Libby Big Bucks Tournament brought the Mission Valley Mariners wins against Lockwood and North Idaho, and two losses to The Generals and Inland Empire.
There is a good reason Dawson DuMont is moving on to play college baseball. The Polson High grad, representing the Mission Valley Mariners, won the 2023 Big Bucks Tournament Home Run Derby in Libby over the weekend.