Almost a year after Journey Emerson died in a head-on collision near Lame Deer, his family hosted an inaugural memorial softball tournament in his honor — drawing dozens of community members to the field at People’s Park to remember the 21-year-old athlete, father, and former high school basketball standout.
Wearing a “Mr. 82” shirt, a relative of Journey Emerson joins community members at the first annual memorial softball tournament at People’s Park on July 4, 2025.
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Dressed in matching jerseys bearing Emerson’s nickname, “Mr. 82” — a reference to the state single-game scoring record he set in 2022 with an 82-point performance — his family took the field to honor a legacy that stretched far beyond sports.
For Emerson’s girlfriend Paris Not Afraid, his memory lives on every day in raising their daughter Kaislee,