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Struggling through a season with low numbers and his best player now sidelined with a season-ending injury, Hot Springs girls basketball coach Richard Jackson does not have a lot of time on his hands for worrying about such things. After all, he is a rancher as well as a coach and right now is calving season in western Montana. “We have 62 or 63 on the ground right now,” Jackson announced his current calve count Monday night. “So, with basketball going on too, we are pretty busy.” Jackson and his Savage Heat girls are set to play their final re...
The Plains Horsemen improved to 2-6 in District 14C play and 2-7 overall with a 47-33 road win over Noxon Saturday. In other action last week, the Horsemen lost to Clark Fork in Superior Friday but no details were available from that game. Coach Tyrel Allen and his Horsemen now make plans for playing in the socially distant District 14C tournament next week as described in other story. The Horsemen are currently in fifth place in conference standings but could rise as high as third this week if...
With the District 14C tournament now less than a week away, coach Cortney Vohs and her Noxon Lady Red Devils will finish regular season play this week, visiting Clark Fork in Superior Thursday and hosting Hot Springs in Noxon Saturday. The Devils lost a pair of conference games last week, losing to St. Regis in St. Regis Friday and falling 51-32 to Plains in Noxon Saturday. Vohs was impressed with what she saw from the Plains Trotters. “They really played a lot better this time,” she said referring to a Noxon victory in Plains several wee...
It’s showdown time. Staring down the road looking into the bright lights of tournament play, now only a week away, the Hot Springs Savage Heat boys face two showdown games with Sanders County rivals this week. Now 4-4 in 14C play and overall, coach Scott Fredrickson and his Heat fell 59-48 to the Charlo Vikings in Charlo Thursday, but will now set their sights on the 2-6, 2-7 Horsemen in Hot Springs Friday, and on 0-8, 0-8 Noxon in Noxon Saturday. The District 14C tournament, set to be played remotely, begins next Tuesday (see other story). A...
An open challenge from the Blue Hawks to the other Western B teams is on – bring your best game, let's play some ball and see who comes out on top in the end. Playing aggressive hoops on both ends Saturday as part of that ongoing open challenge, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys knocked off the visiting Anaconda Copperheads 60-50 at TFHS. The Hawks warmed up for their big date with Copperheads by steamrolling Troy 59-26, also in Thompson Falls Friday. Accepting challenges from the best teams W...
Hawk-bit in the Snake-pit! Scoring their biggest win of the season on one of the biggest stages in Western B basketball Saturday, the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks bit down hard on the Anaconda Copperheads, registering a convincing 68-52 victory over the previously No. 5 ranked Class B team in Montana. Now the No. 6 B team in the state according to the latest 406mtsports.com poll with an 8-2 record, the Lady Hawks will be in the thick of it with two more games against ranked teams this week hosting...
The living and learning process continues for coach Ben Johnson and his Noxon Red Devil boys. Johnson and company took a double dose of the Charlo Vikings last week, falling to the Vikings 52-42 in Noxon Tuesday, and again 61-52 in Charlo Saturday. Johnson is happy with how his boys are improving but this COVID-19 season of 2021 has made things sporadic so far. “It has been a strange season, with all the starts and stops we have had,” Johnson said. “But I am not taking anything away from our kids. You won’t find a harder working bunch than th...
Time in the "Room" leads to wins on the mat. Every prep wrestling team has a place where they practice, where they bond as teammates and where they become better wrestlers and that place is the wrestling room, the place where every great wrestler learns his craft. Saying his team had not had enough quality time in their Room lately, Thompson Falls coach Mike Thilmony was glad that his team was finally free of storms, sickness and injuries enough to have some good sessions in the Hawks'...
In search of continuing quality competition, the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen wrestling team will travel to Eureka Friday for a triangular dual match with Eureka and Florence. Taking advantage of the opportunities presented last week, coach Shane Angle and his Savage Horsemen participated in a triangular dual in Thompson Falls last Tuesday (January 25), losing to Florence but defeating Thompson Falls 36-34. Moving on from Thompson Falls, P-HS grapplers went to Mission Saturday for a dual...
The Plains Trotters are working on turning their frustration into elation; or at least into better seeding position for the upcoming tournament. Fresh off a tough 54-15 loss to District 14C-leading Charlo in Charlo Friday, coach Eddie Fultz and his Trotters will play Clark Fork in Superior Friday and will visit Noxon Saturday in another pair of conference games. "This is a big week for us, we need to start thinking about seeding into our tournament," he said. "We want to put ourselves in the best possible position, and to be playing our best as...
Playing their first weekend without one of their team leaders, the Hot Springs Savage Heat fell to Clark Fork 63-30 in Alberton Thursday and then to St. Regis 54-40 in Hot Springs Friday. Looking to fill the very large shoes left by the injury to junior Katelyn Christensen, the Savage Heat played well at times, but ultimately went down to defeat. Christensen injured her knee in Plains January 21 and has been sidelined ever since. Christensen suffered an ACL injury was set to meet with her doctor early this week. Coach Richard Jackson and the He...
The riding got a little rough for the Hot Springs Savage Heat boys last week as coach Scott Fredrickson and his hoop crew absorbed a pair of District 14C conference losses, falling 65-43 to Clark Fork in Alberton Thursday and 74-52 to the Tigers in Hot Springs Friday. Now 4-4 in conference play and overall, the Heat play at 4-3, 5-3 Charlo Thursday in their only game of the week. The light week of action comes at a good time for the Heat as team leaders Jack McAllister and Kyle Lawson both suffered ankle injuries during the second half of the...
Nobody has beaten the Charlo Lady Vikings yet but the Noxon Lady Red Devils gave them a good run Saturday. Coach Cortney Vohs and her Lady Devils played the unbeaten, District 14C-leading Vikings twice last week, falling 40-17 in Noxon Tuesday and then scoring a season-high 41 points on the Vikings in a 59-41 loss at Charlo Saturday. “We were able to score on them about as well as anyone has this season,” she said. The Red Devils outscored Charlo 23-18 in the second half, but a 39-18 deficit at halftime was too much to overcome. Avery Bur...
The Heat was stifling in Plains Thursday. Turning up the defensive heat on the Horsemen, the Hot Springs Savage Heat cooked up a 48-26 win over their county rivals in Plains. Now 4-1 in 14C boys basketball conference action, the Heat will try to fry again this week visiting the Clark Fork Mountain Cats in Superior Thursday and then hosting the St. Regis Tigers in the Spa City Friday. After defeating the Horsemen, coach Scott Fredrickson and his Heat returned to Hot Springs and defeated Noxon...
Sisters doing what sisters do. With little sister Ellie Baxter out, big sister Megan and her other Lady Hawks sisters got busy last week as Thompson Falls played three great games in five days, defeating Stillwater Christian 82-35 in Thompson Falls Tuesday, shading the Mission Lady Bulldogs 55-46 on the road Thursday and finally dropping a wild 55-48 decision to the powerful Class C Seeley-Swan Blackhawks in Seeley Lake Saturday. Now 6-2 overall and 5-1 in District 7B play, the Lady Hawks host winless Troy Friday, and then embark on one of...
The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks are wrestling lots of matches, learning what they need to work on, and zeroing their focus in on what lies ahead - and that’s just the way coach Mike Thilmony wants it. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk wrestlers had another busy dual match week, competing with Arlee and Whitefish in Thompson Falls Friday and then doing more body battles with Mission and Eureka in Eureka Saturday. For the record, the Hawks defeated Arlee 33-21 and lost to Whitefish 42-24 Friday, b...
Now that’s more like it. Struggling to this point, the Plains Trotters put together their two best efforts of the season last week, working past Hot Springs 44-32 in Plains Thursday and then running past St. Regis 58-30 in St. Regis Friday. Suddenly on a two-game winning streak, coach Eddie Fultz and his 2-4 Trotters have a game with unbeaten Charlo in Charlo Friday in their only scheduled action this week. Fultz said last week’s games were a welcome relief. “We finally played like I feel like we are capable of playing,” he said. “Our sh...
Without a few of their best players, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys still have the goods to compete with anyone. Proving that fact, the Hawks won two of three games last week, topping Stillwater Christian 50-48 in Kalispell Tuesday, falling to Mission 58-49 in Thompson Falls Thursday and bouncing back to defeat Seeley-Swan 62-26 in Seeley Lake Saturday. Hoping to have everyone back soon – Dante Micheli missed all three games, Nathan Schraeder was out for the Mission and Seeley games, and Justin Morgan was sidelined earlier this week, all f...
Enduring a cruel twist of fate, the Hot Springs Savage Heat girls basketball team will now have to soldier on without their best player for the rest of the season. Hot Springs junior Katelyn Christensen, already a two-time all-conference pick coming into the season, suffered a knee injury in Thursday’s game at Plains and is now expected to be out for the rest of the season. Christensen was injured while battling for a rebound off a free throw attempt. She donned a brace and tried to play after that, but was soon forced to the sidelines a...
Still getting to know each other after several starts and stops to the season due to COVID-19 protocols, coach Ben Johnson and his Noxon Red Devil boys played two games last week, falling 50-35 to the Savage Heat in Hot springs Friday and then losing 70-42 to Clark Fork in Noxon Saturday. Now 0-3 in their abbreviated season, the Devils were set to host Charlo Tuesday (results were not available) and will then turn around and play the Vikings again in Noxon Saturday. The quick rematch with Charlo is a result of a game postponed earlier this...
The Noxon Lady Red Devils split District 14C conference games last week, defeating the Savage Heat 49-25 in Hot Springs Friday and returning to Noxon and falling to Clark Fork 40-18 Saturday. Noxon coach Cortney Vohs said the results were a mixed bag for her Lady Red Devils. “We played well at times, especially against Hot Springs,” she said. “Clark Fork threw a different defense at us, a box-and-one, and it gave us some problems, so we will be working on that.” Vohs said the Mountain Cats mixed it up with their box-and-one defense, using i...
Respect earned, respect deserved. The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, after first making an appearance at No. 10 the previous week, were ranked No. 8 among all State B girls teams in the latest power poll released earlier this week. Don’t expect coach Chadd Laws and his powerful Lady Hawks, who improved to 3-1 in conference and 4-1 overall with wins over Bigfork and Wallace last week, to be satisfied at being No. 8. “We want to keep playing hard and having fun and the rest will take care of its...
After a disappointing start to the season, coach Eddie Fultz and his Plains Trotters are ready for a positive change. The Trotters fell to 0-3 in District 14C conference play and 0-4 overall last week, losing 53-42 to Noxon in Plains Friday and 57-29 to Clark Fork in Superior Saturday. Still looking for answers, the Trotters will play another pair of 14C contests this week, facing off with Hot Springs in Plains Friday and visiting St. Regis Saturday. “We need a breakthrough, we need to prove we can,” Fultz said. “We have been looking good...
It was a long time coming but well worth the wait. Coach Shane Angle and his Plains-Hot Springs wrestling team finally hit the mats for actual competition last week, competing in a mixer with Arlee and Thompson Falls-Noxon in Arlee Friday and wrestling dual matches with Choteau and Bigfork in Bigfork Saturday. Angle was happy with how his squad performed in Arlee. “We had a very good showing for our first real outing for a lot of our kids,” he said. In Arlee, Drew Carey (120 pounds) went 1-0 with a pin win, Peter Carey (126) was 1-0 with a pin...
Making up for lost time, the Noxon Lady Red Devils started out their delayed basketball season with a pair of wins last week, taking down the Trotters 53-42 in Plains Friday, and defeating the Tigers 55-45 in St. Regis Saturday. Now 2-0 in District 14C play and overall, the Lady Devils visit Hot Springs Friday and will host Clark Fork Saturday. Noxon Coach Cortney Vohs was understandably happy with how her girls played last week. “The girls did a fantastic job against Plains,” she said. “We attacked the boards and played strong defense.” Return...
