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Never discount the fighting heart of the Savage Heat. Coaches Scott Fredrickson and Trevor Paro guided their resilient Hot Springs Savage Heat to two wins in four games at the District 14C tournament in Ronan this past week, finishing the tourney in a very respectable third place. "It was a fun year, this is a great group of kids," Fredrickson said. "We will miss Brandon (Knudsen) and Luke (Waterbury), our two seniors, but these other kids will now have a chance to build on what they learned...
Talk about getting sick at precisely the wrong time, the under-the-weather Noxon Red Devil boys fell victim to the flu bug and to their opponents in the District 14C tournament in Ronan last week. Without starter Aiden Galloway in their tournament opener against Two Eagle River Thursday, the Devils were upset by the hot-shooting Eagles 57-51. The Devils lost 66-53 to Hot Springs Saturday morning in loser-out action. Already pretty thin on their bench, the Devils had to readjust their lineup to play the Eagles without point guard Galloway,...
In the end, the Horsemen left no doubt; they were the best boys basketball team in District 14C this season, going out and proving it at the District 14C tournament in Ronan last week. Completing an unbeaten campaign against conference foes, coach Tyrel Allen's Plains Horsemen took down Sanders County rival Hot Springs 70-46 in the semifinals Friday and then stared down St. Regis 55-45 in the 14C chipper Saturday night to claim the 2019-2020 14C championship. Accustomed to playing night games...
Suffering the misfortune of playing in the same conference as two of the top ten teams in the state, the Plains Trotters placed third in the District 14C tournament in Ronan last week, defeating Noxon 57-43 in the consolation game Saturday. Coach Eddie Fultz and his Trotters started the tourney with a 54-13 win over Two Eagle River Thursday, then lost a hard-fought 53-42 decision to Hot Springs in the semifinals Friday before coming back with a 34-24 win over St. Regis Saturday morning to earn...
Don't play wrestling games with Trae Thilmony. If you do try it, you run the risk of Thilmony beating you at your own game. Doing just that, Thilmony avenged three earlier losses to rival Tanner Cook of Columbus-Absarokee-Park City in the 120-pound State B-C championship at First Interstate Arena in Billings Saturday, turning and pinning Cook in the closing seconds to win the title. Becoming Thompson Falls' 16th individual champ and finalizing his season record at 36-3, Thilmony got back at...
It’s the State B-C tournament and it’s like regular season wrestling on steroids; if you want to compete you had better be the best prepared you can be. Coach Jeff Kujala’s Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen team of four – Brady Schrenk at 113 pounds, Mason Elliott at 120, Conrad Vanderwall at 138 and Bert DeTienne at 152 – got a good look at the State B-C tournament in Billings last week, and he wants them to remember what they just saw. “State is always a wake-up call,” Kujala said. “It can be a brutal place if you are not ready for it. ...
Once a champion, always a champion. When you win a state high school wrestling championship in Montana, it isn’t just for that moment or season or year, it is forever. In a way, you become a grappling immortal, a champion not for just right now, but for always. It’s an accomplishment that can never be taken away from you once that first place MHSA medal is placed around your neck, up there on the podium, in the biggest wrestling event of any season in Montana. And that sense of accomplishment, that feeling of realizing your fondest dream while...
HOT SPRINGS – There is some sickness floating around the Hot Springs Savage Heat girls locker room and that is of no help when you have a big game to play. Feeling the sickness, the under-the-weather Savage Heat lost a showdown game with District 14C rival Charlo 57-42. Clinching the outright league title with the win, coach Bret Thompson's Vikings improved to 10-0 in conference play and 18-0 overall with the win while the Savage Heat fell to 8-2 in league action and 16-2 overall. Owners of t...
The Plains Trotters have been doing a slow burn this season, gradually heating up, getting a little bit better every time out. Now that tournament season has arrived, coach Eddie Fultz wouldn’t mind seeing that slow burn turn into a raging Trotter fire. Seeded No. 3 in this week’s District 14C tournament at Ronan, the Trotters will face Two Eagle River in the opening round of the tourney at 2:45 p.m. Thursday. If the Trotters get by the Eagles, they will face No. 2 seeded Hot Springs Friday at 2:45 in the Ronan Event Center. The top two tea...
Talk about finishing up on a high note. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys completed regular season play with a pair of impressive District 7B conference wins last week, running past visiting Mission 72-55 in Thompson Falls Thursday and upending Bigfork 54-48 in overtime in Bigfork Saturday. The No. 3 seed in this week's District 7B tournament, the Hawks will visit No. 2 Eureka for a semifinal game Thursday at 7 p.m. Bigfork will host either Mission or Troy in the other semifinal that same...
HOT SPRINGS – Can you say uncle? Come on, say uncle, it’s time. The Hot Springs Savage Heat boys held the Charlo Vikings’ feet to the fire in Hot Springs Saturday, until the Lake County boys finally said uncle and left the Spa City on the short end of a 69-54 score. Finishing the regular season in fourth place in final 14C standings, the Savage Heat will play fifth place Charlo again Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Ronan in the first round of the conference tournament. The winner of that game will advance into a semifinal with top-seeded Plains Friday...
The Lady Hawks could have ended up first, second or third. Taking control of their own hoop destinies with another inspired effort, the Lady Hawks decided to finish first, dumping the Bigfork Vals 50-41 on their home court in Bigfork Saturday. Completing play with a 14-4 overall record, coach Chadd Laws’ Hawks forged a three-way tie for first in final league standings with the win as they, Bigfork and Eureka all finished with 6-2 league records. As one of the district’s tri-champions, the Hawks were awarded the top seed into this week’s Distr...
What better way to follow up a feel-good win, than with another feel-good win? Hoping to keep the good feelings going after a come-from-behind 43-37 win over visiting Lincoln in Noxon Saturday, coach Cortney Vohs and her Lady Devils will face St. Regis Thursday at 6:15 in the first round of the District 14C tournament at the Ronan Event Center Thursday. If the Devils defeat St. Regis, Noxon advances to the semifinals against top-seeded, undefeated Charlo at 6:15 Friday. Vohs thinks her Devils have a good chance of doing just that. “We beat St....
The longer the season gets, the better the Noxon Red Devil boys seem to play. Continuing a season of improving basketball returns, coach Ryan Weltz’s Red Devils completed regular season play last week, dropping a dramatic 50-48 decision to District 14C regular season champion Plains in Plains Friday and then falling 51-42 to visiting Lincoln in a non-conference game in the West End Saturday. The tight game with Plains, which Noxon had their chances to win, stands in stark contrast to the game these two teams played earlier this season in N...
MISSION – Feeling good after a fine showing at the Western B-C divisional tournament in Mission Saturday, five Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks are winging their way east this week to compete in the Class B-C portion of the 2020 Montana All-Class wrestling tournament at Metra Park in Billings. Sophomore Trae Thilmony won his second straight divisional title (this one at 120 pounds after claiming gold at 113 as a freshman) to lead the Hawks' charge in Mission. Three Hawks claimed second place W...
MISSION – Four Savage Horsemen are still riding, riding on to the State B-C Tournament in Billings. The Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen wrestling team qualified four grapplers for this week's State B-C tourney to be held at Metra Park in Billings Friday and Saturday at last Saturday's Western B-C divisional meet in Mission With Conrad Vanderwall taking second place at 138 pounds, Brady Schrenk claiming second place at 113, Mason Elliott finishing fourth at 120 and Bert DeTienne fourth at 1...
It all happens so fast; and then it happens again. During the warmup period before the Western B-C divisional wrestling tournament championship finals, I noticed something that I found interesting – an instance of history repeating itself. Out there on the mat in Mission, senior Conrad Vanderwall, the seasoned veteran and team leader, and Brady Schrenk, the fresh-faced freshman, were warming up together before their title matches at 138 and 113 pounds, respectively. While they were warming up, I could see Vanderwall taking pains to point out s...
Living for the big games and loving it when they come around, the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks played two more important ones last week. Not for lack of trying, coach Chadd Laws and his steadily improving Lady Hawks lost two very tough Western B games last week, falling 58-48 to Loyola in Missoula Thursday and dropping a dramatic 57-55 double-overtime decision to Eureka in Thompson Falls Saturday. And the big games keep coming. On this week’s hot-hoop menu are important District 7B road contests with the Lady Bulldogs in Mission Thursday and with...
The Plains Trotters have quietly been going about their basketball business efficiently this season without a whole lot of fanfare. Now that the tournament season is looming, maybe that scenario is about to change. Coach Eddi Fultz and his Trotters could be about ready to start making some noise. “We’ve been hanging out in third place and playing pretty well all season,” Fultz said. “Our only conference losses have been to the No. 4 and No. 6 Class C teams (Charlo and Hot Springs) in the state, another loss was to the No. 8 Class B team (T...
It will be a senior-less senior night for the Noxon Lady Red Devils in Noxon Saturday. Hosting the Lincoln Lynx in a non-conference game to complete the regular season, coach Cortney Vohs and her Devils will not have any seniors to fete, not this year or anytime soon. “We are a very young team, we don’t have any seniors,” Vohs said. “In fact, we even have a few eighth graders on our team.” The Devils will warm up for their senior-less senior night by visiting Plains for a District 14C conference game with the Trotters Friday. In action la...
When the Blue Hawks boys play bad, they can be had. But when they play well, well you had just better get out of the way. The resurgent Blue Hawks pushed the Eureka Lions right back out of Sanders County Saturday, pounding out an impressive 49-28 win over the visiting Lions at TFHS. The surprisingly convincing win puts the Hawks into better playoff position as District 7B teams jockey for the top three spots. The No. 4 and 5 teams from the regular season will meet in a 7B tournament play-in game...
The Red Devil boys are beginning to believe in their basketball ability. Coach Ryan Weltz and his Red Devils moved to an exciting 55-52 win over Sanders County rival Hot Springs in Hot Springs Friday. Weltz’s son Rylan Weltz did much of the damage for the Devils, scoring a game-high 36 points, sweeping the glass for 16 rebounds, grabbing four steals and passing out three assists. On the other side of the equation, Noxon threw an effective box-and-one defense on Hot Springs’ high-scoring Brandon Knudsen and limited the prolific Savage Heat score...
Let the Charlo Vikings be the flip-of-the-coin champions; on the court is where it really counts anyway. A very important basketball game between two of the best girls Class C teams in the state of Montana is on tap in Hot Springs Saturday as the hometown Savage Heat, with a record of 7-1 in District 14C play and 15-1 overall and the No. 6 ranked team in Class C, hosts 8-0, 16-0 Charlo, the No. 4 ranked team. Charlo won the first meeting of these two teams 43-40 back in January and wound up largely clinching 14C’s top seed into the upcoming t...
The Hot Springs Savage Heat are in this fight until the end. Coach Scott Fredrickson and his Savage Heat will be fighting the District 14C war from now until the end of the season, unless they can raise themselves above the fray and go on to fight more wars at the Western C and State C level later on. Fresh off a pair of tough conference losses – the Heat lost 65-53 to Plains in Plains Thursday and 55-52 to Noxon in Noxon Saturday – the Heat have two more 14C contests on tap this week, visiting St. Regis Thursday and closing out the reg...
Taking care of business until the business becomes crucial. Like in a couple of weeks, at the District 14C tournament in Ronan. The 14C-leading Plains Horsemen notched two more important conference wins last week, holding off the determined Hot Springs Savage Heat 69-50 in Plains Thursday and knocking off the Tigers 57-48 in a 14C showdown at St. Regis Friday. Now 8-0 in conference play and 13-3 overall, coach Tyrel Allen and his Horsemen wrap up regular season play this week, hosting Noxon Friday and taking on Two Eagle River in Pablo...
