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It ended about two weeks too soon, but the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football team completed season play with a 66-6 loss to No. 1 ranked Fairview in faraway Fairview Saturday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Montana 8-Man playoffs. Although the end came quickly, Thompson Falls fans will not be forgetting this special season of 2019 Blue Hawk football anytime soon. "All good things come to an end and this team gave us a heckuva ride this season," coach Jared Koskela said of his powerful...
And so concludes one of the most successful volleyball seasons in Hot Springs High School history. Coach Alisha Pablo and her Savage Heat netters wrapped up one of the best campaigns in the annals of Hot Springs volleyball by placing a very respectable fourth in the Western C divisional tournament in Churchill, fast outside of Manhattan, last weekend. Along the way in Churchill, the Heat beat and eliminated two teams before finally being eliminated themselves, and lost to only the first and...
Football playoff fever is gripping Sanders County and the only cure for this affliction is to keep on playing, and winning, as long as possible. Hopefully right up into championship weekend near the end of November. Two Sanders County teams remain in the hunt for State championships in the Montana 8-Man and 6-Man football ranks. The Thompson Falls and Hot Springs football teams advanced into the second round of their respective playoffs last week with big home wins, as the Blue Hawks sent the...
THOMPSON FALLS – From here to eternity. Okay, maybe not clear to eternity, but from here to far, far away Fairview, one of the towns closest to North Dakota in Montana, some 725 miles away from here on the route the Hawks plan on taking there, according to coach Jared Kosklea. To earn their trip to face the No. 1 ranked Fairview Warriors, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks raced past the Twin Bridges Falcons 55-20 on the friendly though slightly frozen turf of Previs Field Friday in the first r...
NOXON – No one's patsy on the football field any longer, the Noxon Red Devils have earned respect for the program and the school over the last several years as evidenced by the Devils' third straight State 6-Man playoff appearance. Coach Bart Haflich and his Red Devils completed a fine 2019 football season on semi-sunny Jenny Lampshire Field Saturday, losing the hard-fought game 38-29 to the Outlaws. Hampered by injuries to key performers, the Red Devils did not have all their players a...
This is not about travelling over 700 miles one way to lose. This is about winning the next big game and proving the skeptics wrong. As the team bus to Fairview rolls off later this week, coach Jared Koskela and his hungry Blue Hawks are not looking at this trip being over any time soon; they will gladly keep on riding if it means getting a shot at Thompson Falls’ first State championship since way back in 1975, when the Hawks won the second of two straight Class B titles in the 11-Man game. One year after moving into the 8-Man ranks after s...
If there was any doubt before there isn’t any now – the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks are the best team in the District 7B volleyball ranks, and they now have the 2019 championship trophy in hand for proof. Coach Sandra Kazmirerczak and her talented Lady Hawk netters proved themselves to be the best team in 7B Saturday at the conference tournament in Mission, defeating the host Bulldogs 27-25, 25-16, 19-25, 25-17 in the semifinals and taking down the No. 1 seeded Eureka Lady Lions 25-22, 25-19, 27-25 in the championship. Eureka reached the tit...
NOXON – Everyone wins in wars like this – the players, the fans, the sport itself. Volleyball teams from District 14C waged post-season war in the conference tournament in Noxon Thursday and Friday, and the net battles ended up going into extra matches as Charlo and Hot Springs faced off three separate times Friday before finally settling the issue. After falling to the upstart Hot Springs Savage Heat, who entered the tourney as the No. 2 seed, in the undefeated match Friday morning, the top...
Been there, done that. Hoping to go there and do that again. Seasoned veterans of the Montana 6-Man playoffs, Hot Springs coaches Jim Lawson, the head man, and assistant Andrew Leicthnam have guided the Savage Heat to the quarterfinals once more. The powerful Hot Springs Savage Heat, the No. 2 ranked 6-Man in Montana in the latest 406mtsports.com power poll and hoping to add to the legend of Hot Springs football, will host Westby-Grenora Saturday. The Westby-Grenora, or Mon-Dak Thunder as they are also called, are a well-known commodity to the...
It has been a season of high-scoring accomplishment for the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football team. Taking their first season as 8-Man entity by storm, coach Jared Koskela and his Hawks quickly established themselves as one of the best teams in western Montana early this season, and finished the regular campaign with a flourish last Friday night, taking down the visiting Seeley-Swan Blackhawks 55-0 on Previs Field to clinch the No. 2 seed from the west into the State 8-Man playoffs. Earning a...
Running in a winter wonderland. Although it seems a little early to be talking about winter this is, after all, Montana and anyone who has spent any amount of time here knows that the weather can change in a hurry. Changing from warm and windy Friday in a Big Sky heartbeat, the weather at last week's Montana All-Class cross country meet held at Eagle Falls Golf Course in Great Falls Saturday was nothing if not winter-like, with bitter winds blowing and snow accumulating as race time approached....
There’s no place like home for the playoffs. And there has never been this many local teams even making it this far at the same time before. The Montana high school sports post season begins this weekend across the Big Sky Country, and Sanders County will be an epicenter of activity like never before at this time of year. For the first time in recorded sports history in these parts, three of the county’s four football teams have advanced into the MHSA state playoffs. What’s more, all three have earned home games in the first round this weeke...
Thompson Falls volleyball coach Sandra Kazmierczak's internal holiday clock must be ticking a little fast. She thinks the best time of the year is now, and not at that time around the holiday season, which is still a few months away. "This is the best time of the year, tournament time," she insisted. "This is when every match, every set, every point counts more. The girls are excited and we are ready for the district tournament in Mission." The 2019 District 7B tournament will be played in...
Just another day at the gridiron office. Coach Jim Lawson and his Hot Springs Savage Heat put in their final productive shift of the regular season on the friendly confines of their home field in Hot Springs last Thursday, blasting past the visiting Gardiner Bruins 55-7. Now 9-0 for the season and the 2019 Western Conference 6-Man champs, the Savage Heat will host 4-4 Harlowtown-Ryegate, the No. 4 seeded team from the south, at 1 p.m. Saturday in the first round of the State 6-Man playoffs. The Heat opened the season with a 34-12 win over the E...
Hard on the heart but good for the soul. And worthy of a heroes’ welcome. Displaying some true gridiron grit right when they needed it most, the Noxon Red Devils stunned the White Sulphur Spring Hornets 36-35 in chilly White Sulphur Springs Saturday, clinching the No. 2 seed from the west and securing Noxon’s first home football playoff game ever. Clearly fired up about their feisty football team, Red Devil fans quickly organized a welcome-home party complete with fire engines and cop cars for the team’s arrival back in the West End late Satur...
It was fun while it lasted but the Plains Horsemen are finished with football for the season after routing Troy 48-12 in Plains Friday. Coach Eddie Fultz and his Horsemen complete season play with a 4-4 record in Western 8-Man action. Plains finished sixth in final conference standings, behind Seeley-Swan, which also finished 4-4 but defeated Plains in their head-to-head meeting earlier this season. “It’s always nice to finish the season with a win and a winning record,” Fultz said. “It would have been nice to make the playoffs – and I don’t t...
Charlo and Hot Springs largely held serve during the regular season, now it’s time to see if form holds true in 14C volleyball. The two-day District 14C tourney will be held in Noxon beginning Thursday. The hosting Noxon Lady Red Devils will play St. Regis at 4 p.m. to open the tournament, No. 2 seeded Hot Springs will then play No. 3 Plains at 5:30, followed by No. 1 Charlo taking on the Noxon-St. Regis winner at 7. The double-elimination tourney will continue Friday until the top two teams a...
HOT SPRINGS – To the victors go the spoils. The Hot Springs Savage Heat stopped the White Sulphur Spring Hornets 44-6 in the Spa City Friday night to clinch the 6-Man Western Conference football title and at least one home playoff game. Now 4-0 in conference play and 8-0 overall, the Heat wrap up regular season action hosting 2-2, 4-3 Gardiner this Friday. Now 3-1 in conference and 5-3 overall, the Hornets host 3-1, 5-2 Noxon Saturday with second place and the No. 2 playoff seed from the west o...
One last time to run, to run as fast as you can for 3.1 miles. High school cross country runners from across this wide swath of land known as Montana will gather in Great Falls Saturday for the 2019 All-Class Cross Country meet. The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, after winning the unofficial Western B divisional team title at River's Bend Golf Course outside of Thompson Falls Oct. 16, will be riding high going into Great Falls. The all-class spectacular will be held at Eagle Falls Golf Course in...
PLAINS – Talk about getting into the swing of things. The Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat came out swinging last week and ended up blasting out two important District 14C conference matches on the road , slamming the Plains Trotters 25-10, 25-21, 25-14 Tuesday (Oct. 15) and spiking the St. Regis Tigers 25-7, 25-8, 25-9 Saturday. Coach Alisha Pablo and her blooming Savage Heat complete regular season play this week, visiting Clark Fork for a match in Superior Tuesday (results were not available) a...
Winding up regular season play with a pair of road matches this week, coach Teri Wilkinson and her Lady Red Devils played only one match last week, falling to Charlo 25-13, 25-10, 25-22 in Charlo last Tuesday (Oct. 15). Avery Burgess slammed seven kills, an ace and blocked two shots to lead the Lady Devils, Riley Richter dished out nine assists and Jenna Freeman had 11 digs. On the other side of the net, Kira McPhail paced Charlo with 10 kills and four blocks, Connor Fryberger hit 18 assists and six service aces, and MollyKate Sullivan hit 10...
Call it a nice kind of surprise. Facing off with Class C foe Charlo in Thompson Falls last Thursday, coach Sandra Kazmierczak and the Lady Hawks did not know anything about coach Rhondell Volinkaty and her upstart Lady Vikings, who have been the team to beat in District 14C so far this season. By the time the teams had played two sets – with the Hawks winning the first 25-21 and losing the second 25-8 – Kazmierczak realized what her Hawks were up against. “We were surprised, very impressed with this team,” coach K said. “They play very good...
The late-season doldrums, they can drag you down if you let them. Not that the Plains Trotters and head coach Jesse Butcher have not gone through this before. Why, just last year, they were in a similar situation, enduring a late-season volleyball slump just as the tournaments were about to begin. In 2018, after losing their final home match of the season to Arlee, the Trotters promptly went out and streaked to the District 14C tournament title in Hot Springs without the loss of a match. Sort of a late season rejuvenation that ended up...
The Blue Hawks are in, but will they end up second or third? The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks blasted the Trojans 50-6 in Troy last Thursday and have clinched a berth in the rapidly approaching Montana State 8-Man playoffs, but where they fall in the final standings is of critical importance. And on the line this week as the regular season ends and the final pecking order is determined. Now 6-1 in Western Conference play and 7-1 overall, the same as the Mission Bulldogs whom the Hawks are tied with, the Falls boys wrap up the regular season...
The Red Devils are going to the State 6-Man playoffs. The only question remaining is will it be a home or a road game in the first round? Noxon clinched a spot in the upcoming Montana 6-Man playoffs by defeating Valley Christian 56-19 in Noxon Friday. Now 3-1 in Western Conference action and 5-2 overall, coach Bart Haflich and his Red Devils head to White Sulphur Springs Saturday for an important confrontation with the 3-1, 5-3 Hornets, with second place in the conference and the No. 2 seed from the West going to the winner. The surging Devils...
