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The road is always a long one in any cross country season; it is a sport that requires miles and miles and miles of running, in all kinds of weather and all different states of mind. Now about halfway down that distance running road for the 2019 season, Thompson Falls coach Sarah Naegeli recently took time to try and put it all in perspective. "We've had continual improvements and competitive racing, so it's been a great September so far," Naegeli said, "but we do have a few runners with tired...
NOXON – The Titans may have won, but the hometown Red Devils never quit fighting. The Power/Dutton-Brady Titans fought off the determined Noxon Red Devils 46-36 in non-conference 6-Man football action in Noxon Saturday. Now 2-1 in non-conference action and overall, coach Bart Haflich and the Devils will open Western conference play hosting Sheridan Friday night on Jenny Lampshire Memorial Field. Sheridan defeated Reed Point/Rapelje 62-20 last week. For comparison's sake, the Devils beat Reed P...
The Eureka Lady Lions are walking on the fighting side of the Lady Hawks, and the two District 7B volleyball titans are sure to be mixing it up again sooner rather than later. Coach Sandra Kazmierczak's Lady Hawks and the Lady Lions, widely regarded as the top two net teams in 7B, went toe-to-toe in an epic five-set battle in Eureka Saturday. The Lions may have come out on top 25-16, 18-25, 25-22, 13-25, 15-9 this time, but more skirmishes between these 7B contenders are definitely in the offing...
It is time to separate the pretenders from the contenders. Coach Jared Koskela and his Blue Hawk football team face their next really big test of the season Friday at Previs Field when the two-time defending Montana State 8-Man champion Flint Creek Titans come a calling. The Hawks will enter this vital Western 8-Man test with a 2-1 record in conference play and 3-1 overall while the Titans, a cooperative between Drummond and Philisburg, sport a 3-1 conference and overall mark. It will be the biggest football game to be played in Thompson Falls...
Don't be fooled by the relatively small size of the Hot Springs Savage Heat football players. They may be appear to be a little undersized but those Spa City boys more than make up for any perceived shortcomings with excellent team speed, desire and hustle – sort of a fire-inside approach to the game of football. Coach Jim Lawson's inspired Savage Heat were at their combative best in Valier Friday night, pushing aside the bigger Panthers 45-18. Completing non-conference action with a 4-0 record, the Heat will open Western conference 6-Man p...
The Horsemen ride again. Coach Eddie Fultz and his Plains Horsemen improved to 2-2 in Western 8-Man conference football action with a 46-20 road win over the Arlee Warriors Friday. One week after losing a game he thought his team by all rights should have won – a 41-26 decision to Darby in Plains Sept. 14 – the Horsemen exorcised their grid demons with the convincing win in Arlee. “I feel like we finally played a good game of football,” Fultz said. “We controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball in Arlee.” Gavin Regalado, Treydon...
This is not the tournament that the Hot Springs Savage Heat really want to win, but they will gladly take it anyway. Coach Alisha Pablo and her Savage Heat played great all day and won the Arlee tournament Saturday, taking down District 14C rival Charlo 8-15, 16-14, 16-14 in the championship. The Heat had avenged an earlier loss this season to Sanders County foe Plains by defeating the Trotters in the tourney semifinals earlier in the day. “The tournament was great! The girls played well together, had a lot of fun,” Pablo said, “and prove...
More than suffering a general malaise, the Plains Trotters were downright sick as a team last week. Speaking through a stuffed nose herself Monday evening, coach Jesse Butcher said most of her team was under the weather last week and it showed in the results, as the Trotters were blown out by Thompson Falls 25-12, 25-20, 25-21 by the Lady Hawks in Thompson Falls Sept. 17, and then fought to a no-place finish in the Arlee Tournament Saturday. Normally a hot serving team so far this season, the Trotters struggled with serving and service...
The recuperative powers of the Noxon Lady Red Devil volleyball team were on full display last week. Afflicted with several illnesses, including a couple of cases of strep throat, coach Teri Wilkinson’s Lady Devils still managed to play some good volleyball, defeating Troy 25-18, 27-25, 21-25, 25-16 in Noxon Sept. 17, and then travelling to Arlee for the Arlee Tournament Saturday. Perhaps feeling good in just making it to Arlee in their addled state, the Devils did not reach the semifinal round in the tourney, which featured mostly District 1...
ALBERTON – The 8-Man football game has been very good to the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks so far this season. And even though the Hawks fell 56-38 to Clark Fork in a hard-fought game in Alberton Friday, Thompson Falls is still most definitely in the playoff hunt in their new league, and will be playing meaningful games for the next several weeks – a far cry from the last few seasons for the out-manned Hawks in the Class B 11-Man ranks. Now 2-1 overall, and 1-1 in conference play, the Hawks travel t...
Josey Neesvig and Justin Morgan have been turning some heads by the way they are leading the Thompson Falls cross country team so far this season. Most of the heads turning are from the sidelines however, as the runners competing against Neesvig and Morgan so far this summer have mostly been focused on their backs as they try to catch up with the two Hawk standouts. Neesvig scored her first win ever of a high school cross country race in the Mission Invitational Sept. 10, clocking out in 21:12...
PLAINS – A simple matter of youth. The young Plains Horsemen had their chances in Saturday's game in Plains with the Darby Tigers but, in the end, Darby made a few more plays and moved to a 41-26 victory in 8-Man football action. Horsemen coach Eddie Fultz liked the way his team competed, he just thinks his boys need to gain more game experience before they can reach their true gridiron potential. "It came down to a few plays here and there," Fultz said. "If those plays go our way instead of t...
Upbeat. One word that describes the kind of a day the Lady Hawk volleyball team enjoyed Saturday as they doubled up for road matches in Deer Lodge and Anaconda. Swinging away freely and most importantly making great first passes, the Hawks batted down both teams on their home courts, knocking off the Lady Wardens 25-18, 25-19, 26-24 in Deer Lodge and then volleying past the Lady Copperheads 25-23, 25-23, 25-15 in Anaconda later in the day. “It was upbeat, an incredible day for the Lady Hawks, we really, really played well,” coach Sandra Kazmier...
by John Hamilton The power is with the Power/Dutton-Brady Titans so far this fall, and the Noxon Red Devils hope to shut that power down. In an early-season non-conference battle of unbeaten teams, the 2-0 Red Devils will host the 3-0 Titans on Jenny Lampshire Field Saturday at 1 p.m. in the West End. Coach Bart Haflich and his Devils survived the long trip to Reed Point last week and defeated the Reed Point/Rapelje Renegades 34-24 Friday. “That was a tough game for us, a long bus ride to get there,” Haflich said. “We made lots of mista...
Call them the Eveready Savage Heat, they just keep winning and winning and winning… Coach Jim Lawson’s Hot Springs Savage Heat won an early season non-conference battle of the unbeatens Friday, knocking off the Shields Valley Rebels 25-13 in a well-played game in Hot Springs. Now 3-0 and ranked No. 3 in the most recent 406mtsports.com Montana 6-Man power poll, the Heat travel to Valier Friday night to take on the 1-2 Panthers in another non-conference affair. The Heat spotted Shields Valley (a c...
Until, and if, some other team eventually supplants them, the Plains Trotters are still the defending District 14C champions, and should be treated that way. Coach Jesse Butcher’s Trotters proved they can still play in 2019 with a revamped lineup from last year, outlasting fellow 14C power Hot Springs 25-12, 13-25, 25-20, 26-24 in 14C conference action at Hot Springs Thursday. “Our girls showed up to play and we were able to attack with good, aggressive serving,” Butcher said. “We are playing well together right now and look forward to the res...
As if contesting against other teams is not enough, another road block has been thrown in front of the Noxon Lady Red Devil volleyball team, and that road block is strep throat. With several players afflicted with cases of strep, coach Teri Wilkinson said that she wasn’t sure if the Lady Devils would play in the Arlee Tournament Saturday as scheduled, or if they would stay home in the West End trying to get better. “We are not sure what we are going to do at this point,” Wilkinson said Monday. “We sure would hate to spread our sickness across...
The Over the Hill gang called it a season at River’s Bend with one final round Monday morning, playing a round of “Cheaters’ Golf” for their last nine holes of official league play. Liking the cheating format best – one mulligan at the tee, one foot wedge and one throw were allowed – the notorious Garr brothers, Scott and Dave, made off with the most honors for the day as Dave shot the low cheaters’ gross of 36 and Scott calculated out the low cheaters’ net of 28. In hole play, Dave Garr cajoled the long putts in on Nos. 11 and 13, Scott Garr...
After honoring one of their own with a moving tribute, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks went out and put a 62-0 whipping on the visiting Victor Pirates at Previs Field Friday. Now 2-0 overall and 1-0 in Western C conference play, coach Jared Koskela and his brand-new 8-Man Hawk football team will get a chance to see how good they really are when they take on the giant-killing Clark Fork Mountain Cats, quite possibly the hottest 8-Man team in Montana right now, in Alberton Friday night. The Mountain...
Assistant coach Mike Thilmony has been elevated to the head coaching position for the Thompson Falls High School wrestling program, the Thompson Falls School Board announced Monday. “Mike has a strong wrestling background, he’s a hard worker and I’m excited to have him continue to be part of our program,” TFHS Superintendent Bill Cain said. Thilmony replaces Ian Taylor, who recently stepped down from the post. Thompson Falls officials will now concentrate on finding an assistant coach for the program before the wrestling season begins in a fe...
Playing effective volleyball is all about finding your rhythm. When the serves are singing, the bumps shots are going where they are directed and the ball is thumping the floor to a steady beat from the kills shots, volleyball teams can orchestrate beautiful music together. Still searching for the perfect tempo, the Lady Hawks hit some high notes and low notes in Western B net action last week. Hitting the low notes, the Hawks were swept 25-15, 25-13, 25-9 by powerful Florence in Florence Thursd...
Troy, Troy and Troy again. The Noxon Lady Red Devils will get their fill of the Troy Trojans on the volleyball court this week, playing the Trojans at Troy Thursday and hosting the Troy girls in Noxon next Tuesday. In between those net dates with Troy, coach Teri Wilkinson and her Devils will entertain Charlo Saturday. Featuring two freshmen (Emily Brown and Avery Burgess) in the starting lineup, the Lady Devils have a decidedly youthful look to their lineup. Wilkinson said Noxon is in a bit of...
Heading into the 2019 volleyball season, the Hot Springs Savage Heat girls were among the District 14C league favorites based on the returning talent from last year's team. Then along came another talented player in the form of 5-9 Lily Winn, and coach Alisha Pablo and her Savage Heat went from being solid contenders to being solid favorites in the 14C net wars. Evidence of how dominating the Hot Springs girls can be was on full display in Noxon Thursday as the Heat swept the hometown Lady Red...
It was a stag party at River’s Bend Monday morning as the Over the Hill gang’s men went a round without the presence of any ladies. With the fairer sex no where to be found, the Hill men were free to let it all hang out on 9-9-19, and hang it out there they did. Grabbing the all-men’s day competition by the throat, Dave Garr shot down the low gross round of 40, while Don Hansen factored in his handicap to arrive at the low net of 30. In hole play, Hansen made good with the shot closest to the pin on No. 2 and smacked the long 70+ drive on No...
The first home win is always a sweet one. Coach Jesse Butcher and her Plains Trotters kicked off the home portion of their 2019 home volleyball schedule with a 25-19, 25-22, 25-21 win over Sanders County rival Noxon in Plains Saturday. The Trotters will now play four matches in the space of eight days. That stretch of matches was set to begin with a match against Troy in Plains last Tuesday (results were not available at press time), the Trotters will visit Hot Springs for a key District 14C match Thursday, Plains will take on Clark Fork...
