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The weather may have been cloudy and cold last Wednesday, but the gym of Thompson Falls High School was warm and bright as Senior Hayden Hanks signed to go to Boise State University in front of friends and family, to go from a Blue Hawk to a Bronco. Hanks said he is headed to college to take on business and to go for a defensive lineman position with the Broncos. "I am extremely excited and proud of Hayden. I think the whole team really made this happen. They made him believe in not only having...
THOMPSON FALLS 56, DEER LODGE 33 The Blue Hawk boys kicked off their holiday break with intensity Thursday night, beating Deer Lodge 56-33 at home. It was an aggressive game as the Wardens bested the Hawks 8-6 in the first quarter. Thompson outscored Deer Lodge 16-7 in the second to go into halftime with a 22-15 lead. In the second half the Hawks were determined to hold on to the win. They fired off key passes that led to points on the board and kept the Wardens to just 18 points total in the...
The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk wrestlers hit the road going to the Deer Lodge mixer before the holidays. The girls team had nine matches, winning five of those. Senior Desani Bewick in the 100-pound weight class took two wins by pin, and Veronica Vega lost both of her matches. Lexi Volk won one of her matches but went on to lose her second. Jaden Bewick also won her first match but went on to lose her second. In the 145-weight class, freshman Alyana Hockhalter won her only match. “I think all of the kids wrestled really well. Coming from the l...
ANACONDA 58, THOMPSON FALLS 37 The Blue Hawk boys fell to Anaconda 58-37 in the first home matchup of the season as they played host to the Copperheads on Friday. The Hawks struggled to penetrate the Anaconda defense and get inside the paint to score. Thompson Falls was down 3-15 after the first quarter. They gained slightly in the second quarter as they settled into play and went into the locker room at halftime down by just seven points, 14-21. Thompson started the second half with renewed...
The Thompson Falls wrestling team hit the road taking on the C.M. Russell Holiday Classic this past weekend. There was no shortage of competition as 57 schools came together. Blue Hawk senior Max Hannum proved to be a master of the mats, getting a bye for his first round. He then went on to pin Joshua Sironi of Billings. For round three Hannum pinned Gage Allen of Great Falls, which put him in the quarterfinal. Going up against Alexander Beck of Missoula, Hannum was able to get the pin, but ultimately lost by decision in the semifinal. Hannum...
TROY 35, NOXON 24 The Lady Red Devils hit the court to take on the Lady Trojans of Troy falling 24-35. The aggressive Troy team came out putting full court pressure on Noxon, leaving the Lady Red Devils scoreless for the better half of the first quarter. Noxon was able to find holes in the Lady Trojans defense to put down a few baskets. Going into the second quarter Troy was up six points,. The young Lady Red Devils tried their best to break through the pressure but were unable to close the...
Plains faced the Alberton Panthers at home taking the win 67-30. Quickly the Horsemen came out winning the jump off and getting the first points. Alberton tried to answer with a three but was unsuccessful. From a swift steal by Darren Standeford Plains was able to gain another basket before the Panthers were able to get points on the board. The Horsemen put full court pressure on Alberton, gaining another steal and basket. With only a minute left in the first quarter Plains had a colossal 21 point lead over the Panthers. The Horsemen were able...
HOT SPRINGS 43, ARLEE 42 The Lady Savage Heat hosted their first game of the season against the Arlee Scarlets, earning the win 43-42. Hot Springs came out winning the tip but it would be the Scarlets who were quick to answer with the first basket. For most of the first quarter both teams would go points for points until with less than two minutes left Arlee was able to pull ahead. Sophomore Kara Christensen was able to tie up the game, when the Scarlets answered with a swift three-point shot....
THOMPSON FALLS 71, VALLEY CHRISTIAN 32 The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks took to the road this past weekend in the Anaconda tip-off tournament, first facing Valley Christian. While it was the Lady Eagles who won the tip-off, it would be Thompson who would put points on the scoreboard first. The Lady Hawks were able to keep the lead, but Valley Christian was able to break through the Lady Hawk defense to put their own points on the board. Thompson was able to keep their lead going into the second quarter, making the Lady Eagles work for every...
TWO EAGLE 57, PLAINS 45 The Plains Horsemen had two contests last week, first falling 57-45 at Two Eagle River. The Horsemen came out winning the jump off and the first two baskets before the Eagles answered with their own three-point shot tying the score early. Plains was unable to get more points before Two River was able to put down another three-pointer taking the lead. While the Horsemen tried to break free from the full court pressure of the Eagles, they would go point for point until the...
HOT SPRINGS 53, VICTOR 15 The Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat traveled to kick off the Hamilton tip-off against the Victor Lady Pirates, taking the win 53-15. Hot Springs came out on fire, putting the pressure on the Lady Pirates by taking the lead quickly in the first half. The Lady Savage Heat kept their tight knit defense, holding Victor to minimal scoring. Going into halftime Hot Springs was up 22 points. Coming back from the half Hot Springs was able to keep their double digit lead, putting pressure on the Lady Pirates. The Lady Savage Heat...
PLAINS 57, VALLEY CHRISTIAN 49 The Plains Horsemen opened the Hamilton tip-off tournament against the Valley Christian Eagles, earning the win 57-49. Darren Standeford led the Horsemen getting 16 points, Zayden Allen was behind him with 11, and Anaya Loberg rounded out the top scoring with 10 points. Allen proved to be a powerhouse in the paint getting eight rebounds, while Zeph Dines, Pablo Hernandez and Loberg each got five. ARLEE 60, PLAINS 41 The Horsemen took to the court Saturday against the Arlee Warriors, falling 60-41. It would be the...
With fall sports wrapped up, local athletes are being honored with All-Conference and All-State status. In District 14C volleyball, Noxon’s senior Mia Vogel earned All-State status, along with Charlo’s Karly Alder and Aida Cote. All were also named first team All-Conference along with senior Maygan Swanson of Noxon, Hot Springs’ only senior Lauryn Aldridge and sophomore Kara Christensen, and Leah Cahoon from Charlo. Athletes named to the second All-Conference team list included Lady Red Devils own Seanna Richter, Charlo’s Shonlea Matt, Alberto...
With the end of fall sports comes the end of my first season as a sports writer, well, a writer at all. When I moved back to Sanders County last March I never dreamed I would land a job at the newspaper, let alone writing for sports. For people who know me, they know sports are not my thing. Sure, I played volleyball and basketball in middle school and the first few years of high school but what did someone like me know about football and cross country? Little to nothing, honestly. What I never expected was the warm welcome I got from every sch...
Thompson Falls alumni Justin Morgan, a sophomore at Montana Tech, has a lot to be proud of this year already. Morgan took third in the Frontier championship earning him All-Conference honors, with the Tech Orediggers as a team taking second place. This put the 19th-ranked Orediggers on the road for their first ever trip to the 44th annual NAIA National Championship in Vancouver, Washington. Racing on the Fort Vancouver National Historic Championship course with 36 other schools and 85 runners...
Teammates were now competitors, competitors now teammates as Mission High School hosted the 2023 volleyball all-star game. Twenty-three girls from eight schools (Mission, Arlee, Hot Springs, Polson, Two Eagle River, Plains, Charlo and Ronan) came together forming two teams, the Lights and the Darks. While a score was being kept, the real winners were the crowd watching intense volleys, near perfect set assists, and powerful spikes. But more importantly the crowd got to see laughs, mistakes, and...
Camp Bighorn in Plains launched a new fall sport for kids in grades third through seventh in the form of a climbing team. Partnering with Plains Elementary for transportation, the kids rode the bus after school to Bighorn where they were broken up into four teams, consisting of eight kids per team. Twice a week the climbers learned and practiced their climbing skills on Bighorn's newly finished outdoor rock climbing wall. With four ropes and multiple routes the climbers were never bored, even...
The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks and Plains Trotters traveled to Eureka for the class B divisional tournament. Though neither team earned a bid to state, the Hawks finished fourth in the division. The first match was between the Plains Trotters and the Florence Falcons. Quickly in the first set the Falcons came talons out gaining the lead. Although the Trotters tried to catch up, it would be Florence who would take the first set. The Trotters seemed to have lost their steam in the second set,...
The rain couldn't dampen the heat the Hot Springs football team had this past Saturday, even though they fell to the Harlowton-Ryegate Engineers 60-65. "We knew Harlowton had a talented group of kids. Both teams played hard and gave the crowd a lot of action," Coach Jim Lawson said The Engineers came out at high speed earning the first set of points on the scoreboard. Nick McAllister was able to find Johnny Waterbury for a massive 55-yard pass for the Savage Heat's first points of the game....
The Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat took to the road for the Western Class C divisional volleyball tournament in Manhattan last Thursday. While the Savage Heat didn't make it to the state tournament, they put forth a great effort at divisional to cap off a great season. To open the tournament the Savage Heat faced the Twin Bridges Lady Falcons falling in three sets, 12-25, 8-25, 16-25. Both teams came out going point for point in the first set, until the Lady Falcons took the lead earning the set...
After a busy weekend of volleyball in Hot Springs, only one Sanders County team in District 14C are moving on to the divisional tournament. Hot Springs finished second in the district tournament, held on their home court, after playing four matches in a row Friday to end the tournament. Noxon placed third in the district and had a playoff match Monday against Valley Christian, the No. 3 team from District 13C, Noxon fell in three sets and missed a trip to divisional.. Charlo and Noxon each had...
Six schools went head-to-head and point-for-point at the District 7B volleyball tournament, this year held at Plains High School. Both Plains and Thompson Falls earned a trip to the Western B Divisional tournament, slated to begin Wednesday in Eureka. First on the court at district on Friday were St. Ignatius and Troy, with the Bulldogs defeating the Trojans in three sets. Plains had their first match against the Superior Bobcats, and the Trotters took the win in three fast sets. Lexie Deming...
The Blue Hawk football team ended their season last Saturday in the first round of the playoffs. The Red Lodge Rams defeated Thompson Falls 46-0. On the way to Red Lodge, the Hawks were able to stop in Bozeman for a pregame practice with the Montana State University Bobcats. "It's always a reward to stop and play with any college team, the kids really love being able to feel what it would be like to play in a big stadium like that." said coach Jared Koskela. Then it was time for the big task of...
The runners of Thompson Falls and Plains once again took to Rebecca Farms in Kalispell for what would be some runners' last race as high school cross country runners. With 382 total runners, the competition proved to be tough. "The state meet is always a roller coaster with the wonderful highs followed by the heartbreaking or just missing a goal lows. I appreciate how our teams came together to compete and support each other, celebrating the successes and working together," said coach Sarah Naeg...
THOMPSON FALLS 3, TROY 0 The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks hosted the Troy Trojans last Tuesday, securing the win in three sets, 25-20, 25-18, 25-13. Quickly the Lady Hawks set the tone of the game with solid serves in the first set, keeping the Trojans on their toes. Troy came back passionate in the second match but still were no match for the Lady Hawks at the net. With two set wins Thompson came into the third set with confidence, quickly getting into a steady rhythm earning the win. Addy Deal an...
