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It’s difficult to compete in a dual tournament when you only fill eight of the 13 weights. It becomes even more difficult when a couple of those eight wrestlers are sick, reducing your roster to only six. The undermanned Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen, who were able to fill less than half of a complete lineup, still wrestled gamely in the Western Montana Duals tournament in Ronan Friday and Saturday. “It’s hard to compete in duals when you have a small number of kids, and our numbers were reduced even more by a little bit of the flu bug,...
Sometimes it is not so much about winning as it is about surviving. Plains Trotter coach Eddie Fultz had that feeling after his team eked out a win in what he called an ugly outing in St. Regis, which resulted in a 38-33 victory for Plains. “I don’t know if it was the fact that we were rusty after the holiday break or what,” he said, “but it seems like we survived that game more than won it. Both teams had trouble taking care of the ball that night.” Fultz pointed to the 34 turnovers his girls committed, and to the 33 St. Regis had on the other...
Remember the year 1999, when the world was going to end at the stroke of midnight? Sarah Naegeli told a story recalling how her, Sharon Pound and Kris Anderson figured that if the world was going to end, they might as well have a fun run to go along with it. Now, 20 years later, the annual Thompson Falls New Year's Day Fun Run is still going strong. "Who would have thought we would still be going when this all started?" Naegeli questioned. "It's been fun!" There has been a decline in racers in...