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  • Hawk wrestlers go to Choteau

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    Fresh off a long road trip to Cut Bank, coach Mike Thilmony and his Thompson Falls Blue Hawks will load the bus back up, turn it around and head back north and east this week for the annual Choteau Invitational. The Hawks suffered through a variety of issues which affected their lineup last week. First off, the grades came out and several Hawks were determined to be temporarily ineligible. Then the flu bug hit and put a few more Fall grapplers out of action for at least the weekend. The end...

  • Lady Hawks bulldog Mission 67-48

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    They are hungry, hungry Hawks, and they are continuing to eat the season up as they go. Coach Chadd Laws and his hungry Lady Hawks split District 7B conference games last week, devouring Mission 67-48 in Thompson Falls Thursday but losing 51-47 to the Lady Lions in Eureka Saturday. Still dealing with hoop hunger pangs and now 2-1 in 7B play and 6-2 overall, the Hawks host Bigfork in another important conference encounter Thursday before joining the Hawk boys for a non-conference boy/girl doubleh...

  • Hawk boys lose two close ones

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    That oh-and-two could have easily been a two-and-oh. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys dropped a pair of tough District 7B contests on the road last week, falling 78-71 at Mission Thursday and 50-49 at Eureka Saturday. Now 1-2 in 7B action and 2-6 overall, coach Jake Mickelson and his Hawks will host surprising Bigfork Friday and play at Deer Lodge Saturday. Largely depleted by graduation after a second straight State B championship run last year, Bigfork has retooled itself with a younger lineup. The 4-4 Vikings broke into Montana’s top ten l...

  • Young Lady Devils gaining confidence

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    The younger they are, the harder they fall… until they rise that is. The painfully young Noxon Red Devil girls dropped a pair of District 14C conference games last week, falling 60-36 to Clark Fork in Superior Friday and 50-26 to league-leading Hot Springs in Noxon Saturday. Coach Cortney Vohs and her Devils have two home games on tap this week, hosting Troy Thursday and Plains Friday. Without a single senior on the roster, Vohs knows the Lady Devils may have to take their share of lumps now and into the near future, but should be able to s...

  • Eddie's big day is any day now

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    Eddie Fultz's big day is coming and it has nothing to do with basketball. Then again, Fultz's next really big day – the day his first child is born to he and his wife Rheanna, which is officially due this Friday – could very well involve basketball, if that is what is going on precisely at the time of the big moment. And it could happen anytime this week or next, totally dependent on when the little Fultz child decides to make his or her grand appearance. With the Trotters hosting Two Eagle Riv...

  • Green Red Devils keep on improving

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    The Noxon Red Devil boys are pretty green this season but are progressing, getting a little bit better every time out. Coach Ryan Weltz and Red Devils dropped a pair of District 14C conference games last week, falling 59-41 to Clark Fork in Superior Friday and 60-40 to Hot Springs in Noxon Saturday. Weltz is not upset with his team, he just thinks they need more time to season and mature. “Inexperience got us last week,” he said. “We turned the ball over way too much and our opponents were able to take advantage. “The kids played hard,...

  • H-Men throttle past Tigers, Heat

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    The Horsemen like to run at a fast pace. The faster a basketball game is played, the better these Plains boys like it. Opening up their offense by creating opportunities with defensive pressure, coach Tyrel Allen's Horsemen galloped to a pair of District 14C conference wins last week, running past St. Regis 64-53 in Plains Thursday and turning back the Savage Heat 70-53 in Hot Springs Friday. The Horsemen stay on the 14C conference trail this week with games against Two Eagle River in Plains...

  • Savage Horsemen wrestle in Florence

    John Hamilton|Jan 16, 2020

    On to Choteau. Fresh off a third place finish in the five-team Mike McChesney Memorial tournament in Florence Saturday, coach Jeff Kujala and his Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen grapplers head to Choteau this weekend for the annual Choteau Invitational, traditionally one of the biggest and best Class B-C wrestling meets of any season. Hampered somewhat by various maladies to his wrestlers, Kujala says P-HS will take a reduced lineup into Choteau. “We are kind of beat up right now,” he said. “A few kids have some injuries they are tryin...