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The Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks are blue-collar, hard-working wrestlers; they pack their lunch pails every day and faithfully go to work anytime and anywhere there is grappling to be done. Putting in the hard work again last week, coach Mike Thilmony and his Hawks wrestled at three different venues, facing off with Anaconda and Frenchtown in Frenchtown January 12, mixing it up with Arlee and Plains-Hot Springs in Arlee Friday and finally getting after it with Malta and Fairfield in Cut Bank Saturday. Scoring the dual matches, the Hawks...
Playing solid defense and rebounding wins games. Convincing his Plains Horsemen of those primary laws of basketball physics, coach Tyrel Allen and his boys broke a three-game losing streak to open the season by defeating Noxon 47-45 in Plains Friday. In other action last week, the Horsemen played well and took the Clark Fork Mountain Cats to overtime but lost 55-44 in Superior Saturday. Now 1-2 in 14C action and 1-3 overall, the Horsemen host Hot Springs Thursday and visit St. Regis Friday. Allen was glad to see his Horsemen finally get his...
It is hard to play good basketball when you don’t get the chance to practice much, just ask new Noxon coach Ben Johnson and his Red Devils. The Red Devils finally opened the COVID-19-delayed season with a game at Plains Friday and lost to the Horsemen 47-45. The Devils went into that game after canceling their first two games and then having no practices last week due to COVID-19 protocols. Johnson felt his team performed well given those circumstances. “The kids gave me a 32-minute effort,” Johnson said. “I will take it as a win inside...
Progress is in the eye of the beholder. When the beholder is the head coach, that progress means a lot more, especially when it leads to winning basketball games. Coach Scott Fredrickson and his progressive Hot Springs Savage Heat boys improved to 2-1 in District 14C play and overall with a 55-52 win over Charlo in Hot Springs Friday. The Heat have two more 14C games on tap this week, playing at Plains Thursday and hosting Noxon Friday. Fredrickson was pleased with how his team finished out the win over Charlo. Leading 40-28 at the beginning...
---UPDATED 5:40 p.m. January 21, 2021--- Wednesday afternoon in 20th District Judicial Court, Thompson Falls Police Chief Chris Nichols testified in the trial of former Thompson Falls resident Danielle Wood. He was the first law enforcement officer on the scene on May 3, 2018, the date Matthew LaFriniere was found dead at his home on Airport Road near Thompson Falls. Nichols arrived at the scene and determined that LaFriniere was deceased. He testified that he notified dispatch that EMS could...
The murder trial of former Thompson Falls resident Danielle Wood continued Thursday in Thompson Falls. Mark Hilyard, who was with the state Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) at the time Thompson Falls resident Matthew LaFriniere was found dead at his home near Thompson Falls, testified in court Thursday morning. Hilyard said he and two other DCI agents arrived after 9 p.m. on May 3, 2018, at the scene where Matthew LaFriniere's body was found. Hilyard stated that soon after they arrived,...
As the Danielle Wood trial entered its fifth day of testimony, experts from Google and Verizon testified on Monday. The witnesses testified to the validity of cellphone data and security camera footage gathered by investigators. Kevin McCarvel with the Montana Division of Criminal Investigations continued his testimony on Monday. McCarvel first took the stand on Friday at the Sanders County Courthouse. LaFriniere’s residence on the evening of May 3, 2018. LaFriniere’s body was discovered by a coworker earlier that day. Friday, McCarvel det...
