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  • Hawk boys head to Western B in Ronan

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    If it’s anybody’s to be had, why can’t the Blue Hawk boys be one the two somebodies that wins their ways out? Coach Jake Mickelson and his dangerous Thompson Falls Blue Hawks will go into the Western B divisional basketball tournament in Ronan Thursday through Saturday thinking they have as good a chance as anyone to be one of the two teams earning their way through and on to the State B tournament in Missoula March 8-10. The tricky part will be actually navigating their ways through a tough field of teams in Ronan to get that done. The winners...

  • Games will be online

    Feb 22, 2018

    If you want to follow the Plains Horsemen and the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks and Lady Hawks in their respective divisional tournaments from afar this week, andersonbroadcasting.com is the place, or in this case the site, where you want to be. All three Sanders County teams will have their games live-stream broadcast through the andersonbrodcating.com portal, look for the correct button on the website to transition you to the game you want to watch. The Lady Hawks are set to face Florence at 11:20 a.m. Thursday in the girls Western B tourney at...

  • Warriors feel Devils' thunder

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    PABLO – Thunder, feel the thunder, the Red Devil thunder... The Noxon Red Devil boys basketball team made a statement in the semifinals of the District 14C tournament in Pablo Friday night, playing the defending State C champion and No. 1 rated Arlee Warriors to a standstill early before falling back to a 64-42 defeat. The Warriors felt the thunder in the opening minutes of play as the fired-up Devils came out ready to play, in spite of being serious underdogs to a team that has won over 30 game...

  • Savage Heat shock Trotters in OT

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    PABLO – This is what happens when you make all the right plays in all the right places. Coach Richard Jackson and his Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat won fourth place in the District 14C tournament in Pablo last week, making their season a great one for their Spa City fans by knocking off Sanders County rival Plains 46-41 in a thrilling overtime loser-out contest Saturday morning. The Heat opened the tournament with a 55-23 loss to eventual champion Charlo in the first round Thursday, defeated T...

  • Hard work earns Lady Hawks win

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    They say hard work is its own virtue, but sometimes that hard work provides some fringe benefits as well – like big, late-season wins. The surging Lady Hawks won their second game in the last two weeks over a Class B opponent in Thompson Falls Friday, knocking off the Troy Lady Trojans 45-43, after defeating Mission at TFHS a week earlier. Buoyed by their recent successes, coach Doree Thilmony and her Lady Hawks make their way to Ronan this week for the Western B divisional tournament, where the top two teams will earn berths in to the State B...

  • Trotters bumped off tourney trail

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    PABLO – Some games are diamonds, some games are stones... The Plains Trotters endured two rocky rides in games at the District 14C tournament in Pablo last week, first losing 44-36 to St. Regis in the semifinals Friday, and then falling to Sanders County rival Hot Springs 46-41 in a loser-out game Saturday morning. Coach Jessica Nagy and her Trotters went into the tourney with bullseyes on their backs as the No. 1 seeds, and fell victim to two hot-shooting foes in Pablo. The No. 3 seed in the t...

  • Thanks for the memories

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    PABLO – Ricky's run may be ending but the Savage Heat will play on. Having recently decided to step down as the Hot Springs boys coach due to a promotion and change in duties with his other job in the private sector, Ricky DePoe guided his Savage Heat boys through another District 14C tournament in Pablo last week. Playing through this season with alarmingly low participation numbers, the Heat recently received a shot in the arm in the return of one varsity player who was previously out i...

  • Grapplers wrestle Cyclops

    John Hamilton|Feb 22, 2018

    The wrestling in Butte was so good, Thompson Falls youth grapplers decided to make a weekend of it in the Mining City. Thompson Falls junior high coach Mike Thilmony accompanied seven local wrestlers to Butte last weekend for a pair of tournaments – the Mining City Middle School Tournament Saturday and the USA Wrestling-sanctioned Cyclops Tournament Sunday. In other mat action, the Little Guy wrestling season also began locally at a tournament in Superior Saturday. “It was a good weekend of wrestling,” Thilmony said. “Our kids in Butte did extr...

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    Feb 22, 2018

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