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  • Divide and conquer

    John Hamilton|Mar 15, 2018

    Thompson Falls youth wrestlers divided and conquered last week as the Little Guys competed in the Valley Tournament in Superior Saturday, while four other Falls grapplers went at it in the three-day Montana AAU tourney in Great Falls last weekend. In the Valley Little Guy tournament, the first qualifier for the State tourney in Kalispell in two weeks, several Falls Little Guys earned berths into the next qualifier, the Inter-Valley tournament in Stevensville this Saturday. Isaiah Sprecher won second place in the Middle – 70 pound class in S...

  • P-HS grapplers wrestle the Valley

    Mar 15, 2018

    by John Hamilton Twenty-four Plains-Hot Springs Little Guy wrestlers, including six champions and five second place winners from the Valley Tournament in Superior last Saturday, have earned berths into the Inter-Valley Tournament this Saturday in Stevensville. Those 24 are in addition to all Beginner wrestlers, who automatically earn entry into the Inter-Valley, and the entire Plains-Hot Springs team now heads to the final qualifier in Stevi in hopes of advancing on to the Western Montana Little Guy Championships in Kalispell March 23-24. In...

  • Four Hawk boys earn All-7B honors

    John Hamilton|Mar 15, 2018

    Led by All-State B selection Danny Hoisington, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys put four players on to the District 7B All-Conference team, which was named earlier this week. Joining Hoisington as first team District 7B selections were senior teammates Payton Frields and Nate Thibeault. Fellow senior Dylan Beckman was named second team. As expected, State B tournament champion Bigfork dominated the 7B all-conference squad, putting three players on the first team (including two All-State B...

  • Morgan and Megan are all-conference

    John Hamilton|Mar 15, 2018

    Senior Haley Morgan and freshman Megan Baxter, the two leading ladies for the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks this season, were named to the 2017-2018 District 7B All-Conference basketball team it was announced earlier this week. Selected by league coaches following the regular season, Morgan and Baxter were second team picks on an all-conference squad dominated by 7B and Western B champion Bigfork and second place Eureka. The Vals put all five starters on either the first or second team, and Eureka...

  • Thompson, VonHeeder named to Class C All-State squads

    Mar 15, 2018

    Plains hoop stars Jessica Thompson and Jay VonHeeder have been honored as All-State C basketball performers by the coaches of the Western C division it was announced earlier this week. A 6 foot, 3 inch senior, VonHeeder helped lead the Plains Horsemen to a 20-5 record this season. The Horsemen finished second in District 14C regular season standings, second at the 14C tournament, and advanced into the Western C championship game before finally falling there. The Arlee Warriors, who won a second straight State C crown after claiming the 14C and...

  • Trotters, Devils and Heat earn all-14C recognition

    Mar 15, 2018

    Sanders County teams are well represented on the 20178-2018 District 14C All-Conference girls basketball team as three Plains Trotters, three Noxon Lady Red Devils and two players from the Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat have been honored. From Plains, seniors Jessica Thompson and Lindsay Laws have been named first team and junior Kassidy Kinzie was accorded honorable mention. Noxon Lady Devil senior Cory Brodmerkle was honored as a first team selection, while juniors Delaney Weltz (second team) and Anna Kaiser (honorable mention) were also...

  • View from the sidelines

    John Hamilton|Mar 15, 2018

    March Madness may have just begun on the national scene, but the Montana high school basketball season ended last week with a final flurry of state tournaments across the Big Sky Country. In the combined boys and girls State B tournament in Missoula, the unbeaten Bigfork Vikings completed a spotless campaign to win the Flathead Lake school’s second State B title ever and the first since 2014. Coach Sam Tudor’s 26-0 Vikings, who endured one of their toughest outings of the season in a win over the feisty Blue Hawks in Thompson Falls a few months...

  • Sanders County hoop stars named to 14C all-con team

    Mar 15, 2018

    The Plains Horsemen earned three spots, the Noxon Red Devils two and the Hot Springs Savage Heat one on the 2017-2018 District 14C All-Conference boys basketball team it was announced earlier this week. The Horsemen led the way among Sanders County teams on the 14C squad as seniors Jay VonHeeder (who was also named to the elite All-State C team) and Kyle Weeks were selected for the first team and Tanner Ovitt was named second team 14C. From Noxon, junior Logan Wood and sophomore Rylan Weltz earned second team honors. Junior Tyler Carr of Hot...

  • Bear Muscle Fitness 100 Mile Club a success

    Shana Neesvig|Mar 15, 2018

    With spring in the air, right now might be the best time to hit the gym and get those bodies in shape. Last spring Thompson Falls’ Bear Muscle Fitness implemented a 100-Mile Club encouraging members to follow a long-term path to better overall health through exercise. Now, eight months later, gym owner Jill Fairbank is happy to announce there are a handful of members still on track. The 100-Mile Club encourages exercise by celebrating milestones when certain levels of logged miles are reached. T-shirts are awarded at the 100-mile mark, e...

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  • Sweet treats for your weight-loss plan

    Sara Czerwinski|Mar 15, 2018

    Not everyone is on a ketogenic diet and sometimes that can make eating out a little tricky. It's not too bad at most restaurants, but some places don't have many low carb options. The real problem is when going to benefits and fundraisers where the menu might not always suit your diet. For Valentine's Day I purchased tickets to a prime rib dinner hosted by the Thompson Falls High School Select Choir. Prime rib is certainly low carb, but mashed potatoes and dinner rolls are not. In most cases you...