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The Flat Iron Quilting Guild gathered more than 200 entries in their bi-annual show last Saturday. Guild member Ella Larson said that the show had good attendance, with many people coming from the Kalispell area and places including Drummond and Hamilton. The viewer's choice award went to Peg McCarthy of Plains, and guild members honored Mellissa Compton of Plains with the Guild's Choice award. Compton is a new member of the guild. The top bed quilt awards went to Ella Larson of Trout Creek and...
It’s time to rig up those rods and reels and get pumped to go outdoors for some fly-fishing fun. But first, anglers of all stripes and ages are invited to kick off the spring and summer season with the Fly Fishing Film Tour, April 27, appearing for its second year at the Rex Theatre in Thompson Falls. The tour features a collection of short films highlighting people, places and fisheries from around the world. This year’s lineup includes far-flung adventures, such as saltwater fishing in the South Pacific, but also some regional flicks, inc...
PLAINS – For being an early-season game, this one had a post-season feel to it. The Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers visited Plains Monday for a key doubleheader with the Plains-Hot Springs Trotters and the first game turned into a classic pitching duel between Breaker Kayla Hickethier and Trotter Kassidy Kinzie, both returning All-State B-C players from a year ago. Using a pair of runs scratched out in the bottom of the third inning, the Trotters then stood firm behind the stellar pitching of K...
It's about time that the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks got with it with their track and field teams. Hitting the track and field en masse for only the second time this season, the Hawks and Lady Hawks competed in the Dave Tripp Memorial in Polson last Friday and left Trenna Ferris as one happy coach after all was said and done. "The kids did very well," Ferris said. "The boys team placed fifth overall with 70 points and the girls took fourth with 72. We had a lot of strong performances from a lot...
The weather wasn't perfect for golf, but Plains hosted its annual high school tournament at Wild Horse Golf Course west of Plains Saturday. Under overcast skies with a threat of rain the entire day, players from eight western Montana teams vied for honors in the latest edition of the Plains Invitational. Almost shooting scratch golf, Bucky Crippen fired a 74 and teammate Reed Noyd a 78 to lead the Loyola Rams to the boys title. With the girls, Loyola's Katie Fagg shot 79 to win and Breaker...
Dave Tripp would have been proud of what his name has wrought. The Hot Springs Savage Heat track and field team hosted 14 western Montana schools in the latest edition of the Dave Tripp Memorial in Polson Friday. A 1970 graduate of Hot Springs who reportedly loved the sport of track and field, Tripp was memorialized forevermore when his name was attached to Hot Springs' annual invitational years ago, and he would have undoubtedly been proud of all the effort and action his name helped to...
Denise Montgomery likes planting the seed and watching it grow. The sure-fire hall of fame coach (who will most certainly be bequeathed with that honor when she finally does hang up her whistle once and for all), who guided the Trotters to an unprecedented string of state team titles in Class B and Class C track and field meets not all that long ago, loves to see her kids grow up right before her eyes. Her unique teaching/coaching career (she is a long-time elementary teacher in the Plains school system) has given Montgomery the opportunity to...
It is a simple matter of confidence. The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks dropped a pair of doubleheaders last week, falling 12-2 and 21-3 to Eureka in Eureka Saturday, and losing 14-3 and 12-0 to Mission-Arlee-Charlo in Mission Monday. Looking to build up some confidence, coach Jared Koskela and his Hawks will finally play at home Thursday, hosting Deer Lodge for a doubleheader. It is only two weeks into the season and the Lady Hawks have already seen some of the best teams in the Western B-C division, and have taken their lumps from those...
Levi Brubaker and Rylan Weltz won events to lead the Noxon Red Devil track and field team in the Dave Tripp Memorial in Polson Friday. The reigning State C champion and Noxon school record-holder in the triple jump, Brubaker marked 42 feet, 11 inches to win the event in the Tripp in addition to finishing second in the long jump and sixth in the 100 meter dash. Weltz won the Tripp discus title with s best throw of 127-0, besides taking second in the shot put (42-0) and sixth in the javelin. Brothers Edison and Cade VanVleet, Michael Antonich...
Local groups team up a fun spring event with free signups for hikes, trail rides and other outings in the wild country of Sanders and Lincoln Counties. Free maps, door prizes, and lots of information about nearby outdoor opportunities will be on hand. The Trails into Summer Kickoff is set for 5:30 pm, Tuesday, April 23, at the Rimrock Lounge in Thompson Falls. “In the spring, people think about getting out to enjoy our wide-open public lands,” said event organizer Doug Ferrell. “A number of local groups use and enjoy special areas nearb...
You may have seen Crystal Buchanan with Sanders County Coalition for Families (SCCFF) and her daughter Jolia out near the Sanders County courthouse last Thursday. The two were placing blue and silver pinwheels throughout the lawn next to the courthouse. Signs posted on the lawn explain the message. There are 835 pinwheels placed in the area, one for each Sanders County child who was affected by domestic or sexual abuse. The pinwheels represent the children who have been helped by SCCFF since...
