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Within the next few weeks an order will be placed for engraving of bricks honoring military veterans, which will be embedded at the Veteran’s Memorial on Ainsworth Field. If you haven’t yet purchased a brick for yourself, a family member, or a cherished friend, now is the time. Sanders County is so fortunate to have such a dignified and lovely memorial. What makes it extra special and meaningful are the engraved bricks honoring veterans through the generations for their service to this great country. Please don’t miss the opportunity for recog...
A group of Plains athletes is heading to Kalispell Friday to show their stuff at the Montana Special Olympics Glacier Area Regional Games at Legends Field. Twenty men and women from the Little Bitterroot Services will be participating in the day long track and field, golf and bowling competition. "They are really motivated," said Andy Ibarra, head coach for the Plains Little Bitterroot Wildhorses. The team got a late start on training this year, but jumped right into the swing of things with a...
It might have been the biggest crowd ever for the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Plains community park on Sunday, put on by the Plains Lions Club and the Plains Assembly of God Church on the Move. Nearly 400 people packed the park, including around 160 children, who participated in the Easter Egg Hunt. Once again, the Easter Bunny – aka Adam Aguilera this year – roamed through the crowd getting hugs and pictures taken with kids and adults alike. "It was a very good turnout and it went smo...
Trout Creek Community Improvement Association's (TCCIA) Easter Eggstravaganza was a huge success for its sixth time, according to Elizabeth Stender of TCCIA. "We had over 200 kids who braved the cold and rainy elements," Stender shared of Saturday's event. "The Easter egg hunt was amazing, we had over 6,000 eggs" that were stuffed Wednesday by volunteers. "It literally takes an army to pull this off," Stender said of the many helpers. Stender shared that in addition to giving away 10 bicycles,...
She who hesitates is lost. Thompson Falls Lady Hawk softball coach Jared Koskela doesn't want his girls waiting around for things to go their way; he wants them to be the ones forcing the action by putting the ball in play. "We have to be more aggressive at the plate, we left way too many runners on base against Deer Lodge," Koskela said. "We had chances for some big innings but couldn't get the runners around." The Lady Hawks finally played their home openers in Thompson Falls last week after...
These games played in mid-April could have seeding implications in May, when the Western B-C divisional softball tournament rolls around. Coach Michele Bangen’s Plains-Hot Springs Trotters split a pair of important games with the Lions in Eureka Saturday, turning back the Lady Lions 5-3 in the opener and falling 6-5 in the second game. The Trotters next scheduled games are neutral-field, non-conference affairs with Ennis and Manhattan Friday in Anaconda. The Trotters will host Sanders County rival Thompson Falls in Plains for a single W...
In an honor to one of the great coaches, teachers and mentors in school history, Thompson Falls High School officials have decided to rename the school's annual golf tournament, rebranding it as the Gary Thompson Invitational. Complete with its new, well-deserved title, the inaugural Gary Thompson Invite will tee off at 10 a.m. Saturday at scenic River's Bend with a full complement of prep teams swinging for honors, and the highly esteemed Mr. Thompson in attendance. Thompson Falls athletic...
Make your marks while the sun is finally shining. Under glorious, sunny skies, the Thompson Falls Invitational track and field meet was held at Previs Field April 16 and area athletes took advantage of the weather by posting good marks and times when finally given the opportunity. Eleven teams, including squads from as far away as Lincoln and including all four from Sanders County, competed for honors. The host Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys and Lady Hawks both ran away with the team titles in th...
There is a lot of Top Ten and Top 8 talent in our local Sanders County high schools. Tuesday was Top 10 and Top 8 meet days in western Montana and a slew of county athletes were either on their way to Missoula for the Top 10 meet or to Eureka for the Top 8. The Top 10 and Top 8 meets are mid-season events designed to bring the best athletes from all MHSA classifications together for a friendly mid-season meet. Qualification for these meets is based on performances so far this season, and bring kids together from all corners of Montana, from...
With Easter observances claiming some of the athletes for family-related activities for the weekend, reduced Sanders County squads still competed in the Seeley-Swan Invitational at Missoula County Public Schools Stadium in Missoula Saturday. The Noxon boys team made the biggest splash of any county squad in Missoula as Levi Brubaker, Edison VanVleet and Rylan Weltz all performed well, leading the Red Devils to a surprising third place finish in the 16-team meet. As he has all spring, Brubaker dominated the jumps, winning the triple jump with a...
In Class B golf, regular season tournaments don’t come much bigger than the Bigfork Invitational, which is annually played at the spectacular Eagle Bend golf course on the shores of beautiful Flathead Lake. Proving to belong among the best prep golfers around, Ethan Brown, Megan Baxter and Nathan Ostwald all went a round on Eagle Bend and shot fine scores in representation of Thompson Falls Thursday. Brown did it best for the Hawks, carding an 84 to win fifth place in boys scoring. Ostwald scored a 98 on his trip around Eagle Bend. Also a k...
The boys of summer are beginning in the spring. Tuesday night men’s golf league action started up started up for the season at River’s Bend Tuesday with a play-night and Sparky’s team put together the best gross of 31 for the night. Kevin Sparks, Tom Holleran, Kevin Kegel, Mike Thilmony and Doug Czerwinski were the winning golfers for Sparky’s. In other highlights from the play-night beginning to the season, Steve Fairbank, Jens Jantzen and Rusty Haggard all scored chip-in shots during their rounds around River’s Bend....
And away we go with Wednesday night men’s league golf action at River’s Bend for another year of links fun and competition. Playing through on a play-night to kick off the season, the Wild Coyote team posted the low team gross of 30 just for fun. Scott Pardee, Kevin Sparks, Howard Morkert and Gary Thompson were packing the clubs for Wild Coyote Wednesday. In other doings around the bend, Ryan Ostwald dropped in the long putt on No. 6 and was closest to the pin off the tee on No. 8, Bruce Sterling stuffed the cup with the long putt on No. 3,...
Noxon School is proud to announce that four students have earned a competitive position in Business Professionals of America's (BPA) National Leadership Conference (NLC) taking place the first week of May. There will be approximately 8,000 students at the conference joining Noxon's Madison Koonce, Levi Brubaker, Andy Koonce and Laurel Miller in nationally standardized co-curricular exercises supporting business, finance, office administration and information technology. Fundraising events have...
LET’S BEAUTIFY! April 25, 26 and 27 have been set aside this year for Thompson Falls Beautification Days, where elderly and disabled residents living in town will be given a hand with yardwork and volunteers will clean up all over the area. This year’s projects include: Students from Thompson Falls schools will be picking up litter. Residential school students will help with cleaning up areas around the courthouse, Old Jail Museum, Oddfellows, Transfer Site, Lions Manor, etc. Blackfoot Telephone will be trimming trees and providing treats for...
