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Montana Tech's men's and women's track and field teams brought home titles from the Frontier Conference Championship held in billings last week. It was the second straight conference title for the Oredigger women and the first title for the men's program, according to a Montana Tech press release. Head coach Zach Kughn was named the Frontier Conference Coach of the Year. "Today (last Friday) was a really special day for our program," said head coach Zach Kughn. "All of our hard work, dedication, and focus on this championship paid off for us...
The Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen pulled off two victories, both from behind and in the final inning and in their final home games of the season. On Friday, the Savage Horsemen took on the Mission Bulldogs and never had the lead until the last inning. The Bulldogs took a 3-1 lead in the first inning. In the second, Plains-Hot Springs came back to tie things up 3-3. It was 4-4 in the third, but in the fourth, Mission tagged on six runs for a 10-4 lead. The Savage Horsemen shut them down in...
Men’s league is back in the swing of things at River’s Bend Golf Course, with the Montana’s Best Builders team of Kevin Sparks, Sean Kelly, Nathan Snead and Russ Yeager shooting the low team gross score of 184 last Tuesday and leading the standings with 23 points. Custom Ventures team members Scott Pardee, Ty Pardee, Marcus Thomas and Craig LeCoure had the low team net of 148, while Scott Pardee had the individual low gross of 39 and Bernie Groshong’s 31 was good enough for low individual net. Scott Garr was closest to the pin on No. 17 and...
First Security Bank is off to an early lead in Wednesday night men’s league play at River’s Bend Golf Course. Team members Mike Baxter, Ben Mummert, Bill Nolen and Mike Thilmony shot a combined gross of 165 last week and the team is sitting in first place with 28.5 points. Baxter had the low individual gross round of 36 and Thilmony the low individual net of 30. Wild Coyote golfers Gary Thompson, Mike Normandin, Howard Morkert and Steve Clark shot the low team gross of 144. Ricky Hagedorn smashed the long drive on No. 18, Bruce Sterling was...
The Plains Junior High track team took top honors at the Sanders County Track Meet at Plains School Friday and a seventh grade Horseman broke a five-year record. Thirteen-year-old Riley Geenen of Plains threw the javelin 96 feet, 11 inches to break a previous distance of 89 feet, 7 inches by Alex Menzel of Trout Creek in 2018, said Holly Blood, the Plains Junior High School athletic director. Eighty-one boys and girls from five Sanders County schools participated in the five-hour field and...
The top 10 athletes in each event earned a spot to compete in the Russ Plicher Top 10 meet in Missoula last Tuesday. There were 35 schools represented throughout western Montana. Blue Hawk Senior Ellie Baxter earned eighth place in the 3,200 meter in a time of 11:56.75 and a personal best. Baxter is a double contender, also participating in golf this season. Plains Trotter Alexis Deming won third place in the discus with a throw of 108 feet, 4 inches. Deming also placed 10th in the shot put...
Warm Spring weather and tough competition was the theme for the Whitefish A.R.M. Invitational meet in Whitefish last Saturday. Twelve varsity teams and 10 junior varsity teams faced challengers in 17 events. Thompson Falls, Hot Springs and Plains track and field teams all participated. Taking fifth out of 12 teams were the Lady Hawks. First place winners were Blue Hawk Ellie Baxter in the 800 meter with a time of 2:36.57 and Trotter Alexis Deming in the discus with a throw of 109 feet, 4...