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"I was trying to reacclimate with life, and I knew that was something I wanted to bring to other veterans," said John Torres, a retired Marine infantryman, while he was outdoors on his family's land. The Torres family homesteaded on Eddy Flat near Thompson Falls in the late 1880s, and he recently became the caretaker of the property. Having served in combat and in the military, Torres is familiar with PTSD and the strain that tolls the minds of many veterans, even one that was never injured...
Top 8 great. Saying "some great things happened" with her team at the Top 8 meet in Eureka last Tuesday, April 27, Thompson Falls coach Trenna Ferris and her charges now concentrate their efforts on the rest of the regular season, which continues Saturday in Missoula at the Kim Haines Memorial meet at MCPS Stadium Saturday. The Hawks warmed up for what's left by rising and shining in the Top 8 meet in Eureka. A recent signee to the Montana Tech track and field program, senior Jody Detlaff...
Someone should pinch Denise Montgomery; she thinks she might just be dreaming. The long-time coach of the Plains track and field team, Montgomery has an excuse for feeling like she must be dreaming right now, her current band of 12 thinclads has brought her so much joy this spring. “This is a dream team, probably the perfect team to have after coming off a pandemic like this,” she said. “For me it has been an ideal situation. We have very eager kids that are willing to listen and learn, that all work hard, that get along with each other, and t...
Coach Andrew Leichtnam and his Savage Heat thinclads are working towards a big finish to the season, aiming for the combined District 13C/14C meet in Missoula May 21-22 as the place to begin that big ending. Hot Springs will warm up for the district meet competing in the Kim Haines Memorial at MCPS Stadium in Missoula Saturday, in the final regular season meet of the spring. Junior Kyle Lawson has been a team leader for the Heat this season and is currently ranked fourth in the state Class C ranks in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles. Leichtnam...
Those record setting Red Devils. Noxon’s Cade VanVleet and MacKenzie Morgan made quite the small-school splash at the Top 8 meet in Eureka April 27, as VanVleet obliterated meet records in the discus and shot put on the boys side, and Morgan set a new standard in the girls 400 meter run. The third-ranked discus thrower in Montana in any class up to this point with a best mark of 154-3 earlier this season, VanVleet set a new record in the event at Eureka with a toss of 143-7. Ranked No. 8 in t...
The Thill of victory, the agony of defeat. Guided by the legendary Otto Thill, the man with the acerbic tongue who built Florence into a formidable softball force in the early 2000s, the Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers came into Thompson Falls last Thursday and swept a doubleheader from the Blue Hawks 10-7 and 9-0. Complete with Thill's customary running commentary from the Breaker dugout and the third base box, the games were a lesson in the art of small-ball tactics and walking the talk while...
Led by the Baxter sisters with the girls and Kade Pardee with the boys, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks played through at the St. Regis Invitational played at Trestle Creek April 29. Megan Baxter, a senior, shot a season-best 89 to win first place and little sister Ellie, a sophomore, carded 101 for fourth place overall. The Hawk girls did not have enough golfers for team scoring. Plains won the girls title with a team score of 452 and Seeley-Swan was second at 459. Pardee shot a 95 to place...
You ain’t seen nothing yet. Lisa Brown, who co-coaches the Plains High School golf team along with Don Stamm, thinks her golfers have only just begun to scratch their potential as the season winds down. “These kids have been putting a lot into their golf games and are getting better every week,” she said. “Our younger players are really coming along. It will be exciting to see how everyone ends up playing here late in the season.” Hoping to putt more of that links potential to work this week, Brown and Stamm will guide their young charges i...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. STP 4. BOFF 8. CURB 10. COPRA 11. EVIL 12. SENIOR 13. NAVES 15. DERANGE 16. ILEAC 17. PIETIES 18. CUT THE MUSTARD 21. NAB 22. HIE 23. ATM 24. PIN 25. SBE 26. SAN 27. COUNTING SHEEP 34. SLITTER 35. HOUMA 36. HEARTEN 37. PARER 38. AGREES 39. RETE 40. SNEER 41. SKIN 42. POTS 43. ACT SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. SCENIC 2. TUVALU 3. PRIVET 4. BONAIRE 5. OPINED 6. FROGS 7. FARE 9. BLEAT 10. CERTAIN 12. SEETHING 14. SCH 15. DIS 17. PUB 19. ENTENTES 20. MAM 23. ABUTTER 24. PAN 25. SOIREES 26....
Feed-N-Fuel shot the low team gross and Noxon Quik Stop the low net as Quik Stop ended play with the league lead in Tuesday Night Men’s golf action at River’s Bend last week. Leading the Tuesday nighters around the Bend, Ryan Ostwald of team Feed-N-Fuel (which also includes Kelly Kovarik, Mike Normandin and Dave Petteys) shot the low gross round of 38, while John Mosher nabbed low net honors with a 34. Kevin Spark, Shawn Wilkinson, Rusty Sharp and Scott Garr put together the weekly winning round for Noxon Quik Stop. In other Tuesday com...
Highlead pulled down the lead, First Security Bank shot the low team gross and Moore Oil the low team net in the first week of play in Wednesday Night Men’s League golfing action at River’s Bend last Wednesday. Leading First Security in was Mike Baxter, who carded the low individual gross of 37, while Paul Flemmer used his handicap to arrive at the low net of 33. Ben Mummert, Michael Scharfe and Dan Whittenburg were the other golfers for First Security Bank last week, while RT Brown, Gary Moe, Bary Moore and Larry Eddy were the clu...
It had been a long time coming, this round of Over the Hill golfing, but it was well worth the wait in retrospect. As the cloud of COVID-19 slowly passes over, the locally famous Over the Hill gang golfers were finally able to return to River’s Bend Monday, after missing the 2020 season all together while staying all apart in the name of good health. Returning to Hill play with a kick in their step and maybe an extra yard or two in their drives, Rick Kendall shot down the low men’s gross of 41, Dave Petteys factored in his handicap to arr...
