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The Noxon Little Cougars Rookies team claimed a 7-4 victory over the Plains McGowan Grocery at Amundson Sports Complex at Plains last Monday. Rookies is only the second level of youth baseball in Montana after T-ball. In Rookies, coaches of the batting team feed a pitching machine. The batters each get five balls pitched. If one isn't hit, they're out. They use a rubber ball instead of the traditional baseball and they play four innings or two hours. The age range for Rookies is 7-9 years old,...
The Montana’s Best Builders team of Kevin Sparks, Sean Kelly, Nathan Snead and Mike Thilmony were the best in Tuesday night play at River’s Bend last week, combining for a low team gross of 183. Noxon Quik Stop’s Rusty Sharp, Bruce Haflich, Shawn Wilkinson and Bart Haflich combined for the low team net of 145, Sean Kelly shot the low individual gross of 40 and Steve Fairbank had the low individual net round of 33. On the course, Cody Mosher was closes to the pin in three on No. 2, Ty Pardee had the long putt on No. 3, Rusty Sharp was close...
Highlead and Whitefish Credit Union swung to victory in Wednesday night men’s league at River’s Bend last week. The Highlead crew of Chadd Laws, Jesse Mosher, John Mosher and Steve Fairbank shot a low team gross of 176, and Whitefish’s Rick Kendall, Rusty Sharp, Randy Hojem and Chick Mnary combined for the low team net of 146. Laws also had the low individual net of 33 and his tee shot on No. 5 was closest to the pin. Scott Pardee shot the low individual gross of 41 and was closest to the pin in three on No. 2, Mike Normandin sank the long...
The Over The Hill Gang gathered for a round of play Monday at River's Bend, with Dave Garr shooting the low gross men's score of 46 and Tom Holleran the low net of 35. Kristy Beaty had the low net score for the women with a 46. Dave Petteys and Al Luckow had the right aim as they both chipped in during Monday's round and both added a birdie. Luckow also sank the long putt on No. 11 and was closes to the pin on No. 14, Petteys had the long putt on No. 13, Garr had the long drive on No. 18 and also shot the long putt on No. 15. Rn Beaty put in...
Emmery Josephson of the Plains U12 softball team makes it safely home as Mission Bulldog catcher Sierra Blood gets the ball late and can't make the play. It looked as though Plains would come back from a 10-run deficit in the final inning, but couldn't pull it off. Mission won 23-20. Jon Zigler is the umpire at last Monday's game at Plains....
Eighteen teams attended the KLH Invitational including Hot Springs, Noxon and Plains. The meet was held on Saturday at MCPS Stadium in Missoula and featured some of the top athletes in the state. Joseph Martin of Plains finished fifth in the 400 meters and 800 meters. Senior Kyle Lawson of Hot Springs hit 11-06 in the pole vault for third place, For the Plains girls, Alexis Demin was fourth in the shot put with a throw of 31-10 and second in the discus (104-03). Hot Springs senior Katelyn Christensen was first in the shot put at the KLH with a...
The Clark Fork Riverdogs played in the Libby Wood Bat Challenge last weekend, losing a heartbreaking 5-3 matchup in the championship to the Mission Valley Mariners. Coach John Zigler saidstarting Shortstop Jack Taylor was out due to illnus and starting pitcher Nate Zigler left the mound in the second inning with an injury. Coach Zigler said a fantastic relief pitching performance by Kody Carter kept the Dogs in the game. "We’re disappointed that we lost but the boys played really well this weekend." Earlier in the tournament, the Riverdogs b...
Branson Fryxell is a Plains Elementary student chosen for the Spotlight on the Arts. He is a seven-year-old in Mrs. Montgomery's first grade. "He dives right into projects with confidence," said Mrs. Montgomery." It is clear he loves creating projects and practices often." She states that many first graders lack confidence with expressing themselves with art. Bransen is unique in that he dives right to projects without hesitation while often encouraging his classmates offering help to them with...
Clark Fork Soccer Alliance's senior team split games in Helena this weekend drawing 1-1 with Great Falls before losing 4-0 to Helena. In their first game of the day Clark Fork Soccer's senior team played the top U18 team in the state to the wire for the second time in 2 years. Last year it was a surprise tournament victory over Great Falls that propelled Clark Fork's U19 boys into the championship match. This year Great Falls was ready, "It was a very good match up," says head coach Josh...
Plans for this year’s Plains Day gala are shaping up and organizers are bringing in a blast from the past to help with the celebration. The festival will take place on Saturday, June 4, and has activities taking place along the downtown greenway, Fred Young Park and E.L. Johnson Memorial Park, commonly known as the “pool park.” The Free Americans, the group that stepped up to organize the festival last year, volunteered to do it again and they’ve selected Alvin Amundson as this year’s parade grand marshal. Amundson and the late Clark Coffee sta...
The Thompson Falls football team had a special celebration last week to mark their 2021 state championship. Team members ordered rings which were presented at a ceremony last Wednesday. Athletic Director Jake Mickelson also unveiled a banner in the gymnasium highlighting the championship season. The championship rings were presented by Jostens. "This ring tells the story of your championship," Jostens representative Bob Casagrande told the team. More than a dozen parents and community members...
After seven months of playing, the winners for the 2021-2022 Pinochle Marathon conducted by the GFWC Thompson Falls Woman’s Club have been determined. Pat Ingraham and Nancy Gressang took top honors with a total score of 39120. Cheryl Godfrey and Patty Hopkins hold Second Place with 35400 and rounding out the top three teams was Pinky Nelson and Kay Rasor with 33590. In addition to being the top point getters, Ingraham and Gressang were the only team to achieve 1500 families. No team garnered 1000 aces. The Pinochle Marathon is conducted by t...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. ERAS 5. BERTH 10. ACCUSE 12. AGOUTI 14. DOUBLES DOWN 16. CP 18. BAN 19. DAG 20. SIREE 22. OPS 23. DEWED 25. SALE 26. OTO 27. MED 28. SIB 30. TAW 31. NSEC 33. SALINE 35. CHAIR 37. SPODE 38. HANDED 40. MANN 41. ART 42. SIR 44. PAL 45. ADP 48. LEAH 50. NADER 52. LAO 53. ELLAS 55. PAN 56. ICE 57. TI 58. NATIONALIZE 63. PENTAD 65. ERASES 66. BOOBS 67. DADO SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. ECU 2. RUB 3. ASL 4. SEEDED 5. BADGES 6. EGO 7. ROWS 8. TUNIS 9. HT 10. ADAPT 11. CONSONANTAL 13. ICELAND...
During the month of April, students at Thompson Falls Elementary participated in the annual Running Start reading program, designed to encourage students to read for fun. The program kicked off in April with the traditional run around the school playground led by principal Len Dorscher. Students then spent the month reading as much as they could to earn entries for a drawing to win a Kindle. For every 21 books or 21 chapters read, students filled out shoe shaped reading logs to keep track of...
