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Thompson Falls was a familiar name to William Cain, who recently took the position of superintendent for the Thompson Falls School District. "I remember when I was coaching wrestling we drove through and I saw a bighorn sheep staring down from a rock ledge – I made it a point to remember the name of the town because it seemed like a great place." He said he checked job availability across the state periodically, so when he saw an opening in Thompson Falls it was a no-brainer. Especially since h...
The ninth annual Big Sky Rhythm and Blues Festival will be held on Aug. 3-5 at Pilgrim Creek Park in Noxon. There will be performances from 11 different artists and bands, including three national acts and two International Blues Challenge winners, as well as vendors for food and crafts. The festival has a strong focus on family – including opportunities for youth workshops and an atmosphere for all ages to enjoy – which is what makes it so successful each year. The workshops provide a chance for kids to get one-on-one mentor experience fro...
A team of Thompson Falls girls finished second in a summer tournament at Flathead High School in Kalispell last weekend. Scarlette Schwindt, Sarah Detlaff and Maya Stiles (front), and coach Sandra Kazmierczak, Belle Cooper, Jody Detlaff, Brooke Bowlin and Riley Wilson represented Thompson Falls well in the tourney....
They don't all live in Sanders County now, but the current and former runners from good, old Montana county No. 35 definitely made their presence felt in the annual Missoula Marathon Sunday. Leading that list of Sanders County do-gooders, Jacob Naegeli, who was once a star runner for the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk high school team but now lives in St. Paul, Minn., finished tenth overall in the Men's Open race and second in the Men's 25-29 age class with a time of 2 hours, 42 minutes, 50.60...
It was a Scratch and Scramble day at River’s Bend Monday for the Over the Hill gang. Scratching their ways past the 37-strong field of men and women canvassing River’s Bend, Dave Garr and John Pritzkau finished first in the scramble, Jerry Neal and Darrel “Torgy” Togrimson took second, and Buck Adams, Charlie Hooten and Rusty Haggard teamed up to place third. In other links business of the day, Mike Gilmore shot a straight-up 40 for the best low gross, Adams posted the low men’s net of 32 and Lana Nolen carded the low women’s net of 35. In i...
Shanks a Lot golfers Dave Garr, Ron Beaty, Charles Hooten and Rusty Haggard shot the low team gross of 175 and Big Bull Sports linksters Scott Pardee, Ty Pardee, Russ Yeager and Jake Helvey posted the low team net of 140 last week, fittingly leaving the teams tied atop second half league standings in Tuesday Night Men’s League action at River’s Bend. Individually, Caleb Bates shot the low gross round of 36 while Garr used his handicap to arrive at the low net of 30. In other Tuesday plays of the day, Mike Gilmore was closest to the pin in 3 o...
The Wednesday Night Men’s League teams are hunting coyotes, hot on the trail of Wild Coyote golfers Gary Thompson, Howard Morkert, Dave Petteys and Bernie Groshong, who teamed up to shoot the low team net of 138 at River’s Bend last week. Hottest on the tails of the elusive coyotes, the Hagedorn Land Surveying quartet of Rick Hagedorn, Randy Hagedorn, Paul Flemmer and Tim Harlan, who now trail the Wild Coyote team by only half a point in second half standings, shot the low team gross of 169. Rick Hagedorn shot the low individual gross of 40...
Anyone that knows Shey Hannum knows that she is a fighter from her days as a standout Thompson Falls athlete. Her competitive spirit, her passion for trying her hardest was always on full display when she was a Lady Hawk, be it in volleyball, basketball or track and field, and she earned All-State honors in all three of those sports as a result. Shey, pronounced ‘Shy,’ now needs to tap into that willingness to fight as she is recovering from the effects of spinal surgery after she broke two vertebrae in her neck in a swimming accident on the...
