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  • Hit or get off the pot!

    Ed Moreth|Aug 1, 2019

    It wasn't the rivals of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, but the competition was still fierce and even included a team of superheroes. Ten teams - four of them from Plains - competed for two days in the 5th Annual Wildhorse Showdown Softball Tournament at Amundson Sports Complex in Plains. When the diamond dust settled, the Silver Spur team of Troy claimed victory with a 14-12 win over the Super Heroes in Town of Missoula. The two top teams, however, had Sanders County ties. Plains resid...

  • Taking the Clark Fork Adventure Challenge

    Aug 1, 2019

    by John Hamilton Andrew Ordelheide loves the sport of triathlons, not just for the competition, but also for the camaraderie of going up against like-minded athletes and the sheer mountain beauty of western Montana. The fourth annual Clark Fork Adventure Challenge will be held out of the Sanders County Fairgrounds Sept. 15, and Ordelheide has been busy lately hyping and promoting this area's very own triathlon. To see more about the race or to enter either regular or "lite" competition, either...

  • Haywood, Harris win Pinochle

    Aug 1, 2019

    Linda Haywood and Kathy Harris ended the 2018-19 Thompson Falls Woman’s Club Pinochle marathon in first place with 36,710 points. Kathy Harris and Liz Morkert won for 1,500 Trump, and Wendy Kelley and Nancy Gressang had 1,000 Aces. Other scores for the season included: Wendy Kelley & Rick Piscitello – 36,130; Linda Haywood/Maureen Kolodziej – 35,780: Wendy Kelley/Ron Beaty – 35,530: Juanita Triplett/Cal Pomrenke – 35,510: Juanita Triplett/Rose Scoville – 35,460: Cal Pomrenke/Gayle Taylor -34,520: Cheryl Godfrey/Patty Hopkins – 34,090: Roni...