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The Noxon Red Devils played host to the Tri-Cities Titans in their first home football game of the season last Friday. Though the Red Devils kept up with the Titans in the first half, some costly turnovers allowed Tri-Cities (a cooperative of students from Hobson, Moore and Judith Gap) to make a run in the second and the Titans ended up winning 52-27. "Tri-Cities is a good team," Red Devils Coach Bart Haflich said. "We made some little mistakes that we can't have." However, Haflich added that...
The Blue Hawk Harriers are literally off to a running start this season with two meets under their feet. The Hawk cross country teams started competition at the Grant Kohrs Ranch Invitational in Deer Lodge on August 26. The trail run took the athletes through the Grant Kohrs National Historic Site. There the Blue Hawk varsity boys finished third, the junior varsity boys finished first and though the girls did not have enough runners to compete as a team, three of the four finished in the top...
The Blue Hawks kept the momentum going on their winning season last week with a 44-26 win on the road over St. Regis-Mullan. Though the Hawks were down 14-8 at the end of the first quarter, they were able to keep the Tigers from scoring in the second and third quarters while the Hawks put up 15 points in the second to lead 23-14 at the half and another seven unanswered seven points in the third to stretch the lead to 30-14. St. Regis-Mullan came back in the fourth quarter but couldn’t keep up with the Hawks as the buzzer sounded and the game e...
Noxon Quik Stop came away with the top honors for Tuesday Night Men’s League at River’s Bend Golf Course this year. Quik Stop golfers Rusty Sharp, Bruce Haflich, Shawn Wilkinson and Scott Garr were the season’s best with 127 points, just one more than Big Sky Pantry. The Tuesday men celebrated the end of the season with a scramble last Tuesday. Montana’s Best Builders and Feed and Fuel tied for the low gross scramble score of 31 and Internet Kitchen took low net as a team with 22.4. In other play night action, Kelly Kovarik sank the long putt o...
The Wild Coyote won a playoff again Highlead to take the top spot in the River’s Bend Wednesday Night Men’s League this season. Teammates Gary Thompson, Kevin Sparks, Mike Normandin, Howard Morkert and Dave Petteys celebrated their win in the final week of play last Wednesday. In play night action, Hagedorn Land Surveying golfers Ryan Ostwald, Paul Flemmer, Bernie Groshong, Kelly Kovarik and Rick Hagedorn shot the low team gross of 21. Moore Oil won low net honors in the scramble with golfers John Torres, Bary Moore, Gary Moe, Dennis Gripp and...
It came down to the final week of play, but Jeanne Holleran and Tina Wheeler were crowned women’s league champions at River’s Bend last week after winning in a playoff. The ladies enjoyed a scramble on the final night of play, with Liz Morkert and Lana Nolen shooting the low score of 44. Wheeler and Danice Toyias each chipped one in last Thursday as Jackie Pride was closest to the pin in four on No. 2, Kristy Beaty was closest to the pin on No. 8, Holleran hit the long drive on No. 9 for those 55 and older and Marshanna Drop was closest to the...
Coach Jim Lawson and his Savage Heat football team improved their record to 2-0 with a home win Friday against Big Sandy. Though the Savage Heat led the whole game and won 33-19, Lawson said it was a tough game. “It was closer than the score indicated,” Lawson stated. “They are a big physical football team with tough kids. It took four quarters to beat those guys.” He added that his team played extremely well as they matched up their speed with Big Sandy’s physical style of play. He compared Friday’s atmosphere to that of a playoff game. “Our...
After a hard-fought victory last Thursday by the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, the Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers find their own hearts broken. The first set went to the Heart Breakers in a long, close 32-30 battle. The Lady Hawks came back to win three straight though, besting Loyola 25-13, 25-21 and 25-20. The Hawks were coming off a loss in Florence earlier in the week, where the Falcons won the match in three straight, 27-25, 25-19 and 25-21. The Lady Hawks were in high spirits Thursday though. J...
The Plains Trotters fell to the Mission Bulldogs in three sets in their first 7B conference volleyball mastch last week. The Trotters and coach Jesse Butcher traveled to Mission on Thursday, losing to the Bulldogs 25-14, 25-17 and 25-22. The Trotters then hosted Arlee on Saturday to round out their Labor Day weekend. Results of that match were not available. Next up for Plains is a mattch on the road Saturday at Loyola. The Plains football team was also on the road last weekend, traveling to Seeley-Swan to face the Blackhawks. Seeley-Swan...
Coach Jesse Jermyn has a small cross country team in Plains this year, but he says they are focusing on putting together individual plans and trying to get each of his team members to their best. The Plains runners will get their first test at a meet in Columbia Falls on Friday. "This meet will be where we get our baseline," Jermyn said. Three Plains students are running for Plains, all sophomores, including Peyton Wasson, Brenden Vanderwall and Spurr Ryan, a homeschool student. Jermyn said this is the first year the Montana High School...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. ATP 4. BAEL 8. TULA 10. CORNO 11. OVAL 12. FANGED 13. MANET 15. CONFUTE 16. ILEUS 17. BOOTIES 18. CUT THE MUSTARD 21. LED 22. STE 23. IBM 24. ETA 25. CRO 26. AVE 27. BROWNIE POINTS 34. IRANIAN 35. ALARM 36. GRIMING 37. SIBIU 38. NUTMEG 39. ABUT 40. ALOES 41. CENT 42. RAND 43. DEY SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. ATOMIC 2. TUVALU 3. PLANET 4. BONFIRE 5. ARGUED 6. ENETS 7. LODE 9. ALEUT 10. CANTATA 12. FOOTSTEP 14. TSH 15. COS 17. BUD 19. ELBOWING 20. MEM 23. IRONIES 24. EVE 25. CRAMMED 26....
It’s encouraging to hear that the Forest Service has been working on keeping a portion of their fire camp waste out of the local landfills. Brady Brewster from NBC Montana reported that the Forest Service contacted Mike Bishop, chief operating officer of Recyclops, a company that serves remote areas and provides “incident-based recycling to Montana.” Bishop said that it’s important to recycle, even in areas that might be difficult, to reduce our carbon footprint for future generations. WHY SHOULD WE REDUCE OUR GIANT, TRASHY FOOTPRINT? Reasons t...
