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  • TROPHY ROW

    Dec 12, 2019

    Flanked by coaches Jim Lawson and Andrew Leichtnam, the 2019 Savage Heat display the football hardware Hot Springs teams have earned since beginning play in the 6-Man game early this decade. Seven Western Conference championship trophies and the two State 6-Man championship trophies won during the stretch between 2012 and 2019 are proudly displayed by the players. The Heat won their two State championships in 2012 and 2016....

  • Hawk boys fall in Florence

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    Until we meet again then. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys opened season play with a 79-55 non-conference road loss in Florence Friday. Falls coach Jake Mickelson took the loss a bit personally as his little brother Beau Neal lit up the Hawks for a game-high 29 points in leading the Falcons to the win. “The Florence boys will have a good season,” he said, “and my little brother Beau had 29 against us. I think we have a very good chance of competing with them later on, we just have to do a better job defensively on their shooters and our offen...

  • Falcons slip past Lady Hawks

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    The Lady Hawks plan on fighting to the bitter end this season. Opening the 2019-2020 campaign in Florence last Friday, coach Chadd Laws and his Hawks went down to a 47-41 loss, but, tellingly refused to go down without a fight. Although graduation hurt Florence after last season, when the Falcons advanced all the way to the State B championship game, the Bitterroot Valley squad is still picked to be one of the best in the Western B ranks this season. “This was a great season opener for us, a game against a quality opponent,” Laws said. “Fl...

  • Horsemen stampede Pirates, Cats

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    The Horsemen are off and running. Coach Tyrel Allen and his Plains Horsemen broke out to a galloping start to the season in the Western C Tip-Off tourney in Ronan last week, rolling Victor 60-13 Friday and trumping Clark Fork 55-28 Saturday. Now 2-0 in non-conference play, the Horsemen will entertain the Valley Christian Eagles Friday and the Seeley-Swan Black Hawks Saturday, before opening District 14C conference play with a game at Charlo Tuesday. In his second year as head coach, Allen has a better point of reference for looking at things...

  • Savage Heat girls start strong

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    These Heat players are hot, and bound to get even hotter before they are through. The Hot Springs Savage Heat girls started the hoop season out en fuego, on fire, with two big wins at the Western C Tip-Off tournament in Ronan last week. Coach Richard Jackson and his too-hot-to-handle Heat burned Lincoln 49-19 and surprising Philipsburg 49-40 Friday and Saturday to open the season with two wins. The 2-0 Heat will host Victor in another non-conference game Saturday. Jackson liked how his girls started out the season. “We came out ready to p...

  • Trotters trounce Victor, Clark Fork

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    Better than advertised. Coach Eddie Fultz and his Plains Trotters lost a lot of talent from last year’s 15-8 team, players like All-State C guard Kassidy Kinzie, stellar guards Haley Josephson and Natalee Deschamps, and starting center Rachel Huenink, but they still have a quality team as evidenced by their strong performances in last week’s Western C Tip-Off Tournament in Ronan. The Trotters cruised to a 50-14 win over Victor Friday and then put the brakes on the Clark Fork Mountain Cats, shutting down the Superior-Alberton girls 45-34 Sat...

  • Savage Heat boys win, lose

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    The Scott Fredrickson era started out with a win as the Hot Springs Savage Heat basketball boys worked their way to a 57-53 victory over the Lincoln Lynx Friday in the Western C Tip-Off tournament in Ronan. The Savage Heat also played Philipsburg in the tourney Saturday and reportedly lost that game, but scoring was not available for it. After Luke Waterbury went down with an ankle sprain Friday, the Heat were down to only five players total for the game with P-burg. Although Waterbury will remain sidelined with what Fredrickson described as a...

  • Vohs guiding Lady Devils this season

    John Hamilton|Dec 12, 2019

    They are young but they are growing up as they play their way through the season. The very young Noxon Lady Red Devils, playing without any seniors for new coach Cortney Vohs, opened the hoop season in the Western C Tip-Off tournament in Ronan last week, falling to Darby 44-39 Friday before rebounding to top Victor 52-19 Saturday. Now 1-1 in non-conference play, the Devils’ next scheduled game is another non-conference tilt at Clark Fork, Idaho Dec. 17. When reached by email early this week, Vohs said this year’s youthful team – compr...

  • Holiday Recipes

    Miriah Kardelis|Dec 12, 2019

    This recipe for easy, no-knead Dutch oven bread may sound too good to be true, but it isn't. Even novice bread makers can master this recipe. With only three ingredients, you don't even need a stand mixer to make this bread. You only need three hours to let the dough rise, not an entire night like some recipes call for. The special cookware you need for this recipe is a Dutch oven, or a large oven-safe (450 degrees) dish with a lid. The results: a perfectly crispy on the outside, airy on the ins...