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  • Plains girls to play on elite soccer team

    Ed Moreth|Dec 16, 2021

    For the second consecutive year Sanders County will be represented on an elite soccer team in Missoula. Ava Lawyer and Claire Wrobleski, both of Plains, were recently selected to play for the Missoula Strikers, which is considered a premier soccer team that competes throughout the state, as well as against teams from Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, and California. "I had confidence in myself. I tried my hardest, but I was surprised and excited," said Lawyer, who received an email two weeks ago that...

  • Savage Horsemen wrestlers off to a good start

    Annie Wooden|Dec 16, 2021

    The Savage Horsemen wrestling team is progressing through the season and Coach Shane Angle is happy with where his team is headed. The Plains-Hot Springs team held duals at home last Thursday, welcoming Eureka, Arlee and Bigfork to Plains High School. Coach Angle said the duals went well, with the Savage Horsemen beating Eureka and Arlee and losing by just two points to Bigfork. "Bigfork slammed us last year, so we are improving," he said. "It was a pretty good night and we had some really good...

  • Noxon girls, Hot Springs boys win showdown

    Annie Wooden|Dec 16, 2021

    The Hot Springs Savage Heat took advantage of being on their home court Friday as they welcomed the Noxon Red Devils to town. The junior varsity and varsity boys gave their home crowd wins with the JV winning 54-31 and the varsity 62-30. The varsity then turned around Saturday and beat Seeley-Swan 55-52. The varsity game against Noxon tipped off with Hot Springs taking a strong 28-7 lead in the first quarter and increasing that to 45-15 in the second. Noxon's Ricky Williams launched the ball...

  • Lady Hawks rack up wins

    Annie Wooden|Dec 16, 2021

    The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks traveled hundreds of miles to the Smelter City for a basketball ball tournament last weekend, but they weren’t alone. Dozens of fans also made the trip to Anaconda to watch the Hawks in action. “The fans were awesome,” Lady Hawks Coach Chadd Laws said. “Thompson Falls was well represented.” The Lady Hawks came home with two big wins, beating Stillwater Christian 77-34 on Friday and Choteau 71-28 on Saturday. Laws said it was a big weekend for his team, but they still have some things to work on, including reboundin...

  • Hawks split at Anaconda tourney

    Annie Wooden|Dec 16, 2021

    The Blue Hawk boys came home from the Tip-Off Tournament in Anaconda with a win and a loss, narrowly losing to Stillwater Christian 50-46 on Friday and beating Choteau 55-46 on Saturday. “It was a great weekend for the boys,” Coach Jake Mickelson said of the Hawks, who are now 2-1 for the season. The Hawks were tied with Stillwater Christian after two quarters as both teams went into halftime with 24 points. Stillwater outscored the Hawks 16-12 in the third to take the lead and maintained that through the fourth quarter. “I was impressed with...

  • Hawks grapplers finish fourth at Bob Kinney Classic

    Annie Wooden|Dec 16, 2021

    The Thompson Falls-Noxon wrestling team got some good competition with a mixer on Friday and the Bob Kinney Classic in Superior on Saturday. Thompson Falls finished fourth in Superior as a team and Coach Mike Thilmony said team wise, they were right where they wanted to be. The Hawks added some wrestlers to the lineup this week, with Shane Reishus and Hayden Hanks seeing their first action of the season. “Shane came out and wrestled really strong,” Thilmony said. Reishus took the top spot in the 160-pound bracket in Superior, beating Henry Ben...

  • Sanders County Honor Roll

    Dec 16, 2021

    THOMPSON FALLS ELEMENTARY 4th Grade William Albano, Mason Bartlett, Isabella Cork, Boston Davis, Laynie Eichert, Sydnie Eichert, Madalyn Fausett, Ava Franck, Libby Franck, Chase Giegling, Viola Haas, Adam Hutchings, Aislyn McMahel, Kaydence Pavlik, Kyliegh Ruen, Noah Scharfe, Jensen Sipa, Shaylyn Stein, Kaleb Susic, Gabriella Taylor, Jonathan Toyias. 5th Grade Nathan Baxter, Kaden Davis, Easton Deal, Autumn Elder, Audrey Fairbank, Kayla Fausett, Wyatt Franklin, Easton Helvey, Matea Keefe, Tristan Kelly, Angela Koskela, Bryan Lakko, Gage Park,...