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The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys gave themselves an early Christmas present Thursday, defeating Troy 74-41 in their first District 7B conference game of the season. In other action to wrap up play in 2017, the Hawks lost to the Plains Horsemen 59-54 in Plains last Tuesday (Dec. 19). Now 1-0 in 7B action and 3-4 overall, coach Jake Mickelson and his Hawks return to action Jan. 2, hosting Loyola in another non-conference game. The Hawks controlled the middle two quarters of play in Troy to run away from the Trojans, winning the second quarter...
PLAINS - So, how good are the Arlee Warriors? The Arlee Warriors are so good, they can take a showdown game with another undefeated opponent and turn it into a blowout right from the opening tap. Ask the previously undefeated Plains Horsemen, who lost to the Warriors in just such a showdown contest in Plains Thursday. Coach Zanen Pitts still unbeaten Warriors, the defending State C boys basketball champions, knocked the Horsemen down 83-39 in a key early season District 14C matchup. And as bad as that score may look, it is one of the closest...
The Lady Hawks fought the good fight each night out but fell to Plains 44-31 in Plains Dec. 19 and to Troy 48-36 in Troy Thursday. Coach Doree Thilmony and her Lady Hawks will now practice over the holidays, returning to official action playing Loyola in Missoula Tuesday, Jan. 2. Sarah Detlaff paced the Hawks against Plains with eight points, Megan Baxter added seven, Haley Morgan six, Jody Detlaff five, Riley Wilson and Belle Cooper two apiece and Maya Stiles one. Please see other story for Plains scoring in the game. At Troy Thursday, Baxter...
Plains High School alum Casey Jermyn has been the Montana Coaches Association (MCA) Coach of the Year for both boys and girls Class AA cross country for leading the Bozeman squads to AA team titles this past fall. A State B champion distance runner at Plains during his prep career, Jermyn owns and operates a running specialty store in Bozeman and coaches the Bozeman Hawk cross country program on the side. Jermyn also ran competitively in college. Other Coach of Year honorees of local interest include: Trevor Utter of Eureka (Class B football);...
by John Hamilton Local prep wrestling teams completed the 2017 portion of the season’s mat schedule competing in matches and mixers last week. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks defeated visiting Mission-Charlo 42-21 in a dual match Tuesday, the Hawks, Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen, the Arlee Warriors and the Florence Falcons wrestled off in a mixer match Thursday, and both Sanders County squads and Arlee then competed in the round-robin style Mission Mountain Classic hosted by Mission-Charlo Saturday. Kaleb Frank (120 pounds), Sam Ostwald (...
Cold beginnings led to sad endings for both Noxon basketball teams in a boy-girl doubleheader played at Charlo Thursday. In remarkably cold starts for teams with hot nicknames like the Red Devils, the Noxon boys fell behind 14-2 after the first eight minutes in their game with Charlo, while the Lady Devils fared no better, dropping back 15-2 to the Lady Vikings after one quarter in that game. Both deficits proved to be too much to overcome as the Noxon boys lost 52-35 and the Noxon girls fell 46-18 in the District 14C conference-counting...