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Thompson Falls golfers had a chance to compete last Tuesday at the JV invite at the old nine at Polson Golf Course, hosted by Two Eagle River School. The course offered a great starter course for the new golfers. They would only finish a nine-hole round but grew and learned from the experience, said Hawk Coach Doree Thilmony. The JV golfers had another invite hosted by Deer Lodge on Thursday, where they were able to finish 15 holes. The JV golfers include Ella Johnson, Weston Block, Jaden...
The Over The Hill gang started their golf season at the River’s Bend golf course this week. Dave Garr had the men’s low gross with a 42, while Gary Thompson carded the men’s low net score of 37. Kristy Beaty had the women's low net at 42. Ron Beaty sank the long putt on No. 2, along with Dennis Gripp (No. 3) and Russ Wood (No. 4). Al Luckrow earned the long drive on No. 6, while Dave Garr earned the longest putt on No. 6, as did Ron Beaty on No. 7, Thompson on No. 8, and Jens Jantzen on No. 9. Dave Garr earned the men's longest drive on No. 9...
Two Plains soccer teams pulled off wins at the Amundson Sports Complex in front of cheering home fans Saturday. The Clark Fork Soccer Alliance coed U12 kids pulled off a 7-2 victory Saturday afternoon against the Missoula Strikers. The Clark Fork Soccer Alliance U18 girls team defeated the Stevensville Sabres in an afternoon game with a score of 3-0. The U18 girls played earlier in the day against the Polson FC. It was a grudge match with the Plains girls trying to come back from a loss to Polso...
The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks took on the Bonner Ferry Badgers last Thursday taking the win 14-2. They then saw the Powell County Lady Wardens and the Anaconda Copperheads Saturday in a double header. Bonners Ferry was able to get on the board in the top of the first inning, scoring two runs. The Lady Hawks were able to answer back with three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take the lead early. Both teams would go scoreless in the second inning, and Thompson would keep the Badgers to...
The Blue Hawk golf team competed in two tournaments last week, traveling first to Canyon River in Missoula on Monday, then St. Regis on Thursday for a tournament at Trestle Creek Golf Course. Theo Nygaard earned an 86 at the Canyon River course, finding 11 fairways, six green in regulations, and 29 putts. Cael Thilmony scored a 93, finding six fairways, four green in regulation, cardingfive pars and keeping his putts to 36. Braxton Dorscher scored a 114, finding nine fairways, three green in regulation, and 40 putts, Blake Shusterman scored a...
Thompson Falls, Noxon, and Plains hit the road Saturday taking on the Whitefish A.R.M. invitational for a full day of track and field with 13 other schools. But first three Sanders County athletes took to Missoula to compete among the best of the best at the Top 10 meet. They included Ricky Willams from Noxon, and Marina Tulloch and Alexis Deming from Plains. Williams took third place in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 4 inches, a new personal best for the junior. Tulloch took eighth place in the 3200 meter run with her time of 12 minutes,...
The Plains Junior High School track team nearly dominated the track and field competition on its own home turf last week, taking first place with the Boys A Division and first in the Girls A Division. Eighty-seven boys and girls participated in the Plains Junior High School County Track Meet, which involved Plains, Thompson Falls, Noxon, Hot Springs, and Dixon. Trout Creek was not there. The competition involved 15 different events for the A Division (eighth grade) teams and B Division (sixth...
Men’s leagues at River’s Bend kicked off the 2024 season last week. The Tuesday and Wednesday leagues started with a team scramble. On Tuesday, the MT Best Builders (Kevin Sparks, Nathan Snead, Tom Holleran, Mike Thilmony, Doug Czerwinski and Gary Potts) combined for a low score of 32. Sparks (No. 4), Snead (No. 7), Mike Tessier (No. 5) and Dave Petteys (No. 9) each had a chip-in in their first league round of the year. Rusty Haggard sank the long putt on No. 3, Arthur Potts was closest to the pin on No. 5, Charlie Hooten had the long putt on...
The Thompson Falls Blue Dingers continued their undefeated record after claiming a 23-4 victory over the Plains Beasts in minor league play at the Amundson Sports Complex in Plains last week. "They played fantastic," said Jon Haun, head coach for the Blue Dingers. Haun said that he even sent in two boys - Louis Hannum and Elliott Susic - that had never pitched to the mound and they did well. As of last Tuesday, the Blue Dingers had three wins and no losses, with the exception of an exhibition...
The Noxon-Thompson co-op baseball team had two home games this past week, first taking on the Ronan Chiefs falling 20-6, then seeing the Frenchtown Broncs sinking 12-2. Ronan was able to get on the board in the top of the second inning after an error allowed two runs. The Red Devils were able to take a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the second inning after Kade Hill and Lars Gerhard each popped a single to allow RBI’s. Both teams would remain scoreless in the third inning, until the Chiefs were able to score seven runs on three hits to take a 9-3 le...
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The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks took first place at the Thompson Falls Invitational at Previs Field last week where more than a dozen schools threw, jumped and ran for the farthest, highest and fastest distances and times. The Lady Hawks did it, accumulating 86 points for top honors, and the Blue Hawks took fifth place with 53 points. Thompson Falls finished the competition with 10 first places and four second place medals, said Trenna Ferris, head coach for the last seven years. The Thompson...
The golf season is busy for Thompson Falls and Plains, with the Hawks fresh off hosting their home meet last Saturday. The Hawks hosted the fifth annual Gary Thompson Invitational on Saturday, having eight boys teams and two girls teams compete, with a total of 46 boys and 13 girls. Sophia Chou took first place in her home tournament with a score of 99, she had 33 putts, and found 10 fairways. Aubrey Baxter took second place with her score of 102, she found nine fairways, and putted 35 for the r...
Hot Springs, Noxon, and Plains joined 24 other schools for the Seeley Swan invite in Missoula for a beautiful Saturday filled with track and field. In the 100 meter race Wyatt Campbell from Hot Springs earned a grand time of 13 seconds, Samson Jakabosky behind at 13.64, and Robert Setters with 14.94. David Chapman crossed the finish line in the 200 meter race with a stunning time of 24 seconds, Jakabosky with 28.17, and Setters with 31.59. In the 1600 meter Savage Heat senior Elijah Campbell earned a time of five minutes, 15 seconds, Wesley...
The Noxon-Thompson Falls co-op baseball team added another win to their season after taking on the Troy Trojans 13-2. Troy got on the board in the top of the first inning after a player singled and one walked, each scoring a run. Lars Goedhard was the first Red Devil to get on base, Shane Hatchel would be walked, Brayden McJunkin would ground out to third base, drawing an out, while Goedhard would advance to third base. Bryson McCormick would be struck by a pitch loading the bases, and Payton Chambers would draw a walk leading to Goedhard...
The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks took to the road Saturday to take on the Columbia Falls Iceberg invitational for a beautiful spring day filled with track and field. Hawk Ian Myers was on point on the track, earning first place in the JV 400-meter race with a time of 59.70 seconds and also winning the 800 meter in 2 minutes, 22.46 seconds. Myers also placed first in the JV high jump, clearing 5 feet, 2 inches. For the girls, freshman Addy Deal brought home first place in the JV triple jump with a jump of 30’2”. In the men's junior varsity 100 met...
The Plains and Thompson Falls high school softball teams are getting into the swing of the season. The Hawks added another win to their season records last week while the Trotters were unable to best their opponents The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks added another home win to the season last Wednesday after defeating the Whitefish Bulldogs 16-1. Sarah Koskela came out pitching for the Hawks, getting a three-person no-hit strikeout at the top of the first inning. The Hawks were able to get five runs...
Hot Springs hosted their annual Dave Tripp Memorial in Polson, where the Savage Heat, Plains and 15 schools came together for an action packed track and field day. Nicholas Hill led for Plains in the 100 meter race, with his time of 11 seconds. Behind him was Greg Tatum with a time of 12.02, Matthew Thurston in 12.70 and Jack Cockrell rounded it out for the Horsemen in 14.06. Hill took sixth place in the 200 meters with his time of 25 seconds, Thurston finished in 26.57, Liam Lyman crossed the finish line in 28.35 and Cockrell ended with a...
The Plains and Thompson Falls golf teams met again on the Plains golf course for a full 18-hole match on Saturday. The Thompson Falls boys took fourth out of nine teams while the girls took second place out of five teams. The top team for the boys was Florence with a 122, St. Regis took second with 143, Eureka in third with 186, Thompson Falls with 200, Superior with 216, Loyola with 222 and Plains with 264. For the girls Florence once again took first place with 238, Thompson Falls followed...
The Noxon-Thompson Falls Red Devils faced the Polson Pirates last Thursday, falling 24-1. The Pirates got on the board in the top of the first inning after a left field home run scored two runs. Polson would score five more runs before the Devils had a chance to bat. The Pirates would prove their strong arm, striking out the Red Devils in just three hits. Polson would go on to score six runs on four hits in the top of the second inning. After a Pirate solo home run to left field the Red Devils...
Thompson Falls and Noxon took to the road taking on the Libby invite with six other schools: Browning, Libby, Ronan, Bigfork, Eureka and Troy. Starting off for the Blue Hawks in the 100 meter race was Braxton Dorscher who took sixth place with his time of 11 seconds. His brother Teagan Dorscher came behind with 13.14, with Kolton Oden coming in with 13 seconds. Dorscher also ran the 200 meters, getting a time of 25 seconds, and Braedon Ferris came in behind Dorscher with a time of 25.75. Ethan...
The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks and Plains Trotters took to the road this past weekend to play softball in Missoula taking on opponents from across the state. The Lady Hawks took on the Three Forks Wolves first, falling 22-10. Three Forks came out swinging, gaining eight runs in the first inning to take the lead over the Lady Hawks. While in the bottom of the first Thompson was able to score one run. The Wolves would be able to sneak in three more runs in the second while keeping the Hawks from scoring. It would flip in the third and fourth...
Blue Hawk senior golfer Theo Nygaard (right) decided to keep the action going on Saturday after the Plains golf tournament. Nygaard came home in the afternoon to play at River's Bend with his teammates Aubrey Baxter and Cael Thilmony. Nygaard, who celebrates his 18th birthday this week, got a hole-in-one on No. 8 at his home course, putting the ball in from 173 yards with his 7-iron....
The Lady Hawks added more wins under their cleats, taking down the Eureka Lions 17-0 last Monday then the Sandpoint Bulldogs 8-7 last Friday in Idaho. The Lady Hawks were on fire facing the Lions in the first inning with Olivia Fitchett pitching a three person strike out no hitter. While Eureka tried to keep the soaring Hawks from scoring but were unable and soon the Hawks had a massive lead. Back on mound Fitchett would pitch another three person no hitter strikeout for the Hawks. The Lions were unable to keep the flying Thompson team from sco...
More than 60 soccer players from five different U11 and U10 teams gathered at the Amundson Sports Arena for the Plains Jamboree and the first games of the spring season. The rains stayed away, but the wind took the temperatures to around 40 degrees, prompting portable shelters and blanket wraps for the near 200 fans that came and went throughout the day as coed teams from Plains, Thompson Falls, Libby, and Columbia Falls faced off, each team playing two games. When not on the field, most...
