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The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk wrestlers hit the road going to the Deer Lodge mixer before the holidays. The girls team had nine matches, winning five of those. Senior Desani Bewick in the 100-pound weight class took two wins by pin, and Veronica Vega lost both of her matches. Lexi Volk won one of her matches but went on to lose her second. Jaden Bewick also won her first match but went on to lose her second. In the 145-weight class, freshman Alyana Hockhalter won her only match. “I think all of the kids wrestled really well. Coming from the l...
Playing a sport at the college level is a big accomplishment. Being a two-sport athlete takes a lot of time and commitment. Getting to play two sports in college with your sister is a special, rare experience. Megan Baxter is a junior at Carroll College in Helena and plays on the school golf team and the junior varsity basketball squad. This year, the 2021 graduate of Thompson Falls High School gets to play both sports with her little sister Ellie, a freshman at Carroll. The Baxter sisters are...
OVER THE HILL GANG W L Jokers Wild 34 26 Leftovers 31 29 Roll’n Along 30 30 Com’bak Kids 29.5 30.5 Fun Team 29 31 Mixed Nuts 26.5 33.5 Team Scr. Game: Fun Team, 748; Scr. Series: Fun Team, 2159; Hcp. Game: Jokers Wild, 884; Hcp. Series: Roll’n Along, 2512; Mens Inv. Scr. Game: Bary Moore, 224; Scr. Series: Ron Beaty, 625; Hcp. Game: Bary Moore, 264; Hcp. Series: Bary Moore, 672. Wms Inv. Scr Game: Ginny Flewelling, 179; Scr Series: Debbie Rolleri, 484; Hcp. Game: Ginny Flewelling, 267; Hcp. Series: Ginny Flewelling, 659. INDUSTRIAL LEAGU...
ANACONDA 58, THOMPSON FALLS 37 The Blue Hawk boys fell to Anaconda 58-37 in the first home matchup of the season as they played host to the Copperheads on Friday. The Hawks struggled to penetrate the Anaconda defense and get inside the paint to score. Thompson Falls was down 3-15 after the first quarter. They gained slightly in the second quarter as they settled into play and went into the locker room at halftime down by just seven points, 14-21. Thompson started the second half with renewed...
It was a clean sweep for both the Plains Horsemen and Trotters basketball teams last week in the non- conference game against Hot Springs at Plains, although the final game of the night was real touch and go to the end. The Trotters varsity team kept the fans at the edge of their bleacher seats throughout the game. The Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat were undefeated going into the game with three straight wins. The Trotters had three wins with their only loss at Darby the previous Saturday. The...
The Savage-Horsemen wrestling team brought home plenty of hardware from the Buzz Lucey memorial tournament in Eureka last weekend. Drew Carey finished a champion on Saturday, pinning Flahead’s Brett Chivers in 1 minute, 54 seconds in the championship match. Carey pinned his way to first place, with none of his matches reaching the third period. Carey first pinned Polson’s Daniel O’Roake in 2:45 before making quick work of Ryle Sheppard of Florence, pinning him in 1:04. Carey won his semifinal match against Brayton Fitch of Flathead in 3:34...
The Thompson Falls wrestling team hit the road taking on the C.M. Russell Holiday Classic this past weekend. There was no shortage of competition as 57 schools came together. Blue Hawk senior Max Hannum proved to be a master of the mats, getting a bye for his first round. He then went on to pin Joshua Sironi of Billings. For round three Hannum pinned Gage Allen of Great Falls, which put him in the quarterfinal. Going up against Alexander Beck of Missoula, Hannum was able to get the pin, but ultimately lost by decision in the semifinal. Hannum...
TROY 35, NOXON 24 The Lady Red Devils hit the court to take on the Lady Trojans of Troy falling 24-35. The aggressive Troy team came out putting full court pressure on Noxon, leaving the Lady Red Devils scoreless for the better half of the first quarter. Noxon was able to find holes in the Lady Trojans defense to put down a few baskets. Going into the second quarter Troy was up six points,. The young Lady Red Devils tried their best to break through the pressure but were unable to close the...
Plains faced the Alberton Panthers at home taking the win 67-30. Quickly the Horsemen came out winning the jump off and getting the first points. Alberton tried to answer with a three but was unsuccessful. From a swift steal by Darren Standeford Plains was able to gain another basket before the Panthers were able to get points on the board. The Horsemen put full court pressure on Alberton, gaining another steal and basket. With only a minute left in the first quarter Plains had a colossal 21 point lead over the Panthers. The Horsemen were able...
The Blue Hawks hosted what was almost a mini-tournament last Thursday, welcoming five schools for a mixer at Thompson Falls High School. Florence, Bigfork, Mission, Arlee and Eureka traveled to Thompson Falls to compete. While no team scores were kept, Hawk Coach Mike Thilmony said it was good to see competition from throughout the division. The Hawks have five wrestlers on the girls' team this year. Jaden Bewick got a win Thursday against Kayden Dillard of Arlee. Desanie Bewick, Veronica Vega...
HOT SPRINGS 43, ARLEE 42 The Lady Savage Heat hosted their first game of the season against the Arlee Scarlets, earning the win 43-42. Hot Springs came out winning the tip but it would be the Scarlets who were quick to answer with the first basket. For most of the first quarter both teams would go points for points until with less than two minutes left Arlee was able to pull ahead. Sophomore Kara Christensen was able to tie up the game, when the Scarlets answered with a swift three-point shot....
THOMPSON FALLS 71, VALLEY CHRISTIAN 32 The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks took to the road this past weekend in the Anaconda tip-off tournament, first facing Valley Christian. While it was the Lady Eagles who won the tip-off, it would be Thompson who would put points on the scoreboard first. The Lady Hawks were able to keep the lead, but Valley Christian was able to break through the Lady Hawk defense to put their own points on the board. Thompson was able to keep their lead going into the second quarter, making the Lady Eagles work for every...
TWO EAGLE 57, PLAINS 45 The Plains Horsemen had two contests last week, first falling 57-45 at Two Eagle River. The Horsemen came out winning the jump off and the first two baskets before the Eagles answered with their own three-point shot tying the score early. Plains was unable to get more points before Two River was able to put down another three-pointer taking the lead. While the Horsemen tried to break free from the full court pressure of the Eagles, they would go point for point until the...
Superior High School was a busy place on Saturday with hundreds of people filling the bleachers and nearly 150 wrestlers competing in the Bob Kinney Classic Tournament all day. The Florence Falcons and its 18 wrestlers nabbed first place with 180 points, followed by the Libby Loggers at 165 points and the Superior Bobcats and its eight wrestlers in third with 121 points. The tournament is named after Superior's first wrestling coach, Bob Kinney. His son, Scott, recently retired as the school's s...
Plains and Thompson Falls grapplers had their first competition last weekend at the Owen Invitational in Polson. More than 370 wrestlers, including nearly 100 girls, from 18 teams took to the mats Friday and Saturday at the Linderman School gymnasium, including eight from the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen team and 13 from the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks. The Savage Horsemen tied with Polson for ninth place with 81 points. Superior and Eureka were the two Class B teams that beat Plains-Hot...
HOT SPRINGS 53, VICTOR 15 The Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat traveled to kick off the Hamilton tip-off against the Victor Lady Pirates, taking the win 53-15. Hot Springs came out on fire, putting the pressure on the Lady Pirates by taking the lead quickly in the first half. The Lady Savage Heat kept their tight knit defense, holding Victor to minimal scoring. Going into halftime Hot Springs was up 22 points. Coming back from the half Hot Springs was able to keep their double digit lead, putting pressure on the Lady Pirates. The Lady Savage Heat...
PLAINS 57, VALLEY CHRISTIAN 49 The Plains Horsemen opened the Hamilton tip-off tournament against the Valley Christian Eagles, earning the win 57-49. Darren Standeford led the Horsemen getting 16 points, Zayden Allen was behind him with 11, and Anaya Loberg rounded out the top scoring with 10 points. Allen proved to be a powerhouse in the paint getting eight rebounds, while Zeph Dines, Pablo Hernandez and Loberg each got five. ARLEE 60, PLAINS 41 The Horsemen took to the court Saturday against the Arlee Warriors, falling 60-41. It would be the...
A Plains teenager was selected as the 2023 Montana Youth Female Referee of the Year. The 18-year-old Claire Wrobleski was officially notified that she was the top female youth referee of the year. "I am excited to get this award because it is some recognition for all the refereeing I have done throughout the years. It's also a big encouragement to know that I am a competent referee," said Wrobleski, who's been a referee for the last five years. Although Wrobleski has known about getting the...
With fall sports wrapped up, local athletes are being honored with All-Conference and All-State status. In District 14C volleyball, Noxon’s senior Mia Vogel earned All-State status, along with Charlo’s Karly Alder and Aida Cote. All were also named first team All-Conference along with senior Maygan Swanson of Noxon, Hot Springs’ only senior Lauryn Aldridge and sophomore Kara Christensen, and Leah Cahoon from Charlo. Athletes named to the second All-Conference team list included Lady Red Devils own Seanna Richter, Charlo’s Shonlea Matt, Alberto...
Thompson Falls alumni Justin Morgan, a sophomore at Montana Tech, has a lot to be proud of this year already. Morgan took third in the Frontier championship earning him All-Conference honors, with the Tech Orediggers as a team taking second place. This put the 19th-ranked Orediggers on the road for their first ever trip to the 44th annual NAIA National Championship in Vancouver, Washington. Racing on the Fort Vancouver National Historic Championship course with 36 other schools and 85 runners...
With fall sports wrapped up, local athletes are being honored with All-Conference and All-State status. In District 7B volleyball, Thompson Falls sophomore Gabi Hannum and Plains junior Lexi Deming earned All-State status, along with Eureka's Annie Vaughn and Kara Stanger, and Mission's Izzy Evans. All were also named first team All-Conference, along with Eureka's Aubrey Casazza. Athletes named to the second team All-Conference list included Blue Hawks Sarah Koskela and Addi Pardee, Trotters Blakely Lakko and Teagan Saner, Eureka's Sophie...
OVER THE HILL GANG W L Mixed Nuts 21.5 18.5 Fun Team 21 19 Jokers Wild 21 19 Com’bak Kids 20.5 19.5 Roll’n Along 19 21 Leftovers 17 23 Team Scr. Game: Fun Team, 823; Scr. Series: Fun Team, 2270; Hcp. Game: Fun Team, 905; Hcp. Series: Fun Team, 2516; Mens Inv. Scr. Game: Ron Beaty, 257; Scr. Series: Ron Beaty, 645; Hcp. Game: Hank Smith, 262; Hcp. Series: Hank Smith, 698. Wms Inv. Scr Game: Wendy Kelley, 188; Scr Series: Ginger Ward, 526; Hcp. Game: Wendy Kelley, 235; Hcp. Series: Ginger Ward, 676. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE W L Bernie’s Auto 31 13 Po...
Teammates were now competitors, competitors now teammates as Mission High School hosted the 2023 volleyball all-star game. Twenty-three girls from eight schools (Mission, Arlee, Hot Springs, Polson, Two Eagle River, Plains, Charlo and Ronan) came together forming two teams, the Lights and the Darks. While a score was being kept, the real winners were the crowd watching intense volleys, near perfect set assists, and powerful spikes. But more importantly the crowd got to see laughs, mistakes, and...
Camp Bighorn in Plains launched a new fall sport for kids in grades third through seventh in the form of a climbing team. Partnering with Plains Elementary for transportation, the kids rode the bus after school to Bighorn where they were broken up into four teams, consisting of eight kids per team. Twice a week the climbers learned and practiced their climbing skills on Bighorn's newly finished outdoor rock climbing wall. With four ropes and multiple routes the climbers were never bored, even...
The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks and Plains Trotters traveled to Eureka for the class B divisional tournament. Though neither team earned a bid to state, the Hawks finished fourth in the division. The first match was between the Plains Trotters and the Florence Falcons. Quickly in the first set the Falcons came talons out gaining the lead. Although the Trotters tried to catch up, it would be Florence who would take the first set. The Trotters seemed to have lost their steam in the second set,...
