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The Plains football team had a bitter loss to the Mission Bulldogs at St. Ignatius Saturday afternoon, when the Bulldogs defeated the Horsemen 60-24. Both teams had one win and one loss under their belts before Saturday's game. "I felt that we could compete with Mission and even come out with a win based on our progress this season so far. Mission is always a tough opponent," said Horseman head coach Mike Tatum. The game started well for Plains when quarterback Darren Standeford darted in from...
NOXON 59, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 53 It was an exciting matchup Friday as Noxon hosted White Sulphur Springs. The Red Devils won the game in the last play of the game, taking the home win 59-53. The Devils were able to start the game with a quick score as quarterback Justice Kayser was able to find Shane Hatchel. White Sulphur answered with a 25-yard scoring run. Before the Hornets knew what was going to happen, Kayser launched a 45-yard pass to Chance McDaid to take the lead. Coming into the...
OVER THE HILL GANG W L Leftovers 6 2 Fun Team 5 3 Roll’n Along 4 4 Mixed Nuts 4 4 Jokers Wild 3 5 Com’bak Kids 2 6 Team Scr. Game: Leftovers, 932; Scr. Series: Leftovers, 2546; Hcp. Game: Leftovers, 1172; Hcp. Series: Leftovers, 3266; Mens Inv. Scr. Game: Ricky Hagedorn, 215; Scr. Series: Steve White, 571; Wms Inv. Scr Game: Debbie Rolleri, 178; Scr Series: Nancy Fields, 487. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE W L Highlead 9 3 Pocket Pounders 9 3 Howard Services 8 4 Bernie’s Auto 6 6 Schitts and Giggles 2 10 Cabinet Docks 2 10 Team Scr. Game: Bernie’s Auto, 8...
The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks soccer teams put up a good battle, but in the end the visitors dominated at Thompson Falls last Tuesday evening. The Bigfork Valkyries first defeated the Lady Hawks 8-1 and the Vikings claimed a 4-1 victory over the Blue Hawks following the girls game. "Bigfork has a good team, but I thought we matched up with them very well and I think they are a team that we can beat," said the Blue Hawks head coach Michael Scharfe. His boys will get the chance when they face the...
The Thompson Falls and Plains cross country teams hit the road taking on the Corvallis meet. Plains sophomore Marina Tulloch took first place for the women with her stunning time of 19 minutes and 35 seconds. Savannah Costner came in behind with a time of 22:24, teammate Tia Bellinger close behind with 23:36. Annika Ercanbrack (24:43) and Ireland Corbin (24:58) crossed the finish line close together. John Jermyn also helped Plains gain fourth place as a team with his time of 17:08. Cord Greer...
ST. REGIS 3, NOXON 0 The Noxon Lady Red Devils hosted the St .Regis Lady Tigers, falling in three sets. St. Regis would be the team to take the first points, gaining the lead, but was quickly answered with the Lady Devils coming back to go point for point. The Tigers would find their groove, shutting down the Noxon defense to take a massive lead. The Devils would not falter and kept a level head and were able to come back, holding the Tigers at 20 points. From there they would tie the game,...
THOMPSON FALLS 1, LIBBY 1 The Thompson Falls/Plains Blue Hawks hit the road taking on the Libby Loggers ending in a draw 1-1. At the start of the game both teams came with fire, making each other work to get towards the goal. The Hawks would put their tough defense to play, keeper Landin Baird was able to stop the first Logger goal. From there the Hawks would try to gain their first goal only to be blocked by the Libby keeper. The teams would go back to fighting yard for yard until the Loggers...
NOXON 55, LINCOLN 53 The Noxon Red Devils hit the road to see the Lincoln Lynx taking the on road win 55-53. Quickly the Lynx were able to break past the Devil defense to put the first points on the board. Noxon was swift and held their own and were able to answer with their own touchdown. The teams would fight yard for yard until less than a minute left in the first quarter, when the Devils were able to gain another touchdown taking the lead. Going into the second quarter the quick footed Devils were able to find their way to the end zone for...
OVER THE HILL GANG W L Fun Team 3 1 Jokers Wild 2 2 Leftovers 2 2 Com’bak Kids 2 2 Mixed Nuts 2 2 Roll’n Along 1 3 Team Scr. Game: Fun Team, 882; Scr. Series: Fun Team, 2519; Hcp. Game: Fun Team, 1023; Hcp. Series: Fun Team, 2942; Mens Inv. Scr. Game: Ron Beaty, 257; Scr. Series: Ron Beaty, 641; Wms Inv. Scr Game: Nancy Fields, 190; Scr Series: Nancy Fields, 508. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE W L Highlead 6 2 Howard Services 6 2 Pocket Pounders 5 3 Bernie’s Auto 4 4 Schitts and Giggles 2 6 North Star Drilling 1 7 Team Scr. Game: Bernie’s Auto, 650; Scr. Se...
The Plains Trotters took their second consecutive win Saturday when they showed Superior who was superior, claiming victory in four games at home. The Superior Lady Bobcats defeated the Trotters the first game 25-23, but head coach Kim Lakko said she wasn't concerned. "The girls are competitors, one set is not the end of a match. The girls played to win and to climb back on top through a fourth set," said Lakko, who was the team's assistant coach last year, but she and Jesse Butcher switched roles this year and Butcher took over the junior...
Noxon's first home football game came down to the last play on Friday as they beat the Valier Panthers 32-26. With less than a minute left in the game, the Panthers were within 10 yards of the goal line, but the Noxon defense boosted their efforts and forced a turnover on downs to stop the visitors. The Red Devils had the ball for the first drive but were unable to score early in the game. Valier returned their first possession for a touchdown and took a 6-0 lead. When Noxon got the ball a...
The Blue Hawk volleyball team got their first action on their home court last Thursday as they welcomed the Florence Falcons to Thompson Falls. Though the Hawks lost in three sets, Coach Sandra Kazmierczak is excited to see what the team accomplishes this season. The Hawks opened the season the week before at the Choteau tournament. "They did great there," Kazmierczak said. "We took seventh out of 15 teams and they played really good volleyball there." Coach Kazmierczak said that last week they...
The Plains High School cross country team had a good showing at the Flathead Invitational, talking first place of the four Class B schools. Several Plains runners had personal bests, including Trotter Marina Tulloch, a sophomore, who finished first in Class B with a time of 19:41.93 and fourth overall out of 127 girls from 18 schools from across Montana. The first Horseman across the finish line was freshman Owen Jermyn, who finished fifth in his class at 17:17.63, also a personal best. The...
JOLIET 23, THOMPSON FALLS 14 The Blue Hawk football team hit the road taking on the Joliet JHawks sinking 23-14. The JHawks were able to break past Thompsons defense to score the first touchdown, while the Blue Hawks tried but were unable to answer with their own touchdown. This would be the only score in the first quarter. Headed into the second quarter Thompson was able to gain a swift two yard run to tie up the game early. The Hawks defense was able to keep Joliet from finding the end zone for much of the second quarter. But with minutes...
It looked as though the Plains Horsemen football team was going to have their second consecutive victory of the season, but the second half of the game said otherwise. The Horsemen had a 20-point lead going into the third quarter, but with three key players injured - two out for the game - and a pumped up and revitalized Darby team, the Tigers clawed themselves to a 36-34 conquest. Both teams were undefeated at the beginning of Friday's game. The Horsemen had claimed a 51-8 triumph over the...
The Thompson Falls cross country team crossed state lines last weekend to compete at Farragut State Park in Idaho. “We ran JV at this meet. There were LOTS of teams there, so the competition was great in all the races,” head coach Sarah Naegeli said. Blue Hawk Weston Block had a time of 20 minutes, 10 seconds, with teammate Balke Shusterman coming in at 20:54.Nathan Baxter crossed the finish line in 21:46, while Tuff Ryder (21:48) came in seconds behind. Luke Pastorius had a time of 22:21, and Jakob Molina came in at 25:02. Aubrey Baxter too...
by Ed Moreth It was a rough day for the Plains Trotters volleyball team that lost its first game of the season on its home court. The varsity girls started out slow, losing game one 25-10. The Loyola Breakers drew first blood and though the Trotters were able to tie things up, once their competitors got hot, Plains never got within seven points. Loyola again started out in the lead in game two and for a while kept the Trotters from putting more than a single point on the board. But when the loca...
Plains hosted youth soccer Saturday at the Amundson Sports Complex. Above left, Plains player Branson Fryxell gets the ball away from Thompson Falls Thunder player Daniel Berger during an U11 game. Plains won game 5-0. At right, Noxon's Bryson Purdy goes against Berger in a U11 game in which Thompson Falls won 5-0....
The Over the Hill Gang had the fun day scramble and yellow ball. The yellow ball winners were Dave Petteys, Bill Nolen and Howard Morkert, while the scramble winners were Rusty Haggard, Rich Hooten, and Roger Webster. Randy Hojem was closest to the pin on No. 10. Rick Kendall had closest to the pin on No. 5 and No. 8, along with the long drive on No. 6 for those 70 and over and a birdie on No. 5. Rich Hooten had the long putt on No. 3, as did Al Luckow on No. 6. Randy Hojem on No. 2, Dennis Gripp on No. 4 and No. 9, Liz Morkert on No. 7 and...
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE W L Bernie’s Auto 4 0 Highlead 3 1 Howard Services 3 1 Pocket Pounders 1 3 Schitts and Giggles 1 3 North Star Drilling 0 4 Team Scr. Game: Bernie’s Auto, 779; Scr. Series: Bernie’s Auto, 2283; Hcp. Game: Bernie’s Auto, 832; Hcp. Series: Bernie’s Auto, 2442; Inv. Scr. Game: Ron Beaty, 233; Scr. Series: Ron Beaty, 648;...
POLSON 9, THOMPSON FALLS 4 The Thompson Falls/Plains Blue Hawk soccer team hosted the Polson Lady Pirates, falling 9-4. The Pirates were quick to score at the top of the first half, and while the Blue Hawks tried, they were unable to answer with their own goal. Polson would score two more goals within the first eight minutes of the game. “We gave up an early penalty and then committed a couple of quick defensive errors leading to early scores,” said head coach Nick Lawyer. But the ladies never faltered and kept their offense strong, let...
DRUMMOND 3, HOT SPRINGS 0 The Hot Springs Savage Heat hosted their first game taking on the Drummond Trojans, falling in three sets. In the first set Drummond was quick to take an early lead over Hot Springs, and they were able to keep their lead 9-3. The Savage Heat tried to keep up with the Trojans but they couldn't gain the lead and soon Drummond had a massive 10 point lead. That was until Hot Springs' own Brooke Jackson was able to serve up several aces to bring the score to 18-14.The...
For the first time in nearly 10 years Plains High School hosted a cross country meet and the results were positive for the local athletes. Eight Horsemen and six Trotters took part in the Plains Sanders County Fair Cross Country Meet, the school's first home cross country meet Friday against the Arlee Warriors and Scarlets. The 3.1-mile race course was held on the property of Joel and Wendy Collett about one mile into the woods off Combest Creek Road. "I'm happy that we are able to put on a...
THOMPSON FALLS 48, CONRAD 45 The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks hit the road for their first game taking on the Conrad Cowboys, securing the 48-45 victory. The Cowboys opened the game with the first touchdown, but were quickly answered with a massive 60-yard touchdown by Hawk senior Braedon Ferris. Conrad tried to break past the Hawk defense but was unable to before Kaiden Robins was able to score a touchdown, giving Thompson Falls a five-point lead. The Cowboys dominated the second quarter with...
THOMPSON 0, LONE PEAK 10 Previs field had a different look to it Saturday as the newly formed Plains-Thompson Falls Blue Hawk girls soccer team hosted their first game of the season, taking on the Lone Peak Big Horns and falling 10-0. Both teams started out putting pressure on each other, but the Big Horns were quick to show their competitiveness and were able to sneak a shot past the keeper to score their first goal. The Blue Hawks held their own and were able to get the ball down the field....
