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SHOOT TO KILL! Falls junior Justin Morgan eyes the rim on a 3-point shot attempt in Plains Friday. This shot went in and the Hawks eventually won 67-48.
PLAINS – Back in black – and making a statement.
The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys, wearing their mostly black road uniforms, turned back Sanders County rival Plains in Plains for a surprising 67-48 win over their Sanders County rivals Friday.
Coming off a lackluster home loss to Libby before the holidays, the Hawks were all business, and all action in Plains.
"That was nice to see us get off the snide like that," coach Jake Mickelson said of the win, Thompson Falls' first of the 2019-2020 season. "We needed a good game to get everyone back on the same page for the rest of the season.
"There is still a lot of basketball to be played," he added, "and we want to be playing our best at the end of the season when it counts the most."
Utilizing some effective outside shooting which opened up their inside game, the Hawks streaked out to an 18-8 lead after one quarter and stretched that advantage to 35-18 by halftime. Senior Ethan Brown gave the Hawks a lift by raining in three 3-pointers during that first half run.
The Blue Hawks appeared a step or two ahead of the Horsemen all game long and went on to complete the encouraging win as Mickelson went deep down his bench in the second half.
Sophomore Nathan Schraeder led the Hawks to the win with 14 points while also pulling down six rebounds, dishing out four assists and coming up with two steals, Brown finished with 11 points and three assists, Sidney Akinde and Trey Fisher added 10 points apiece, Justin Morgan nine points, three assists and two steals, and Ryan Schraeder seven points, three rebounds and three steals.
Jack Green chipped in with four points and Cody Burk two. Fisher cleared a team-high nine rebounds and pilfered two steals.
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Back in Thompson Falls Saturday, the Hawks won their second game of 2020 by turning back the Troy Trojans 69-17. The Hawks scored enough points (22) in the first quarter to win and substituted freely thereafter.
Akinde led the Hawks to the easy win with 16 points, Green added 13, Morgan 10, Fisher eight, Burk seven, Nathan Schraeder six, Ryan Schraeder and Brown four each, and Brad Lantz one.
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