Hawks triumphant over Plains

Plains and Thompson Falls put on a great show on the court last Thursday in Thompson Falls as the rivals met for the final time in the regular season. The Blue Hawk girls bested the Trotters 51-25 and the Hawk boys won 46-28.

It was an aggressive game for the Hawk boys and Horsemen as Thompson Falls took an early lead and kept it the entire 32 minutes. The Hawks led 11-6 after the first quarter and 25-13 at the half. The lead was enough to lead the Hawks into the home stretch for the win.

Aden West led the Plains scoring with 9 points, Anaya Loberg had 6, Pabllo Hernandez and Shawn O'Keefe four each, Wyatt Butcher 3 and Darren Standeford and Zayden Allen each scored a free throw.

For the Hawks, senior Braxton Dorscher put up 16 points, classmates Nick Tessier had 10, Bryson LeCoure scored 8 points, Kaiden Robins 6, Sam Burgess 4 and Braedon Ferris 2.

The Lady Hawks had a strong start on their home turf, outsourcing Plains 12-3. The two defenses put the pressure on in the second and kept the scoring low as the teams went into the locker room with Thompson Falls leading 20-10. The second half was intense as Thompson Falls upped their game and put up more points, leading 33-17 as the final quarter started. The Hawks sealed the win in the fourth.

Sophomore Solveig Nygaard led the Hawk scoring with 12 points, with Addi Pardee and Addy Deal scoring 9 each. Aubrey Baxter put up 8 points, Gabi Hannum had four and Delany Gerhard and Olivia Fitchett two apiece. Ava Lawyer was the top scorer for Plains with 12 points, while Aubree Butcher added 5 and Katelyn Subatch 3.

Plains also traveled to superior on Friday, with the boys earning a 55-33 victory and the girls falling 57-47.

The Horsemen handily won against the Bobcats, leading the entire game. Plains took a massive 15-3 lead in the first quarter and strengthened that to 29-13 by halftime. Superior kept the pressure on the Horsemen but were unable to close the gap as Plains let 39-21 going into the fourth. Aden West scored 17 points for the Horsemen in Superior, Zayden Allen had 9 points, Pablo Hernandez 8, Anaya Loberg 7, Zephaniah Dines 6 and Shawn O'Keefe 4.

The Trotters had a strong start in Superior, outsourcing the Bobcats 12-4 in the first quarter. The second quarter was a different story, however, as the Bobcats sprang into action and took the lead 22-17 at halftime. The Bobcats kept the energy and scoring going in the third. Plains made a final push in the fourth quarter but were unable to overcome the deficit.Blakely Lakko proved to be unstoppable with an impressive 20 points against Superior. Lexi Deming scored 9, Aubree Butcher and Katelyn Subatch 5 each, Trystan Larsen had four points and Claire Lakko and Ava Lawyer each had a basket.

The Horsemen and Trotters will kick off the last week of the regular season at home Friday against Eureka and Saturday against Mission.