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Wild Coyotes, Highlead lead Wednesday play
The Wild Coyotes howled but Highlead held onto the lead in Wednesday Night Men’s League golfing action at River’s Bend last week. Wild Coyote players Gary Thompson, Mike Normandin, Howard Morkert and Steve Clark put together their rounds to arr...
Hot, dry weather fuels wildfires, Stage 2 remains
Too hot, too dry, too soon. The 2021 wildland fire season could very well turn into one of the longest campaigns in modern firefighting history if this area does not receive a break from the...
'Real' racing is back
Competitive in-person running is back. After more than a year of virtual runs where folks competed against each other only by the clock due to the COVID-19 pandemic, real-life, real-time running events are finally back. As a result, Clark Fork...
Tina, Jeanne stalking Women's League foes
Kristy and Danice are still in first place but Jeanne and Tina appear to be stalking them, waiting for the chance to make their move. Jeanne Holleran and Tina Wheeler shot the low team gross of 98 in Thursday Night Women’s League action last week, c...
Easy Street Auto wins in 1-2-3 Tuesday golf
It was as easy as 1-2-3 for Easy Street Autoworks. Taking a break from hard-core league play last week, Easy Street Autoworks golfers Ron Beaty, Dave Garr, Jens Jantzen, Charlie Hooten and Rusty Haggard combined for a net score of 60 to win the...
Ron's Running Dinos haven't fossilized yet
Contrary to what the science books tell us, the dinosaurs are still here, roaming God’s green earth, patrolling the fairways and greens of River’s Bend Golf Course. Proving to be not quite extinct just yet, Ron’s Running Dinos, one of the longe...
Fire season roars throughout region
The real fireworks waited until after July 4 this year. Sparked by several thunderstorms carrying little precipitation but lots of lightning, over a dozen new forest fires sprang to life in Sanders...
County moving to Stage II fire restrictions
If you didn't believe it before, believe it now – the wildfire situation in Sanders County is dire. Recognizing the danger presented by additional fire starts when several large fires are already b...
Kristy and Danice jump into first place in league
Shooting the low team net of 65, Kristy Beaty and Danice Toyias jumped into first place in the second half of season play in Women’s League golfing action at River’s Bend Thursday. Chris Gross and Kim Pardee won low team gross honors with a 98 as...
Bary and company make move in Wednesday play
You read that right, it’s Bary with one “r,” and he’s hoping to lead his Moore Oil team to the promised land of Wednesday Night Men’s League golf. Calculating out the low individual net of 30, captain Bary Moore and his Moore Oil team finished...
Easy Street Autoworks cruises in Tuesday golf
w team gross, Montana’s Best Builders the low team net and Easy Street Autoworks took the second half lead in Tuesday Night Men’s League golfing action at River’s Bend last week. Feed-N-Fuel golfers Ryan Ostwald, Mike Normandin, Kelly Kovarik and S...
Fall sports practice start August 13
Don’t look now but high school sports are already sneaking up on us. Back to almost-normal after more than a year of dealing with COVID-19 and the myriad ways it affected prep sports, the Montana High School Association has released official dates f...
View from the Sidelines
Unfortunately, my NIL is probably worth nil. This name, image and likeness (or NIL) discussion that is going on with college sports since the Supreme Court ruled in the athletes’ favor and against the NCAA last week has got me thinking: Should I t...
Errecart new Plains AD
Marie Errecart has been named as the new Plains High School athletic director. Mike Cole, the former long-time AD for Plains, released a statement last week announcing that he was stepping down and that Errecart has been enlisted as the new athletic...
Big Sky Pantry golfers have all the fun, win
Taking a break from the cutthroat competition of regular season play, the Tuesday Night Men’s league players instead went at it with a play format last week. Enjoying their pressure-free evening at River’s Bend the most, Big Sky Pantry golfers Bil...
Wednesday 's men play round just for the fun of it
It was all in fun, this round of Wednesday Night Men’s League golf. Enjoying a midseason break from league action with a play night after the Highlead team wrapped up the first half title last week, TRL team members Gene Wooden, Ben Mount, Jay D...
Sparks and Kelly take women's 2nd half lead
A new day has dawned in Women’s League golfing at River’s Bend. With the first half of the season concluding the week before, the golfing ladies of Sanders County went out clubbing again last Thursday evening to start the second half of league act...
Trae excels in AAU Duals
Trae Thilmony is not only one of the best high school wrestlers in Montana, he is one of the best prep grapplers in the entire country. Thilmony's body of wrestling work and rewards earned during his...
2021 Hawk softball season one to build on
Batting the ball around, scoring lots of runs and having tons of softball fun; that was what the Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks were all about this past spring. With the numbers to back him up, Hawk coach Jared Koskela says his girls had an...
Western B-C softball names All-Con team
Thompson Falls' Riley Wilson and Noxon's Dylan Vigil of the Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks and Plains' Skylar Bergstrom of the Plains-Hot Springs Trotters, all seniors, have earned spots on the 2021...
Justin Morgan wins Governor's Cup 5K
Justin Morgan has the killer instinct in distance running and has proven that fact several times over the past calendar year. He seems to have a little, okay maybe a lot, of that extra stuff required...
Jeanne and Tina are women's dream team
Tina and Jeanne are at the head of the class of Women’s League golfing at River’s Bend so far this season and their play last Thursday was expectedly exceptional once more. Staying ahead of the pack in team standings, Tina Wheeler led all pla...
Quik Stop takes over Tuesday night lead
Noxon Quik Stop golfers slipped past Montana’s Best Builders and into the Tuesday Night Men’s League lead last week at River’s Bend. Quik Stop finished the evening of play with 152 points while the Best Builders are now one point back at 152. In ot...
Hagedorn Surveying paces Wednesday 's men
Keeping their team in first place in the standings, Highlead golfers Chadd Laws, Jesse Mosher, Pete Bugnatto and Steve Fairbank put their efforts together to shoot the low team net of 149 in Wednesday Night Men’s League play at River’s Bend last wee...
DRAWN BACK TO ARCHERY
There is a certain draw to archery, beyond the bullseyes and the shooting for score. Archery may not be for everyone, but it is a sport that tends to end up drawing in a lot of folks, and being a...