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Lady Hawks earn respect
Respect earned, respect deserved. The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, after first making an appearance...
Trotters seek positives
After a disappointing start to the season, coach Eddie Fultz and his Plains Trotters are ready for a positive change. The Trotters fell to 0-3 in...
P-HS grappling hits the mats
It was a long time coming but well worth the wait. Coach Shane Angle and his Plains-Hot Springs wrestling team finally hit the mats for actual...
Devils make up for lost time
Making up for lost time, the Noxon Lady Red Devils started out their delayed basketball season with a pair of wins last week, taking down the Trotters...
Heat do their best against Charlo
To be the best, you have to play the best. Playing the best team going in District 14C last week, the Hot Springs Savage Heat girls lost 60-25 to the...
No. 10 Hawks defeat Bigfork mystique
Maybe the Bigfork mystique isn't what it used to be. Or maybe the Hawks are just really good. Facing...
Blue-collar Hawk wrestlers pack action in
The Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks are blue-collar, hard-working wrestlers; they pack their lunch pails every day and faithfully go to work anytime...
Defense, rebounding pay off for Horsemen
Playing solid defense and rebounding wins games. Convincing his Plains Horsemen of those primary laws of basketball physics, coach Tyrel Allen and...
Devils finally debut
It is hard to play good basketball when you don’t get the chance to practice much, just ask new Noxon coach Ben Johnson and his Red Devils. The Red...
Heat keep progressing
Progress is in the eye of the beholder. When the beholder is the head coach, that progress means a lot more, especially when it leads to winning...
Hawks knock off Lions
When the Hawks get it going the points really start flowing. The explosive Thompson Falls boys...
Hawk grapplers host Tigers and Wolves
Making the wait well worth it, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks hosted a double dual meet in Thompson...
Teams get busy
And now for the rest of the sports story in Sanders County. Thompson Falls’ basketball and wrestling teams got out to an early start last weekend...
Lady Hawks trounce Troy
Are you ready? Really ready to finally play some basketball? The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks were...
Hawks demolish Trojans
There is very good. Then there is very, very good. Looking very, very good – some might say scary good – in their first time out on the floor toge...
Angle takes P-HS coaching reins
Shane Angle has been on periphery of Plains-Hot Springs high school wrestling for several years – now he is smack dab in the middle of it, and is...
Prep sports start Saturday
Thompson Falls will be a hotbed for high school sports in Sanders County this weekend as the winter seasons finally begin. Over a month past the time...
Johnson is Noxon's new boys coach
With the big fella gone, who is going to step into his shoes? The Noxon Red Devil boys will have a decidedly different look this season, both on the...
Lady Devils ready for action
Heading into her second season as head coach of the Noxon Lady Red Devil basketball team, Cortney Vohs could have been excused for thinking this...
Horsemen retool, to rely on veterans
The Plains Horsemen are in a rebuilding mode. Then again, maybe they’re not. “We did lose a lot from last year’s team,” coach Tyrel Allen...
Fun Run and Walk to go down Friday
It will look a lot different this year but organizers are still planning on holding the 22nd edition of the New Year’s Day Fun Run and Walk. There...
BORN TO RUN
Maybe they were born to run. Playing run-and-gun basketball and having a lot of fun doing it, the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks enjoyed one of the best ca...
Hawk boys up for promising season
The Blue Hawk boys are looking good heading into the 2021 season, but they are tired of looking at each other. “These guys want to play someone else...
2020 Keg Bowl is a No-Go
It would have been the 40th annual, but now it will be the first one missed in four decades. Due to the circumstances of 2020 – namely the COVID-19...
YOUNG VETERANS
The Plains Trotters look young if you take a look at their roster, but a lot of these Trotters already have some basketball chops, and have been...