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Local grid stars shine in Cleverly Classic
by John Hamilton A game to remind everyone of what football is supposed to be – a whole lot of fun. Five Thompson Falls Blue Hawks – Cody Burk, Roman Sparks, Kade Pardee, Lucas Andersen and Will McPhe...
Ostwald's 37 is best in Tuesday night action
Fueled by the night’s low individual gross round of 37 shot by Ryan Ostwald, the Feed-N-Fuel foursome of Ostwald, Mike Normandin, Kelly Kovarik and Dave Petteys posted the low team gross of 168 in Tuesday Night Men’s League action at River’s Bend...
Tina and Katrina lead Women's League play
Tina and Katrina shot the low individual scores, as Tina Wheeler and her partner Jeanne Holleran stayed in the overall lead in Women’s League action at River’s Bend Thursday. Wheeler led league players around the Bend with the low gross of 48 whi...
Hagedorn Surveying paces Wednesday 's men
Hagedorn Land Surveying shot the low net of 166 and Highlead the low team net of 140 as Highlead stayed ahead of the field in Wednesday Night Men’s League play at River’s Bend last week. Hagedorn golfers Ryan Ostwald, Paul Flemmer, Rick Hagedorn and...
Burk, Morgan lead Hawks at State B meet
Talk about stepping out in style. Thompson Falls track and field seniors Cody Burk and Justin Morgan finished their prep careers in the sport on high notes at the State B meet in Laurel last week. A...
MacKenzie, Cade medal for Devils
MISSOULA – Led by MacKenzie Morgan with the girls and by Cade VanVleet with the boys, Noxon track and field teams made an impressive showing at the State C meet in Missoula last week. New to Noxon t...
Kyle Lawson stands out for Heat
MISSOULA – Kyle Lawson never quits competing; the Savage Heat standout is always ready for another game or contest of athletic skill. One of the more accomplished athletes in western Montana this past...
Koskela and 5 Hawks head to All-Star game
One more time for all the old times… Accompanied by coach Jared Koskela, five members of the 2020 Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football team, which advanced all the way to the State 8-Man semifinals before falling in Scobey last fall, will play in the a...
Tina and Jeanne take over top women's spot
Tina and Jeanne would not be denied and now are the league leaders. Tina Wheeler shot the low individual gross of 48 and Jeanne Holleran the low individual net of 33 as those two teamed up to post the low team net of 67 to move into first place in Wo...
Usual suspects shoot low in Wednesday men's play
The usual suspects did the low scoring at River’s Bend last Wednesday. With team Highlead (Chadd Laws, Jesse Mosher, John Mosher and Steve Fairbank) shooting the low team net of 147 to remain atop Wednesday Night Men’s League standings, Hagedorn Lan...
Montana's Best were Tuesday's best last week
Montana’s Best Builders are Tuesday’s best golfers, at least for one week anyway. Led by Brian Foster, who shot the low gross of 39, and Kevin Sparks, who shot the low net of 33, Montana’s Best Builders (whose team also includes Nathan Snead and M...
Hawks show up, compete at Western B
Showing up is one thing, showing up to compete is another. Showing up to compete for every point in every event, the Thompson Falls track and field turned in stellar performances at the Western B...
Gritty Heat boys 6th in Western C
All it takes is a little true grit. Displaying lots of that right stuff, coach Andrew Leichtnam's gritty Hot Springs Savage Heat enjoyed a very productive Western C divisional track and field meet in...
Hawk season ends in Western B-C
The biggest highlight was in getting there, to the Western B-C divisional tournament. The Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks edged rival Plains-Hot Springs 2-1 in Thompson Falls in a play-in game May 18...
Easy Street shoots low, Custom Ventures leads
Easy Street Autoworks shot the low team gross again and Montana’s Best Builder the low team net but, in the end, Custom Ventures held on to the league lead in Tuesday Night Men’s league play at River’s Bend last week. Easy Street golfers Ron Beaty...
First Security Bank makes move in Wednesday play
Highlead still leads the standings, but First Security Bank (Ben Mummert, Bill Nolen, Michael Scharfe and Dan Whittenburg) shot the low team gross of 169, and TRL (Rusty Sharp, Shawn Morgan, Gene Wooden and Jay Dowell) the low team net of 136 in...
Baxters medal in State B
Thompson Falls' team of three made big noise at last week's State B golf tournament at Eagle Rock golf course in Billings. As Thompson Falls was without enough players for scoring teams, Megan...
Jeanne and Tina win round, Connie and Jan still lead in Women's Golf League action
Jeanne Holleran and Tina Wheeler shot the low team gross of 109 and Liz Morkert and Lana Nolen the low net of 83 to highlight play in last week’s Women’s League golf action at River’s Bend. Connie Brown shot the low individual gross of 48 while...
Curry earns All-State C
What a golf season for Plains sophomore Kimmy Curry. Curry, new to the Plains golf team this year, earned All-State C honors at last week’s State C golf tournament at Riverside Country Club in Bozeman, finishing seventh overall, leading the T...
Red Devil athletes ready for State C
Noxon High School will be well represented at the State C track and field meet in Missoula this week. Making sure that the Red Devils will be represented, the one-two punch of MacKenzie Morgan and Emily Brown with the girls, and Cade VanVleet and Jar...
Young Plains teams look to the future
Fillies and colts this season, they will return as fully mature Trotters and Horsemen next year. At least that is what coach Denise Montgomery is counting on. Led by Mason Elliott, who won fourth in the 300 meter hurdles, Plains track and field...
Hawks, Trotters to decide tourney fate
Rivalry games are important in their own right, but this one has some extra incentive built right in. The winner lives to play another day, while the loser will be forced to call it a season. The Thom...
Falls thinclads move on
All things considered, another fine effort by the Thompson Falls track and field teams. Using outstanding efforts from across the track and field in Eureka Saturday, the Hawk girls scored 104 points...
Baxters, Pardee earn State B berths
The best sister-sister act in Western B golf, and maybe in the entire state of Class B golf, Blue Hawks Ellie and Megan Baxter finished third and fifth individually in the Division 3 tournament at Eagle Bend in Bigfork last Wednesday to...
The burgeoning Savage Heat
Coach Andrew Leicthnam’s track and field team is burgeoning, flourishing into the best team they can possibly be at the best possible time. Led by the multi-talented Kyle Lawson, who won three individual events and ran legs on both relays, L...
