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Baxter fifth at state
Ellie Baxter concluded her golf season with a fifth-place finish at the state tournament in Fairmont May 17 and 18. She shot 95 on the first day of the tournament, a respectable but unexceptional...
County tracksters place at state meet
Sanders County track and field athletes completed one last challenge last weekend at the state meet in Great Falls. Thompson Falls senior Will Hyatt placed in two events, finishing his high school career with a fourth-place finish in the 3,200 meter...
Track teams prepare for state meet
The Western B and C Divisional Track Meet was held in Frenchtown last week. Athletes from class B schools had to place in the top six to go to state while those from class C had to be in the top...
Thinclads head to divisional
District track meets were held across the state last week with Noxon and Hot Springs competing in 14C and Plains and Thompson Falls in 7B. Athletes needed to place in the top six to advance to Divisio...
Baxter finishes second in division
Junior Ellie Baxter of Thompson Falls is the last golfer left standing in Sanders County. She earned a berth in the State Tournament by placing second at the divisional tournament in Fairmont last week with a score of 89. Only the top 15 individual...
Trotters win home golf meet
The Plains girls’ golf team won at their home course last week, shooting 488 as a team and placing three girls in the top 10. Lexa Craft was fourth with a score of 109, Grace Horton placed fifth with a score of 111 and Genna Deschamps was 10th w...
Track teams compete among the state's best in Missoula
Eighteen teams attended the KLH Invitational including Hot Springs, Noxon and Plains. The meet was held on Saturday at MCPS Stadium in Missoula and featured some of the top athletes in the state. Joseph Martin of Plains finished fifth in the 400...
County fares well at ARM
Thirteen teams attended the 24th annual Akey, Rosenberg and Murphy (A.R.M.) track meet last week in Whitefish, including Thompson Falls, Plains and Hot Springs. Athletes from all three teams placed in the tournament. For Thompson Falls, Ryan Bucher...
Baxter captures St. Regis title
Ellie Baxter won the girls' division with a score of 91 at the Trestle Creek Golf Course. "The kids had some better weather to golf and they are improving," Coach Doree Thilmony said. Ellie Baxter...
Spa City Splash raises funds
Reiley Winebrenner of Hot Springs organized a ten team basketball tournament to raise money to purchase new jerseys for the junior high basketball teams of Hot Springs. The event raised $2,200. The...
HOME TURF
Eleven teams and 83 participants attended the Gary Thompson Invitational on Saturday at River's Bend Golf Course, hosted by the Blue Hawks. Junior Ellie Baxter was the only Blue Hawk to place. She tie...
Trotters make comeback in Thompson Falls
The Blue Hawk softball team dropped to 4-5 after going scoreless in back to back games, first in Florence (16-0), then at home against Ennis (again 16-0) and Plains (9-6). "You focus on the...
Trotters beat Trojans 12-4 in home matchup
The Trotters beat the Lady Trojans 12-4 on Friday with well-rounded team play; solid fielding, hitting and pitching. The Trotters drew a crowd of several dozen fans including Carl Parker who attends...
Cool conditions for T. Falls Invitational
The high temperature in Thompson Falls was 38 degrees on Thursday, accompanied by strong winds that Blue Hawk coach Trenna Ferris called, "pretty brisk." Despite the weather, 14 teams attended, "the...
Savage Heat celebrate milestone
Several returning state champions took the track on Friday in the largest Dave Tripp ever. Twenty-one teams attended what Hot Springs Athletic Director and Superintendent Gerald Chouinard called,...
Blue Hawk softball improves to 4-1
The Blue Hawks softball team beat Troy 10-0 last Thursday. Cheyla Irvine pitched the whole game, shutting out the Trojans. On offense, five Blue Hawks batted .500 or better and junior Liv McCormick led the team with three runs. On Sunday, the Hawks...
Hawk golfers tee off season
The Blue Hawk golf team went to its first meet last Thursday. Sophomore Cael Thilmony had the low score for the team with 101, placing him almost exactly in the middle of the field. The winner of the...
Trotters edge by Hawks
The Plains-Hot Springs Trotters beat the Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks last Tuesday in Plains during the first softball action of the season for the Sanders County teams. The Blue Hawks led the...
Track begins with Eureka Time Trials
The Lincoln County Lions hosted Plains and Thompson Falls at the Eureka Time Trials on Saturday. The Blue Hawk boys dominated in the 100, taking first through fourth places in the event with the...
