Articles from the April 19, 2018 edition
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Hawks, Beckman win Plains Invite titles
Like drives down the fairway, chip shots out of the bunker and putts into the cup; so pass the days of our golfing lives. Coach Mike Bates said his Thompson Falls golfers made the most of their day...
Fab Five golfers shine for Plains
They are Plains' self-proclaimed Fab Five, and they are coming to a golf course near you. New Plains golf coach Lisa Brown, who jokingly suggests that she is the assistant to her assistant Don Stamm...
Trotters get ready for four games in only three days
PLAINS – High school softball is getting to be a more important thing in Plains all the time. Witness the spiffed-up playing facilities and the fact that the legendary voice of Plains sports, Randy G...
Erik Digby runs to finish in rain-soaked Boston Marathon
When it came right down to it, there was no way that Erik Digby was not going to run in the Boston Marathon Monday, even if it meant running through a frigid, driving rainstorm that forced thousands...
Set to host own Invite, TF thinclads stay busy
Don't look outside right now, it might be snowing or raining, but get ready Thursday for sunshine and warm temperatures as the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks will host their annual Thompson Falls...
Plains enjoys large turnout
Bigger is better when it comes to track and field. The more athletes you have the better it is for so many people in so many different ways. Just ask Plains track and field coach Denis Montgomery, who says 25 Plains student-athletes, 14 boys and 11...
Devils are deep, talented
Track and field is alive and well in Noxon. Coach Matt Havens, who is joined this year in guiding the Red Devil thinclads by Scott Richardson, reports that he has 19 athletes (11 boys and eight girls) out this spring and that things have been going w...
Plains hosts 'soccer palooza'
"It's a soccer palooza," said Erika Lawyer, who had two boys and one girl in an all-day soccer competition at Amundson Sports Complex in Plains Saturday. Twenty-three teams from Helena, Kalispell,...
Hawks keep improving
The continuing improvement process continues with the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks. Taking baby-bird steps through the first several weeks of the season, coach Jared Koskela says his Lady Hawk softball team is slowly learning to fly on the field of play...
Playing friendly before league wars turn nasty
The Tuesday and Wednesday night men’s leagues started season play last week with a pair of fun nights at River’s Bend. With the Tuesday men, team Feed N Fuel shot the low gross round of 31, Kelly Kovarik was closest to the pin on No. 8 and How...
Mahlen takes Mack Days lead
Jason Mahlen of Kalispell took the lead in the 2018 Spring Mack Days over the weekend, leading the anglers with 1,154 lake trout caught. Mike Benson of Lonepine is in second place with 1,116 and Steve Benson of Spokane Valley, Washington rounds out...
Project ASCENT raises funds for kids' camps
Project ASCENT, a Thompson Falls non-profit that teaches kids about the outdoors, held a "Camping is In-Tents" fundraiser Saturday, April 14, at the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge. The event featured...
Student takes on childhood hunger
Anna Pallister is getting an early start on a career in community service. As a seventh-grader, she's the youngest to ever be chosen to serve on Montana Governor Bullock's Youth Leadership Council,...
Keeping it Green
The saga on recycling continues. As of Feb. 15, Sanders County had to stop taking plastics for recycling, due to the high costs of shipping and the extremely poor market value. We recommended that residents continue recycling plastics, and directed...
