Thompson Falls boys take District Crown

The Thompson Falls boys team literally ran away from the competition at the District Track Meet in Bigfork this weekend, and they ran away with the title thanks to sweeping every running event that wasn't a dash.

Local students win 2010 Blackfoot Telephone scholarship

May 14, 2010 Missoula, Montana - The Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative (Blackfoot) Board of Trustees today announced the winners of the 2010 Blackfoot Scholarship Fund totaling $16,000. Established in 1996, the scholarship fund was created to support and encourage post-secondary education for member-owners residing in Blackfoot's service territories. The fund awards $500 individual scholarships to outstanding high school students continuing their education in the fall of 2010.

Tennis girls finish regular season strong

The Superior tennis girls finished out the play of their regular season this last week. They played Fort Benton at home on Friday and then traveled to the Best of the West Tournament on Saturday in Missoula.

Superior golfers finish season with divisional play

The Superior Bobcats finished their golf season on Monday in Missoula. They returned from divisional play on Monday at around 5:50 p.m. with clubs in tow. They had been looking to secure a spot to the state tournament that is scheduled for May 18-19 in Huntley. But the day didn't go quite as expected however.

Superior records smashed

Christofer Eriksson shattered the school record last Thursday for the pole vault at the Superior Invitational. The record, which stood at 12-6, was back from 1986. To shatter a record, one must jump at least two additional inches. The feat was no problem for Ericksson who did so to a cheering applause from the crowd. It was also no surprise that he took first in the event with a jump of 12-8.

Superior to perform Robinson Cruesoe

The Missoula Children's Theater is bringing Robinson Crusoe to Superior Elementary. It will be presented for your enjoyment by the Superior Elementary Players on Friday, May 16th at 2:00 pm (dress rehearsal for elementary students) and 7:00 pm (public performance) in the Superior Elementary Gym. Tickets are $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children at the door. Please make plans to attend the "superior" production.

Robinson Crusoe coming to Superior

The Missoula Children's Theater is bringing Robinson Crusoe to Superior Elementary. It will be presented for your enjoyment by the Superior Elementary Players on Friday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Superior Elementary Gym. Please make plans to attend the "superior" production.

Plains finishes golf season last Monday

It was a busy last week for the Plains golf team. The team played three meets in five days, which ended with the divisional meet in Missoula where the team placed eighth, missing out on the state meet next week.

Plains flying high

Boys and girls sweep County Meet, Thompson dominates at Kalispell Plains Track

With two days before the District Track meet in Bigfork senior Trent Thompson is throwing the best he has all season. After making news last week for breaking Plain's shot put record the senior went to the most competitive meet of the season, Archie Roe in Kalispell, and came away with two first place finishes in the shot put and discus and grabbed a personal record in the javelin.

Hot Springs ready for district meet

Hot Springs' seniors Randi Arnold and Devon White are forming quite a duo in the triple jump. After Arnold placed first at the Sanders County Meet in Noxon on Thursday with a jump of 33-10, adding at least three feet to her previous best jump, White turned around and placed first in the same event with a jump of 32-8 on Saturday at the Seeley Swan Invitational in Missoula.

Senior boys place at Archie Roe

The Thompson Falls senior boys excelled on the track on Sunday and it was the freshmen girls who excelled on Thursday at the County Meet.

Superior tennis loses first match to Townsend at Townsend Duals

Rainy weather brought a cancellation into the Superior tennis girls' schedule last week. They were supposed to play Valley Christian at home on Thursday, but the weather had other plans. On Friday, the girls were at Darby and beat the team 6-1. On Saturday, however, the girls incurred their first loss of the season at the Townsend Duals. The team lost 6-0 to Townsend. They tied 3-3 against Whitehall and Fairfield at the duals, but played strong against Choteau and won 6-2.

Bobcat golfers stride forward despite weather

If the weather doesn't start improving, Seth Kuhl said that he and the students might be dawning raincoats to go outside and practice as divisionals are coming up on Monday, May 10 in Missoula. They lost two tournaments over the week because of weather. They were supposed to play at Deer Lodge last Saturday, but that didn't happen. They were also supposed to play at Seeley on Tuesday, May 4, but on Monday, Kuhl had already gotten a phone call from the course letting him know that the greens were in no conditions to be played on.

Hot Springs duos place high

It was a duo that shined for Hot Springs last week in its two track meets, although the duo changed slightly between the first and last track meet. Starting on Tuesday, seniors Reiley Winebrenner and Devon White were both invited to the Russ Pilcher Western Montana TOP 10 track meet and both placed in the meet featuring only the best of the best with no class differential.

After school fly fishing

Plains elementary students learn a hobby they can carry with them the rest of their lives

"Ten and two," yelled Kevin Meredith to the students in his class. "Ten and two."

Spokane man gets 30 years for fatal DUI crash in Mineral County

A 41-year-old Spokane man was sentenced to thirty years in the

Rappin' cowboy stops in Hot Springs

The unlikely combination of country music and rap was brought to Fergie’s pub in Hot Springs on Thursday evening.

Noxon finds place at big meet

Noxon went up against 15 other schools at the Whitefish Invitational on Saturday and the girls JV team managed to take 9th place after facing Class A, B and C schools.

Town hall food fight

Plains residents discuss Chinese lunch vendors

There was standing room only at the Plains town council meeting on Monday evening as locals gathered to discuss the Chinese food vendor that stops in Plains every Friday.

Horsemen boys place third at Seeley Invite

For every track meet that Plains attends you can always seem to expect two things: Dillon Fryxell will be sitting at the top of the high jump standings and Trent Thompson will take home a first place in one of the throwing events.