CHUCK BANDEL
Valley Press
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St. Regis basketball wins two at home
Two for three ain’t bad, especially with a core of youngsters on the court.
Basketball: St. Regis girls on a roll
Don’t look now but the “Fun Bunch” just rattled off three wins in a row.
Superior Bobcats 2nd at Bob Kinney Classic
Three first place finishes along with three second place showings helped the Superior Bobcats to a second place finish in the Bob Kinney Classic wrestling tournament Saturday in Superior.
Basketball: Hot Springs boys continue hot start
It was a mixed bag of results for the Hot Springs boys and girls basketball teams this past week.
Horsemen have strong showing at Plains Quad
Exhausted, hoarse and happy. Those adjectives would no doubt be included in any discussion about the outcome of the Plains Quad wrestling match Thursday evening.
St. Regis Tigers roll over Seeley Swan
The game was part of the annual Ronan Tip-off event that featured 16 boys and 16 girls basketball teams from throughout the area in a chance to play actual, non-practice games.
Noxon hoops teams each finish 0-2 at Ronan tournament
Friday the girls took on Philipsburg, which finished the event 2-0, and wound up on the wrong end of a 65-22 score.
Plains basketball teams each finish 0-2 at Ronan
Friday the Trotters opened the event and their 2021-22 season with a game against the tall and quick Ronan Maidens JV team and took the host team to the final minutes before falling 37-34.
Thompson Falls boys, girls basketball teams open with big wins
Saturday evening in Troy, the girls opened their new campaign with a resounding 63-7 thumping of the Lady Trojans. Later that evening the Blue Hawks boys also won big, pounding the Troy boys 65-39.
Superior Bobcats begins season 0-2
Friday, the Trojans of Drummond ambushed the Superior Bobcats early and kept attacking as they rolled
Superior Lady Bobcats 0-2 at Ronan tourney
The next day against Philipsburg was not even close as the Lady Bobcats were routed 37-13 in a game that was decided in the early going.
Christensen returns to lead Lady Savage Heat
That player was senior forward Katelyn Christensen, whose season ended prematurely last year when she tore a ligament in her knee and missed most of the year.
Hot Springs boys rout Lincoln, 77-39
Senior Jack McAllister poured in 25 points Friday afternoon.
Many changes at River Roadhouse restaurant
In the case of the River Roadhouse restaurant, the three Rs stand for “rescue, re-purpose, and renovate.”
Sports welcome back high school basketball, wrestling
The games will now all be indoors, with small town gyms full of basketball fans stomping and cheering for their boys and girls on the courts.
VanVleet helps Red Devils roll over Gardiner
The 6-1, 260-pound VanVleet, blocked, ran and tackled with the effectiveness of a bulldozer last Tuesday as Noxon thumped the Gardiner Bruins 44-20.
Lady Hawks sweep Troy
It was a given that the Lady Hawks would start and finish strong.
Lady Hawks volleyball squad enjoys strong week
Two matches this past week for the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, and two more wins, both involving 3-0 sweeps.
Valley Christian rallies past Hot Springs, 40-36
Hot Springs came into the game with a 3-0 record after handily dispatching several area six-man teams.
Trotters hold off Troy in five sets
The women of Troy came close to seizing their first Montana high school volleyball win of the season Thursday, but in the end the Trotters from Plains hung on and escaped with a 3-2 victory.
Hot Springs volleyball falls to Charlo
The Lady Savage Heat’s season, including Saturday night’s 3-0 loss to nearby Charlo, will go down as all guts and little glory.
Thompson Falls Blue Hawks roll to another easy win
As eight-man Montana high school football teams throughout the area prepare for the guts of the season, only one team has even come close to slowing down the Blue Hawks juggernaut.
Superior volleyball team battles to win over Arlee
It was like a rubber match within one match, but in the end the ball bounced Superior’s way.
St. Regis-Mullan slams Wampus Cats, 68-8
But even in eight-man the numbers put up by the Montana-Idaho co-op Tigers were eye-popping to say the least.
Mullan-St. Regis hammers Wallace
The Tigers “Big Three” backfield players all average double figures in rushing yards per carry as the state finalists from last year jumped to an early 14-0 lead and never looked back.
Thompson Falls volleyball dominant in win over Charlo
So it would be no surprise that the Lady Hawks’ 3-0 match win Thursday evening over the host Lady Vikings would be a hit with net fans here.
St. Regis netters top Hot Springs in four sets
The current group of Lady Tigers seniors are showing signs they are ripe and ready for an exciting run in Class C Montana volleyball play.
Schwindt leads Lady Hawks over Eureka
Lady Hawks senior Scarlett Schwindt, who had a game-leading 15 kills to go with her match-high 21 assists.
Blue Hawks slam Superior, 49-0, in battle of unbeatens
The talk throughout the sports realms of Sanders and Mineral Counties was that this would be the game of the year and to a point it was.
Lady Tigers place second at Arlee tournament
In a field packed with local teams and several from outside the area, the Lady Tigers won their pool in the round-robin style competition, allowing them to advance to the championship round.
Thompson Falls remains perfect with rout of Mission
Three games and three convincing wins, including Friday night’s 63-6 rout of Mission, into the Montana 2021 8-man football season and the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks are on a good track.
Hot Springs Savage Heat slams North Star, 55-0
On paper, the 55-0 shellacking that host Hot Springs laid on the boys from Rudyard Friday night should not have happened.
Noxon Red Devils win first game of season
Haflich was referencing his Red Devils hard-fought 32-15 win over Sunburst in last week’s encounter on the Refiners home field.
Latest Covid-19 strain derails some sports events in Western Montana
One of the first and most stringent moves came from Plains School District, which took immediate action and canceled or postponed all “extracurricular activities” until Monday, Sept. 20.
Thompson Falls volleyball dumps Deer Lodge
Thompson Falls, behind a huge game from newcomer Avery Burgess, won the match 3-1, but not before being stretched to the limit in a fourth set equivalent of a multiple extra inning baseball game.
Noxon volleyball survives five-set thriller with St. Regis
Long vollies saved and extended by diving digs, and spectacular slams were the rule of the night, not the exception. Volleyball was on display and this was an evening where everyone who likes the sport was a winner.
Superior Bobcats throttle Troy Trojans, 62-6
The Bobcats got outstanding production from their dynamic passing/receiving duo of junior quarterback Orion Plakke and speedy senior receiver Decker Milender.
St. Regis/Mullan hammers Lakeside, 72-20
The Tigers showed that loss was in the rear view mirror and the road ahead was theirs for the taking as they opened Idaho 8-man football play with a crushing 72-20 win over Lakeside Friday night in Mullan.
Tri-City Titans slip past Noxon Red Devils, 52-27
After a tight first quarter, the Tri-City Titans from the municipal co-op trio of Hobson, Moore and Judith Gap, cranked it up and rolled to a 52-27 win.
Superior volleyball holds off Noxon in four sets
The two teams would be tied again at 21-all and 22-all before the host Bobcats forged a slim 24-23 lead.
St. Regis volleyball splits with Mullan, Charlo
In their meeting with Mullan, which joins forces with St. Regis as a co-op football partner but not other sports, St. Regis was dominant from the beginning as they swept the Idaho version of Lady Tigers, 3-0.
Plakke's four TD passes help Superior improve to 2-0
A much-improved Victor team would probably be among the first to agree after the Bobcats pulled away from a narrow four-point lead and ran to a 48-14 win.
Seeley Swan blanks Horsemen, 58-0
With a new coach at the helm and an all underclassman roster on the field, the Horsemen have stumbled out of the gate to begin the 2021 football season.
Hot Springs Savage Heat slam Big Sandy
The Heat also got the ball back as is mandated as a reward beyond two points for getting such a defensive score.
Thompson Falls volleyball smacks Loyola Missoula
The dramatic turn-around after the thrilling first set helped propel the Lady Blue Hawks to a 25-21 win in game three and a 25-20 win in game four.
Chase, McCollum ousted from Paradise Sewer Board
After a recall election tally that was recounted multiple times because it was so close, two members of the Paradise Sewer Board are no longer part of the controversial sewer installation battle.
Seeley Swan volleyball tops Superior Lady Bobcats
After taking the opening game, Seeley fought off a Superior squad trying to regroup and get back into what was the season-opening match for both teams.
St. Regis volleyball tops Lincoln in three sets
The 2021 version kicked off the new season with a 3-1 win over Lincoln in a victory they hope will erase that bug-a-boo and propel the veteran team to a winning season.
Hot Springs starts strong with rout of Valier, 47-0
Senior wide receiver Kyle Lawson ran for a pair of touchdowns and was on the receiving end of a scoring strike from senior quarterback Jack McAllister.
Plains, Noxon volleyball teams compete in St. Ignatius
After nearly an hour-long battle in the altered format tourney, the two teams came to an absolute one-set apiece draw.