PHOTOS: The week in sports
JOHN HAMILTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months AGO
TROTTER JUNIOR Claire Lakko takes a swing at the ball during game action in Plains April 10. Plains softball team visits MAC in Mission Thursday, plays at Eureka Friday this week. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL golfer Jaycee Carr in action at the Plains Invitational at Wild Horse Plains golf course April 10. Carr and her Plains teammates are scheduled to join many other golf teams in the area in attending the Gary Thompson Invitational at River’s Bend northwest of Thompson Falls Thursday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
EYEING THE FINISH, Superior’s James Chapen runs a heat of the 100 meter dash in the junior high meet in Thompson Falls Friday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
RUNNING OUT FRONT, Jonathan Toyias of Thompson Falls, shown competing in the 1600 meter run, also won the high jump in the Thompson Falls Invitational junior high meet at Previs Field Friday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
NOXON FRESHMAN catcher Nevaeh Christensen makes a throw down the third base line during Saturday’s varsity game with Whitefish in Thompson Falls Saturday. Christensen had four hits in four at bats, including a double, and drove in three runs for the Hawks on offense. Hawks host Mission-Arlee-Charlo in a key Western B-C tilt Friday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL golfer Jaycee Carr in action at the Plains Invitational at Wild Horse Plains golf course April 10. Carr and her Plains teammates are scheduled to join many other golf teams in the area in attending the Gary Thompson Invitational at River’s Bend northwest of Thompson Falls Thursday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
EYEING THE FINISH, Superior’s James Chapen runs a heat of the 100 meter dash in the junior high meet in Thompson Falls Friday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
RUNNING OUT FRONT, Jonathan Toyias of Thompson Falls, shown competing in the 1600 meter run, also won the high jump in the Thompson Falls Invitational junior high meet at Previs Field Friday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)
NOXON FRESHMAN catcher Nevaeh Christensen makes a throw down the third base line during Saturday’s varsity game with Whitefish in Thompson Falls Saturday. Christensen had four hits in four at bats, including a double, and drove in three runs for the Hawks on offense. Hawks host Mission-Arlee-Charlo in a key Western B-C tilt Friday. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)ARTICLES BY JOHN HAMILTON
North 14U to end play at Rampage in Rockies
Fresh off the Summer River Bash in Idaho, the North 14-U softball team will complete play at the Rampage in the Rockies in Missoula this week.
Block girls big part of Turf Wars wrestling team
It was Turf Wars 2026 in Idaho, one of the largest amateur wrestling dual tourneys of the season, and the Block girls from Thompson Falls were a big part of it for Team Montana.
High-flying Richards soars in crunch time
Landon Richards is used to going above and beyond, and the more pressure there is, the better he likes it. Maybe that is why he keeps setting new high jump records.