PHOTOS: The week in sports
JOHN HAMILTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 weeks 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
Hawks compete at fast and furious Archie Roe meet
Serious fast and furious; that’s the way the action rolls at the prestigious Archie Roe Meet in Kalispell.
Hawks await playoff fate
The playoff fate of the Blue Hawks is in the hands of others as Northern conference teams head into the final week of regular season play, but you won’t find coach Jared Koskela and his scrappy young squad fretting about it. They just want to play another day, whichever way they have to do that.
Local excel in Gary Thompson Invitational
It wasn’t originally scheduled to go down this way, but the 2026 Gary Thompson Invitational was held at River’s Bend outside of Thompson Falls May 5, and local players dotted the leader board at tourney’s end.