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PHOTO Song Sung Proud

JOHN HAMILTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months AGO
by JOHN HAMILTON
| February 17, 2026 11:00 PM

Thompson Falls first and second graders, under the direction of elementary school teacher Lisa Mickelson, provided an inspiring and entertaining rendition of the national anthem at Friday’s high school basketball game in Thompson Falls. (John Hamilton/vp-mi)

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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.

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