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ARTICLES BY CHUCK BANDEL

Trotters win Libby Invite

Track fans could quite possibly have seen this coming.
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Superior girls, Hot Springs boys win Dave Tripp

This is shaping up to be a pretty good year for Sanders and Mineral counties' high school track and field teams, as indicated by Superior’s girls and Hot Springs’ boys following the Dave Tripp Track meet this past weekend in Polson.
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Devil-Hawks score win in Bonners Ferry

In what has been a learning curve of a start to the spring high school softball and baseball season, with youth and inexperience being the key factor, one local team has stepped forward to “rep” Sanders and Mineral counties.
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MAC takes out Plains softball

Even a quick glance at the Plains-Hot Springs softball roster reveals the youth on the squad, which has just one senior and two juniors.
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Plains-Hot Springs hang with Ronan in 15-8 loss

It has been said, possibly ad nauseum, that even a long journey begins with a single step.
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Whitefish tops Noxon-Thompson Falls baseball

It was another hard week for the Noxon-Thompson Falls baseball team as they continued to battle for their first win of the year.
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St. Regis' Thomas wins Plains Invite in chip-off

This year’s Plains Invitational Golf meet featured a “chip off” to settle the individual boys team title, and a surprise winner in the girls team chase.
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Hawks take first game over Plains

For two innings on a blustery Monday afternoon, the Plains-Hot Springs Trotters and the Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks were locked in a classic pitcher’s duel during their high school fastpitch softball showdown.
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Kvelve's Comments: Crack of the bat

I was once accused of not being very good with change.
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Red Devils face defending baseball champs

The defending high school state champs showed why they are among the top favorites again this year when they took on the still-new-kids-on-the-block from Noxon-Thompson Falls this past Saturday in Polson.
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Local teams tee off at season's first golf tourney

In what was the first area golf tournament of the 2025 season, golfers from 11 different western Montana schools hit the links in Hamilton for the Florence-Darby Invitational at the Hamilton Golf Club.
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Savage Horsemen shut out at Eureka

In what is their first year of Montana varsity high school baseball, the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen team is getting a rude introduction to Western B-C conference play.
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Lady Hawks softball goes 0-3 on road trip

Going through the Western B-C fastpitch softball 2025 gauntlet is a daunting task at best.
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Kvelve's Comments: Real sports at home

The names are familiar for sure. I know I’ve seen these teams on TV for years.
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Plains golf team optimistic despite low turnout

Good things can come in small packages. In the case of the 2025 Plains High golf team, that could be a motto this year as just four players turned out for the combined boys’ and girls’ teams.
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