Valley Press

Valley Press

ARTICLES BY CHUCK BANDEL

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Hot Springs advances to semifinals

Before the game began, there were notably several Hot Springs High football players limping during warm-ups, testing their season’s injuries as they prepared for their quarterfinal playoff contest against Highwood.

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Trotters go 1-2 at 7B divisional tourney

The Plains Trotters have had, by all accounts, a successful 2024 volleyball season.

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Kvelve's Comments: Never give up

Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks.

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Mineral County standouts earn All-State selections

Two eight-player All-State selections will be back again next year for fans in Mineral County.

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Blue Hawks finish 3rd at divisional tournament

In a season that began with a brief struggle as they found their rhythm, the Thompson Falls volleyball team rallied for success.

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Kvelve's Comments: Mega 13C

In theory, it was and probably is, a sound move.

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Playoff football schedules

After the first round of the football playoffs, only one of three Sanders and Mineral counties schools will be moving on.

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Hot Springs outsprints Custer-Hysham, 78-51

Fans who attended the Hot Springs at Custer-Hysham playoff contest, must have thought they went to a track meet and a football game broke out.

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Blue Hawks knocked out at Malta

There will be a time when the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks enter a playoff game with an unbeaten record in 11-player Montana high school football.

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St. Regis volleyball season comes to end

The first of the new Western 13C conference district volleyball tournaments have come and gone for the St. Regis Lady Tigers who faced a gauntlet of the league’s best teams after beating conference rival Hot Springs in a Wednesday play-in match.

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Belt Huskies tame Tigers in playoffs

A fierce, game-long pass rush disrupted the St. Regis Tigers’ offense while the Belt Huskies potent running game ran up a big lead during their 57-6 Western B-8 player first-round playoff game this past Saturday in Belt.

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Lady Hawks earn top seed at divisional

The year 2024 will be remembered in local volleyball lore as the year the rivalry between Thompson Falls and Plains reached a new level.

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Lady Bobcats test Mission

For the Superior Lady Bobcats volleyball team, a win in the Western 7B conference tournament play-in round would be a boost to a frustrating season.

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St. Regis outlasts Hot Springs in volleyball showdown

As is often the case, play-in games for on-the-bubble teams and their hopes for post-season action can be the most intense and hard-fought matches of the tournament.

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Lady Devils volleyball team battle to the end

It was a busy and no doubt tiring couple of days for the Noxon Lady Devils volleyball team this past week.

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