ARTICLES BY ED MORETH<BR>VALLEY
Lady Hawks finish 2nd, Trotters 4th
The Eureka Lady Lions clipped the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks to take first place in the 8-B District Basketball Tournament at Linderman Gym in Polson Saturday, putting the T-Falls girls in second place in front of St. Ignatius and Plains in the three-day competition.
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Hawks capture title for 4th year
Taking top honors at the 8-B District Basketball Tournament never gets old, said Thompson Falls head coach Chadd Laws, whose Bluehawks finished in first place Saturday for the fourth consecutive year.
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Deep snow doesn't stop Poker Run
The only bad thing that happened at the 17th Annual Cabinet Ridge Riders Poker Run was that they ran out of chili at one of the card stations, said Jim Morkert, one of the coordinators of the event and president of the Cabinet Ridge Riders.
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Horsemen can't hold Bluehawks at Plains
The Horsemen basketball team nearly had their revenge on the Bluehawks Friday night at Plains, but could hold onto their lead and fell to the Thompson Falls boys 58-50.
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Students get message of teen problems
The Plains High School Drama Club had the opportunity to show their fellow students what got them an award at the Montana State Thespian Festival recently, but they also had the chance to demonstrate some of the problems teenagers face on a day-to-day basis.
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Silhouettes illustrate victims of domestic violence
"Love should not hurt; love should heal," said Marsha Walton of the Sanders County Coalition For Families, who was coordinating this year's "Love Without Fear Week" and the "Montana Silent Witness" program.
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Indoor archery league starts in Plains
Archery season is here again, but this time the "hunters" are going for paper targets at the Trophy Taker's Winter Indoor Leagues just west of Plains.
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Scouts take to chariots at Mission
They didn't have wheels with razor sharp blades that cut into the competitor's chariot, and instead of horses, the chariot pullers were boys. And just like when the ancient Greeks and Romans held the sport, a feisty crowd cheered for their favorite teams.
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Lions upset Horsemen with a Eureka victory
Horsemen to face T-Falls at Plains for last regular game of season
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Bluehawks crush Vikings at home
The Thompson Falls Bluehawks basketball team scored their first point before the game even began Thursday. Dallas VonHeeder, a 6-foot, 4-inch senior, nabbed one of two free throws before the clock started ticking, the result of a Charlo Vikings technical violation with their books.
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Scouts bake cake, eat, too
The Cub Scouts showed last week that they could bake their cakes and eat them, too. At the end of the Plains Cub Scout Pack 4657 annual Feller's Cake Bake, nearly all of the boys got to take their own cakes home. Only one boy's father got outbid, and the …
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County may be looking at big cutbacks
Sanders County commissioners gathered their department heads together Thursday to pass on assurances that nothing has been determined as far as staff reductions or cutbacks in next year's budget. The meeting came as a result of the possibility of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 not …
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8th-grader lands top geography bee honors in Plains
Rivers, cities, states, and nations were among the topics asked to contestants for the National Geography Bee competitions in Plains and Trout Creek last week.
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