Mineral Independent and Valley Press

ARTICLES BY JOHN HAMILTON

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Hot Springs girls hold off Tigers in OT

Playing clutch basketball when it counted, the Hot Springs Savage Heat girls defeated the visiting St. Regis Tigers 58-56 in overtime in Hot Springs Dec. 16.

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Horsemen go cold heading into break

Playing solid basketball otherwise, the cold-shooting Plains Horsemen could not overcome the lack of scoring the cold shooting caused and fell 58-36 to the Lincoln Lynx in Plains Friday.

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Goal-oriented Red Devils learn as they go

Noxon girls basketball coach Cory Brodmerkle gives her young Lady Red Devils goals before each game, and her team keeps meeting or exceeding those goals.

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Annual Keg Bowl kicks off Saturday

The locally famous Keg Bowl, unofficially one of the longest running for-fun football bowl games anywhere, will be played for the 45th year running Saturday east of Thompson Falls.

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Trotters take two losses heading into break

Coach Brooks Sanford and his Plains Trotters seem to keep getting the best of both basketball worlds in Classes B and C

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Bobcats stop Vikings, 68-61

Practice? Who needs practice?

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Wrestlers get a second chance at Walt Trudy

For teams like the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks, the best part of the CM Russell Christmas Classic wrestling tournament is often the Walt Trudy Memorial portion of the event.

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Blue Hawk boys drop nonconference games

It’s not how you start; it is how you finish. And the Hawks still look to finish strong.

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Lady Hawks top Anaconda Copperheads, 45-20

To say the Lady Hawks’ shooting in Saturday’s 41-31 loss to the Blackhawks in Seeley Lake Saturday was bad is a dry understatement.

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Rice leads Trotters over Tigers

Led by a stellar effort from sophomore Hadyn Rice, who scored 22 points, cleared eight rebounds, grabbed three steals and blocked four shots, the Plains Trotters improved to 2-1 on the season with a 55-43 win over the visiting Darby Tigers in Plains Friday.

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Holotta takes second at Bob Kinney tourney

BillRay Holotta won second place at 150 pounds to highlight Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen efforts in the Bob Kinney Memorial wrestling tournament in Superior Saturday.

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Blocking out a priority for Horsemen

Blocking out is a priority for Plains boys basketball coach Tyrel Allen right now.

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Noxon hosts two games this week

The Noxon Red Devil boys, after graduating eight seniors off last year’s very, very good basketball team, is looking for a new identity.

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Lady Hawks learn from tough trip to Shelby

Mike Tessier knew the Shelby Tournament would be a tough tournament to play going in, but he wouldn’t want it any other way anyway. Only the good teams come to play in Shelby, it seems.

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St. Regis boys down Eagles, 73-43

The St. Regis Tigers built on their still rising mojo in Missoula Thursday, using a scoring run right before halftime to build a good lead and controlled the action the rest of the game on their way to a 73-43 win over Valley Christian.

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