Tuesday, September 22, 2026
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ARTICLES BY JOHN HAMILTON

Savage Heat netters win two of three matches

Coach Taylor Salmi and her Savage Heat volleyball team had a very busy week of home matches in Hot Springs last week, falling to Sanders County rival Plains in five sets Sept. 15, defeating District 14C foe Superior in five sets Thursday and topping Philipsburg in four sets Saturday.
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Fresh off Mountain West, Hawks to host XC invite

From one of the biggest annual cross country meets in Montana to the biggest meet in Sanders County, all in the space of less than a week.
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Noxon fans relish chance to see Devils at home

Noxon Lady Red Devil volleyball fans have two opportunities to catch coach Toni Richter’s Devil netters in action at home this week.
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Lady Cats 'play their hearts out' in five-set battle

Sometimes no one’s the worse for losing.
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Hawks girls soccer shuts out Browning

The Thompson Falls-Plains girls soccer team registered its first win of the season in Browning Friday, running past the homestanding Indians 10-0, ending the game via the mercy rule at 60 minutes.
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Lady Hawks cook up two more net wins

The Lady Hawks are cooking, delivering some delicious volleyball to their faithful fans, like the two tasty wins they served up late last week, a 25-23, 21-25, 25-10, 24-26, 16-14 victory over Sanders County rival Plains in Plains Friday, and a 23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 conquest of visiting Anaconda in …
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Plains runners compete in Mountain West despite illnesses

If you are a cross-country runner, it is better to be sick sooner rather than later.
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Unbeaten Tigers host Darby in in key Western C tilt

One team of Tigers will walk away with the advantage and the other with damaged but still alive playoff hopes.
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Undefeated Bobcats host Blackhawks for homecoming

The unbeaten and largely unchallenged Superior Bobcats are ready for some red meat, and here comes the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks.
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Trotters look forward to more 7B net wars

District 7B volleyball is obviously not a sport for the faint of heart.
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Gutsy Hawks swoop back to top Copperheads

Turning in another gutsy, comeback effort, this one in a hostile environment in the snake-pit home of the Anaconda Copperheads, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks remained unbeaten, improving to 4-0 after charging back from as many as 18 points down to register a memorable 28-24 win over the Copperheads Friday …
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Horsemen fall to Blackhawks; eye Warriors next

The Plains Horsemen made some great plays but the game went Seeley-Swan’s way as the Blackhawks defeated the Horsemen 58-6 in Western 8-Man conference action in Seeley Lake Friday.
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Powerful Whitefish eases past young Hawk girls

Thompson Falls-Plains girls soccer coach Nick Lawyer knows his team is up against it when playing teams from larger population areas with more established soccer programs.
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Almost perfect Bobcats improve to 3-0

The Superior Bobcat football team is not quite perfect, but very close to it so far this season.
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Lady Bobcats quietly improve to 3-1

The Superior Lady Bobcats have quietly won their last three matches to improve to 3-1 for the season.
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