Mineral Independent

1 week ago | vp-mi.com | Chuck Bandel

The 2025 Class B boys track and field championships quickly became the Trizten Avila show. To say Avila dominated the men’s sprints could be the understatement of the sports year. Avila won the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter sprints this past Friday and Saturday at Missoula County Public Schools stadium and set a new Class B state record along the way. With a packed house looking on, Avila broke the existing 200-meter record of 22.03 when the Superior senior broke the tape at the 21.993 mark.

1 week ago | vp-mi.com | Monte Turner

The Savenac Nursery in Haugan has a tremendous history and welcomes visitors, but this year it’s closed. A state-of-the-art wastewater system is being installed which will interrupt the entire facility. It cancels the kid’s fishing derby and Passport in Time public events along with weddings and family gatherings. But what did make it by the skin of its teeth was the Superior Outdoor School for its 57th year.

1 week ago | vp-mi.com | Chuck Bandel

Noxon senior Ricky Williams has boldly gone where no one, at least no Montana Class C High School high jumper, has ever gone. Williams saved the best for last in the last track and field meet of his high school career and in the process broke a 48-year-old state record when he cleared the high jump bar at 6-9 1/2 inches during this past weekend’s Class C State Track and Field championship in Missoula.

1 week ago | vp-mi.com | Chuck Bandel

What turned out to be the final out of the season for the Thompson Falls-Noxon fastpitch softball season was in a way emblematic of the 2025 season. Trailing 7-5 to Huntley Project in the consolation round of the State B-C championships in Glasgow this past Friday, Lady Hawks’ right fielder Sam Hertel was at the plate. On third base was Neveah Christensen, a student at Noxon, who singled in the top of the seventh, advanced to second on a passed ball and reached third on a ground out.

1 week ago | vp-mi.com | Chuck Bandel

There is a part of sports no one likes to deal with, but it is a factor almost every year on almost every team. I know of what I speak on this issue, been there, done that. I’m talking about injuries. Injuries as a variation of the saying goes, “happen”. They can be minor, nagging issues that cause temporary lineup changes, or major, devastating happenings that can derail, even wreck a season. And no team is immune, particularly of the past few years, Hot Springs High.