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May 30 |
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BCSD annual
sports physicals coming July 25: Boundary Community
Hospital is thrilled to announce the continuation of our Free
Annual Sports Physicals program in collaboration with Boundary
County School District 101, to provide free health screenings to
children. These physicals are an essential requirement before
students can embark on their exciting journey in BCSD sports, be
it robotics, flag football or any other sport. |
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May 25 |
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Fires chiefs
hosting a second round of Smoking Balls: The Boundary
County Fire Chiefs Association is hosting their Second Annual
Smoking Balls Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 17, at Mirror Lake
Golf Course in Bonners Ferry. All proceeds from the fundraising
event will go to the Boundary County Fire Prevention Cooperative,
which helps prevent unwanted human-caused fires through public
outreach and education. |
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May 24 |
 Biggest
youth OHV course so far in county held Friday: Last
Friday, the Boundary County Sheriff’s Office provided the Idaho
State Parks and Recreation Off-Highway-Vehicle (OHV) course to
youth in the county. The training is not so much about the legal
requirements of riding motorcycles and ATVs, but more about
investing in the youth and teaching them skills to help with their
riding ability and safety. |
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May 17 |
 Badger
girls 2023 Idaho State golf champs! Braylyn Bayer led
the Bonners Ferry Badger girls golf team to a state 3A
championship Monday and Tuesday at the Blackfoot Golf Course,
Blackfoot, Idaho, with a total gross over the two rounds of 153
for a +9 total to par gross. Her sister, Avery Bayer, finished
third with a 162 total gross. As a team, the Badger ladies shot a
739 total gross, Kimberly came in second with 743 and Teton
finished third with 811 strokes. |
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May 8 |
 Local
shooters shine at George Conner Rifle Match: On
Saturday, May 6, four members of the Kootenai Valley Rifle Club
traveled to Spokane to participate in the 52nd annual George
Conner Rifle Match. This match is held on the outdoor range at the
Spokane Rifle Club. Using .22 smallbore single shot rifles, the
course of fire is a Dewar Course, consisting of 20 shots prone at
100 yards and 20 shots prone at 50 yards. Then the shooters
continue to shoot a position match at 50 meters, shooting 20 shots
in the prone, standing and kneeling positions. |
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May 2 |
 Trey
Bateman 'Heavy Hitter of the Week:' Every Monday,
Idaho Sports managing editor Brandon Baney recaps the nine most
scintillating hitting performances from the past week of
competition. Why nine? Because there's nine batters in the lineup,
he writes. There was a Badger in his report the last week of
April. |
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May 1 |
 Caelem
chalks up first speedway win: Valley View Elementary
fourth grader Caelem Stewart, 10, the son of Alison Stewart,
Bonners Ferry, and Jeremy Stewart, Spokane, signed his first
autographs for race fans in Findlay Stadium at Stateline Speedway,
Post Falls, Saturday after his first winning heat during Open
Wheel Night. In his second year of racing in the Bandoleros
Division, he finished first in the B Heat race and fourth in the
main event. |
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April 26 |
 Boater
safety classes offered: The Boundary County Sheriff’s
Office reminds everyone preparing to hit the waterways of Boundary
County that the winter run-off is slow and the water is running
slower than usual, but there is still debris moving down the
tributaries. The weather is improving rapidly and the sun is out,
but the water is COLD, COLD, COLD! As always, they want to relay
the 1:10:1 rule. |
 What
mushroom pickers should know: The Idaho Panhandle
National Forests wants everyone to have fun collecting mushrooms
this spring, but wishes to provide a few safety reminders, rules,
and best practices when collecting on national forests. Stop into
a Forest Service office to get a free, personal use mushroom
permit if you plan on collecting more than one gallon of mushrooms
per day. |
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April 25 |
 Sheriff's
office holding OHV safety course: The Boundary County
Sheriff’s Office will once again offer an off-highway Vehicle
training course for youth. Idaho State law requires any unlicensed
rider to complete an Idaho Parks and Recreation OHV safety course
to legally ride on Forest Service roads. The sheriff’s office has
several Deputies who are trained instructors to be able to offer
this course locally. The course, which covers riders on ATVs, UTVs
or motorbikes, is scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, May 19, and lasts
approximately four hours. |
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April 7 |
 Info
sought on St. Maries swan poaching: Idaho Fish and
Game has received information about six tundra swans that were
shot and left to waste near Saint Maries in North Idaho. Fish and
Game is requesting the public to report any information about the
incident. A reward is offered for information. |
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The Sapphires lead
the way in week 28: Alice VanGundy got high scratch
game, 171, high scratch series, 459, and third high handicap
series, 636, in week 28 of Tuesday's Trouble ladies league bowling
at AJ's Lanes. Michelle Sweet got second high scratch game, 165,
and high handicap game 241. Carolyn McNeill got third high scratch
game, 162, second high scratch series, 448, and second high
handicap series, 652. |
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March 28 |
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Weeks 25 and 26 of
Tuesday's Trouble ladies bowling: Sheila Benson led
the way in week 25 of Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling at
AJ's Lanes, taking high scratch game with 176, high scratch
series, 460, third high handicap game, 237, and second high
handicap series, 663. Alice VanGundy took second high scratch
game, 162, and third high scratch series with 431. |
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March 26 |
 Badgers
help Idaho team place second at Heartland Nationals:
The Idaho girl's middle school team did an amazing job and placed
second in the platinum bracket in the Heartland Duals Wrestling
Nationals, which wrapped up today in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Eva
Willis, 165, and her Bonners Ferry teammate Aubree Graves, 126,
both ended the tournament with six wins and five losses,
contributing significantly to their team's placement. |
 KV
shooters shine in sectional matches: On March 18 and
19, the Kootenai Valley Rifle Club in Bonners Ferry hosted two
rifle matches. Both were what is known as a sectional match. Your
score is sent to the NRA and sectional scores, from across the
U.S., are accumulated and your national ranking determined. Those
results being posted by the NRA later in the year. |
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March 25 |
 State
record pike caught in North Idaho waters: On March 21
Hayden Lake in North Idaho produced a new certified state record
northern pike. The record fish weighed a whopping 40.76 pounds,
was 49 inches in length and 26.5 inches in girth – a true monster
of a fish! The record was previously held by a fish that was also
caught in North Idaho, in Lower Twin Lake. The fish, caught in
2010, weighed 40.13 pounds, was 50.75 inches long and 22.75 inches
in girth. |
 Eva
Willis delivers pin in opening round of nationals:
After watching nearly everyone else on Team Idaho fall pretty hard
in the opening round of the Heartland Duals Wrestling Nationals
against Oklahoma today in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a Bonners Ferry
wrestler came away with a pin. |
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March 19 |
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Tuesday's Trouble
weeks 23-24: Kathy Konek took high scratch game, 163,
high scratch series, 422, tied for second high handicap game, 231,
and took second high handicap series, 626, to lead week 23 in
Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling in week 23 of Tuesday's
Trouble women's league bowling at AJ's Lanes. Regina Colby was a
pin behind, scoring 162 for second. |
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March 12 |
 NRA
Foundation grants Claybusters $10,400: The NRA
Foundation has awarded the Bonners Ferry Claybusters Trap Team a
grant totaling $10,400 to fund ammunition for the shooting
program. "We are very excited about our Claybusters team," said
Head Coach Ron Campbell, "and pleased that the NRA is making an
investment in our community and our youth. The coaching staff and
team members thank the NRA Foundation and the Friends of the NRA
for selecting our program and providing ammunition for this
amazing team.” |
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March 7 |
 KV
shooters shine in sectional match: On the weekend of
February 24 - 26, the Kootenai Valley Rifle Club in Bonners Ferry
hosted two rifle matches. Both were what is known as a sectional
match. Your score is sent to the NRA and all sectional scores are
accumulated and your national ranking determined. Those results
being posted by the NRA later in the year. |
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March 2 |
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Adam Hiatt Frontier Conference
Coach of the Year |
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Montana Tech head basketball coach Adam Hiatt, a 1997 graduate
of Bonners Ferry High School and the son of Russ and Sulet Hiatt,
was named Frontier Conference Coach of the Year after his
Orediggers defeated the Providence Argos Tuesday night, 103-95,
winning Montana Tech's second consecutive conference tournament
championship. It was the highest scoring tourney championship in
conference history. Read more
here. |
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March 1 |
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Sapphires sparkle
in week 22: Alice VanGundy took high game, 163, and
high scratch series, 438, and Donna Kent got second high scratch
game, 161, in week 22 of Tuesday's Trouble ladies league bowling
at AJ's Lanes. Carolyn McNeill rolled third high scratch game with
161. |
 IDFG
'Learn to Hunt & Fish' day camps slated: If hands-on
learning is your thing, look no further than our
Learn-to-Hunt-and-Fish day camps in the Panhandle Region! Not only
do participants leave hunter education certified, but they also
leave with more specialized hunting and fishing know-how compared
to a standard hunter education class. During summer 2022, staff
from the Idaho Fish and Game Panhandle Regional office hosted
these camps at the Farragut Shooting Range Center. Participants
raved about their experience. |
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February 27 |
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Ranked Number 1 in State! |
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finished their season top seeded in state 3A with a 21-1
record, and they'll be heading to Meridian High School
Thursday, March 2, to take on number eight seed Buhl at 7
p.m. to open their bid for the 2023 Idaho state
championship! GO, BADGERS!! |
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February 23 |
 Duke's
Claybusters shotgun raffle underway: The Bonners
Ferry High School trapshooting team Duke's Claybusters is once
again selling raffle tickets to purchase safety equipment, targets
and ammunition. Prizes are a $100 gift certificate at Super 1
Foods, dinner, spa and a night's stay at the Kootenai River Inn
and a Mossberg shotgun. |
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February 16 |
 Nik
Bertling sets LC indoor pole vault record:
Lewis-Clark State College's Nik Bertling, Bonners Ferry, was named
the Rize Laboratory Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on
Monday. Bertling, a senior pole vaulter, broke his own school
record in the indoor pole vault when he cleared a height of 4.67
meters (15.3 feet) at the Whitworth Invite February 10-11 in
Spokane. |
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Sheila Benson rocks
week 21 of Tuesday's Trouble: Sheila Benson ran the
lanes in week 21 of Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling at
AJ's Lanes February 7, taking high scratch game 173, high scratch
series 470, second high handicap game 235 and high handicap series
656. Elaine Wheeler got second high scratch game 166 and third
high scratch series 424. |
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February 13 |
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Tuesday's Trouble,
weeks 18 and 19: In week 18 of Tuesday's Trouble
women's league bowling at AJ's, Alice VanGundy took high scratch
game with 178, third high scratch series, 444, and tied for second
high handicap game, 238. Regina Colby took second high scratch
game, 177, high handicap game 246, and second high handicap
series, 645. Elaine Wheeler took third high handicap scratch game,
161, second high scratch series, 448, and third high handicap
series, 634. |
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February 9 |
 Apply
now for spring turkey controlled hunts: Turkey
hunters looking to apply for 2023 spring controlled turkey hunts
have until March 1 to apply. Information on the spring 2023
controlled turkey hunts can be found in the 2022-23 Upland Game,
Furbearer and Turkey Seasons and Rules book. |
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February 5 |
 Local
shooters do well in Junior Olympic state championship:
The North Idaho Junior Olympic Rifle Championship took place on
the weekend of January 17 at the Kootenai Valley Rifle Range.
Shooters from the Bonners Ferry (KV), Sandpoint and Coeur d’Alene
clubs represented. Their scores of shooters were combined with
competitors from southern Idaho and the 2023 Idaho Junior Olympic
Champions declared. |
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January 27 |
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Two weeks of
Tuesday's Trouble: Elaine Wheeler took it all in week
16 of Tuesday’s Trouble ladies league bowling; high scratch game
201, high scratch series 463, high handicap game 264 and high
handicap series 652. Regina Colby got second high scratch game
170, second high scratch series 426, second high handicap game 237
and third high handicap series 633. |
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January 20 |
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KV Rifle &
Pistol Club indoor season underway: The Kootenai
Valley Rifle and Pistol Club and Junior Rifle Club’s indoor
competitive shooting seasons are underway! The clubs compete in
area matches and with more distant clubs through a tournament
where scores shot on our home range are compiled via email. The
Junior Rifle Club is active in promoting marksmanship, competitive
target shooting and safe gun handling. |
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January 9 |
 Smallmouth
bass state record falls once more: It was a typical
cold, December day in central Idaho with rain down low and snow in
the mountains. While many anglers might have been thinking about
ice-fishing, winter steelhead or even putting a fresh coat of wax
on their skis and hitting the slopes, Joey Walton had other plans:
big smallmouth bass. Knowing he had to make the long run across
the reservoir, he set out early in search of a trophy. |
