Flathead thrower Eacker, thrown a curve in January, is finishing strong

Rebecca Eacker’s senior year in athletics hasn’t gone exactly as planned, unless you can plan to pop a knee ligament, then pop a few big throws not even three months later.

Add in Eacker’s relative inexperience in track and field, and what she’s done this spring at Flathead High School is even more impressive: She owns the best discus throw in Class AA and the third-best mark in the shot put, heading into the Western AA Divisional today and Saturday at Legends Stadium...