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  • Wrestlers Win Junior Battle on the Big Horn

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 20, 2024

    Eighteen teams competed in the Junior Battle on the Big Horn in Hardin on Saturday, Nov. 16. The teams competing were Absarokee, Baker, Colstrip, Columbus, Fergus, Forsyth, Hardin, Huntley, Lockwood (Billings), Malta, Miles City, Red Lodge, RiverSide (Billings), Roundup, Shepherd, Sleeping Giant (Livingston), St. Francis (Billings) and Tongue River (Wyoming). The top five team scores were Malta 288, Lockwood 277, Tongue River 245, Huntley and Miles City 196, and Hardin 190. Clyde Lankford, Cord Newman, Kaiden Tharp, Trent Blunt, Taije Stiles...

  • Malta Junior High Wrestlers Finish First in Miles City

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 13, 2024

    Twenty four Malta Middle School wrestlers traveled to Miles City on Friday, November 8, for the Bronco Invite. Malta finished first in a 10-team race. Team scores are as follows: Malta 296, Sidney 277, Glendive 237, Glasgow 213, Miles City 210, Wolf Point 98, Poplar 76, Baker 64, Circle 42 and Forsyth 41. Ten wrestlers finished 0-3 for the day and placed 4th in the tourney. Malta wrestlers receiving 4th place were Beckett Squires, Trenton Blunt, Cord Newman, Kaiden Tharp, Gunner Stenberg,...

  • Malta Junior High Wrestlers Compete at First Meet of Season

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 6, 2024

    The Malta Junior High Wrestling team competed at the Wolf Point Invitational on Saturday, November 2. The wrestlers were grouped together by age and ability in groups of thee or four and wrestled everyone in their group. Eight teams were there to compete and teams scores were as follows: Glasgow 201, Malta 192, Sidney 171, Wolf Point 108, Poplar 95, Plentywood 55, Baker 45 and Circle 24. Twenty-five boys and one girl competed for Malta. Four eight graders competed in the Wolf Point Tourney. Hayden Hicks and Corby Mears went 2-1 on the day. Hayd...

  • MMS Wrestling Finishes Year in Glasgow

    Steve French, For the PCN|Dec 27, 2023

    Twenty-two Malta Middle School wrestlers competed in the last tournament of the season. The last tournament was held at Glasgow on Saturday, Dec 16 with Baker, Circle, Glasgow, Glendive, Malta, Poplar, Sidney and Wolf Point competing. Wrestlers finishing fourth with a 0-3 record for the day were Hudson Simons, Amus Blunt, Karsten Davis, Kaiden Tharp, Trent Blunt and Beau Nelson. Their records do not reflect on their performance or effort. The competition was tough and they fought hard with a...

  • MMS Wrestling Goes To Wolf Point, Sidney

    Steve French, For the PCN|Dec 13, 2023

    The Malta Middle School Wrestling team competed at Wolf Point on Thursday, Dec 7 and at Sidney on Saturday, Dec 9. Teams competing at Wolf Point were Circle, Glasgow, Malta, Poplar, Sidney and Wolf Point. The same teams competed at Sidney with Baker, Glendive, Miles City, Watford City, ND and Williston, ND added to the mix. Four wrestlers competed at Wolf Point and not Sidney. Trevor Knowles was 1-1 with the same opponent from Glasgow. Colby Wright was 2-0 and received the Quick Pin Award with a :07 pin. Amus Blunt and Jettlynn Malmend were...

  • Malta Middle School hosts Home Meet; Six Earn Titles

    Steve French, For the PCN|Dec 6, 2023

    The Malta Middle School competed at Poplar on Thursday, Nov 30 and at home on Saturday, Dec 2. The teams competing at Poplar were Sidney, Circle, Wolf Point, Malta, Glasgow and Poplar. The same teams minus Sidney, competed at Malta. Most wrestlers got two matches at Poplar and three matches at Malta. Beckett Squires and Beau Merriman found tough competition in Poplar going 0-2 and Gunner Stenberg went 2-0 in his first outing, coming from behind in his second match to pin his opponent. All three...

  • Eight Malta Middle School Wrestlers Place First in Williston

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 22, 2023

    Twenty-two Malta Middle School wrestlers competed in the Lewistown Middle School meet on Tuesday, November 14. The competition was tough with teams from Fergus, Huntley, Malta, Lockwood, St. Francis, Colstrip an Roundup competing. Most of the brackets had four wrestlers in them. Wrestlers that received fourth place and were 0-3 on the tournament were Colby Wright, Cameron Spencer, Beau Nelson, Steeler Blunt, Hudson Simons, Cord Newman and Kaiden Tharp. Colby, Steeler, Hudson and Cord were pinned in all their matches. Cameron lost two matches...

  • Eight Malta Middle School Wrestlers Place First in Williston

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 15, 2023

    Twenty Malta Middle School wrestlers competed in the H.L. Pederson MS Wrestling Tournament in Williston, N.D. on Saturday, Nov 11. Montana teams competing at the tournament were Circle, Glasgow, Glendive, Malta, Poplar and Wolf Point. North Dakota teams were Alexander, Dickinson, Killdeer, Minot, Watford City and Williston. The tournament was broken up into two groups: 5th and 6th graders competed against each other and 7th and 8th graders were in the other group. As usual, wrestlers are...

  • MMS Wrestling in Miles City

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 8, 2023

    The Malta Middle School wrestlers traveled to Miles City on Saturday, November 4, for the Bronco Invitational. Malta's 5th through 8th graders competed in the tournament and most were put in brackets of five people. Some were put in groups of three or four, but regardless of the number, they wrestled everyone in their bracket. There was also an attempt to group them according to their experience. There are 27 wrestlers out for Junior High Wrestling with 25 boys and two girls. The wrestling...

  • Middle School Wrestlers at Sidney and Wolf Point

    Steve French, For the PCN|Dec 21, 2022

    Sixteen Malta Jr High wrestlers competed in the Wolf Point Mixer on Thursday, December 8. Teams competing were Harlem, Malta, Circle, Glasgow, Wolf Point, Sidney and Poplar. Most wrestlers got two matches and their records are as follows: Braun Sims 1-1, Beau Merriman 1-1, Beckett Squires 2-0, Braxton Egger 1-1, Karsten Davis 0-2, Cameron Spencer 2-0, Gabe Oshio 1-1, Hayden Roberts 2-0, Corby Mears 1-0, Steeler Blunt 0-2, Lane Spencer 2-0, TJ Nelson 1-0, Kenan LaBrie 2-0, Tripp Lefdahl 1-1,...

  • Middle School Wrestling Season Ends

    Steve French, For the PCN|Dec 21, 2022

    Thirteen Malta Jr High wrestlers competed in the Glasgow Middle School Invitational on Saturday, December 17. The schools participating were Circle, Wolf Point, Glasgow, Harlem, Malta, Poplar and Sidney. This was the last tournament of the Jr High season. There were six 5th graders that competed at Glasgow. Braun Sims was 1-2 on the tournament. Braun got 3rd but had a much improved match against a Glasgow opponent where he only lost by decision. Beckett Squires was 2-1 and got 2nd place. Beckett won two matches by pin and decision and lost a...

  • Middle School Wrestlers in Malta and Poplar

    Steve French, For the PCN|Dec 7, 2022

    The Malta Jr High Wrestlers competed in the Poplar Mixer on Thursday, December 1. Teams competing were Circle, Glasgow, Harlem, Poplar, Wolf Point, Glendive and Malta. Most wrestlers got two matches and the Malta wrestlers went 21-13 for the night. Individual records for the Poplar Mixer are as follows: Colby Wright 1-1, Braun Sims 1-1, Beckett Squires 1-1, Karsten Davis 2-0, Braxton Egger 0-2, Cameron Spencer 1-0, Luke Simanton 0-2, Kallie LaBrie 1-1, Hayden Roberts 2-0, Gabe Oshio 0-2, Lane...

  • Jr. High Wrestlers in Lewistown

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 23, 2022

    The Malta Junior High Wrestling Team traveled to Lewistown on Tuesday, November 15. Seventeen wrestlers competed in the tournament. Most wrestlers had four people in their bracket, but there were a few with three and a couple of weights only had two wrestlers. The schools attending were Malta, Lewistown and two junior high schools from Billings, Lockwood and St. Francis. Fifth and sixth graders competed in the B Pool. Colby Wright (65-66 lb) won his only match 13-0, taking 1st place. Braun Sims...

  • Malta Wrestling Club in Williston

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 16, 2022

    Twelve teams competed in the H.L. Pederson Middle School Wrestling Tournament. Teams competing were Alexander, ND, Circle, Dickinson, ND, Glasgow, Glendive, Malta, Minot, ND, Poplar, Sidney, Watford City, ND, Williston, ND, and Wolf Point. Most brackets had four wrestlers in each bracket and they all got three matches. Malta had three wrestlers competing in the 6th grade division. Colby Wright (65-68 lb) was 1-2 and received 3rd place. Colby won by pin, lost 13-3 and lost a tight match by a 6-5...

  • Malta Wrestling Club in Miles City

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 9, 2022

    Twelve wrestlers from the Malta Wrestling Club traveled to Miles City to compete in the Bronco Invitational on Saturday, November 5. The majority of the brackets were a total of five wrestlers where you wrestle everyone in the bracket. The wrestlers were grouped according to skill level but weren't separated according to age. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders competed against each other. Teams competing were Alexander, ND, Baker, Circle, Forsyth, Glasgow, Glendive, Hardin, Lewistown, Malta, Miles...

  • Malta Wrestling Club in N.D.

    Steve French, For the PCN|Nov 2, 2022

    The Malta Wrestling Club traveled to Watford City, ND for a wrestling tournament for grades 5-8. Teams competing were Circle, Glasgow, Glendive, Malta, Poplar, Sidney, Wolf Point, Williston, ND, and Watford City, ND. Wrestlers were put in brackets of 4 according to weight and skill level. Each wrestler had three matches as they wrestled everyone in their bracket. Beckett Squires pinned his first opponent and finished 3rd with a 1-2 record for the tournament. Karsten Davis had a record of 2-1 and was 2nd in his weight class. He had a great...

  • Mustang Wresting: Mears MVW, Soul Most Improved last season

    Coach Steve French|May 13, 2020

    I would like to start with some thank yous. The administrators were very helpful to me this year, especially Mr. Somerfeld who helped this technology-challenged old coach. Our parents were very supportive and that was a real treat. They made it easy in this transition year. Thanks to our managers, Rya Soul, Georgia Orahood, Lauren Doney and Mady Bain for all their effort this year; we can not make it without their contribution to the program. Last but not least, thanks to our assistant coaches,...