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The Men's Golf League at Marian Hills held their fifth game of the 2020 season last Thursday, June 11. The Women's Golf League held their third meeting on Wednesday, June 10. The PCN caught up with Sheriff Jerry Lytle who plays for Team Bank of Malta, and has been golfing well over the past weeks, scoring the highest point total in weeks three and four. At the time Bank of Malta was in fourth place. "I think we are improving because everyone comes up here a couple of times a week to practice,"...
The Malta Barrel Series held their second event last weekend at the Trafton Rodeo Arena. The event featured over 50 racers from grade school to adult. The series featured barrel races as well as pole bending races. Though event one was held in the Milk River Pavilion, event two was moved outside to the Trafton Arena because it is summertime. "Jerey McEwen has done all of the work of getting the arena ready so that we could use it and get some events going on down here so we don't see the arena...
Though he is 13-years-old and not old enough to compete with adults in the Malta Parks and Recreation Corn Hole Season, Kohner "Chaka" Schipman is an avid player of the backyard game. Chaka is the official scorekeeper of the Corn Hole League. "It's pretty cool," Schipman said about the league. Though he doesn't play in the league, which is for players aged 16 and older, Chaka plays the game at his home with his father Jessie, mother Leslie, and his siblings Kolter, Kylie, and Keenan once a week....
Fave Hobby: Playing Video Games. Favorite Movie: Lab Rats. If you could have one superpower: See the Future. Favorite Animal: Tiger. Fave Meal / Dessert: Steak / Ice Cream. Fave Spot in PC: Nelson. Dream Car: Mustang....
The Malta Department of Parks and Recreation introduced an organized backyard game to 20 participants last Friday night at the Malta City Hall. Cornhole, a game that has been featured on ESPN became Malta's latest sport and in the first week of the event, Lance Henderson and his teammate Dylan Bergos (MSYH) became the first winners of the game in Parks and Recreation history, defeating WH, a team consisting of Tommy Erickson and Les Jones. The score was 2-1 after three games. The matches were...
The Women's Golf League kicked off a couple of weeks ago at the Marian Hills Golf Course. The league held their second week on Wednesday, June 3, and after two weeks Team Art's Furniture and Team Tin Cup are tied for first place with a total of 41.50. The PCN caught up with Sascha (Cole) Lulloff of Team Bishop Building, who currently leads all golfers in individual standings with a total of 9.50 points. "I got par on the first hole and a bogey on the second hole," Lulloff said. "Things are going...
Things took a turn back into normalcy as Men's Golf League held its fourth match of the season last Thursday, June 4, at Marian Hills Golf Course. In prior weeks golfers were only allowed to have one person to a cart at Marian Hills GC due to Stage 1 Social Distancing Guidelines, but in week four State 2 guidelines were followed and two golfers were allowed to ride in a golf cart, as it has been in past years. "The County Health Department said that we could ride together which is cool because...
Former Malta M-ette and current University of Montana Lady Griz guard Sophia Stiles earned an award for her efforts in the 2019-20 season. Last Monday, June 1, the school announced that Stiles had been voted as the Julie Deming Outstanding Defensive Player. It is an honor that Stiles also earned during her freshman season in 2017-18. Despite playing the season with a torn labrum in her right shoulder, Stiles led the team in steals with 46 and was second in assists with 61. Stiles had a...
Fave Hobby: Watching Movies. Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting. Fave Music Artist: Morgan Wallen. Dream Career: Sports Psychologist. Fave Meal / Dessert: Homemade Mac N Cheese / Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream. Fave Spot in PC: Coyote Den. Dream Car: 1980's Volkswagon Bug....
The Malta Municipal Pool has been under repairs last week, and the City is hoping to open up the pool on Wednesday, July 1. Due to the COVID-19 virus, pools around the state have been adjusting to social distancing measures. Kelly Cederberg, the Malta Municipal Pool Manager is well-versed in the stage 2 guidelines set in place by CDC, so we drafted a page of pool guidelines that have been checked out and approved by the County Clerk and the Health Board. "We are prepared," Cederberg said. "We...
Malta M-ette Coach Nate Hammond and the team are set to host the 2020 M-ette Summer Basketball Camp, giving girls 3rd grade to 8th grade the chance to hit the hardwood. "We will have the high school kids helping," Coach Hammond said. Coach Hammond will also be assisted by assistant coach Shane Anderson and Mardee Scott. The three-day camp is set to start on Monday, June 22, and end on Wednesday, June 24. Each day of camp is from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the camp is limited to a total of 45...
Fave hobby over the last few weeks: Long boarding. Favorite Netflix series: Outer Banks. Dream Career: Working with Autistic children. Fave song: Simple Things by Mike. Dream Pizza: Sausage and Pepperoni. Defined as an animal: Cheetah....
It has been two decades since the 2000 Malta M-ettes track team was crowned the State B champion, earning the school a three-peat. The team won the title on Saturday, May 27, 2000, with a total of 74 points. This past week, the PCN caught up with Mariah (Guilfoyle) Patterson who won four individual events that season and a school record of 13 state championship medals. She currently lives as a stay-at-home mom in Lewistown, Mont. with her husband R.J. Patterson and their two sons 11-year-old...
Phillips County Motorsports announced that the first racing weekend is set to start on Saturday, July 18, one month later than typical, due to current events. The group held their Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 16, at the Tech Garage near the track. The meeting was called to order by President Dan Stout at 4:15 p.m. It was announced at the meeting that there would be no races in June, the Canadian Border was not open and that the group is unsure when the border will re-open. It was also...
It’s not every day someone hits a hole in one, but that’s exactly what Malta’s Travis Somerfeld did on Sunday, May 17. Somerfeld is a member of Team Independence Bank and his hole-in-one was mentioned by several golfers during the Men’s League event on Thursday, May 21. The PCN asked the former Malta High School Golf Coach and current Activities Director about the feat. He said that he was golfing with former MHS standout Kendall Denham and former Malta basketball assistant coach Orin Johnson...
Dodson Mayor Terri Cole and her daughters, as the family participated in the 2020 Montana Women's Run, keeping an 11-year tradition alive. The event, typically held in Billings, was scheduled to be held in the Magic City, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year's event has been limited to a virtual run in which attendees ran the race from their own homes or other paths. The distances for the race were two-mile or five-mile. Cole runs the two-mile races yearly. "This year was different becaus...
Fave Superhero: His father Jerey McEwen. Favorite Movie: 8 Seconds or The Heat. Fave TV Show: Bering Sea Gold. Fave Meal / Dessert: Pizza / Oreo Pudding. Fave Rodeo Event: Calf Riding. Fave Book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Fave Animal: His horse named Smoke....
The 2020 Marian Hills Golf League started on Thursday, May 14, while still abiding with Montana Governor Steve Bullock's social distancing requirements due to the COVID-19 Virus. This year's team consists of 12 four-man teams, competing in a gold league set to hold 11 regular-season games and then playoffs. The Men's League is the first organized sporting event to be held in Phillips County since sporting events around the country closed due to the COVID-19 virus in March. "It went well,"...
Last Friday, May 15, Studio Stiles and Total Fitness reopened the workout facility to its clients for the first time since gyms were announced closed in March due to the COVID-19 virus. The closing of gyms and other public venues was in line with Montana Governor Steve Bullock's stay at home orders due to the virus. "I am happy that it's reopening," Tia Stiles said. "I think that everyone is happy to get back into their normal routines and fitness is extremely important." Stiles said that...
On Saturday, May 9, Carly Prestwich ran a half-marathon around and through Malta as a participant in the Bigfoot Social Distancing Running Challenge. The event, a virtual walk/run, started on Thursday, March 19, and will conclude on Sunday, May 31. The running distances include options of five kilometers, 10 kilometers, a half marathon (13.1 miles) or a full marathon (26.2 miles). Prestwich, a Malta resident and teacher at Whitewater Public Schools participated in the half marathon, where she po...
VOLLEYBALL: Codi Donniaquo Participation Award Mattea McColly Varsity Letter Award Most Improved Player RyLee Mix Participation Award Cienna Strommen Participation Award Kora LaBrie Participation Award Bella Gehrke Participation Award Montaya Idler Participation Award Zandora Longtree Participation Award Most Improved Player Jaycee Erickson Varsity Letter Award Serving Percentage Leader 91.2% Assist Leader with 395 Danika Soper Varsity Letter Award Ace Leader with 97 which was close to ⅓ of o...
A letter from the MHS Activities Director First, I want to and most importantly recognize our student-athletes of Malta High School in these difficult times. Our student-athletes were stripped of many opportunities due to COVID-19. I want to acknowledge the seniors who could not finish their senior season of Track/Field or Golf. I want to thank Pierre, Mark, and the Phillips County News for helping us give our student athletics the recognition our student-athletes deserve. I also want to say...
