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With the departure of former Mustangs Head Coach Jim Benn, the 2019 Malta Mustangs Football team welcomes back a familiar face in newly rehired Head Coach Nick Oxarart, who was hired a little over a month ago. Though Oxarart has been with the Mustangs as an assistant coach in 2018, he has coached the Mustangs to the playoffs in 2016 and 2015 as a head coach before stepping down in 2017. In all Oxarart has been a Mustang football coach for 13 of the last 14 seasons. "It's a big job to take on...
A few years ago Saco, Whitewater, and Hinsdale aligned to become a co-operative named the North Country Mavericks, this year the Mavericks and the other 3C teams have merged with the 1C District. This year's 1C group will consist of Bainville, Brockton, Culbertson, Froid-Medicine Lake, Lustre Christian, Lambert-Richey, Mon-Dak (Westby and Grenora), Nashua-Opheim, North Country (Hinsdale, Saco, Whitewater), Plentywood, Savage, and Scobey. Given that there are only 16 regular-season games...
The 2019 Track & Field season marks the end of the Dodson-Whitewater Harriers Co-operative. The Dodson Coyotes will feature four runners this season and one returning runner. Corbin LoneBear is the team's lone returner from the 2018 season, though Melony Fetter had run with the team in 2017 and with the Harlem Wildcats in 2018. The team also welcomes freshmen Lindsey Fetter and Emma Cole. The team will be without Natacha Doney, who had been assistant coach for the Harriers over the last few...
The Malta M-ettes Volleyball Team will have a new look in 2019 after graduating five seniors, who each saw time in the starting lineup. The M-ettes consist of 26 athletes and four managers this season. The team has also added 13 freshman and height to this year's varsity team. "They (the freshmen) are super athletic, so they challenge our older girls and overall it is going to make our program better," Coach Kalli Rummel told the PCN. "Girls are willing to play positions that they haven't played...
The numbers are down for the Malta M-ette Cross Country team as they graduated five seniors last season and welcomed two new runners to the team. In all, Malta has seven runners, three less than last year's total of 10. "Sometimes a smaller group is kind of nice and intimate," Malta M-ette Head Coach Thea Solberg said. "You can really focus on each runner to help them out if they have a goal of wanting to run faster, you can push them harder." She went on to say that in larger groups sometimes...
The Malta M-ette Cheerleaders Team will have a new look after graduating five athletes last year and welcoming four brand new members to the group. Last year’s graduating class included Chayana Stolem, Erika Nagy, Shelby Jones, Bethany Holm, and Jenna Waters. Currently, Stolem is the only 2019 graduate to have attempted to cheer in college. According to Malta Head Coach Timberlee Pankratz, Stolem is trying out for the Cheer team at Minot State University this year. The team welcomes back t...
If you have ever seen Malta Public School's Music Teacher Erik Engebretson cruising around town, chances are he isn't just getting from point A to point B in Malta. As it turns out Engebretson has been participating in long distance bicycle fundraisers since 2014. This summer he was able to participate in three of four rides, a couple of which are fundraisers. "I try to ride about 5,000 miles a year to keep in shape," Engebretson said. "It's also good for the brain." Engebretson's first long...
The fourth season of Malta Parks and Recreation Softball is in the books, and this year's championship was won by Oh My Quad!, the league's first champion in 2016. Oh My Quad! defeated 99 Problems but a Pitch Ain't One on Tuesday, August 13, at Trafton Park, thanks in part to a Grand Slam from Team Captain Jake Stuart in the team's final at bat in the bottom of the fifth inning. Before the four RBI run Oh My Quad was down 4-5. "When I was walking to the base, I was aware of the moment and that...
The Phillips County Ranch Rodeo is scheduled for Monday, September 2, at the Trafton Rodeo Arena in Trafton Park after the conclusion of the 50th Annual Milk River Wagon Train. The event formerly sanctioned by the NILE Rodeo, is under a different entity. "It is Big Sky Rodeo sanctioned this year," P.C. Saddle Club Secretary Kendra Green told the PCN. "The top team gets to compete there. We just wanted to try something different. We have had really good luck at the NILE but we wanted to try...
Fave Hobby: Riding horses. Favorite Movie: Secretariat. Fave Animal: Horse. Fave Summer '19 moment: Riding my horse. Fave Meal / Dessert: Ramen Noodles / Ice Cream. Fave Spot in PC: The Pavilion. What Are You Looking Forward To This School Year: Seeing my friends....
Pictured from left to right are: Jared Sienkowski, John Sienkowski, Aaron Wiese, Art Wiese and Justin Wiese. Just as racing runs in the family for the Jaynes family, it also runs for the Wiese family. At the Dodson Fair AMX race members of the Wiese family also showed up and provided competition as well as support for the sport. Jared and John are stepsons of Art, Aaron is his son and Justin is a nephew. All enjoy the race track and the Dodson Speedway AMX appreciates their participation and...
Another successful season for the Malta Swim Team came to a conclusion the first week of August in Sidney, Mont., as the swimmers competed in the State Swim Meet. Team Coach Cassandra Pratt, in her third year leading the team, said that though the weather was hot, the six swimmers who qualified for the State Meet showed up ready to compete and she couldn't believe that the season was already at its end. "The season flew this year," Coach Pratt said. "With a much smaller team this season I had...
The 104th Annual Phillips County Fair feature plenty of young talent electrifying the Grandstands on Sunday, August 4. The talent included many young participants in the Youth Rodeo event hosted by the KillEagle family and KillEagle productions. "I like having this event for the kids," Joey KillEagle, the event's coordinator said. "It's a pretty good crowd. Last year there weren't very many people but this year on Sunday the kids got a pretty good crowd." KillEagle was asked why the Youth Rodeo...
There was plenty of excitement at the 104th P.C. Fair's North East Corner Indian Horse Relay on a pretty warm Sunday, August 4, in Dodson. The event featured Indian Relay Horse style racing, Memorial Races, Chariot Races and even a kids' race. Black Rock, a Blackfeet team out of Browning won the event's largest prize, with over $17,000 in payout on the line in the events. The PCN caught up with Blayne DeRoche, a 16-year-old, after his team's big championship win. "It feels good," DeRouche said....
The following are scores from last week’s Malta Parks and Recreation Co-Ed Softball League games played at Trafton Field. Tuesday, July 30 6:00 games: The Grounders beat "Heavy Hitters" = 5-3 99 problems beat oh my quad10-5 7:00 games: Free Agents beat Rusty Bullets 17-2 Northern Crusty Sox beat Independance 11-7 8:00 games: 99 Problems but a Pitch Aint One beat Make Softball Great Again 20-14 Independance Bank beat Free Agents 15-12 Monday, July 29 6:00 games: Independence Bank beat "Rusty Bullets" = 7-4 "Heavy Hitters" beat "99 Problems b...
The 104th Phillips County Fair's AMX event did not fail to entertain as the event featured thrills, spills, crashes and even a fire. The event started with a startling crash as Great Fall's Jamie Jaynes, formerly of Dodson, lost control of his vehicle in the hot laps, crashed into the barricade and peeled off the roof of his car. "So coming out of the east corner my right rear tire went over the berm and it just caught and flung my car into the fence," Jaynes said. "I think just the thought of...
Sometimes it's not about the money. The Grandstands and Beer Gardens were packed during the 104th Annual Phillips County Fair's Crash for Cash Demolition Derby and those in attendance bore witness to plenty of twisted metal, fire, big hits, and a special moment for a community that lost a young man too soon. During the Chain car event, Malta's Trey Shores could be seen driving a 1974 Dodge Coronet that was sponsored by several companies throughout the Phillips County community, but the trunk of...
The softball fields in Trafton Park saw plenty of action on Monday, July 22, and Tuesday, July 23, as teams in the Malta Parks and Recreation Co-Ed Softball Leagues played 12 games. On Monday, July 22, 99 Problems but a Pitch Ain't One (99 Problems) defeated The Grounders 9-3. Independence Bank narrowly defeated Make Softball Great Again (MSGA) 9-8. Oh My Quad defeated The Grounders 9-5. 99 Problems defeated Rusty Bullets 16-4. Heavy Hitters defeated the Northern Crusty Sox 16-12 in the highest...
Every Malta swimmer present at the 2019 Montana Federation of Swimmers East Divisional Meet in Scobey last Saturday, July 27 through Sunday, July 28, earned a ticket to state. The State Swim Meet is scheduled for Saturday, August 3 through Sunday, August 4, in Sidney. At the East Divisional, ten-year-old Jahmiah Huffman-LaBrie led Malta with 34 points, winning the 50 Meter Backstroke with a time of 43.63. He was third in the 50-Meter Fly with a time of 42.89 and third in the 100-Meter IM with a time of 1:35.31. Fifteen-year-old Darrow Messerly...
The 5th Annual Marian Hills Open Golf Tournament is in the books after the two day event saw one of its most successful weekends since the event's history according to Marian Hills Golf Course owner Jane Ereaux. "The tournament went fantastic," Ereaux told the PCN. "This has been our best year. We had wonderful food, excellent players, and we had people come from all over the state of Montana, and North Dakota, Spokane (Wash.) and various places." The Open was held on a toasty Saturday, July 27,...
Once a Mustang, always a Mustang, but next season Andres Lopez, who recently graduated from Malta High School, will be donning blue, white, and gray for the Dickinson State University Blue Hawks Football team in North Dakota. Lopez was a multiple sport athlete in Malta, thriving in football, wrestling, and track. He most recently played in the 73rd Annual Montana East-West Shrine Game in Butte on Saturday, July 20. Lopez was a running back for the East team that defeated the West 28-22. “It w...
The Montana Drag Racing Association (MDRA) was present last weekend at the Hi-Line Drag Strip as the Phillips County Motorsports (PCMS) Group held it's third weekend of the year. "The Hi-Line Drag Strip is a really nice strip and they always have really nice people," said Linda Michel Treasurer for the Montana Drag Racing association. "Every one is always cooperative and it is just a really happy place to be." The weekend served as the second MDRA event in a four track event series. The first...
The vacancy at the position of Head Football Coach at Malta High School was filled on the morning of Monday, July 22, as Nick Oxarart agreed to coach the team for a second stint. Oxarart had been a part of the team as a head coach or assistant coach all but one season for 2006. According to a previous PCN article, Oxarart spent eight seasons as a Mustang assistant football coach from 2006 to 2013. Oxarart replaces Jim Benn, who left MHS to take on a position in Missoula so he could be closer to his family. Benn had been head coach of the Malta...
The 104th Annual Phillips County Fair will host AMX Racing on Saturday, August 3, at noon. "You can expect fast cars, you can expect drivers from beginner to expert," said Frank Kindle Vice President of the Dodson AMX Speedway group. "People put time and money in their cars and it shows. You will see rollovers. You will see bumping and racing. You will see tempers flare and it's all a part of the show." The event will mark the second race of 2019 for the Dodson AMX Speedway group, and possibly i...
Fave Hobby: Painting. Favorite Movie: The Book of Life. One thing you miss at school: Arts and Crafts. Fave Superhero: Spiderman. Fave Food: Cake. Fave Spot in PC: The gym (mom says Nelson). What Are You Looking Forward To This Summer: Swim team. Fave Animal: Rabbit....
