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Billing West High School student Halle Sawicki, the grand-daughter of Lanny and Jeanne Icenogle of Saco, continues to improve at every powerlifting competition. In October of 2023, Sawicki, age 15, competed in the Drug Tested World Championships in England. She set a world record in her class for the squat of 363.8 lbs, national record of 198.4 in bench press and world record in deadlift of 414.5. Sawicki improved on those numbers in the 2024 Montana State Championship on March 9. She had a...
The Malta Mustang Wrestling Club concluded their folkstyle season of wrestling this past weekend at the Metra in Billings with the Montana Open wrestling tournament. The Montana Open is the largest wrestling tournament held in the state of Montana with 2,113 wrestlers from over 180 teams showing up to wrestle. Wrestlers from all over the country came to wrestle in this highly competitive tournament with some of our wrestlers competing in brackets with as many as 64 wrestlers. This tournament is...
The Malta Mustang Wrestling Club had 28 wrestlers present at the 2024 Montana State AAU event at MetraPark in Billings. The Malta boys were 17th in team scoring and the Malta girls were 16th in the girls team standings. There were over 1700 wrestlers at the State AAU event this year and 17 of Malta's wrestlers placed including Calvin Squires who won the Midget 90 Class State Title and Sidney Hould who won the Tots Girls 40 Class State Title. "All the coaches felt we did extremely well as a team...
The Malta Swish Fifth Grade Girls earned a first-place finish at Havre Hoopfest last weekend. The Malta Swish defeated a team that they had previously lost to for the past two years....
Powerlifting teams from across the State of Montana representing their respected schools, all converged and competed in Helena on March 8-9. AA teams such as Billings Senior, Bozeman High, GFH, and Missoula Sentinel make up the majority of the competitors, but other smaller schools such as Class A Miles City, Dillon, and Class B schools Malta, Three Forks, and Fairfield were making their mark at this year's event. The United States Powerlifting Association is the governing body through out the...
The Malta High School Cheerleaders earned gold at the 2024 Cheerfest event in Lewistown on Friday, March 15. They were first in the Class B Small Group Category....
The North Country Mavericks basketball team's 2024 State C campaign concluded the same way that it did in 2023, with a Class C State Title! The Lady Mavericks, a co-op consisting of Saco, Whitewater, and Hinsdale high school students, won their second consecutive title by defeating the Roy-Winifred Outlaws 62-31 in the State C Championship on Saturday, March 9, at the Pacific Steel and Recycling Arena in Great Falls. The North Country Mavericks played in the first game of the girls' tournament a...
The Malta M-ette basketball team's 2024 campaign ended much like their last two outings, in the State B Consolation Semifinals. The team picked up a win in the opening round of the 2024 State B Girls Basketball Tournament in Billings on Thursday, March 7, as they defeated the Florence-Carlton Falcons 48-43. The M-ettes fell to the Missoula Loyola Breakers 56-46 in the semifinals. The Breakers went on to lose the state championship game to the Baker Spartans on Saturday, March 9. Malta went on to...
The Malta M-ettes earned their fifth consecutive Northern B Divisional Championship last Saturday, March 2, as the M-ettes defeated the Poplar Indians 47-40. Malta will face the Florence-Carlton Lady Falcons, the third seed out of the Western Divisional on Thursday, March 7, in the opening round of the State B Girls Basketball Tournament. State will be held in Billings at MetraPark First Interstate Arena in Billings from Thursday to Saturday, March 9. "It feels amazing," M-ette sophomore Neva...
The North Country Mavericks won their second consecutive Eastern C Divisional crown on Saturday, March 2, as they defeated the Plentywood LadyCats 55-23 in the Eastern C Championship game in Glasgow. To reach the championship game, the Lady Mavs defeated the Savage Lady Warriors 66-16 in the opening round of the tournament on Thursday, February 29 and Bainville 52-21 in the semifinals on Friday, March 1. In winning the divisional title, the Lady Mavericks have also earned a chance to defend...
The North Country boys basketball team saw their 2023-24 season come to a close at the Eastern C Divisional Tournament in Glasgow this past week. The Mavericks fell to the eventual runner-up, Plentywood, by a score of 49-31 in the opening round of play Feb. 28. The loss moved the Mavericks into do-or-die play against Froid/Lake the following day, where they fell 56-48. North Country held close with Plentywood in the first quarter of play, trailing 10-8 at the end of the first eight minutes. The...
The 2024 season came to an abrupt end last Saturday night as the Malta Mustangs basketball team fell to the Glasgow Scotties in the 2024 Northern B Divisional Consolation Finals 70-68 in Malta. It was a bitter end for the Mustangs who went 2-2 last weekend, first winning their opening game against the Chinook Sugarbeeters 86-43 on Thursday, February 22, and then falling 54-51 to the Fairview Warriors in the semifinals on Friday, February 23. To qualify for the consolation finals, Malta defeated...
Three Phillips County basketball teams will be competing in their respective divisional tournament this week. The North Country Mavericks and Lady Mavericks will head east to Glasgow for the 2024 Eastern C Divisional Tournament. The boys tournament is set to start at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28, while the girls tournament starts on Thursday, February 29, at noon. The Malta M-ettes will head west to Conrad for the 2024 Northern B Girls' Tournament that is set to start at 1:30 p.m. Only two...
The Malta Mustangs Basketball Team won their first 2B District Championship since 2021 in Wolf Point, as they defeated the Poplar Indians 55-45 in the 2B title game on Saturday, February 17. To reach the championship game, Malta defeated the Fairview Warriors 67-55 in the semifinals on Thursday, February 15. Malta High School will host the 2024 Northern B Divisional Tournament starting on February 22. The tourney will conclude on Saturday, February 24, unless there is a need for a challenge...
The North Country Lady Mavericks basketball team won their fourth straight 3C District title last Saturday night in Glasgow. The defending 2023 State C Champions defeated the Scobey Lady Spartans 49-27 in the 3C Title Match. To reach the championship, the Lady Mavericks defeated the Lustre Christian Lady Lions 58-21 in the semifinals. The Lady Mavericks will face the Savage Warriors on Thursday, February 28, in the first round of the 2024 Eastern C Divisional Tournament set to be held in Glasgow...
The Malta M-ette basketball team won their fourth straight 2B District Championship last Saturday Night in Wolf Point. "It feels really good," sophomore Neva Jacobson said. "That is four years in a row. We just had a good environment and I think that helped us win it." The environment was both hostile and encouraging for the M-ettes, who had nearly every team in the 2B District cheering against them. "It kind of felt like everybody was against us except for Malta," Junior Kelbie Nelson said. "Bu...
The North Country Maverick boys basketball team has punched their ticket to the Eastern C Divisional in Glasgow starting on Wednesday, February 28. The Mavericks earned the fourth seed in the Eastern C, by going 2-2 at the 3C District Tournament last weekend in Glasgow. "It feels awesome!" Maverick Head Coach Haakon Fredrickson said about making it to Divisionals. "Very rewarding after the work they put in over the summer and throughout the season. The boys played a ton of basketball over the...
The 2023-24 season came to an end for the Dodson Coyotes basketball team last Friday in Glasgow, at the 2024 District 3C Tournament. The Coyotes fell in the first round to the Circle Wildcats 72-64 on Wednesday, February 14. Dodson bounced back to eliminate the Frazer Bearcubs 79-36 in the first round of consolation on Thursday, February 15. The Coyotes' season ended with a 57-45 loss to the North Country Mavericks, who qualified for the Eastern C Divisional Tournament by defeating Dodson. In...
The season ended for the Lady Coyotes at the District 3C Tournament last Friday, February 16, in Glasgow. The Lady Coyotes did make some noise on the way out, defeating the Nashua Lady Porcupines 44-23 in the first round of consolation games on Thursday, February 15. Dodson fell 60-13 to the Circle Wildcats in the first round of the tournament on Wednesday, February 14. They fell to the Lustre Christian Lady Lions 61-19 the day after their win over Nashua. Jazlyn KillEagle led Dodson in their...
Malta-Whitewater has a new champion! On Saturday, February 12, MHS junior Kohner "Chaka" Schipman became the Malta/Whitewater Mustang wrestling team's latest state champion after defeating Poplar's Navarjo Escarcega 3-1 in the championship round of the 138 pound weight class at the 2024 State B-C Wrestling Tournament in Billings. "It feels awesome," Schipman told the PCN. "It has been my dream since I was a little kid, just to win state. I'm just proud. This is great." Schipman has been wrestlin...
The North Country Lady Mavericks and Dodson Lady Coyotes basketball teams are heading to the postseason! The teams will head into this weekend's 3C District Tournament at Glasgow High School on opposite sides of the bracket. North Country enters as the regular season conference champions at 18-0 (12-0 in the conference) and Dodson was sixth in the conference with a 5-12 record (2-10 in the 3C conference) The tournament is set to start on Wednesday, February 14, and conclude on Saturday,...
The Malta Mustangs and M-ettes varsity basketball teams ended the regular season with matching 2B Conference Titles thanks to their undefeated play against their respective foe in the district. The Mustangs are 16-2 overall (10-0 in 2B games), with those loses against Havre and Fergus, both Class A teams. The M-ettes had a record of 11-7 (10-0 in 2B games). Both teams have earned a first round bye in the 2024 District 2B Tournament that is set to start on Wednesday February 14. Mustangs The...
