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Despite weather conditions and having to change the original date, the Malta Athletic Club's Swishfest featured 51 teams, who played games at Malta High School, the Middle School Gym and Malta's City Hall last Saturday, April 7 through Sunday, April 8. "It's great," Malta Athletic Club President Jake Stuart said of the event last weekend. "There were big crowds in each gym. So far everybody has been happy and it has been very good." All of the proceeds from the event go to the Malta Athletic...
The Malta Wrestling Club accounted for twenty of the over two-thousand wrestlers at the 2018 Montana Open held at the Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings on Saturday, March 24 through Sunday, March 25. The team took forty-eighth out of 145 teams. The event was won by Upper Valley Aces, who had 94 points from 33 wrestlers. Sidney Wrestling Club was the runner-up with 82 points from 49 wrestlers. Team sizes varied from one to 60-plus wrestlers. Miles Bunk took third place in the 18 & Under 220 class....
Darby Schye, a former Malta M-ette standout and a junior forward for the University of Montana Western Bulldogs, stepped up for her team in the 2017-18 year and helped them get into the NAIA Semifinals last March. Schye, the daughter of Tad and Amy Schye of Malta, stopped by the PCN office to reflect on her junior season, a season in which her team went 27-9, were able to attend their second consecutive NAIA Division 1 National Tournament, and a season that she saw her siblings accomplish...
The long and snowy winter has made it impossible to practice on their home track, but Malta is finding other ways to prep for what may be a snow-shortened season. The Malta Mustangs will have 20 athletes this season but only return one state performer. The group's inexperience at the state level won't stop them from focusing on their goals and competing with the top team in State B. "Fairfield is the defending state champion and they have a lot of guys back so that be good competition for us," H...
The Whitewater Penguins will be competitive this season despite losing a few athletes from last years team, including state performer Kayleigh Cummings to graduation. The Penguins are five strong this season, returning seniors Trace Simonson and Cody Scheffelmear. The team welcomes three freshmen with plenty of talent and experience in track and field; Kelsee Cummings, Beau Simonson, and Kia Wasson. T. Simonson, a fourth-year track athlete, will compete in discus, triple jump, high jump,...
infoThe Saco Panthers Golf Team lost a pair of state competitors but gains two new golf members in a season that may delayed for a few extra weeks due to the large amount of snow that northeastern Montana has experienced this winter. "Unfortunately, the weather is not on our side this year, resulting in a lot of indoor practice," Coach Elena Sudbrack said. "Hopefully, spring weather gets here soon, it would be a blessing to get some course practice before an initial meet." Though the team has...
The Malta M-ettes will retain a handful of state placers from last season but also have major shoes to fill, having lost both Sophia Stiles, who was a perennial state champion and Shay Garfield, who was a state performer to graduation last season. At the moment Malta has twenty M-ettes signed up, eleven of which are in their first season with Malta. The M-ettes will feature a young group with only four seniors, including TaChante' Cole, Ella Schye, Sammy Dolphay and newcomer Adessa Judd. Malta h...
The Malta Golf team will see some continuity in terms of returning golfers but the squad will see a new head coach for the second year in a row. Like all of the other sports teams in Phillips County, the Malta golfers have been stuck inside due to the high levels of snow from last winter. The team welcomes Head Coach Travis Somerfeld to the helm, replacing Sean Estill who held the same position last season. Though a first-time golf coach, Somerfeld has had plenty of experience coaching in...
The Saco Panthers track team is prepared for the track season despite being snowed in for practices. The team hopes to make a post-season push with a team that boasts the largest numbers its head coach has seen for some time. "This is one of the largest teams we have had in a long time," Saco Head Coach Barry Malone said. "It's the most kids we have had in here. It's great to see eleven kids out, with four returning state participants. We have got some young ones with lots of talent." With...
The Dodson Coyotes track team has multiplied in 2018, boasting ten athletes this season as well as a team manager, after only having a few athletes compete in 2017. The team returns three track athletes, two of which competed last season and one that took a season away from the sport. The team consists of Head Coach Tianna Bloomer, Assistant Coach Natacha Doney, freshman manager Sophia Hebert, four seniors, two juniors, two sophomores, and two freshmen. David Jaynes-- Senior-- David is in his...
Northeastern Montana has seen some of the highest snow depths in recent history, making it impossible for even the most avid golfers to even think about playing outside. Mears Music and Crew have presented a new way to play at the Marian Hills Golf Course, with the Golden Tee Live pay-to-play video golf game by Incredible Technologies, Inc. "You can play against people online from all over the world," Jory Schipman of Mears Music told the PCN. "It's a lot of fun. It's anyone's game and you don't...
It has been fifty years since the Malta M-ettes won the 1968 Montana Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Girls' and Womens' titles. Having won the AAU Girls' title in 1967, their inaugural season, the M-ettes of 68' won their first back to back basketball state titles as high school athletes, despite drastic rule changes in 1968. The PCN caught up with a few members of the 1968 team, to see what basketball was like in the team's earliest days. Those members include Gail (Stiles) Cummings, Barbara...
Phillips County Motor Sports held their Annual Member's meeting last Saturday afternoon in the Great Northern's Lodge Room with 30 members in attendance. The annual meeting, officiated by PCMS President Dan Stout, featured the group's annual report, new racing costs, and yearly elections. Neil Stahl and Frank Baldik were voted in as the group's newest Board Members. Jacy Stolem was voted in as the new Secretary/Treasurer and was also hired as the PCMS book-keeper. Every year, PCMS votes for thre...
The Malta Wrestling AAU Little Guys had another strong meet as they won the Small Team first place trophy last Saturday, March 17, in Great Falls. Boasting only 13 wrestlers, Malta placed thirteenth overall in the event with 174 points, but placed highest among teams with 15 wrestlers or less, making them champions in the Small Team Category. Malta had three champions in their respective weight classes, including Kenan LaBrie in the 10 and Under 113-pound class, Straud Sims in the 10 and Under 7...
The Old Gym was the site of the 2018 Malta Middle School Wrestling Mixer, an event that featured close to 75 middle school wrestlers and close to 200 spectators at last Friday, March 16. The event consisted of six teams; Malta, Chinook, Harlem, Havre, Lewistown, and Hays-Lodgepole. There was a total of twenty-six fifth and sixth graders, and a total of forty-five seventh and eighth graders. “There was a great turnout and our wrestlers love wrestling in front of the home crowd,” Malta Middle Sch...
Fourteen Phillips County are Athletes have taken their place on the annual All-Conference list for their efforts in the 2017-18 basketball season. Malta senior Taylor Matthews of the District 2B and North Country senior Trace Simonson of the 3C District each earned All-State honors. MUSTANGS The Mustangs have landed two seniors on the list, with Matthews receiving All-State and first-team honors and Konner Keuhn receiving second-team honors. Matthews was the offensive leader for Malta, leading...
The Malta Wrestling Club participated in the 2018 Montana State AAU Folkstyle Tournament held Friday, March 9 through Sunday, March 11 in Great Falls. The event included wrestlers of all ages. Malta had one champion, Midget 112-pound class Kenan LaBrie of Whitewater, who won his championship by way of 11-8 decision over James Mills of the Stars N Stripes Wrestling Club. He scored a total of 24 points, leading Malta who finished 38th overall as a team. "County-wide, those guys continue to...
Anderson Yeadon, the son of Dean Yeadon and Ella Yeadon of Malta, is doing something uncommon around the Phillips County section of the Hi-Line; playing hockey in Glasgow for the Ice Dawgs. "I just wanted him to try something different," Dean, a native of Rhode Island, told the PCN. "I played hockey since I was four, all the way through high school, and I couldn't really believe that there wasn't really any hockey in Montana." Anderson started playing for the Glasgow youth hockey league two...
Malta Parks and Recreation department started it's second season of dance classes last Tuesday, February 27. The class, in it's second session and first of 2018, features ballet, tap and hip-hop classes taught by Sheena Dorak. "Things are going pretty well," said Dorak. "Everybody is trying their best and it's just a matter of learning what their speed is before I can start progressing with them." Dorak, is a life-long dancer, who brings her many years of studying and performing dance to Malta....
For the first time since 2007, neither Malta nor Fairfield will win the State B Title as both teams were eliminated from State last weekend at the 2018 Northern B Divisional tournament in Cut Bank. The Rocky Boy Morning Stars, champions of the 1B conference, won the Northern B title over the 2B conference champion Wolf Point Lady Wolves on Saturday, March 3. The Lady Wolves would have to face the Poplar Indians last Monday, March 5, in a challenge game at Wolf Point High School. Poplar won...
The Malta Mustangs' hopes to defend their 2017 State B Title in this year's State Tournament were dashed last Friday, February 23, in Glasgow. The Mustangs fell to the Northern B Divisional host, the Glasgow Scotties in double-overtime and were eliminated from the tournament, the afternoon after they lost in the opening round to the Choteau Bulldogs, who took fourth place in the tournament. Division 1B took the top four spots as the Shelby Coyotes defeated Rocky Boy 65-55 in the Championship...
The season ended for the North Country Mavericks last Friday, February 23, in Wolf Point, as the team fell to the Mon-Dak Thunder in the elimination round of the 2018 Eastern C Divisional Tournament. The Mavericks had reached the semi-final round after defeating Savage 68-51 in the opening round of the tournament on Wednesday, February 21. The team went on to lose 62-40 to Fairview on Thursday, February 22 and then 61-54 to Mon-Dak (Westby-Grenora) on Friday, February 23. “A lot of those teams are stepping up to that level and we didn’t qui...
The Eastern C Tournament was the final stop for the North Country Lady Mavericks as the team went 1-2 in Wolf Point, eventually losing an elimination game to Scobey last Saturday, February 24. The Lady Mavericks saw themselves falling behind 26-2 to the Froid-Medicine Lake Redhawks after the first period of their opening game on Thursday, February 22. Unfortunately, the team was unable to claw back into the game. "We were pretty much on the defensive end the entire first quarter," Lady...
The Malta Middle School Wrestling Team fared well at the 2018 Havre Middle School Invitational Tournament on Saturday, February 24, for their first meet of the season. Seventh and Eighth Graders: Malta was led by Orin Mackey (150-pound class A), Cash Salsbery (165-pound class A), and Zac Judd (130-pound class B), who each took first place in their respective weight classes. Shawn Gilkerson took second place in the 125-pound class A, Dre Oshio took second in the 150-pound class B, and Rex Williamson took second in the 165-pound class A. Shane...
The Malta M-ettes are 5-16 this season, but the young team has a chance to make some noise at the Northern B Divisional Tournament this week as they hope to punch their ticket to the 2018 State B Tournament in Missoula. The M-ettes will face the Rocky Boy Morning Stars in the opening round of the Northern B Divisional Tournament in Cut Bank on Thursday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. Rocky Boy defeated Fairfield in the District 1B title match on Saturday, February 17. The Morning Stars were led by...