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A pair of Malta Mustangs were named to the 2018-19 All-Conference list earlier this month. The list includes junior Tanner Smith and senior Kevin Henry. Smith proved to be quite the scorer for Malta leading the team in points scored. "Tanner brought a lot of energy," Malta Head Coach David Costin said. " He was our leading scorer this year, but where he probably made the biggest impression was rebounding on the boards." Coach Costin went on to praise Smith's jumping ability, noting that there...
The Phillips County Health-Care Foundation auctioned teams for the 10th Annual Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Calcutta on Tuesday, March 19. Over a dozen bidders bid a total of $23,475 on the 64 basketball teams in this year's NCAA Men's Basketball tournament bracket. Ten percent or $2,347.50 will go back to the Health-Care Foundation, while bidders who had winning teams will hope to win back their bids and much more of the 90% (or $21,127.50) awarded in payouts. Winners of the first round...
Former Malta M-ette standout Darby Schye ended her college basketball career on the highest of notes last Tuesday, March 19, as the University of Montana Western Bulldogs won the 2019 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship. By winning the championship, Schye, a senior, has ended her career as a champion in college as well as high school in 2015 with the M-ettes. "I feel like the State Championship games really prepared me for that moment," Schye told the PCN. "I felt calm and...
Athletes of Phillips County accounted for four spots in the 2019 District 3C All-Conference team in a list released earlier this month. The Dodson Coyotes were represented by juniors Shaun Ball and Corbin LoneBear, who both made the First Team list. The North Country Mavericks were represented by sophomore Loden Idler and senior John McColly. COYOTES Shaun Ball, a 6'0' junior made the list for the second consecutive season. Ball has been a more than capable scorer for the Coyotes since his...
Rio Oxarart Preschool, Malta Wrestling Fave Hobby: Playing with action figures. Fave Hero: The Flash. Favorite T.V. Show: Kung Fu Panda's Christmas. Fave Movie: Lego Batman Fave meal mom makes: Noodles. Fave Meal Dad Makes: Mac N Cheese. Fave Candy: Skittles. If you could have one Superpower: Time Travel. Fave Spot in P.C.: The gym.... Full story
Malta sent 19 Little Guy wrestlers to Lewistown to the Central Montana Little Guy State Wrestling event last weekend and seven wrestlers placed. Rio Oxarart took second place in the 6 & Under 40B weight class and scored 7.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Rio Oxarart (Malta) received a bye. Quarterfinal - Rio Oxarart (Malta) won by fall over Liam Barber (Rustler Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:41). Semifinal - Rio Oxarart (Malta) won by fall over Casen Yeager (Choteau Mat Sharks) (Fall 1:00). 1st Place Match - Noah Lynch (Little Mountaineer Wrestling)...
Malta's Little Guy Wrestling Team hosted their home event on Friday, March 15, at the Malta Public School Old Gym. The event featured many young wrestlers from age four to ten. This included wrestlers that were seasoned veterans and wrestlers seeing their first action on the mat, like six-year-old William Riggs, who shared his opinion on his first match. "It went good," said Riggs, who is a first grader at Malta Elementary. "It was my first one ever." He explained that his favorite thing about...
Two M-ettes were named to the 2018-19 District 2B Basketball Honors team including junior Kelbee Denham who made the All-State team and earned a spot on the first team. Senior Kloie Marks received second-team honors. Both Marks and Denham were a part of the 2017 State B Runner Up team that fell one point in their loss to Fairfield. Denham led Malta in scoring before her season-ending injury late in the season. Denham ended the season with 156 points (9.75 PPG), 75 rebounds, 55 assists, and 37...
The Kings of the Hi-Line team trophy may be the most elusive pool trophy in the Eastern part of Montana but this year, the spoils belong to the Mears Music team, who won three-day event by one point. The event which features 18, four-person teams annually took place at taverns all around Malta from 7 p.m. Friday, March 15, through 6 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Three rounds were played on Friday until Midnight, ten rounds were played on Saturday, and four were played on Sunday. The top five teams and...
Several Class C athletes from Phillips County basketball teams made the Girls' 2018-19 District 3C All-Conference list which was released on Monday, March 11. The North Country Lady Mavericks landed three athletes on the list including Kaitlyn McColly, Kia Wasson, and Jaycee Erickson. The Dodson Lady Coyotes also landed three athletes on the All-Conference list, which included Kailee Henry, Ella Messerly, and Christina Jaynes. LADY MAVERICKS Selected to the first team and Defensive Team,...
Trent Blunt First Grade, Malta Wrestling Fave Hobby: Play the tablet. Madden NFL or a basketball game or monster trucks. Favorite T.V. Show: Puppy Dog Pals. Fave Movie: Ferdinand. Fave meal mom makes: Mac & Cheese. Her Taco Soup is the best. Fave Meal Dad Makes : Hamburgers Fave Candy: M&M's and suckers. Fave class: P.E. Fave: Dog....
The Phillips County Motorsports (PCMS) annual meeting is in the books. The Malta based group gave their annual report, announced the 2019 event dates, and elected a new board member. Joining the PCMS board by member vote was Dave Olson, after Jared Stenberg stepped down from his seat. Gary Mathwich and Dennis Bebee regained their seats unopposed. The nine board member positions are electing three at a time every racing year during the annual meeting. PCMS President Dan Stout and Vice President...
Twelve boys and girls from Phillips County, ages 9 to 14, were named local champions of the 2019 Knights of Columbus/Don Nevrivy Memorial Free Throw championship on Monday, February 25, and have earned the right to compete at the district level. “Don Nevrivy was chairman of this event up until his passing in 2017,” said Michael Fred Ereaux who is an event coordinator. “It is very easy to carry forward this competition because of his hard work and dedication to the area youth.” Ereaux went on...
Malta's Justin Lamb has not missed a State Wrestling meet in thirty years since his older brother Travis Lamb competed in 1989. But Justin isn't merely just a wrestling fan. He was arguably one of Malta's most dominant wrestlers in the mid-90's, winning two state championships in 1994-1995, and losing only three matches in his career. He never lost by pinfall. Lamb was 136-3 as a Mustang wrestler. Lamb wrestled in the heavyweight class all four years, despite having four different coaches in...
Spencer Gibbs 8th Grade, Malta Wrestling Fave Hobby: Playing Football. Favorite T.V. Show: Alaska: The Last Frontier. Fave Movie: The Fast and Furious series. Fave meal: Sirloin Steak. Fave Dessert: Ice Cream. Dream Superpower: To Fly. Fave Sports Team: Denver Broncos. Fave spot in Phillips County: Out at our ranch. Fave Animal: Dog....
The Malta Middle School Wrestling team hosted their home meet last Thursday, February 7, at the Malta School's Old Gym. The event featured hundreds in attendance from all over Eastern Montana. The mixer gave Malta Middle School Wrestlers as well as wrestlers from around the area a chance to get a few matches in before many of them headed to the AAU Folkstyle State event in Great Falls on Saturday, March 9. Malta Middle School's eighth-grade class started strong winning four of six matches....
AAU- Three Malta Wrestlers traveled to Glendive, Montana for the MidRivers Folkstyle Invitational AAU Wrestling Tournament on March 2nd. Here are the following results. Cameron Spencer placed 1st: Round 1- Spencer (Malta) won by decision over Demarrais (Poplar) 5-0. Round 2- Spencer (Malta) won by fall over Granbois (Poplar) 1:30. Round 3- Spencer (Malta) won by decision over Brandt (Glasgow) 9-3. Kenan LaBrie placed 1st: Round 1- LaBrie (Malta) won by fall over Harbaugh (Baker) 0:28. Round 2-...
For the third consecutive season, the team named Malta Old School became champions of the Malta Parks and Recreation Co-Ed Basketball League, as they defeated top-ranked Alley-Oops 56-46 in the league’s championship game on Tuesday, February 26, at the Malta City Hall building. The game capped off the Parks and Recreations’ five-week Co-Ed Basketball League which started on Wednesday, January 23. Captain Caitlin Anderson was asked what were the most important factors in her team’s win over...
The season came to an end for the Malta Mustangs as the team lost out in the consolation round of the 2019 Northern B Divisional in Shelby last weekend. Malta lost their opening game to the Rocky Boy Northern Stars on Thursday, February 28. The score was 52-39. The Mustangs would face off against the Choteau Bulldogs in the opening round of the elimination bracket on Friday afternoon and fall 80-64. In their loss to Rocky Boy, Malta was led by junior Tanner Smith, who scored 14 points and had...
Fave Hobby: Playing Basketball. Favorite T.V. Show: Impractical Jokers. Fave Movie: Coach Carter. Dream Vehicle: Lamborghini. Dream College: Clemson. Dream Superpower: Super strength. Fave spot in Phillips County: Sleeping Buffalo. Dream Career: Sports Commentator....
The Malta Middle School wrestlers competed in the Montana Middle School Championships in Lewistown last Saturday, March 2, despite subzero temperatures rocking Eastern Montana. The weather was so cold that Malta Middle School canceled buses, leaving Malta with only four competitors. Two of four wrestlers placed at the event. Spencer Gibbs took third place in the 140-weight class. Cameron Mikesell took fourth place in the 120-weight class. Former MMS wrestler Jace Oxarart took fifth in the 120 class, but he wrestles in Helena now. “In his f...
The Dodson Lady Coyotes season ended at the 2019 Eastern C Divisional in Glasgow after the team fell to Froid-Medicine Lake and Richey-Lambert last week. "For putting together a team to try and perform at the level of the other teams in three months, I felt that we gave a respectable performance," Dodson Head Coach Deserae Kill Eagle said. "We have a lot of work to do but hopefully we will see the results of that next season." In the team's loss to Froid-Lake, the Redhawks netted 33-of-61 field...
The North Country Lady Mavericks’ 2018-19 season came to an abrupt end last weekend as the team fell to the Plentywood Wildcats and MonDak Thunder in the Eastern C Divisional Tournament. “Overall it was a very fun season,” Lady Mavericks Head Coach Amber Erickson told the PCN. “The kids worked hard all season long and got along really well. I’m excited to see where we go from here. They need to get in the gym in the offseason to do some individual work and I think we could turn the corner an...
The season came to an end for the Malta M-ettes last weekend at the Northern B Divisional Tournament in Malta, but not before giving the home crowd a satisfying victory over the state-bound Fairfield Eagles. The M-ettes finished the 2018-19 season 11-11. "I thought we had really good senior leadership," M-ette Coach Nate Hammond said about this year's team. "I was proud of those kids. The only non-conference games we lost this season were to Havre. We had a tough (district) this year. Wolf Point...
Dream career: Physical Therapist. Dream College: University of Montana. Fave Subject: English. Dream Superpower: Teleportation. Fave Movie: The Blindside. Fave TV Show: Friends. Dream vehicle: Anything that runs well. Fave Book: The Kite Runner....
