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Phillips County was well represented in a few Jamboree Basketball Tournaments over the weekend of Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17. The fifth-sixth grade Jamboree Lady Mavericks, eight grade Malta M-ettes, and junior high Coyotes won titles in their respective groups during their district jamboree tournaments. The Lady Mavericks only played nine regular season games, with only being three teams in the 3C District. The team played each district team twice and three teams outside of...
The Malta Boys & Girls Club hosted their 15th Annual Turkey Bowling event on Thursday, November 15, and the tournament took place after a community potluck which was attended by close to 100 people. The winner of the adult group, Laicee Young, was the most animated and the best bowler on the night, picking up two strikes. After every strike, Young did her patented "Turkey Dance." "Epic!" Young said. "It was so freaking awesome and I am super-stoked and I can't wait for next year!" Young was...
It was a big weekend for the Malta Chamber as it hosted many events, but Saturday Night was the group's largest Fall fundraiser, the 7th Annual Malta Putt Crawl. Twenty-four teams, many of which had themes and costumes, visited local bars and restaurants for the cross-town mini-golf event. "We have got some Teletubbies, some Bathing Beauties, we have got some Big Putts, we've got The Price is Right, Pac-Man, and Cards Against Humanity," Malta Chamber Executive Director Ann Sautter told the PCN....
With only one week of the Malta Parks & Recreation Adult Co-Ed regular season left last Tuesday, November 13, teams squared off one last time to determine their seeding in the annual tournament. The league hosted the Fall 2018 Malta Parks and Rec. Volleyball Tournament, an eight-team tourney that will be featured in next week's Phillips County News. The final team standings for the tournament's seeding is as follows: Volley Llamas took first place with a 7-0 record. Oh, My Quad was second at...
The Malta High School Old Gym once again kicked off another season of Fatman Basketball on Sunday, November 11. Though the name implies that its players are obese, the game is just an intramural setting for men 18 and over that play to stay or get into shape. "It's just for us old guys that are out of shape," coordinator Nate Fried said. "The other guys might be fast, but not me. It's only the end of the first quarter and I am ready to call a timeout. Come back at the end of the month and I...
The summer months are over but the recreational activities in the town of Malta are warming up as the Malta Department of Parks and Recreation is hosting several events this fall. Included with this Fall's events is Ultimate Dodgeball, an event that takes place on Thursday afternoons, starting at 3:30 p.m. Close to ninety students have signed up to play. The weekly recreational event is not in a league format, but rather just a time where youth group from Kindergarten to second grade, third...
The M-ettes went down swinging as their season ended in the second round of elimination during the 2018 Northern B Divisional Tournament last Friday, November 2, in Cut Bank. Choteau would eventually defeat Fairfield for the Northern B Championship. Wolf Point would also qualify for state at third place. The M-ettes were off to a rocky start, facing the Shelby Coyotes who had won the 2017 Northern B Divisional championship last year. The Coyotes entered the divisional tournament as District 1B's...
The year-end totals are in for the 2018 Malta Mustangs. Malta (5-4) saw their season come to a close on Saturday, October 27, in a first-round playoff loss to Huntley Project, who lost 56-12 to Missoula-Loyola last Saturday, November 3, in the second-round of the State B playoffs. "We had a very young team that improved each week," Mustangs Football Head Coach Jim Benn told the PCN. "They had an excellent attitude, tremendous work ethic, and trusted the process of daily and weekly improvement."...
The season came to an end for the North Country Mavericks last Friday, November 2, in Sidney, as the team fell in the second round of elimination to Wibaux. The Mavericks finished their 2018 campaign with a final record of 5-15, after going 1-2 at the Eastern C Divisional Tournament. The team started the tournament with a tough 3-0 loss to Ekalaka on Thursday, November 1. The scores were 9-25, 10-25, and 16-25. Kaitlyn McColly led the Mavericks with six kills, 14 digs, and five blocks. Jaycee...
The world of college rodeo found out a few weeks ago what the Loring, Phillips County, and many other parts of Montana already knew. Keira Simonson, daughter of Dan and Judy Simonson of Loring, is a great barrel racer. On Sunday, September 30, Simonson, a senior at the University of Montana and graduate of Whitewater High School, closed the Fall Semester leading the Big Sky Region Barrel Racing event with 577 points. The closest rider to Simonson is Celie Salmond of Montana State University...
The final score of Malta vs. Huntley Project first round playoff, a game in Malta last Saturday afternoon, 30-6, doesn't really tell the tale of how close this gridiron match really was. Timely touchdowns in the contest by the visiting Red Devils made the score seem more lopsided than the final outcome would make it seem and as anyone in attendance will attest to, the Mustangs played with grit, passion, and dedication to one another and to their coaches. The timely touchdowns by Huntly Project...
With their season on the line and their backs against the wall, North Country Libro Elise Strommen left her feet and slid head-first to save a Lustre serve that if had hit the ground would have ended the Lady Maverick's volleyball season. "I felt like I was going to throw up," Strommen said. When asked at which point she thought she'd get sick during the play - before, during, or after - Strommen said "all three." Strommen's save led to a kill by teammate Kia Wasson to stave off what would have...
The M-ettes fought their way back from a first-round loss at the District 2B volleyball tournament to win second place after three straight wins to se-cure a berth at the Northern B Divisional this week in Cut Bank. Malta opens play against Shelby on Thursday, November 1 at 11:45 a.m. Malta faced rival Glasgow in the opening round of play last Friday, the second contest of the District 2B Tournament, and fell in four sets, 25-22, 25-11, 22-25, and 25-18, for the 4-1 loss. The first-round loss...
With a 33-24 win last Friday night, the Malta Mustangs will host a playoff game against Huntley Project this Saturday afternoon, but the rival Glasgow Scotties didn’t make it easy for Big Blue during the final regular season home game of the 2018 season. Friday night was Senior Night at the football game and senior Malta Cheerleaders honored on the night were Bethany Holm, Shelby Jones, Erika Nagy, and Chayana Stolem, and football players Kevin Henry, Rhett Simanton, Kolter Schipman, Andres L...
If there could have been a trophy awarded for the weather, today would have gotten it. With clear, azure blue skies, not a wisp of a breeze, and warm 65 -degree temperatures, it was a picture perfect day for running. The green grass and the golden trees were a pleasing contrast of color. Dotting the sky was an occasional colorful Para-glider soaring above the golf course and Mount Sentinel. Spectators were lightly dressed compared to the cold windy state meet of the previous year where all manner of winter wear could be seen. No goosebumps...
Cross-country rivals Malta and North Country met on the volleyball court for the final time this season last Tuesday in Saco, and though the M-ettes would sweep the contest, 3-0, the Lady Mavericks didn't go home without a fight, as the final scores were 25-23, 25-17, and 25-21. The Lady Mavericks - comprised of high school athletes from Whitewater, Saco, and Hinsdale Schools - celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness night sporting pink uniforms and after a sensational rendition of the National Anthe...
The Malta Junior Varsity Football team took the field for the final time in the 2018 season when they hosted Fergus last week, and though they had several solid offensive drives and dominated the time of possession, the Mustangs fell to the Golden Eagles by a 40-0 tally. All told, the JV Mustang's quarterback Conner Tuss compiled 89-yards of passing on 14 completions on 30-attempts and 3-interceptions. As a team, the Mustangs gained 134-yards on the ground on 36-carries: Rex Williamson had 60-ya...
The Malta Mustangs headed west to Harlem last Friday night and conquered the Wildcats in a 51-0 victory in their final regular season road contest of the year. The Mustangs came into the game with some players dinged-up at some key positions and Malta Head Coach Jim Benn said his younger players stepped up and helped out. "I am really pleased with some kids that had to step in and fill some starting roles," Coach Benn said. "We've been bitten by the injury bug a little bit and those kids played...
A brisk Autumn morning greeted cross country runners and fans on Friday morning in Fort Belknap as several area schools brought elementary school and high school athletes to compete. By the time the final race of the day was ending, the sun warmed all in attendance and seconds before Dodson-Whitewater Harrier runner Ireland Best reached the finish line, golden leaves fell from a tree, showering her in confetti as her race concluded. Best, who is qualified for the State Class C Cross Country meet...
The overall winner of the girl’s 3 mile race that was held in Fort Belknap due to the soggy wet conditions of the Harlem golf course was Allie Azure of Poplar who ran over the nice paved course in a time of 20:23. Second place honors went to Sunburst’s Brooke Holland who ran just a few steps behind with 20:25. And Harlem’s L’Tia Lawrence ran over the course at her home meet with a time of 21:35. The Malta Mette’s placed as follows: 1. Leslie Young 11th, 23:32 2. Nikki Nicholson 14th, 24:06 3....
Senior night in Malta for the M-ettes pitted the team against the Glasgow Lady Scotties and the night was also dubbed "Pink Night" as the volleyball community celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness in honor of Malta teacher Jeanie Engebretson. During the contests and throughout the night, raffles were held, as was a bake sale, with all the proceeds going to the Engebretson family. Ahead of the contest, seniors Jenessa Malmend (escorted by family including parents Travis and Tracy Malmend); Kloie...
The elementary and junior high Jamboree Basketball season got underway in Dodson last Friday as the teams from North Country came to town to take on the Coyote teams. Those in attendance got to see Dodson's new concession stand on display for the first time, featuring great deals, hot food and manned by the trio of Reba Weitz, Chris Sears and Donna Duncan (that should keep this reporter in free popcorn for the foreseeable future, though he will insist on paying his own way.) The first contest...
Editor’s Note: The picture and story from last week’s PCN was mistakenly ran in place of the Browning Meet. The photo of Mira Heitland from last week was taken at the Browning meet on Saturday, October 6, and not the “2018 Golden Eagle Invitational in Fergus.” The Golden Eagle meet was held on Friday, September 14. The Malta M-ettes Cross Country team ran in the Browning Invitational Cross Country Meet that was held at the Cut Bank Golf Course on Saturday, October 6. Teams that participated were Columbia Falls, Havre, Browning, Fairfie...
The North Country Lady Mavericks played their final home game of the year in Whitewater last week against Harlem and were defeated in four sets, 25-23, 20-25, 25-15, and 25-19 before dropping two more contests on Saturday as they faced both Brodus and Circle. Against Harlem, Kia Wasson led the team in kills as she accounted for 9 of the team's 16 total; the Lady Mavs were paced in digs by Elise Strommen with 13, and Kaitlyn McColly with 12 (team totaled 47); McColly led the way in blocks with 6...
The M-ettes went 1-2 over their last three games, picking up a win over the Harlem Wildcats in Malta, while falling to the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Wolf Point Wolves in away games. In the team's home game against Harlem on Thursday, October 4, Malta was able to win in three games. The scores were 25-12, 25-18, and 25-16. "The key to our win was our communication and us being positive with each other," senior hitter Kloie Marks told the PCN. Before the game, senior setter Raina Mortenson could...
