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Fave Hobby: Riding my horse. Fave Meal at a Game: Grape Uncrustables. Define Yourself as an Animal: Tiger. Summer of '18 Memory: Going to Minnesota. Dream Car: A Ford Mustang. Why you missed School: Seeing my friends. Dream Career: Veterinarian. Fave Movie: The Blindside...
Garrett Powell ended up in a familiar spot last Saturday, August 4. The fumes of motor oil, radiator fluid and and various other liquids left a steam cloud over the Phillips County Grandstands and it the end of the show, a first place trophy. His third P.C. Fair trophy in four years. Prior to his 2018 P.C. Fair win, Powell had gone without a title this season. "This is the first one that I have won all year," Powell told the PCN after the event. "It's been a rough year and I have had bad luck."...
The Consolation and Championship Heat of the 2018 P.C. Fair Indian Relay packed out the Grandstands in Dodson on the evening of Sunday, August 5. The championship event was won by the Goes Ahead Pretty team and rider Holman Bronc Real Bird, who edged out Mountain River Relay and their rider Chay Chazz Shambo. The event was emceed by legendary Rodeo voice Ray Champ. The moment was one of redemption for Real Bird, who had slipped on a transfer earlier in the opening heat against Shambo. "It's all...
The Malta Swim Team took third place in the Class C Division of the Montana Federation of SwImmers State Meet held in Conrad last Saturday, August 4 through Sunday, August 5. The following are the Malta Swim Medley Team;s Individual stats and finishes at the meet. Jahmiah Huffman-LaBrie: 100 Individual Medley 8th 1:45.63, Backstroke 2nd 43.04, Butterfly Stroke 6th 49.07. Danika Wilke: Breaststroke 14th 52.99, Backstroke 10th 49.27, Butterfly Stroke 12th 50.54. Denvyr Tuss: 100 Free 12th 1:32.08, Backstroke 6th 45.53. Reese Brown: 100 free 17th...
The P.C. Saddle Club's Nile-Sanctioned Ranch Rodeo was without a Saddle Bronc Category at this year's P.C. Fair but the event still featured plenty of thrills, spills, and excitement as the event hosted a crowd over 1500. The P.C. Fair event which was held Sunday, August 5, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fair Grandstands was won by Glasgow Stockyards, who won the right to enter the Northern International Livestock Expo (NILE) Stock Show and Rodeo in Billings, an event that will be held from Saturday,...
For the second straight year Dustin McKinney of Great Falls won the P.C. Fair's AMX Main A title. The event which featured 33 cars on Saturday, August 4 at the P.C. Fair Fairgrounds, was chock full of rolled cars, bumping, breakdowns and excitement for those in attendence. "I had to battle," McKinney said. "That was some hard driving. It was really fun racing." McKinney has had a lot of success this year. "I have actually won every race that I have been in this year," McKinney said. "Knock on...
The Malta Swim Team is sending ten swimmers to state this weekend in Conrad as the east meets the west in the Montana Federation of Swimmers State Meet this Saturday, August 4 through Sunday, August 5. There will be close to 540 swimmers trying to place at state. In the Montana Federation of Swimmer East Divisional last weekend in Chinook, the team continued to work hard. "The kids swam their hearts out and they stepped it up," Malta Swim Team Assistant Coach Janine Tuss said. "We had athletes...
The Malta Mustangs held their first home event of the 2018 last week as the team hosted the 2018 Mustang Football Camp on Monday, July 23, through Thursday, July 26. The event which featured everything from drills, scrimmages to helmet safety was held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for athletes from sixth to twelfth grade. We had 32 high schools and 53 or 53 overall," Coach Jim Benn said. "Those are really good numbers for a camp this time a year and it kind of shows you how the kids of Malta feel about...
The P.C. Fair is offering plenty of entertainment in the realm of sports this weekend. Here is a recap of what is coming to the Grandstands in Dodson. For the first time in recent history, the Phillips County Fair is holding a Youth Rodeo on Thursday, August 2, as the opening Grandstand Event. The event which starts at 7 p.m. will include a Pony Race for kids aged 11 and under, and an Open Saddle Horse Race for kids aged 10-18 at 6 p.m. "In the saddle horse race they will just race around the tr...
The Hi-Line Dragstrip hosted the third Phillips County Motorsports race of the 2018 season and it was a great weekend for Junior Dragster Kyle Stahl of Glasgow, who swept his class. The Montana Drag Racing Association state points races were held on Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22. "The four tracks in the state have a state points race," Phillips County Motorsports (PCMS) President Dan Stout of Harlem said. "You have to go to at least three of the tracks to get points." There were racers p...
The Malta Swim Team is headed to Chinook this weekend for the Montana Federation of Swimmers East Divisional meet. "We are definitely going to step it up," Malta Swim Team Head Coach Shay Garfield said about this week's practices. "We are going to be sprinting a lot more. By now there is not a lot of formwork that we are working on." The team participated in the Lewistown Swim Meet on Saturday, July 21 through Sunday, July 22, which was the final regular season of the meet. Malta had 10...
The Phillips County Saddle Club hosted the second Boots and Saddles Rodeo event of 2018 last Saturday, July 21. The PCN caught up with a pair of riders that have a lot in common. Twins Karlie and Kenzie LaBrie, both ten-years-old, shared a few thoughts about riding in the Boots and Saddles rodeo and sibling rivalry at the event. Karlie recalled her barrel race run this day, which she ran with her 20-year-old quarter horse named Whiskers. "He took off and then I turned into the first barrel and...
Expect to see plenty of crashes, flames and more as the Phillips County Fair Bash for Cash Demolition Derby is scheduled to start on Saturday, August 4, at 6 p.m. Tickets for the Grandstand event will be $15 per adult and $5 per child 5-12 years of age. Chinook's Scott Skoyen, the event's coordinator shared what the crowd will see at the 3rd Annual Bash for Cash event. "People are going to see a lot of wrecked cars," Skoyen said. He would later expand on what that means. "You're going to see all...
For the first time in recent history, the Phillips County Fair is holding a Youth Rodeo on Thursday, August 2, as the opening Grandstand Event. Registration for the event closes on Thursday, July 26. Prizes per event entry vary. The event which starts at 7 p.m. will include a Pony Race for kids aged 11 and under, and an Open Saddle Horse Race for kids aged 10-18 at 6 p.m. “In the saddle horse race they will just race around the track once, for a half a mile,” Joey Kill Eagle the event's coo...
The Skatepark in Hillcrest was the site of the Malta Parks and Recreation Skateboard Lessons last Wednesday, July 11, as several skaters old and new hit up the park that was opened for Malta in 2016. The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, but a thunderstorm thwarted those plans, and the two day opening week became a one-day opening. The PCN caught up with instructor Travis Rhoads as well as a couple of skaters that day. "We probably could've had class, but there was some...
Malta Parks and Recreation kicked off their Third annual Co-ed Softball League last Tuesday, July 10, in Trafton Park. With the new year of Co-ed Softball, comes new excitement, as well as new vendors for the weekly event, including Ray J's Barbecue and the Salsbery Brothers water slides. The event, which features players 16 and up, has gotten even more competitive and will feature an end of season tournament, an event that was won by the Dingers in 2017, as the Dingers defeated Oh My Quads in...
The Indian Relay Race is coming back to the Phillips County Fair on Sunday, August 5. The one and a half mile horse race, in which riders will have to switch horses three times, made such an impression that it will be back for its second consecutive year, with even more action. Including a third qualifying heat, two more teams, and a youth race. This year's event hosted by The P.C. Fair Board and Northeast Corner Committee will also feature $15,000 in payouts. Last year's Phillips County Fair...
Malta’s Department of Parks and Recreation opened the second session of Outdoor Tennis Lessons on Monday, July 16. The first session held in June left quite an impression among those who attended the beginners’ course. The PCN caught up with two of those students who were willing to share their experience. “I liked learning the rules and learning to play a new sport with everybody else.” Mathew Hunter said. Hunter is an 11-year-old, sixth grader at Malta Middle School. He was brand new to outd...
The Malta Swim Team only has one more meet before the Divisional Meet in Chinook. The swimmers head to Lewistown this weekend, after spending last weekend in Scobey. “Everyone did really well,” Malta Swim Team Head Coach Shay Garfield told the PCN. “I'm very proud of everyone. I am pretty sure everyone took off time. Everyone has been taking off times every weekend so far. We are getting better every week.” Garfield saw one of her biggest teams in the last month as the Malta Swim Team feature...
The Malta Swim Team went to the Sidney Swim Meet with five swimmers last weekend and all five made it to day two. "I think everyone swam well," Malta Swim Team Head Coach Shay Garfield said. "Pretty much everyone cut time off at least one of their races, if not all of them." One swimmer, Darrow Messerly, had a special day as he was able to win not one, not two, but all three events that he participated in on Sunday, winning the Men's Intermediate-division 200 IM with a time of 3:04.21, the 100...
Extreme Midget Wrestling took over Malta's City Hall on Monday, July 2, in an event that featured plenty of entertainment style hardcore wrestling. The event nearly packed out the upstairs bleachers as well as sixteen tables at floor level. The event's coordinator, Susan "Peanut" Green of the Mint Bar, was pleased with the outcome of the event and the group's performance. "It is actually going way better than I had figured," Green told the PCN at the event. "I figured we would have had some...
For the second consecutive year, the Phillips County Fair Grounds will be the site of the Nile Sanctioned P.C. Saddle Club Ranch Rodeo. The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 5, in between the P.C. Fair's Indian Relay Races. Being in the middle of the horse races last year netted the Ranch Rodeo it's largest crowd in recent years, with the co-event hosting a total of 1,598 spectators. "I thought it went really good," said Scott Meeks of the P.C. Saddle Club. "I think it turned...
Marian Hills Golf Course in Malta was host to the second annual Malta Athletic Club Golf Tournament last Saturday, July 7. The team scramble event drew fifty-two golfers of thirteen four-person teams together in support for not only the Malta Athletic Club but to support CJ Bishop who is recovering from an accident he suffered in Mexico. The event was won by Tony Kindle, Kory Kindle, Curt Depuydt, and Dave Boothe with a score of 51.24. Second went to the team of Cory Shelhamer, Ann Sautter,...
Malta High School's Old Gym was the site on the 2018 3 Pee-Wee 3 on 3 Summer Slam on Saturday, June 30. The event had thirteen teams in separate age groups ranging from kindergarten to third grade. There were teams from Malta, Fort Belknap, Rocky Boy, Hays, Sleeping Buffalo, Whitewater and other communities. The event was put on and coordinated by Caitlin Anderson and Tia Stiles to raise money for youth basketball hoop attachments at the Old Gym. "Growing up in Malta, everybody uses the Old...
On Sunday, January 28, thirty-two young men and ladies participated in the local Knights of Columbus / Don Nevrivy free-throw shoot in Malta. The local winners were Kash Ereaux nine-year-old boys, Kylie Bishop 10-year-old girls, Mason Simanton 10-year-old boys, Elly Anderson 11-year-old girls, Treyton Wilke 11-year-old boys, Kataya Flansburg 12-year-old girls, Carson Ottinger 12-year-old boys, Brylee French 13-year-old girls, Jared Eggebrecht 13-year-old boys, and Rex Williamson 14-year-old...