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The final laps for the Dodson Speedway competition took place on Saturday before a crowd of less than 1,500 people. While the fans weathered the cool breeze and rain, the drivers worked together to provide an afternoon of entertainment. Under a cloudy sky the US Flag was presented and waved as the pledge to the flag was led by Kari Hould on behalf of the VFW Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary. New drivers to the Dodson track were David McCoy and Kyle Sweeney of Lewistown, with Sweeney...
The North Country Mavericks hosted Class B's Wolf Point Lady Wolves for Saco High School's Senior Night last Thursday, September 21, but the team bounced back with a dominant win over Brockton last Saturday, September 23 in Whitewater. All three Saco seniors were honored including Bailey Funk, Jada Sudbrack and Sydney Zeller. "The moms definitely set up something for us tonight," Zeller said in appreciation. The parents also set up a breakaway banner which read, "Mess with the (Mavericks Logo),...
The racing season is complete for the Hi-Line Dragstrip, with $12,000 Big Dollar Race coming to a conclusion last Sunday, September 24. With the conclusion of the regular season comes Track Champions who can qualify for the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit Super Series World Finals in Memphis. The 2017 World Finals will takes place from Friday, October 20 through Sunday, October 22. Havre's Garret Neiffer won the Box Class' Big Dollar Race, while Jim Hughes of Grass Range was...
The Malta Mustangs are now 3-1, currently on a two game win streak and just posted their largest margin of victory this season defeating Wolf Point 49-0, but the team will face its toughest test this Friday in Fairfield at 7 p.m. Last season, the Fairfield Eagles fell to Loyola Sacred Heart in the semi-final round of the 2016 Class B Football Championship Series and one year prior the Eagles were crowned as the 2015 State Champs. This season, the Eagles are undefeated and have not given up a...
The Malta M-ettes ran in three meets last week, which included the Frazer Invitational on Tuesday, September 19, the Havre Invitational on Saturday, September 23 and the Shelby Meet on Monday, September 25. Teams that participated at the Frazer meet were Glasgow, Malta, Poplar, R&L (Richey and Lambert) Fusion, Frazer, Circle, Harlem, Culbertson, Plentywood, Dodson, Hays-Lodge Pole, Brockton, and Wolf Point. TaChante Cole took third, running a fantastic race, putting forth a tremendous effort to ward off fourth place finisher Anna Buller of R&L...
The Malta M-ettes volleyball team is now 4-2 on the season thanks to a five set victory over the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Tuesday, September 19. The team then went to Roundup for an Invitational Tournament in which they won three-of-five games played on Saturday, September 23. In the team’s win over Chinook, the team was led by senior Ella Schye who had 21 kills and four blocks. The scores in that game was 25-14, 19-25, 19-25, 25-16 and 15-8. Janessa Malmend had a double-double consisting of 1...
The Malta M-ettes had a strong Homecoming week picking up three wins, defeating North Country and Harlem in three sets and then finishing Wolf Point in five sets. The team saw inter-county action last Tuesday, September 12, in Malta as the North Country Mavericks took to the Malta High Gymnasium. Malta defeated North Country, the scores being 25-15, 26-24 and 25-23. "I think we did great," Malta Co-Coach Kalli Reintjes said. "Had some slow moments in there and some upsets where we couldn't get...
The Malta Mustangs brought their record to 2-1 after a strong showing against the Conrad Cowboys on a slippery and rainy Homecoming night at Mustang Field last Friday, September 15. The Mustangs defeated the Cowboys 44-14 thanks in part to a strong defensive effort and a stout run game. The team was up 37-0 by halftime. "We just went out and executed our offense," Malta Mustangs Head Coach Jim Benn told the PCN. "We did the things that we needed to do. We fixed some of the issues from last...
The North Country Mavericks were able to clean up what started off as a rough week. The team lost in three sets to the Malta M-ettes last Tuesday, but then picked up two wins this weekend against the Lustre Christian Lions and Poplar Indians, making them 2-1 on the week. In their loss to Malta, the scores were 25-15, 26-24 and 25-23. North Country was led by Mickayla Johnson, who had 10 of the team’s 24 kills and four digs. Casity Boucher had 12 of the team’s 18 assists. Sydney Zeller and Bai... Full story
The Malta M-ettes volleyball season is in full swing and the team nearly came away with two wins during their first regular season games. The team sent their home opener against the Glasgow Lady Scotties into extra serves last Thursday at the Malta High School gymnasium, but ultimately the team fell 17-15 in the fifth frame, losing 3-2. Malta senior Sam Mitchell, the M-ettes' primary setter, was asked about their near-win against a tough team. "It feels amazing because when we played them in...
The Malta M-ettes Cross Country Team fared well at the Malta Athletic Club Invitational Cross Country Meet held at Marian Hills Golf Course last Saturday, September 9. The M-ettes took third place as a team and led by senior runner TaChante' Cole and freshman standout Leslie Young, who took seventh and eighth place respectively. The Dodson Coyotes were also at the meet and fared well qualifying two runners for the Class C State meet in Helena on October 21. Malta's meet had 14 boys teams and 15...
The Malta Mustangs fell to turnovers and a pretty potent passing game from the Shelby Coyotes in Shelby last Friday, September 8, as the team looks to face a Conrad Cowboys team hungry for their first win at Mustang Field on Friday, September 15. The Cowboys will come into Malta, after losing their first two games to Cut Bank (33-20) and Lincoln County (52-13). Though Conrad is without a win this season, Coach Jim Benn and the Mustangs have no intention of overlooking their opponent. "They are...
Defensive and hitting woes have struck the North Country Mavericks early in the season as the team faced tough competition this past weekend. The team dropped their game against the Scobey Lady Spartans, losing the match 3-1 last Friday, September 8 in Scobey. The team then went 1-for-15 in sets against opponents at the Froid / Lake Invitational at the Froid High School Gymnasium last Saturday, September 9. In the team's loss to Scobey, the scores were 25-14 Mavericks, 25-6 Spartans, 25-16...
The Mustang's ground attack churned-up a total of 458 yards and the Malta defense was stout in the season opener at home last Friday night, the boys in blue marching away with 41-14 victory over Roundup, giving first year Head Coach Jim Benn his first win. "It's nice, I'll take it," Coach Benn said after the win. "Roundup does a fantastic job and it's an offense after my heart. We are running very similar things and they do a nice job, but our kids did a nice job taking away what they could do...
The overall winner of the high school girl's 5k (3.1 miles) race on a very warm Friday afternoon at Airport Golf Course east of Wolf Point was L'Tia Lawrence of Harlem who ran the course with a time of 19:42. The second place runner was Sierra Summers of Frazer who ran in with a time of 22:11. Third place honors went to Andrea Hale of Poplar who ran in with a time of 22:21. The Malta Mette team was the only team to field a full team for scoring and had a total of 70 points. Among the teams that...
The Lucky Bullet defeated Valley Drug 20.5-19.5 to claim the Men’s League Championship. The champion Lucky Bullet team consists of Gordon Webb, Roger Amundson, Ty Lulloff and Justin Paul. In the championship, Trevor Simser subbed for Gordon Webb....
The M-ette Cross Country team boarded an early morning bus Saturday, and traveled to eastern Montana to participate in the first meet of the season. The meet would take place near the Medicine Bear Complex facility in Poplar. Despite a looming haze on the horizon caused by the wild fires burning all over the state, the light cloud cover and cool temperatures provided ideal conditions for running a 3 mile race. The twenty seven girls representing eight teams walked the course prior to the race, and made their way over blacktop streets, rutty...
The Malta Mustangs will have a new look with a new coaching staff and a different conference this season. The 2B conference is no more. With the 2017-18 Montana Football Realignment in effect, conference designations are simply, North, South, East and West. Malta's football team will be playing in the Northern B Conference, where they will face six in conference opponents which include, Shelby, Conrad, Fairfield, Cut Bank, Harlem and Glasgow. The only time that the team will venture out of confe...
The Lady Mavericks look to improve on last season's campaign as the team only lost two members, one to graduation and the other to transfer. In last year's campaign the Lady Mavericks found themselves as runner up in the 3C District Tournament and punching their ticket to the Eastern C Divisional in Sidney. The team's season ended as the team fell to Jordan in the elimination bracket. "It's time to step up and fight for that district title," second year Lady Mavericks Head Coach Barry Malone...
The Dodson Coyotes Cross Country isn't training for the basketball season this year. For them, it is state or bust. The team formerly was under a cooperative agreement with Whitewater, forming the Harriers, but since Whitewater didn't field any runners this season, the Dodson Coyotes are back. "Bruce will still be around," Coyotes Coach Tianna Bloomer said. Bruce Warren of Whitewater was the Co-Coach of the Harriers but will be around the Coyotes for local events. Coach Bloomer will be with her...
The Malta M-ettes Volleyball team made it to the Northern B divisional last season, only to see their hopes of making it to state end in an elimination game against the Cut Bank Wolves in Shelby. This season, the team has returned both of their all-conference athletes as well as plenty of talents that helped them get out of the 2B District Tourney last year. The team graduated a few seniors last season, including Raleigh Hunter, who was the team's Libero, defensive specialist Chanel Lett,...
The Malta Cross Country team has retained most of their runners from last season, a season that ended with a few runners at state and a 17th overall placing as a team at state. Last year the M-ettes sent seven runners to state and only one of those runners, Mariah Salveson was lost to graduation. The team lost a total of four athletes to graduation also including Jada Nicholson, Eva Harms and Sara Ware. In all, this year's Malta Cross Country team will have 11 runners, nine of which are...
What would prep sports be without a team of cheerleaders to urge the crowd to cheer on the home team? The Malta Cheerleaders took their talents to CheerFest last spring and came back with hardware in Coach Timberlee Pankratz’s first season, which can confirm that this group means business. Though it isn’t basketball season, Pankratz and the Malta Cheerleaders will be present at each of Malta’s home games for football and select volleyball games this fall. The team will be without a few members f...
Former Malta High School standout Tucker Schye is about to do something that many Montana born football players dream of. Schye is set to don the coveted number 37 jersey for the Montana University Grizzlies this season, and his first game is set to kick off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, as the Griz will try to defend their home turf Washington-Grizzly Stadium against the Valparaiso Crusaders in Missoula. He received the number from former Griz player and previous #37 wearer Caleb Kidder,...
After nearly two years of complete dominance the undefeated run of Oh My Quad (OMQ), formerly known at the Hitchin Post Pounders were defeated 5-4 in the Malta Parks and Recreation Co-ed Softball League Championship. The championship game was a conclusion to a pair of action packed nights at the Trafton Park Softball Fields that started on Monday, August 14 and ended at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15. "They key to our win was teamwork," said Ray Harms, captain of the Dingers after the team's win....