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The North Country Maverick volleyball team opened up the first week of their regular season 1-1 despite facing tough opponents. "We are making strides in the right direction," First-year Mavericks Head Coach Charlene Wasson told the PCN. The team opened up their regular season by defeating Class B's Harlem Ladycats in five sets. North Country was led by Kaitlyn McColly who had the team lead in digs with 10 of the team's 31, in aces scoring five of the team's 14, and in blocks registering six of...
One week after winning the Malta Volleyball Invitational, the Malta M-ettes struggled in the Chinook Invitational thanks in part to injuries to starting athletes. “We were trying a new rotation and we have some injuries right now,” M-ettes Co-Coach Kalli Rummel told the PCN. “So, really we were trying to rest girls so they can get healthy for this next week and throughout the season.” The Malta M-ettes would go 1-3 in the tournament portion of the Chinook Invitational, after entering the tou...
The Malta Mustangs are now 0-2 after falling 56-32 to the Roundup Panthers on Friday, August 31. The team will suit up to face Wolf Point this Friday, September 7, at Mustang Field. "Roundup has good experience and they had good guys at key positions," Malta Head Coach Jim Benn told the PCN. "Their quarterback is a great athlete. So they were able to do some things they haven't traditionally done. They tend to be a run heavy team and they came out in some formations that caused us some...
The Malta Mustangs are set to start a second season under the direction of Coach Jim Benn, and this season the team only boasts five seniors. The team finished 6-3 last season, losing to the Missoula-Loyola Rams in the opening round of the 2017 State B Football Tournament. The team will be without All-State selections linebacker Trace Simonson and offensive tackle Tel Jensen, who graduated last spring. The team also lost several more All-Conference athletes to graduation including tight-end...
The North Country Mavericks will feature a young, athletic cast, which will look noticeably different on the front line and on the sideline as first year Head Coach Charlene Wasson takes the reins. Though Wasson has not coached volleyball on a high school level, she comes equipped with years of volleyball experience including four years as a high school athlete and three years as a junior high coach. As far as high school coaching experience in other prep sports, Coach Wasson has been the Head...
The Dodson-Whitewater Cross Country team is back for another year and this year the squad welcomes back five experienced runners, two of which are new to the team. The team has lost Marty LoneBear and Jasper Doney to graduation, and sophomore Melony Fetter via transfer to Harlem. The team welcomes back two-state performers in Caleb Ditmar and Corbin LoneBear. "LoneBear and Ditmar both qualified for state last year and gave it all they had," said Assistant Coach Natacha Doney. "They are such...
The Malta M-ette Volleyball team has retained plenty of talent from last year as a majority of this year's team either started or logged minutes last season. The team returns five seniors this season; Janessa Malmend, Kyleigh Schipman, Raina Mortenson, Wylee Young and Kloie Marks. The team will be without two of three 2017 All-Conference selections after losing Sam Mitchell and Ella Schye to graduation. Marks will be the team's lone returning All-Conference athlete. "I feel like girls...
The Malta M-ettes Cross Country team has brought back plenty of experience in 2018, as the squad welcomes back eight runners, and welcomes two new first timers. The team will be without three runners from last season due to graduation including TaChante Cole, Joanie Sjostrom and Monicha Williamson, who had been with the team all four years of high school. Cole had been the team's top runner the last couple of seasons, making the Class B State Championship Meet in all four of her years at Malta....
The Malta Cheerleaders are back for another season and the team features many returning cheerleaders from last year's group, despite losing several to graduation last spring. The team will be coached by third year Head Coach Timberlee Pankratz. Included in this year's fall varsity team are retuning cheerleaders Chayanna Stolem, Jordan Markuson, Shelby Jones, Bethany Holm, Camryn Messerly, and Bonnie Jones. "For fall, all the cheerleaders already have seasons on their charts," Coach Pankratz...
Practice has officially started for all Phillips County High School Sports Teams. For us at the Phillips County News that means that the annual Fall Sports Preview will be out next week Wednesday, August 29. This year, the PCN will be featuring the Malta Mustangs Football team, Malta M-ettes Volleyball Team, North Country Mavericks volleyball team, Dodson Cross Country team, Malta Cross Country team, and the Malta Cheerleaders. The regular season for football kicks off this Friday, August 24,...
The Dingers won their second consecutive Malta Parks and Recreation Co-Ed Softball League Title on Tuesday, August 14, as the team defeated the Lucky Bullet 99 Problems But a Pitch Ain't One squad in the championship game at the Trafton Softball Field. "They all did well," Dingers Team Captain Ray Harms told the PCN. His oldest son Noah Harms, who set the batting lineup that night also caught up with the PCN. "It was a fun game," N. Harms said. "We just had to stay positive and know that our bat...
The Malta Mustangs held their annual Blue & White Scrimmage on Friday, August 17, at Malta’s practice field on the north side of Malta High School. With the threat of possible smoke pollution cancelling the event, Malta’s first public outing as a team featured a clear sky, calm weather and a grill out by the Malta Athletic Club. The PCN caught up with seniors Andres Lopez and Miles Bunk, two of only six seniors on the team, before their last Blue and White Scrimmage of their football career wit...
Of the 17 events held at the Youth Rodeo on Thursday night of the Phillips County Fair, none got the rodeo fans on-hand out of their seats as much as the mutton busting competition, and arguably no ride was as dramatic - nor successful - as Roan Ereaux's. "I was doing good, going straight and then (the sheep) flipped over and I got a whole bunch of dirt in my mouth," the 6-year-old, Hays, Mont., said. Ereaux, who conducted his interview from the back of a Phillips County Ambulance while EMT... Full story
The Malta High School Class of 1978 held their 40-year reunion in Malta last Saturday, August 11, and with it came the induction of one of Malta High School's greatest athletes; Terry Idler. Idler was nominated to the Montana High School Association Athlete's Hall of Fame in 2012 by his wrestling, football and track coach the late Glenn Flatt and officially named to the Hall a few months ago. "I am very proud," Idler told the PCN after the event. "I'm really impressed with the friends that I...
Blessings to all the teachers and students who start back to school this week, especially the Whitewater Penguins! I drove to Billings on Wednesday for a few days of appointments and visiting! David and Brandie showed off their new house and the progress along with Rick Stordahl my nephew, who designed it. They may get to move in sometime in September! The Pete Lumsdens, Jay Blunts, Matt Norville's and John and Ruth Flansaas traveled to Fort Peck to the theater at watch The Little Mermaid! They...
Former Malta M-ette Jessica Aparicio (Lopez) presented Malta with a two-day Dance Camp event that featured choreography from professional dancer and teacher Nikki St. John. The two-day event held two classes per age group on the evening of Friday, August 10, and on the morning of Saturday, August 11, which concluded with a Dance recital, where students shared what they learned with their family, friends, and others at the Malta High School Auditorium. "I love doing this (type of event) because...
The Malta Parks and Recreation Youth Soccer League is coming back for it's third season. The league is scheduled to start on Friday, September 7, and conclude on Saturday, October 13. Sign ups will start on Tuesday, August 21, at Malta Elementary School's Open House from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The league is for students from age four to 8th grade. “We actually have three different divisions in our soccer league, so you don't have to worry about your four year old playing an eighth grader,” sai...
The 2018 season for Montana Federation of Swimmers came to a conclusion at the state meet in Conrad on Sunday, August 6. The two-day event was host to 10 Malta Swim Participants, as well as over 500 swimmers in the state. Malta took third in the Class C bracket, scoring a total of 82.50. Choteau won the Class C bracket with a total of 99, Roundup took second with 84.50, Plains took fourth with 55, and Sunburst took fifth with 15 points. Fairfield took home Class B's gold with a total of 189...
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...
