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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....
The Marian Hills Golf Course hosted the Women's Ryder Cup, a team vs. team match modeled after the Solheim Cup, in which Team America plays Team Europe. In this Northeastern Montana version, Malta faces Glasgow. Though the Men's Ryder Cup is a yearly event, last Saturday, August 19, Marian Hills in Malta hosted the women's event for the first time in four years. In the twelve on twelve match Glasgow defeated Malta 16 ½ to 7 ½ with a majority of Glasgow's points stemming from...
A day after winning the 2017 Ryder Cup 28-20 in Glasgow, many of those golfers and several others collided at Marian Hills for the 2017 Men’s Golf Championship at the Marian Hills Golf Course last Sunday, August 20, in Malta. Malta has now retained the Ryder Cup for four years in a row. “I think everybody did well,” Bob Galt said. “Seven out of our top 20 guys were not playing.” The men’s singles competition was won by Malta’s Kirk Stiles who had a total of 70 strokes over the 18 hole event. ...
10 Malta Flag Football for grades 3-6 will begin August 29th and ends September 28th. Games will be played Tuesday and Thursday’s at 6:00 p.m. sharp. Forms will be sent out at the elementary and middle school, additional forms may be picked up at the Malta Middle School. Please fill out the bottom of the form and attach $15.00 per player and a $40.00 maximum fee per family. Checks may be made out Malta Flag Football. Please drop off forms at Malta Jr. High School attn: Shyla Clausen or to the Clausen residents by Friday, August 25th, 2... Full story
The Phillips County Saddle Club held the second Boots and Saddles Rodeo event of the season last Saturday, August 12 at the Trafton Rodeo Arena. "Today has been a great day," said Lori Meeks of the Phillips County Saddle Club. "We have a great turnout, beautiful weather and lots of food being sold today." It was the first time this season that the event was held at Trafton Arena. The first was held in June at the Milk River Pavilion due to high temperatures and the second event scheduled for...
The Malta Swim Team participated in the Montana Federation of Swimmers State Meet on Saturday, August 5 through Sunday, August 6 at the new pool in Lewistown. The team brought 17 swimmers and two of those swimmers medaled that weekend. Eight-year-old Jahmiah Huffman LaBrie won the 25 meter backstroke with a time of 21.80, his fastest time of the season. Huffman LaBrie also took fourth place in the 25 Fly with a time of 21.29. "Jahmiah did amazing," Malta Swim Coach Cassie Pratt said. "He's my...
A trip to the nation's capital isn't an everyday thing. Neither is spontaneously entering a Spartan Race while in the District of Columbia, but a couple of months ago, it happened. Denise Black of Malta found herself in that very rare instance as she was visiting her daughter Cassie Black in Maryland. The trip to D.C. was supposed to just be a "girl's trip," that included Black, her mother, daughter and her sister Kristin Collins of Sioux Falls, S.D. "We didn't go to D.C. to specifically do the...
Malta Parks and Recreation will kick off their third installation of youth soccer as they set to host their second annual Malta Parks and Rec. Youth Soccer League beginning on Friday, September 8. The six week league that will continue each following Saturday at 10 a.m. is open to kids from age four to eighth grade. Parks and Recreation Director Julia Tatafu explained why the league will start on a Friday instead of Saturday. “Saturday, September 9, they have a football Jamboree, so our first g...
The Fairground Grandstands were pretty full for the Phillips County Nile Sanctioned Ranch Rodeo last Sunday, August 6 at 1 p.m. The rodeo featured eight teams vying to win their spot in the Nile, an event set to take place on Saturday, August 14. The annual event, which had been held at the Trafton Park arena saw a change in scenery along with a large crowd of around 2,000 in attendance. The event was won by Reid Ranch of Blackfoot Idaho, who was fresh off of a win in the Great Falls Ranch Rodeo...
With the Dodson Fairgrounds packed out with thousands in attendance, the Indian Relay Races lived up to expectations, providing the crowd with plenty of excitement during both the morning qualifying rounds and during the final four races in the afternoon. The event, which was accredited by the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council and sponsored by the Fort Belknap Indian Community / Aaniiih and Assiniboine / Nakoda tribes, crowned its first champion, the Carlson Relay team thanks to some solid...
The Phillips County edition of the Bash for Cash Demolition Derby saw a new champion as two-time winner P.C. Fair event Garrett Powell of Chinook was dethroned by Jestin Brown, who was left standing against Chase Moxley at the end of the race. "I was just having fun," Brown said after the win. "It feels pretty good because I never have good luck here. I always have back luck here, so it felt pretty good." He went on to say that he has had steering issues in past P.C. Fair events. Brown had gone...
The AMX Races at the Phillips County Fair featured plenty of suspense as 22 racers raced in the event’s Super and Stock Classes on Saturday, August 5 at the Dodson Grandstand during the 102nd Annual Phillips County Fair. It was the first AMX event of the year due to the first event being cancelled due to a broken water line in early June. The fair’s Super Class A Main (championship) was won by Brett Jaynes of Dodson, after a controversial call in which Havre’s Duke Thomas was black flagg...
In its third edition, the annual North Country Basketball Camp hosted plenty of talented coaches and athletes from all over Montana. There were 78 campers present over the four day event which started on Monday, July 24 and concluded on Thursday, July 27. "We are up about four or five kids from last year," Whitewater Schools Superintendent and Camp Counselor Darren Cummings said. "We've got kids from Turner, we have kids from Froid, kids from Belgrade, Kalispell and Harlowton. They are coming...
The Malta Mustangs hosted their annual Mustangs Football camp last Monday, July 24 through Thursday July 27. The event featured twenty-five football players that saw plenty of time on the field that week. First year Mustangs Head Coach Jim Benn and his coaching staff took the week to take a closer look at the team, while also going over the new offensive and defensive sets the team will use this season. "They are doing pretty good," Coach Benn told the PCN at the conclusion of the event. "I...
The 2017 Marian Hills Golf Open Golf Tournament featured twenty-one teams despite the hot and dry weather conditions last Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30. "Our tournament went extremely well," Marian Hills Golf Course owner Jane Ereaux said. "We had twenty-one teams and expected less." Ereaux was also pleased with the state of the course, despite drought conditions that have been plaguing the county. "The course was in excellent shape," Ereaux said. "Cory Shelhamer does a superb job...
