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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...
Though it doesn't garner as big a crowd as the demolition derby or rodeo events, the first event of the Phillips County Fair is already in the books. The annual 4-H Horse Show was held at the Milk River Pavilion last Saturday with about 50 in attendance. Awards were given to a majority of 4-H participants that day as they showed their skills to Judge Melody Bilden from Joliet, Mont. and all that were in attendance. Grand Champion winners for Horsemanship: Gracie Anderson received the award in...
The Malta Swim team took twenty swimmers to last week's Eastern Divisional Meet in Sidney and seventeen of those swimmers will be swimming in the State Meet this weekend in Lewistown. Though the swim team may not have had the same amount of swimmers they had ten years ago, the team advanced eighty-five percent of their team, which had Malta Swim Team Head Coach Cassie Pratt in good spirits during practice. "We lost three, which were two first year Midgets and a Bantum, so I am very happy with...
The Malta Mustangs are currently holding their annual Mustang Football Camp. The event started on Monday, July 24 and will conclude Thursday, July 27. The PCN caught up with Mustangs Football Head Coach Jim Benn before the event to talk about his first official viewing of the team as an almost complete unit as well as his move from Ronan. "It's been going well," Coach Benn told the PCN. "We have gotten settled into living here and have been plugging along. The camp was for high school students...
Though the temperatures at the Hi-Line Dragstrip were close to 100 degrees last Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, the Phillips County Motorsports (PCMS) Montana Drag Racing Association Race was still on. Ninety-three racers participated on Saturday, while ninety-five came though on Sunday from Canada, ID, N.D., and Mont. Among those racers was Scobey's Wayne Solberg of the Box Super Bro Class, who has been racing exclusively at the Hi-Line Dragstrip for the past six years. "The Hi-Line Dragstrip...
The Demolition Derby has nearly packed out the Phillips County Fair Grandstands in the past two years in Dodson. The event now called "Bash for Cash Phillips County Demolition Derby," has been welcomed back for a third consecutive year and will take place on Saturday, August 5 at 6 p.m. Tickets will be $15 per adult and $5 for children 5-12. Scott Skoyen of Chinook, the event's coordinator, explained what folks will see if they come to the grandstands that night. "We're going to have some stuff...
The Malta Swim team is headed to Sidney for the 2017 Montana Federation of Swimmers East Divisional meet this weekend. Malta’s team is expected to field 26 swimmers in a meet that determines who will make it to the state meet. The event starts at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 and will conclude on Sunday, July 30. In last weekend’s meet at Roundup, the team had 16 swimmers, which was a bump up from their previous two meets. “The meet went well,” Coach Pratt said. “It went pretty quickly even though there was a ton of kids there.” She went on to...
The first Houlie Memorial Golf Tournament hosted 17 four person teams, making the event the largest event hosted at Marian Hills Golf Course in 2017. The event was held to honor Donnie Hould, who passed away in December of 2015. "It has been going better than we ever dreamed it would be," said Kay Hould, the widow of Donnie Hould. "Eleven years ago when we had the golf tournament for Donnie's seventy-fifth birthday party, we had 72 golfers and today we have 68." The event was won by the team com... Full story
The Malta Swim Team only had swimmers attend the Glendive Invitational Swim Meet. The low numbers coupled with no relay teams was the deciding factor in the team not placing. Shay Garfield and Jillian O'Brien were the top point earners for Malta Swim Team with 28 points each. Both girls also got their personal best times in the backstroke; Shay in the prelims and Jill in the finals. It was Lauren Tuss, however, who made an impressive cut in her times with each event. Denvyr Tuss' 50 fly was the...
Favorite hobby: Playing sports Favorite post meet meal: Grapes Favorite subject: Math Favorite animal: Dogs Favorite dessert: Vanilla ice cream Dream Vacation: Hawaii Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy Summer of '17 memory: Hanging with my best friend Danie (Rhodes) Fave HS sport: Basketball...