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The Malta Golf Team participated in the Northern B Golf Divisional in Shelby last Monday. Sophomore Kloie Marks will see her first state tourney as an individual golfer. Marks advanced to the state meet by posting a score of 114 and placing 14th individually. "I'm really excited for her," Malta Head Coach Sean Estill said. "She has been right on the cusp of some breakthrough scores. This is her lowest of the season, so it was nice to see her peak at divisionals, at the right time." She had 52...
With the track season winding down, the North-East Top Ten Meet gave local coaches a good glimpse of how their top performers fared against other top athletes. The meet was held despite cold and rainy conditions at Glasgow High School on Tuesday, May 2. In the girls’ action, Malta’s Sophia Stiles was able to take first place in the long jump, leaving a mark at 17-0. Stiles also placed second in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.93. “We’re getting everything going again,” Malta Head Coach Tad Schye said. “She always competes and she’s alway...
(Miles City, MT) Miles Community College men's basketball head coach Chase Tait has announced that Nate Costin of Saco, MT has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Pioneers in the 2017-2018 season. Nate, the son of David and Coleen Costin, is a 6' guard out of Malta High School. The 2017 state tournament MVP boasts an impressive high school career including three stints on the All Conference team and two appearances on the All State team as a junior and senior. Costin also played...
In her second meet of the season, senior Sophia Stiles led Malta to a second place finish at the team's home Meet the Malta Athletic Club Track Invitational on Tuesday, April 25. The event was the first of two events the M-ettes participated in last week, having placed third as a team at the Fergus Golden Eagle Invitational with 93.5 points last Saturday, April 29. At the team's home meet, Malta scored 101 points losing by one point to Chinook. Havre took third place with a total of 77. Stiles,...
The Whitewater track teams flew into the cold and windy Malta Athletic Club Track Invitational last Tuesday, April 25. The Penguins placed seventh as a team with 32 points and the Lady Penguins took twelfth with a score of 12. Junior Trace Simonson led the Penguins taking first place in discus with a throw of 132-1 ½. “I threw pretty well in discus,” he said. He admitted that discus was his favorite event, an event which he has won each time he has entered at any given meet this season. “It...
The Dodson Coyotes and Lady Coyotes track teams were at the Malta Athletic Club Track Invitational on Tuesday, April 25. Freshman Lady Coyote Christina Jaynes was Dodson’s lone placer at the event, taking sixth place in shot put with a throw of 30-1. Jaynes also placed eighth in discus with a throw of 85-1. David Jaynes posted a new personal best of 47-7 ½ in shot put. Randall Werk posted a throw of 25-8 in shot put and a throw of 46-9 in discus....
Sophia Stiles was named the Montana Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year for the second year in a row, and she has selected the Malta Boys & girls Club to receive a $1000grant made on behalf of the Gatorade Play It Forward Fund for 2016-17. Stiles and BGC Front Desk Coordinator, Gina Lamb - top row, middle - are surrounded by 2017 Club Members in grades Kindergarten thru 7th.... Full story
Phillips County Motorsports (PCMS) held their annual meeting last Saturday at the GN. At the meeting the board elected a new president and two Board Directors. Dan Stout of Harlem, who has been on the PCMS board since it’s inception in 2002, was elected as the club’s third president. He will replace Marty Lundstrom, who was the club’s president during the past year. The board voted by ballot. “I’m honored to be elected as the president of the board,” Stout said. “It’s a big honor for me to...
On Monday, April 17, the Malta track teams participated at the cold and windy Scottie Qualifier meet in Glasgow. Sophia Stiles took first place in four events during her first meet of the season. She won high jump after clearing 5-4, a new personal best. Stiles won the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.34, long jump with a leap of 16-8 and triple jump with a length of 35-2 ½. She also posted a throw of 27-5 ½ in her first time competing in shot put. Jayce Bishop took first place in javelin with a t...
On August 3, Malta Track and Field Coach Tad Schye will enter the Montana Coaches Association Hall of Fame along with 10 other inductees. "It's a humbling experience but it just feels surprising because it's hard to believe that a person can be at that point in their career," Schye said. "And really, I feel blessed that I'm there because everything has worked out very well for myself and the teams that I have got to coach." Schye, who is the current MHS Track coach and Malta Elementary School...
Saco and Whitewater put on their first joint golf meet at Marian Hills Golf Course in Malta on Tuesday, April 11. The Glasgow Scotties won both the boys and girls team events. The top three teams in the girls meet were Glasgow with 322 strokes, Chinook was second with 386 and Malta third with 392. Scobey took fourth with 432. The Boys had five teams present with Glasgow posting a top score of 279. Scobey was second with 336, Wolf Point was third with 348, Chinook was fourth with 349 and Harlem w...
The Whitewater Invitational Track Meet featured eight girls teams on a day that had wind gusts over 40 mph. The Nashua Porcupines won the girls meet with a meet high of 104. Whitewater took second with 72. Saco took third with 54 points. Dodson took sixth with 14 points. Nashua's Taylor Laumeyer was the meet's highest scorer winning four events including shot put (32-8), javelin (110-10), the 100 meter dash (13.66) and discus (96.5). Saco's Sydney Zeller took first place in all three events she...
The Whitewater Invitational Track Meet featured eight girls teams on a day that had wind gusts over 40 mph. The Nashua Porcupines won the girls meet with a meet high of 104. Whitewater took second with 72. Saco took third with 54 points. Dodson took sixth with 14 points. Nashua’s Taylor Laumeyer was the meet’s highest scorer winning four events including shot put (32-8), javelin (110-10), the 100 meter dash (13.66) and discus (96.5). Saco’s Sydney Zeller took first place in all three event...
Phillips County track teams were busy last week with both the Cal Wearley Memorial (CWM) and Havre Lions Meet happening in Havre. The CWM was held last Wednesday, April 5, while the Havre Lions meet was held on Saturday April 8. At the CWM, both Malta teams took tenth place with the M-ettes scoring 11 points in the Varsity Women's events and the Mustangs scoring 12 in the Men's Varsity events. Christina Jaynes scored six points as Dodson's lone Lady Coyote, which was good enough for 14th overall...
Malta High School hosted the 2017 Malta Athletic Club Golf Invitational last Saturday. The boys' event was won by the Mon-Dak Thunder who had a score of 376. Glasgow came in second with 388 and Wolf Point took third with a total of 465 strokes. The girls' event was won by Poplar who had 440 strokes. Glasgow placed second with 448 and Richey-Lambert took third with 474. The individual boys' event was won by Mon-Dak's Jeremiah Pierce who had a score of 76, with his closest opponent being Poplar's...
“I want to represent the community well and I am looking forward to being a part of it,” said newly hired Malta High School Football Head Coach Jim Benn. The hiring of Benn was approved by Malta Public Schools Board on Tuesday, March 28. “It’s a great job. I feel very, very lucky to have been offered it,” he said. “My son (Cormac) is very excited to get to know some kids.” Though Benn has been to Malta several times as an opposing coach with Huntley and Ronan, Benn will make his first appeara...
With nine athletes in track for the Saco Panthers this season, the team looks to do some damage in the 3C ranks. The number of athletes out for sporting events this season is a first for Saco Head Coach Barry Malone. "We only have thirteen kids in high school and this is the first year since I've been here that we have had every kid out for a sport in the spring," Coach Malone said. "All thirteen of them are involved in a sport, either track or golf." The track team has five juniors, four of...
Last season the Malta M-ettes found a good place to have their strongest efforts of the season, earning the team the 2016 State B Title. Both teams made great strides last season, but both teams also have new looks having graduated many state performers and placers on both squads. The team has 37 athletes, 17 of which are M-ettes and 20 boys. The M-ettes have retained a few state performers including the three time state triple jump champion, two time long jump champion and defending 300 hurdle...
The Dodson Coyotes Track team consists of six athletes this season as well as a new assistant coach. The team was able to start practicing on March 13, but many of the young Coyotes will not be eligible to compete until the second week of meets. Junior David Jaynes is the team's most experienced athlete in high school track, having participated in both his freshman and sophomore seasons. Due to an injury Jaynes was only able to participate in throwing events last season, which included shot... Full story
The Whitewater Penguins bring back plenty of experience in their 2017 campaign fielding seven athletes this season. There are six returning athletes and one new athlete. The team returns three athletes that participated in the 2016 State C Meet in Missoula including senior Kayleigh Cummings, who took tenth place in javelin and fourteenth in shot put. Senior Serena Sanguins is a returning athlete who has participated in running and throwing events since her freshman year. "It's their fourth year...
The 2017 Malta Golf team features a new look that features 15 golfers and two new coaches. The team is comprised of eight boys and seven girls, some of which have experience at the divisional level. The varsity teams will consist of five golfers on each squad. Four of five girls' varsity golfers just missed out of making state as a team last season following a tie-breaker that didn't go their way. "As a group they came within a stroke of qualifying for state," Malta Golf Head Coach Sean Estill... Full story
I recently read that the grizzly bears are out in Yellowstone National Park. There was a time when I would have made that discovery firsthand. Bears – grizzlies in particular – have always defined the best country to me. There’s nothing like knowing that there’s a critter out there that might stalk and eat you to keep you on your toes. I used to spend a lot of time each spring in the park, much of it following elk trails in the snow. It wasn’t easy walking. Elk step in the same track in deep s...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5th/6th Grade: 75 lbs - Wyatt Judd 1st, 90 lbs – Cameron Mikesell 3rd, 100 lbs – Colton Mears 4th, 110 lbs – Camryn Mears 1st, 120 lbs – Spencer Gibbs 1st, HWT – Reece Brown 1st, HWT – Arayaa Longknife 2nd 7th/8th Grade: 110 lbs – Shawn Gilkerson 1st, 130 lbs – RC Skiff 3rd, 130 lbs – Blake Watts 4th, 140 lbs – Oren Mackey 3rd, 150 lbs – Cash Salsbery 1st, 150 lbs – David Pitman 3rd, 165 lbs – Cordel Salsbery 2nd....
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The Malta Cheerleaders not only participated in their first competition, CheerFest last weekend in Lewistown, the team was able to tie for second in the Class B Cheer Team category. "It's such a blessing to bring home some hardware for cheerleading," Malta Cheerleader Head Coach Timberlee Pankratz said. "I'm incredibly proud of what the girls accomplished. They worked extremely hard to get that second place trophy." The event took place at Fergus High School, with 15 other teams present,... Full story