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CROSS COUNTRY MALTA MEET The Malta M-ettes Cross Country team ran well in their first meet of the season, which also happened to be their home meet. The Malta Athletic Club Invitational was held at the Marian Hills Golf Course last Saturday. Malta's Mystic Striker, a sophomore, who struggled with an Achilles injury lead Malta, who as a team took 3rd place with 86 points. Winnett-Melstone won the meet with 64 points. Glasgow placed second with 80. Striker, who had never run in a cross country...
In the Malta Mustang's home opener, it was supposed to be a clash of Mustangs as the team took on the Shepherd Mustangs last Friday in the team's Homecoming game. What really happened was a Shepherd beat-down as Malta won the game 28-0. The team was led by a stout running effort, compliments of senior tailback Allen Williamson who broke away for two touchdowns and 176 yards on 22 carries. "Our offensive line just made perfect holes," Williamson told the PCN. "The full-back did work inside....
The Malta M-ettes showed no mercy against the Harlem Wildcats during their home opener held last Thursday. The team did drop a game to Chinook last Tuesday, September 8 and another to Poplar last Saturday. In their win against Harlem, the M-ettes played fierce and at times seemed untouchable. "I feel like we all had a lot of energy," Senior M-ette captain Mary Grace Kalal told the PCN. "It's our first game on our home turf and I feel like we took advantage of that." Kalal led the team in kills...
The North Country Mavericks had an excellent weekend picking up a win against the Brockton Warrriors on Thursday night in Hinsdale and another win against Class B’s Harlem Wildcats in Harlem on Saturday night. The scores in the Brockton game were 25-2, 25-9 and 25-8. “Everybody got to play,” Coach Kathy Siroky told the PCN. “Everyone got some varsity time, which I’m happy with. We tried some new combinations and I really liked that.” The team was led by Libero Payton Chopper, who had a game-...
The Dodson-Whitewater Harriers had a completely new team at the Malta Athletic Club Invitational held last Saturday at the Marian Hills Golf Course. The conditions were hotter than usual but that didn’t stop the young Harriers from giving it their all. “We were told it was going to be nice and cool,” Harrier junior Karly Santillan told the PCN, noting that the team was excited at the time. “But I guess we’re kind of used to having hot practices.” Harriers coaches Tom Anderson and Bruce Warre...
Malta’s Junior Varsity and C-squad both won their matchups against Harlem on Thursday night during the team’s home opener. The C-squad won their games 25-23, 25-12 and 15-7. “We had a couple of rotation calls in the beginning because we started a brand new rotation yesterday, but the girls came together and they worked together as a team,” C-Squad Coach Kalli Reintjes told the PCN. They came out from that. We had good serves and our team was playing really well together.” She mentioned...
The M-ettes had a bittersweet weekend in Chinook, where the Sugarbeeters hosted the Chinook Invitational. Malta won three of seven outings during the event, however the team has shown improvement and many of the players are in high spirits. "I think we're improving," M-ette Head Coach Julia Tatafu told the PCN. Sometimes we just take a couple of steps back, where we come out a little cold in games but there are a lot more bright moments and that's all that I can ask for; that we continue to impr...
The Third Annual Nile Sanctioned Phillips County Ranch Rodeo is in the books. Eight ranches from near and a far participated in events identical to tasks they perform on a near daily basis. The event was held at the Trafton Park Arena in Malta last Sunday. After five events, which included branding, trailering, doctoring, wild cow milking and bronc riding it was the Salveson Ranch who took home the $1500 prize with a score of 35. The ranch was purchased in the opening Calcutta by Cody Anderson....
The North Country Maverick's season opened with a rocky start in their first regular season action last week as the team fell to the Poplar Indians last Thursday in Poplar and against Scobey in their home opener on Friday in Saco. Poplar has been off to a great start this season, showing improvement at the Malta invitiational on August 28. "They have definitely gotten a lot better," said Mavericks Head Coach Kathy Siroky. Though Poplar has vastly improved, the Mavericks had them on the ropes but...
Despite being a smoke filled weekend, 88 golfers from in and out of state showed up for the 2015 Marian Hills Open, held last weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Those golfers formed 22 teams that played in Montana's largest scramble payout to date. Teams had two chances to win their share of a grand prize of $5,000. The gross winners, meaning lowest score overall went to K.C. Kindle, DJ Kovach, Gordon Webb and Tony Kindle a team from Malta. The team won with a gross score 113 strokes. The Kindle...
The Malta Mustangs surpassed all expectations last season in Head Coach Nick Oxarart's first season. The team not only made it to the post-season, the young Mustangs defeated the Roundup Panthers 20-17 in the first round. They would then lose in the quarterfinals to Bigfork ending the season with a 6-4 record. Though the team has lost four starting seniors, including RB/LB Quintan Boos, LB/WR Collin Holman, DB/WR Tyler Ost and OL/DL Cole Brown to graduation, the team boasts plenty of returning...
Last season, as the Saco-Hinsdale Wildfire, the team was young with only three seniors, Courtney Capdeville, Madison Taylor and Hannah Whitaker. Many of last year's starters hadn't started a game before the 2014 season. "We were really young last year and had freshmen step up into big roles," Head Coach Kathy Siroky said. "I think maturing one year, knowing high school volleyball and the speed it is, is a totally different story. I think they have risen to the challenge and are ready. All of...
The Dodson-Whitewater Harriers start an almost brand new chapter in team history, after having one lone returnee. That lone returning athlete is junior Shawnee Kill Eagle, who was a state performer. The team had four state performers last year including graduated seniors Jeret Warren and Jacina Doney and transfer student Teal Martell. Though Kill Eagle is a state performer, the team may have a young standout in freshman Tyrese Messerly, who has been strong in basketball and track and field in...
Last Monday, August 17 marked the beginning of practices for the Malta M-ettes volleyball team and with the new year, comes new players. The M-ettes welcomed nine new freshmen to the team, including good friends Raina Mortenson, who played for Malta's junior high team last year and newcomer Libby Rush, who went to Twin Spruce Junior High School in Wyoming. Mortenson, who was a part of a Malta's junior high team that went undefeated in regular season play, has already noticed a few differences...
The Malta Mustangs football team has a week and a half of practices under their belts for this season. That being said, the team has plenty of talent coming back including a player that was sidelined last season for an injury that used to be a career ending injury. He has had surgery done during each of the previous seasons That player, junior Kolbe Murray, is a linebacker and running back for the Mustangs. "I had my meniscus (knee cartilage) replaced last summer and then the summer before I...
Phillips and Valley Counties saw the first scholastic action of the season last Friday as the North Country Lady Mavericks Volleyball team hit the court for their first practice of the season. The newly formed co-operative includes high school students from Saco, Hinsdale and Whitewater schools. The Phillips County News caught up with players representing each school for opinions on their new team's mascot; their honest opinions. "At first, I thought it was kind of stupid," said Jada Sudbrack,...
Malta's Coed Softball League wrapped up it's season last Tuesday, August 11, the way that it started, with a few rounds of batting practice. Jo Tharp, the league's founder felt that the six week league went pretty well. "The first meeting that we had, we only had a few people show up and we did batting practice," Tharp said. "The next week, we had quite a few people show up. We had enough for two teams." At it's peak, the league had around 26 people. "I think it turned out really good this year,...
Malta football practices started last Monday. The photo shows the team practicing lineman drills under the watchful eye of assistant coach Shawn Bleth....
It's the moment during a baseball game that has put many celebrities under a microscope only to be ridiculed; the first pitch. During last Friday's Great Falls Voyagers game, former M-ette post player Darby Schye had to do the honors. It didn't go as she had hoped. "It was not really great, because I'm really bad at baseball," Schye told the PCN. "It was an ugly, ugly pitch. But I guess it made people laugh, so that was good." How bad was it? Apparently, nowhere near the strike zone. But there...
Alysa Conway Favorite Hobby: Horse riding and spending time with my family. Favorite Meal: My mom’s fried chicken or spaghetti Favorite Dessert: Marble Cake with Buttercream icing. Favorite TV Show: The Wizards of Waverly Place What are you looking forward to do this school year? My English class and choir. What are you going to miss most about summer? Not being in school One Superpower: Invisibility Bailey Funk Favorite Hobby: Basketball Favorite thing your dad cooks: Steak and butter n...
One of Malta's most accomplished athletes will see athletics in a different light this season, not as a player fighting to win a championship in basketball, but to lead her team to the top. Former M-ette and Montana State University Billings standout, Bobbi Knudsen will be coaching as the second assistant coach at Seattle Pacific University (SPU), a NCAA Division II – GNAC School next basketball season. Knudsen was a star point guard at every level, including her one year stint with USC F...
Boots and Saddles held their final event of the season and with that came fancy new buckles. One winner, six-year-old Chance Pierce participated in many of the events including barrel, key and arena races. But he took home a few prizes, including a halter, a buckle and money after placing first in the short pattern horse event. When asked about the money he won, he said he won $80. "I don't know," Pierce said after being asked about his plans for his new bounty. "Buy something that was really...
Though the track for AMX racing has been the same for years, one man knew the track a little bit better than all other competitors at the 100th Annual Phillips County Fair event and it paid off. Dodson's Travis Anderson had the AMX track looking amazing after an astounding 17 hours of prep work and for his hard work, he took home First Place in the Stock Class Championship last Saturday. He was asked how it felt to win that race. "Like usual," Anderson said with a smile. "At least I finally fini...
Chinook's Powell wins P.C. Fair Demo Derby; Havre's Kultgen shows grit, determination For the first time in five years, the Phillips County Fair hosted a demolition derby and the event holding nearly 900 was a success. The event featured plenty of "rock'em sock'em" action and was highlighted by a win by Chinook's Garrett Powell. Powell won the Calcutta round, which was also the Championship Round of the derby. Among the highlights of the evening was Havre's Ashlee Kultgen, who had the crowd's...
The 100th Annual Phillips County Fair had many highlights including the Milk River Challenge Rodeo, which was the closing Grandstand event held last Sunday afternoon. The event brought many shouts from the rafters as many of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) riders put up eight second rides in both bull and saddle bronc riding events. The bull-riding event was won by TJ Allan who scored a day high 77 points. With over a dozen more riders in the Saddle Bronc category, the top...
