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Justinn Marshall, Saco, rodeos for the University of Montana Western, at Dillon. The last college rodeo of the regular season was held this past weekend in Missoula. Justinn ended the year with 463 points in Breakaway Roping which placed her 1st. She was awarded a beautiful buckle and saddle. Marshall came into the final rodeo sitting 4th in Goat Tying. She split 1st in the long go, with a 9.0, then placed 3rd in the short go with a 9.5, which also put her 3rd in the average. She ended up with total points of 592.5, which bumped her into 3rd... Full story
Dodson, Whitewater and Saco all had junior high teams present at the Whitewater Invitational last Thursday. Dodson's seventh and eighth grade squad consisting of Tyrese Messerly, David Jaynes and Stephen Ereaux put up 45 points at the meet, which was good enough for fourth place. Jaynes placed second in the shot put, with a toss of 32'6", fifth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 14.84, fourth in discus with a throw of 87'7.5", and fifth in the long jump with a leap of 13'1". Ereaux placed... Full story
Malta's golf team went out to Marias Valley Golf Course in Shelby on Monday for the district tournament and three athletes placed in the top 15, punching their tickets to state tourney in Butte, which starts Monday at Fairmont Springs. Both the boys and girls teams also made it to the dance. "The boys team earned 4th place after a mistake in totals was pointed out to the scoring committee, " said Malta golf coach Lynne Nevrivy. "After a Choteau boys score was recalculated Malta boys moved ahead... Full story
Much hasn’t been heard of the Saco Panthers or their two track athletes, this year, however the team is hiding a young athlete that is quite the competitor in Class C track and field. Charlotte Jolley. Jolley, may not have the height of Hinsdale’s Bethany Lacock, but pound for pound and inch for inch, she may be even more athletic. Jolley posted 29 points at the meet, which was good enough for sixth at the meet. “It was by far her best day,” said Saco track coach Barry Malone. “I would lik... Full story
Justinn Marshall competed at the Great Falls College rodeo this past weekend, held in the Four Seasons Arena. Going into the short go on Saturday night, she was splitting 3rd in Goat Tying with a time of 7.5. She beat that time with a 7.4, placing her 1st in the short go, and also winning the average. Next week-end, in Missoula, is the last rodeo before Nationals.... Full story
The Malta M-ettes shined in the annual Malta athletic Club Invitational meet last Tuesday, April 29. Malta was led by Freshman Sophia Stiles and Darby Schye, both of which placed first in events at the meet. Stiles edged out tough opponents on her way to five first place medals in each of the individual events she participated in. With names like Hinsdale’s Bethany Lacock and Bettie Carlon of North Star, the competition was fierce in the long and triple jump. Stiles had a monstrous triple j... Full story
What Nick Bear has done in his four year high school career in Dodson, is something that few can only dream of doing. He has placed in state cross country meets every year. The Phillips County News picked his brain about his life, accomplishments and what he looks forward to as his high school career is almost over. Bear has a medal for every year of cross country, placing tenth his freshman year, after posting a time of 17:34. He placed ninth in his sophomore year, with a time of 17:16. He... Full story
The Malta golf teams showed much improvement at the Glasgow golf meet last Friday as the girls took first with a score of 507 and boys shot 373 but fell second to Glasgow by two strokes. "It was our best weather day out and we golfed a little better which is nice to see as we are on the down side of the season," said Coach Nevrivy. Malta's Senior Garrett Zanto won first place at the meet, scoring 83 and winning in a chip off against Glasgow's Luke Gunderson. Keenan Vanwichen also made the top... Full story
The Malta M-ettes dominated the competition, placing first as a team with 102 points at the Fergus twilight meet last Tuesday, April 22. The closest team was Fergus "Even though it was supposed to be a quadrangular (four team meet), there were 16 teams down there and we just had some great performances overall," said coach Tad Schye. The team won first place in seven of 17 events at the meet, the big winner of the meet was freshmen Sophia Stiles, who won a meet high four events. Stiles was... Full story
The Dodson Coyotes track teams are back in the hunt. Nick Bear and Jesse Stephens both tasted victory in events at the Porcupine Invitational, hosted by Nashua in Wolf Point last Saturday April 26. This was the team's first meet of the season. Raven Bear had a strong showing for the team as she single-handedly gained 40 points for Dodson, placing the school in sixth in girls team scoring. The boys placed fourth in the meet with a total of 60 points. Jesse Stephens won the javelin throw, with a... Full story
Braving the spring storm the first weekend in March, seven Phillips County 4-H Shooting Sports program youth participated in the State 4-H Shoot in Bozeman. The tournament was held March 1st and 2nd with youth from around the state competing. In the air rifle (3 positions – prone, standing, kneeling) sporter (coaches may help the youth during competition) division, Erica Smith placed 5th and Juliana Holt placed 7th in the 9 – 10 year olds. In the Precision(coaches may not help during competition... Full story
Whitewater hosted the Whitewater Invitational Golf Meet at Marion Hills Golf Course, Tuesday, April 15. In only his second golf meet of the season, Sophomore Keenan VanWichen placed second at the meet with a score of 87. The team was second to Chinook in the meet, who scored 264, while Malta scored 278 and Glasgow 279. "I was golfing pretty good, other than the few out of bounds I had," VanWichen told the PCN. VanWichen's golf game is strong, however he explained there are areas in his game that... Full story
Pictures from the Dodson Junior High Track at Nashua Invite... Full story
Girls Malta scored 117 total points and was three points from tieing Havre, who won with 120 at the meet. Whitewater finished fifth with 26 points total. Malta was led by freshman standout Sophie Stiles who won three events and placed second in two other events. Stiles was in a close 100 meter race with North Star's Bettie Carlon, ultimately Stiles crossed the line as Carlon looked on. Stiles crossed the tape at 13.24 seconds, while Carlon was a mere .13th of a second behind. Stiles literally wo... Full story
Thirteen Malta wrestlers competed in the Montana State Little Guy Wrestling Tournament in Great Falls on April twelfth. Ten Grapplers were in the metals. Matt Sims, Jesse Schipman, Thayne Mackey, Jerry Benge and Pat Gibbs supplied the coaching staff. We had a great crowd attend to cheer on the crew. There were over 500 wrestlers from all over the state in attendance. We had some really tough matches and some great wrestling from all our weight classes. There were a few great surprises in our metal winners. Head Coach Matt Sims said ‘We had s... Full story
The Cal Wearley Invitational went down last Wednesday, April 9, and the young Mustangs and M-ettes fared well, considering the amount of youth on the team. Sophia Stiles, a freshman, ran like she stole something at the Cal Wearley Memorial. The freshman has won three events in the first track and field meet of her young career. She led the Malta M-ettes to second place at the meet. The team had 65 points total. Havre won the meet scoring 82. The host North Star was third with 62, Stiles ran a... Full story
The Whitewater Penguins had a strong showing at the Cal Wearley Invitational in Havre last Wednesday, April 9. The ladies team placed twelfth out of 20 teams and was led by junior Kourtney Simonson. Simonson told the PCN last week that she needed to improve her first lap time, it seems like she did on her way to her first-first place finish of the year in the 800 meter run. Her time was 2:33.40 seconds, nearly 2.5 seconds faster than her first meet. She placed fourth in the 400 meter run, with...
Last weekend, four wrestlers from Malta attended the State Folk Style tournament in Butte with head coach Ryan Labrie and they fared "very well." Trey Simanton was the oldest of the wrestlers from Malta at the tournament and according to coach Labrie faced the toughest competition. "He ended up finishing fourth," he said. "He wrestled up a bracket against some quality opponents that we have seen this year and the top ranking wrestler in the state won the bracket. "He wrestled phenomenally. He en... Full story
It was a cold and windy start for the Malta M-ettes and Mustangs who were able to participate in the Glasgow Invitational last Saturday. A few team members were missing due to not having the minimum amount of practices, including freshman Sophia Stiles, Jada Nicholson and Sarah Ware. M-ettes The Malta M-ettes scored 64 points on their way to fourth place. Glasgow won the day sweeping both boys and girls team scores. The Lady Scotties scored 147 points, followed by Plentywood and Chinook who... Full story
The Wolf Point Invitational that was slated for Saturday was cancelled due to the course not being ready. However, the Malta golf team had its first meet in Shelby a day prior at the Shelby Invitational and did well. The girls team by Senior Tyanna Dunbar, who shot a 116. Dunbar finished sixth in individual scoring She was followed by junior Kelsey Kuehn, who shot 125, good enough for a ninth place finish. Kristi Grandlund was tenth with a score of 134. Taryn Shores came close to a top ten... Full story
Kourtney Simonson fared well in her 2014 debut, winning her flight of the 800 meter run and placing second overall with a time of 2:35.84 at the 2014 Glasgow Invitational last Saturday. The meet featured 13 class B and C schools. “I was really not looking forward to it, because I know how hard of a race it is to run,” said Ky. Simonson. “It was my first one of the year, but I’m glad I came out and got the time that I did. It’s a good starting point of the season.” Through she did well in the event, she knows that there is a major part of the... Full story
Mustang senior Zach Handley and M-ette freshman Sophia Stiles have both been honored for their basketball play this past week in the Great Falls Tribune. Handley has made the 2014 Boys Super-State team. “It means a lot as a player (to make the Super-State team) but it’s more of a tribute to my team and coaches as well,” said Zach Handley. “They helped me throughout the season and my four years.” Handley has been a consistent all around ball player in Malta head coach David Costin’s system sinc... Full story
It was a moment which would have made most eighth-grader hoopsters, playing at the varsity level, tremble in their high-top sneakers. With just 10 seconds left in the game, and her team trailing by three points in the Eastern C Divisional Tournament championship game, Jada Sudbrack yanked down an offensive rebound, landed, elevated again and drained a two-point bucket off the glass, getting fouled in the process. The Saco-Whitewater crowd in attendance went nuts. Her teammates slapped her on the back in appreciation. The opposition’s coach, H... Full story
