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The Whitewater Penguins Cross Country Team competed at the Poplar Invitational on Saturday, September 3. “It wasn't our best day,” Penguins Head Coach Carly Hammond said. “It was 85 degrees by the time the girls started the race so by mile-two, they were beat; very dizzy and beat.” Coach Hammond said that she wishes that the races could start one hour sooner because of how hard the late-morning is on the athletes. Shelbi LaBrie took fourth place in the race with a time of 22:13. Samanth...
The 100th season of Malta High School Football has officially started, and though the Mustangs suffered a 21-0 loss to Huntley Project last Friday, August 26, the team has retained a lot of young talent. The team did graduate ten seniors from last year's campaign, which ended in the first round of the playoffs after a heartbreaking 34-22 loss to Whitehall. Those graduated seniors include Dylan Brown, Eion Estill, Shawn Gilkerson, Darrow Messerly, Cash Salsbery, Jacob Smith, Connor Tuss, Dwight...
The North Country Mavericks have a majority of their starters from last year returning to action this fall. The team will also have a pair of large shoes to fill as they will be without two of their three setters this season; Jaycee Erickson and Zandora Longtree graduated last spring. Both were first team All-Conference selections and Erickson was an All-State selection. "They also were steady servers and passers who helped keep the flow on the court going," Coach Wasson said. "They will be...
The Dodson High School Cross Country Team consists of a pair of athletes that are young, but have plenty of experience in high school sports. This season, sophomore Mason LoneBear is the only Coyote returning to Cross Country. He will be joined by freshman Jazlyn Flansburg KillEagle who competed in the sport during junior. Head Coach Tianna Bloomer hopes that as the season carries on others may join the team. "Mason LoneBear is our leader," Coach Bloomer said. "We are hoping to have a couple mor...
The Malta M-ettes Volleyball Team has brought back a lot of talented athletes, who were key in the team's first appearance since 2002. The team will be under a new coaching staff in their 2022 campaign as they welcome Mary Grace Kalal, a 2016 graduate of Malta High School, who also enjoyed a college career, playing volleyball at Lake Region State College and Mayville State University. She replaces former Head Coach Tasha Hines, who has been leading the program since 2016. Coach Kalal is joined...
The Whitewater Penguin Cross Country Team has returned every single runner that they had from last year's team. "The girls are so excited to be back together and stronger than ever. They have big goals," Penguins Head Coach Carly Hammond said. Though the team hasn't lost anyone to graduation, Coach Hammond is already dreading the day that her current seniors Samantha Wisher and Kendra Cummings graduate, next spring. "It breaks my heart to think they won't be with us next year," Coach Hammond sai...
The Malta Cross Country Team has welcomed back plenty of talent in the 2022 season. The group also welcomes two new Mustangs to the sport. Head Coach Thea Solberg and Assistant Lisa Young will lead a total of seven runners this season including, returning seniors Izzie Hallenberg, Kirst Meisdalen, and Megan Morser. They welcome Senior Olivia Negus, Sophomore Kinlie Cummings, Mustang Sophomore Kash Stiles and Mustang Freshmen Kael Young. The team will be without Malin Beck and Kira Beck, who...
Gordon Webb of Malta brought home the trophy for the 36th Montana State Golf Association Montana Mid-Amateur Men's Single Golf event on Saturday, August 13, in Shelby. Webb won the trophy after posting 210 strokes (six under par) in the three day event that started on Thursday, August 11, and concluded on August 13. The event was held at Marias Valley Golf Course. The Mid-Am is open to contestants 25 and older, while the State-Am, which he won after graduating from Malta High School around 2008...
The Third Annual Craig Mangis Rough Stock Rodeo gave spectators plenty to cheer about at the Trafton Park Rodeo Arena last Saturday, August 20. The event was put on by the Trafton Rodeo Arena Committee, and this year might have been committee President Jerey McEwen's favorite yet, according to his social media post following the event. "The fans were loud and really enjoyed the show," McEwen said on the post. "We tried to keep things moving fast so the action never stopped and I feel the crew th...
If you happened to be at the Horse Racing event at the 2022 Montana State Fair in Great Falls on July 31, there is a chance that you heard a familiar name over the speakers. Buckshot Nelson, son of Judy and Dan Simonson, was awarded the Leading Trainer (and Owner) trophy for his stable of horses, named B Flying Star Racing Stables, at the conclusion of the three weekend Great Falls Turf Club event which started in Great Falls on Saturday, July 16 to Sunday, July 17, continued the following...
The final County Line Youth Rodeo Series event was held on Saturday, August 20, at the County Line Rodeo Arena in Saco. Barrel Race: 14-18 Teonna Funk 18.38, Morgan McEwen 18.46, Blake Ozark 18.78, Jessa Erickson 19.74. 11-13-Royce Strobbe 18.39, Paityn Kirn 20.26, Emma Ereaux 20.38, Flint McEwen 20.94 8-10 Anna Brown 19.82, Maddy McEwen 19.83, Khloe Kaufman 23.40, Gracie Young 23.44. 7 & under Tayla McKay 19.68, Will Brown 27.03, Whit Ozark 36.94, Adalee Young 39.33, Saylor Simanton 44.53,...
The season ended for the Malta Swim team at the 2022 Montana Federation of Swimmers State Meet in Lewistown, and Malta earned a few medals to end the year. The event was held at the Lewistown Aquatics Complex from Saturday, August 6, to Sunday, August 7. Over 500 swimmers were present for the meet. Malta's boys team was seventeenth after scoring 48 points, and the Malta girls team was nineteenth with a score of nine points. The boys were led by 14-year-old Kael Young, who scored a total of 27...
In its third installation, the 2022 Craig Mangis Memorial Rough Stock Rodeo will feature plenty of thrills, spills, and action, as it has in previous years. Jerey McEwen, President of the Trafton Park Arena Committee has a message for those that may have never been to a rough stock rodeo before. "Get there early, get a good seat, and hold on to it because it's going to be wild," McEwen said. "It's got a lot of action. There are no boring events in this deal. Stuff will be happening the whole tim...
Many braved the 90 degree temperatures during the Indian Relay Races event at the 107th Annual Phillips County Fair, and they were not disappointed. "These people that showed up are pretty dedicated to Indian Relay," said Wes KillEagle Sr., President of the NorthEast Corner Committee. "I just wanted to put on a good show. The weather turned out great and everything else ran pretty smooth." KillEagle Sr. said that the competitors performed well and that he was pleased to pull talent from Idaho,...
Saturday afternoon the tech men checked in cars in preparation for the AMX Races. Twenty-two cars were ready the strut their stuff and show their worth on the tracks. On a nicely groomed track, cars in the Stock and Super Stock categories were anxious for the starter gun to go off. When the checkered flag dropped in the A Main race, Jamie Jaynes would claim first and take home the trophy. Dustin McKinney pushed Jamie to do his best, and McKinney took second place and the trophy. Austin Jaynes pl...
The 2022 4-H and FFA Livestock Show featured 32 beeves, 48 swine, and two sheep, last week at the 107th Phillips County Fair, earning their showmen a total of $405,772.75 in sales. Last Friday, August 5, in the Advanced Senior Beef Showmanship, Malta's Shaylee Hines was named Grand Champion, and Whitewater's Shelbi LaBrie was named the Reserve Champion. Renzey Raymond was the Junior Advanced Showmanship trophy winner, Emree Stuart was second, and Steeler Blunt was third. In Market Beef, Macey...
The 2022 PC Fair was electric last Saturday Night as the Crash for Cash Championship featured plenty of smacks from welded cars in a short but satisfying finale that saw a new champion, Tim Sorenson of Williston, N.D. "For having only eight cars, I say that it went pretty good, but the main event was the fastest that I have ever seen," said Scott Skoyen, the coordinator of the PC Demo Derby. "For what we had to deal with; not having grandstands, I thought that we did okay." Right at the start...
The Malta Swim Team will be sending seven swimmers to the Montana Federation of Swimmer State Swim Meet this weekend in Lewistown. The team qualified seven out of ten swimmers that competed in the Eastern Divisional Meet in Plentywood, which started on Friday, July 29, and concluded on Saturday, July 30. “The first day was pretty long because there were a lot more kids than I expected,” Malta Head Coach Darrow Messerly said. “There were like 350 kids.” The Malta boys were tenth with 58 points...
Though there will be a new look and feel at the 2022 Phillips County Fair Grandstand events, the venue will host several events this weekend. This weekend, the PC Fair will be hosting a concert on Friday, August 5, at 7 p.m., a combined Demolition Derby/ AMX Racing Event on Saturday, August 6, at 3 p.m., and Indian Relay Races / Chariot Races on Sunday, August 7, at 11 a.m. The PCN caught up with Keith Cowan, President of Dodson AMX Racing, and Francine Stiffarm, event coordinator for the...
It was hot air with an occasional breeze that welcomed 65 competitors to the Hi-Line Drag Strip on Saturday and Sunday. Three cars were unable to compete due to breakdowns or various issues. Despite the heat being in the high 90s, there wasn't one disappointed look on the faces of the contestants or hosts. Cars came from across Montana, neighboring states, and Canada to compete for points, titles, and hardware. Titus Carnahan, of Malta, a young and inspired driver was the winner in the Junior...
Malta was not present at the Scobey Swim Meet last weekend, but the team has ten swimmers headed to the Eastern Divisional Swim Meet in Plentywood this week. "I guess it was just a weekend for them to rest up and get ready for Divisionals," Malta Swim Team Head Coach Darrow Messerly said. Coach Messerly believes that the Divisional Meet will be similar to the crowded Glasgow Meet a couple of weeks ago, which hosted over 200 swimmers. Malta has ten swimmers going, including a pair of brothers...
As the warm air carried the vibrating sound of squealing tires, the Hi Line Drag Strip in Malta hosted a points race weekend that started on Saturday, July 16, and concluded on Sunday, July 17. Seventy seven cars from across Montana. as far as Billings and Anaconda, from bordering North Dakota and Canada converged on the strip that boasts as "the little town with the big strip". Only four towns/cities across the Treasure State are point races and those competitions are held in Billings,...
