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The North Country Mavericks basketball team won their first two games of 2022, defeating the Glasgow Lady Scotties on Friday, January 7, and the Scobey Lady Spartans on Saturday, January 8. “Feels great to be back out on the court and playing games again,” North Country Head Coach Amber Erickson said. “We worked on a lot of little things over the break such as setting and using our screens better, communication on the floor, and boxing out better.” The Lady Mavs are scheduled to play Lustre Christian in Lustre on Friday, January 14, at 6 p.m....
The Malta M-ettes basketball team won their lone game of the week, defeating the Rocky Boy Lady Stars in Rocky Boy on Thursday, January 6. The M-ettes were scheduled to face Roundup on Saturday, January 8, but the game was postponed. "It turned into only a one-game weekend for us, but we went on the road and got a good Northern B win," Malta Head Coach Nate Hammond said. "We jumped out pretty early and were able to get 11 kids time and work on some different things." In Malta's win over Rocky...
The Mustang Wrestlers got back on the mat after their Christmas break this past weekend with the CJI mixer in Chester on Thursday, January 6, and the Cut Bank Invitational on Friday and Saturday, January 7-8. “Our practices went really well over the break,” said Mustang Head Coach Jake French. “We picked up the intensity after Christmas, and the kids are starting to realize this last month is where we need to focus more and improve.” The Cut Bank Invitational was won by the host team Cut Bank with 226 points. Havre took second with 198, an...
The Lady Coyotes Girls basketball team had a pair of losses to tough opponents last weekend. The Lady Coyotes fell 67-17 to the Roy-Winifred Lady Outlaws on Friday, January 7. The team then lost 71-43 to the Class B Poplar Indians. In their loss to Poplar, the Lady Coyotes were led in scoring by Kataya KillEagle who scored 19 points. Imagin Fox and Kylee both had 11 points each, and Jean Jackson had two points. Dodson outscored Poplar 16-8 in the third period. The team was short-handed with six athletes, two of which were eighth-graders. In...
It was a tough week for Phillips County boys varsity basketball teams. The Malta Mustangs fell 71-50 to the Rocky Boy Stars on Thursday, January 6, in Rocky Boy. The Dodson Coyotes fell 55-35 to Roy-Winifred on Friday, January 7, in Dodson. The Coyotes also lost to the Poplar Indians 71-41 in Poplar on Saturday, January 8. The Mavericks lost a pair of games, first falling 55-27 to the Glasgow Scotties in Glasgow on Thursday, and then 64-31 to the Scobey Spartans on Friday. In Malta's loss to...
5 proved to be a bounceback year for sports in the state of Montana. Each high school sports season was able to see a conclusion, unlike 2020, when the sports world was initially impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The following list was made in recognition of the top five viewed stories on our www.PhillipsCountyNews.com website. The remaining five stories were chosen by the PCN Publisher. The following list includes only a part of the stories listed. The stories can be founding their... Full story
The Malta Mustangs Basketball team played their last game of 2021, with a barrage of three-pointers made in their 61-34 win over the Glasgow Scotties on Tuesday, December 22, in Glasgow. The Mustangs will have a couple of weeks away from game action as they enter Winter Break. Their next game is scheduled to be in Rocky Boy, on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. After that game, they are scheduled to host Roundup on Saturday, January 8, at 5 p.m. In Malta's win over Glasgow, the Mustangs...
The Malta M-ettes ended the 2021 portion of this year's basketball campaign with a dominant win over Glasgow on Wednesday, December 22, in Glasgow. The team is now in the middle of Christmas Break, and like other teams around the state, Malta is practicing. "One thing we hope to improve is our health," Coach Hammond said. "If you listen, (the coughing) is just constant. We are having a tough winter with that. We need to continue working on taking care of the ball better, some of our defensive...
The North Country Maverick and Lady Maverick teams picked up wins against their Nashua counterparts on Tuesday, December 21, in Nashua. The games served as the last action for both teams in 2021. The teams are scheduled to go to Glasgow on Thursday, January 6, 2022, to take on the Glasgow Scotties and Lady Scotties. The event starts at 3:30 p.m. with the JV Girls game. The teams will then host Scobey in Hinsdale on Friday, January 7. In the Lady Mavericks’ win over the Lady Porcupines, the s...
The Malta Wrestling Team had a dual meet with Glasgow on Tuesday, December 21, in Glasgow. Their last meet heading into the Christmas break. The Mustangs had a rough outing, dropping the JV dual 27-12 and the Varsity dual 46-21. Highlights for the Mustangs in the varsity meet were Shawn Gilkerson with a win over Michael King by pinfall (3:03) in the 145 lb. class, and Camryn Mears getting a decision (12-5) over Austin Hughes in the 182 lb. class. In the JV dual, Kohner Shipman pinned Shalynn...
The Dodson Coyotes basketball team saw their last action of the calendar year, and the team split games against Class C opponents last week. The Coyotes were unable to hold onto a four-quarter lead in their loss to the Turner Tornadoes on Monday, December 20, and lost 54-49. The team bounced back with a dominant 72-37 win over the Nashua Porcupines on Wednesday, December 22, in Nashua. “It was great to see, for an extended period of time, the type of team that we could be,” Coach Ro Wiggins sai...
The Lady Coyotes Basketball Team had a pair of losses prior to Winter Break last week. The team will see their next action in 2022, as they are scheduled to take on the Roy-Winifred Lady Outlaws on Friday, January 7. The Lady Coyotes were unable to hang on to a fourth-quarter lead in Turner as they fell to the Tornadoes on Monday, December 20, in Turner. The final score was 43-39. “The game was a battle from the tip-off,” Dodson Coach Clayton KillEagle said. “Both teams were evenly matched so I...
Basketball teams around Phillips County saw action last week, but due to limitations in space this week (not blaming Santa or Christmas, because the publisher does not want a giant lump of coal), the scores and stats are condensed here. Malta Mustangs The Malta Mustangs saw their first conference action last weekend, and picked up two road wins. They traveled to Harlem on Friday, December 17, and beat the Wildcats 58-46. The Mustangs also defeated Wolf Point 65-48, in Wolf Point on Saturday,...
Mustang Wrestling in Action at CMR Holiday Classic The Mustang grapplers took to the mat in Great Falls this past Friday and Saturday, December 17 and 18, for the CMR Holiday Classic. This was a large tournament with teams ranging from Class AA to Class C. 54 boys teams and 27 girls teams participated in the tournament. The weekend tournament also allows the wrestlers to get a lot of matches in as there is a JV tournament called the Walt and Trudy Currie JV Tournament that is held on the 18th. W...
The Malta Mustangs Basketball team brings back a couple of All-Conference seniors, four juniors, and a few new and talented faces in their 2021-22 campaign. Last year, the team reached the consolation finals of the 2021 Northern B Divisional but fell 72-54 to the Harlem Wildcats. The Mustangs will have a new look this season thanks in part to graduation. The team graduated Kooper Oxarart, who was the Mustangs' lone All-State selection in 2021. The team will also be without Pierce Mortenson, who...
The North Country Mavericks welcome back only one starter from last year, a year in which the team made the Eastern C Divisional tournament but fell in the consolation round to the Fairview Eagles. The team will be without Loden Idler, Jesse Lee, Beau Simonson, and Jon Rey Taylor who graduated last year. Idler and Simonson were named to the All-Conference list last year. The team will also welcome a new head coach, Barry Malone, who has coached the Mavericks in years prior to 2020. Malone...
The Dodson Coyotes Basketball team welcomes back plenty of talent in their 2021-22 campaign but the team also welcomes a new head coach to their program. The Coyotes will be led by Head Coach Ro Wiggins, who moved to Dodson from Idaho earlier this year. Wiggins replaces Frank Benson who led Dodson to the Eastern C Divisional in three straight seasons. Coach Benson will be coaching the Wolf Point Lady Wolves girls basketball season this year. So far in the season, the Coyotes have posted a 63-60...
The Malta M-ettes basketball team welcomes back plenty of experience in their 2021-22 campaign. This includes five starters. Who in one season or another have been named to the District 2B All-Conference list. The M-ettes finished fourth at the 2021 State B Basketball Tournament last season after going 2-2 in the tournament. They fell to the Roundup Lady Panthers in the elimination bracket. Since then, the team has graduated two seniors from that team including four-year starting guard Erica...
The Lady Mavericks basketball team's 2021 postseason ended in heartbreak as the team lost the state championship 74-60 to the Fort Benton Longhorns. The team hopes to get back and will try to do it with record numbers, as the team welcomes 18 athletes this year. The numbers are helpful, but the team will have big shoes to fill after losing two of their five 2021 All-State athletes, Kia Wasson and Kaitlyn McColly to graduation. "The girls have been working very hard, have great team chemistry...
The Dodson Lady Coyotes welcome back plenty of youth and talent in 2021. The team saw an exit in the 3C District tournament last year, but the squad has been working in the offseason to improve their game. The team lost one of its two All-Conference starters from last season, as Melony Fetter graduated last spring. The team will also be without Ireland Best, who also graduated. The team welcomes back sophomore Kataya KillEagle, who also earned All-Conference honors last season. Joining...
With a mixer and a tournament in Havre on December 3rd and 4th, a dual against Fairfield in Malta on the 9th, and a tournament this past weekend on the 10th and 11th in Glasgow, the Mustangs have had a busy start to their season with just as many days in competition as they have practice this month. The 2021/22 version of Mustang Wrestling has one returning state qualifier in Camryn "Reggie" Mears where he placed 6th last year. Team Captains for this year's squad are Juniors Camryn "Reggie"...