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I've got four girls out for cross country this season; Shelbi Labrie, Ava Hanley, Kendra Cummings, and Sammie Wisher. Three of these girls are veterans with Shelbi being our newest addition. We've had three solid weeks of practice and attended the Poplar Invitational this previous weekend. We went into the meet with the mindset of slowing ourselves down in order to balance out our split times. One of the hardest things to do as a runner is to be disciplined enough to SLOW down in order to cut...
The Malta Cross Country team has a few new faces this season and a couple of familiar ones in 2021. "This year is definitely different," Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg said. "It's new, there are a lot of changes." The only familiar thing is that the team welcomes back juniors Kirsta Meisdalen and Izzie Hallenberg, who have been a part of the team since the 2019 season. "They are good, solid girls that bring good experience to the team," Coach Solberg said. The team welcomes junior Kira Beck, a...
The overall winner of the high school girl's 5k, 3.1 mile race of 43 runners was Annie Kaul of Plentywood, who cruised over the Airport Golf Course speedily with a time of 19:51. Second place went to Mya Green of Scobey, who ran 20:55 over the course and was followed by third place finisher Jazmin Gorder of Poplar, who ran a time of 21:37. The Malta Mette's placed as follows: Kira Beck was fourteenth with a time of 25:40, Kirsta Meisdalen was seventeenth with a time of 26:23. Megan Morser was th...
Last Saturday, August 28, Marian Hills Golf Course was the host of the 30th Annual First State Bank / Ezzie's Wholesale Golf Scramble. The event featured eighteen four-person teams (divided equally by handicap) that had golfers from Malta, around the county, state, and even golfers from Arizona. "It was a great turnout," said Terri Skiff, representing First State Bank of Malta. "The weather was perfect and the course was in wonderful shape, and everyone had a lot of fun." Team 2, consisting of...
The Malta M-ettes hosted the 2021 Malta Invitational Volleyball Tournament last Saturday, August 28, at the Malta High School Gymnasium. The event featured six teams; the M-ettes, Plentywood Wildcats, North Country Mavericks, Harlem Wildcats, Poplar Indians, and Circle Wildcats. Plentywood defeated Malta in the Malta Invitational's championship game, the scores were 25-16 and 25-16. Circle placed third by defeating North Country 25-21, 25-24 in the third-place match. Harlem was fifth after...
While other Class B Schools kicked off their regular season last Friday. August 27, the Malta Mustangs held their annual Blue and White Scrimmage Game, for the second year at Mustang Field. The practice was open to the public, and the crowd experienced plays that the Mustangs have been working on as the Malta varsity and junior varsity teams mixed and matched their squads to better themselves before their first game of the season on Friday, September 3, against Huntley Project. After Malta ran...
Publisher's Note: This is the correct information about the in-person and online field day event that was published last week. We apologize for the misprint in last week's edition of the Phillips County News. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Glasgow. An in-person classroom course runs Sept. 13-17, and an optional online field day, for those that completed the online course, will be offered on Sept. 17. All hunter education classes are free of charge. In-person, instructor-led hunter education...
Saturday the 21st, Malta hosted the 24th annual Ryder Cup matches against the golfers from Glasgow. 24 players from each team competed for the right to hold the Cup at their respective club until the other is able to take the cup away. Glasgow has had possession of the Cup since 2019, when they defeated the Malta golfers at the Sunnyside Golf Course in Glasgow. This years competition saw 24 golfers from each town compete in three formats, (Bestball, Alternate Shot, and Match Play). The Malta...
The Malta Mustangs Football team started practices on Monday, August 16, but one highlight of the week was day two, a day that featured a college-style combine event. During this event, last Tuesday, August 16, athletes were timed and reps were taken down to gauge where the athletes were heading into the 2021 Class B football season. According to Malta Football Head Coach Nick Oxarart, every Mustang participated. The team was tested in five different events. These events were the bench press,...
Earlier this summer, the Malta M-ette Volleyball team tasted sweet victory as they won the 2021 Missoula Team Volleyball Camp. That taste has the group of spikers hungry for more. "It gave them confidence," Malta M-ette Coach Tasha Hines said. "I feel like they were always chasing the buck with volleyball and it was there. They just needed to own that." Last Monday, August 16, the team started holding their first regular-season practices, and the hunger to perform well has been seen on the...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Glasgow. An in-person classroom course runs Sept. 13-17, and an optional online field day, for those that completed the online course, will be offered on Sept. 17. All hunter education classes are free of charge. In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience that can be particularly beneficial for...
The Second Annual Craig Mangis Rough Stock Memorial featured plenty of action last Saturday night at the Trafton Rodeo Arena in Malta. The event is in memory of Craig Mangis who passed away on May 27, 2019. Amongst the hundreds at the event were Mangis' wife Mary Mangis, daughter Katie Skiff, son Matt Mangis (who lives in South Dakota), and Skiff's children McKinley and R.C. Skiff was asked about the event. "I think it's awesome," Skiff said. "It is very cool that they are doing this and we as...
Skateboarding enthusiasts of all ages had a chance to come out and be a part of a free clinic put on by Girls on Shred last Thursday, August 12, at the Malta Skatepark. The PCN had the chance to talk to a couple of members of Girls on Shred during the event. "I am a teacher and a skateboarder, so I love getting out to skateparks and helping kids learn," said Girls on Shred instructor Kim Petersen. Though they spend much of their time at the numerous parks in Missoula and other nearby towns,...
Last week, young basketball players from the Malta community experienced GROw Training, a basketball camp put on by Ro Wiggins, a coach, and trainer who will soon be in Phillips County to stay. Wiggins, who lives in Boise ID., held a three-day training camp from Monday, August 9, through Wednesday, August 11, at the Malta High School Old Gym. Camp for third through fifth grade was held from 9 a.m. through 10 a.m. Camp for sixth through eighth was held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and high school...
The 106th Phillips County Fair Indian Relay was held on Sunday, August 8, and though it was chilly in the grandstands, all went well until the last hour of races. Then it turned epic. A torrential downpour at 5:50 p.m., which shut down the Indian Relay event for a half-hour. Despite the rain falling during the Chariot Races, Women's Mile-Race, Consolation Championship, and Championship races, no one was hurt, resulting in a dramatic conclusion to the P.C. Fair. The Men's Championship race was...
The Grandstands at the Phillips County Fair were packed for the AMX Racing and Crash for Cash events on Saturday, August 7, in Dodson. The AMX Super event was won by Willie Bice of Plentywood, who had never raced at the Dodson Track before. Bice edged out Great Falls' Dustin McKinney who had previously won at the P.C. Fair for four straight years. Bice said that he had raced with McKinney and was able to read his moves. McKinney had led in the event for the first four laps before he had a...
The Phillips County Fair Rodeo kicked off Grandstand events with a bang and plenty of action last Thursday, August 5. A few locals were able to participate in the event, including barrel racers Kelsie Robinson of Saco, and Morgan McEwen of Malta. McEwen, who turned 14 on Saturday, August 7, was the lone Phillips County rider to bring home cash, taking third place in the Jr. Barrell Racing Event with a time of 18.57 seconds. She was asked how it felt to perform at the Fair. "It was pretty cool...
The Rural Communities and Agricultural Neighbors (RCAN) held a sanctioned Ranch Rodeo at the 106th Annual Phillips County Fair in Dodson last Sunday, August 8. It was RCAN's second year hosting the event. "I don't think that it could've gone better," RCAN President Katie Brown said of the event. "It went good. No one got hauled out in an ambulance. No livestock were injured, and it went smooth and right on time." The event was in a two-hour time crunch, starting at 2 p.m. and concluding at 4 p.m...
Montana Tech Head Women's Basketball Coach Carly Sanon announced the signing of Jaycee Erickson for the recruiting class of 2022 today. "We are excited to welcome Jaycee to the Digger Family," said Head Coach Carly Sanon. "Jaycee is a leader on the court and is a strong, tough point guard. She is a great shooter and creates scoring opportunities for herself and her teammates. Jaycee is a great student and is a perfect fit for Montana Tech." Erickson, a 5-foot-6 guard from Saco, Montana, will pla...
The 106th Annual Phillips County Fair is set to finish on an electrifying note this Sunday, August 8, as the Grandstands are scheduled to host Indian Relay Races and an RCAN Ranch Rodeo. The Indian Relay will be hosted by the NorthEast Corner Committee of Fort Belknap and accredited by the Horse Nation Indian Relay Council, and the Ranch Rodeo will be hosted and accredited by Rural Communities and Agricultural Neighbors (RCAN). The PCN talked to Francine KillEagle, of the Northeast Corner Commit...
On Saturday, August 7, the grandstands at the 106th Annual Phillips County Fair will feature plenty of action in the form of motorsports as the Crash for Cash Demolition Derby and AMX events will combine their events. The dual event is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. with AMX laps. The Demo Derby is set to start their first action at 6 p.m. The PCN caught up with Dodson AMX Racing president Keith Cowan and Crash for Cash Operator Scott Skoyen to talk about their respective events. AMX Racing Cowan...
