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The Dodson Coyote basketball team was able to pick up three wins last week against conference opponents. The team defeated Nashua 65-25 on Thursday, January 14, then Frazer 77-33 on Friday, January 15, and the Lustre Christian 56-49 on January, January 16. The Coyotes are set to travel to Melstone on Thursday, January 21, North Country in Dodson on Friday, January 22, and then Scobey in Dodson on Saturday, January 23. The Coyotes were dominant in their win over Nashua. The team outscored the...
The Malta Mustangs Basketball Team posted a dominant win in their season opener over Roundup last Saturday, January 9. After the game, senior co-captain Kooper Oxarart was asked how it felt to play a home basketball game given current events. "It's exciting," Oxarart said. "Just to be able to get back on the court with my friends and my team. It was a fun game. I'm glad we are back and that we are able to have a season." The Mustangs defeated the Panthers 67-39 after the team stifled Roundups...
The North Country Lady Mavericks have started the season 4-0 after picking up wins over Glasgow, Scobey, and Dodson in consecutive nights last week. "It was a great weekend of basketball for the Lady Mavericks having to play three nights in a row and being able to come out with three wins," Lady Mavericks Head Coach Amber Erickson said. "The girls are getting after it on both ends of the floor and doing a great job of being unselfish and hitting the open player for the best shot. I am looking...
The Dodson Coyotes and North Country Mavericks squared off in Whitewater last Saturday, January 9. The Coyotes were able to win the game 58-38, led by sophomore Julian Benson, who had 12 points. Dwight Werk had ten points, Alex Werk had 10 points, Jeremiah Benson had nine points. Zarek Jones had seven points, Michael Jaynes had five points and Kadin Racine had five points. The Mavericks were led by Jon Rey Taylor, who had 11 points. Loden Idler had ten points, Jesse Lee had six points, Trey...
The Malta Colts defeated the Wolf Point Wolves 72-10 last Friday Night at the Malta High School Gymnasium. Pictured is Ivan Lefdahl going up for a layup. Photo by Pierre Bibbs....
At long last, the basketball season has began in the State of Montana, and the Mustangs have returned plenty of talent for their 2020-21 campaign. The team has a total of 18 athletes this season, which included a group of six freshmen. The team will be without Tanner Smith and Ben Costin, who both graduated last year. The duo had provided leadership to the Mustangs last season, according to Coach Costin. "Obviously, we lost some offensive production from those two," Malta Head Coach David...
The North Country Mavericks welcome back 14 athletes this season, several of which saw plenty of playing time last season. This season, the team will be led by a similar coaching staff, but the 2020-21 campaign will be led by Head Coach Taylor Olson, who has been the team's assistant coach for the past several seasons. With Coach Olson are assistant coaches Nate Remmich, Josh McCrossin, and Whitney Molina. "We have a lot of energized coaches who are familiar with the kids, so it should be...
The Dodson Coyotes have graduated two very talented athletes last season; Corbin LoneBear and Shaun Ball, but Coach Benson is optimistic that the team can make it back into contenders for a spot at State. The team is also without graduate Landis Walker, who also played a very important role for the team as a team captain off of the bench. In all, the Coyotes consist of 14 high schoolers and four eighth-graders. “We had our superstars last year, but this group is more of a team,” Coach Frank Ben...
The M-ettes have retained a lot of talent from last year's team that ended the year with a win at the state tournament. Last year's state tournament concluded with a pair of co-champions and a few teams, including Malta, who were set to compete to a chance at 3rd place. The tournament's last day ended in cancellation due to the threat of COVID-19. This year the M-ettes are without Kelbee Denham and Carly Garfield, who had started for Malta over the last few seasons. "Kelbee played point guard...
The North Country Lady Mavericks are chock full of talent this season, returning three All-State athletes. "We are fast," said Lady Mavericks Head Coach Amber Erickson. "We have length. We have athletic ability and depth. I really feel like we are going to be a very aggressive team both offensively and defensively." Coach Erickson said that the team plans to go into every game not with a hoping to win mentality, but with a "we are going to win," mentality. The team welcomes back plenty of talent...
The Malta Wrestling team was the only Phillips County team to see a complete ending to their 2019-20 campaign. In doing so, the team had three state placers. This season, the team features several returning athletes, and eight total, including two state placers. The team will be without Callan Mears, who took second place in the 160-pound championship match last season. The team also lost Kendall Moore, who had performed at state last season. "Callan was awesome," Head Coach Jake French said....
Publisher's Note: History will reflect that 2020 has been one of the toughest years in the world of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Events were postponed, or cancelled, beginning with the final day of State Basketball tournaments, which led to the cancellation of the 2020 spring sports seasons. Eventually, the Montana High School Sports Association opened the doors for schools to have a safer way to participate in sporting events, culminating in the successful completion of the 2020 Falls S...
The 7th Grade Girls Basketball team went 9-0 this last season, giving parents a reason to cheer in a year of uncertainty. "I attribute our successful season to our extremely strong defensive skills. Kendall, Denver, Brooklynn, Shaylee, and Sadie played very tough defense, and shut players down from shooting in the key," Coach Kelly Cederberg told the PCN. She also said that this year's team had great guards, including Emree, Kylie, Kenzie, and Karlie who called out plays and set the girls into...
The Mustang Foundation will be drawing for the winners of their raffle on Monday, December 21, at 7:00 p.m. during the late night opening at First State Bank. Tickets are $25.00, and prizes include a quarter of beef donated by Triangle Telephone, gift baskets, and many gifts cards. Money raised from the raffle and the 2019 Soup Feed was used to purchase 10 laptops, valued at $5,000.00, for the elementary teachers to better serve the remote learning students during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Recipients included: Mrs. DePudyt, Mrs. Veit,...
The Phillips County Area has produced many great athletes over the last century, but according to Montana State University Billings, Malta has produced the school’s Player of the Decade. Former M-ette Bobbi Knudsen, daughter of Jim and Janice Knudsen of Malta, was inducted to the MSUB Athletics Hall of Fame last February and was named MSUB’s Player of the Decade in November. The PCN interviewed Knudsen’s former coach, Yellowjackets Head Coach Kevin Woodin and MSUB Athletic Director Krista Monta...
Monday, December 7, marked a big day for local sports, as all seven Phillips County Sports Teams took to the court and the mats for their first official practices of the 2020-21 season. The Phillips County News checked in with many teams around the county that day. The Malta Mustangs basketball team was the first team to grace the Malta High School Gymnasium. "It's good to get rolling and to get to have a somewhat normal activity to be involved in again," Mustangs Head Coach David Costin said....
Though other teams around Phillips County started their practices on Monday, December 7, the Malta Cheer Team got going a little sooner, hosting tryouts for the tournament team almost one week sooner, starting on Tuesday, December 1. Phillips County News caught up with seniors Kailee Crowder and Celine Crasco, who will be in their fourth year of Malta Cheerleading this winter. "It feels good," Crowder said. "We are starting to get ready for tryouts this week." The team had 11 students out to...
The Malta Mustangs football team finished their 2020 campaign in the quarterfinal round of the State B Football Championship Series. The Mustangs were able to land a conference-leading total of four athletes on the 2020 All-State list. The All-State List includes seniors Pierce Mortenson and Beau Simonson, and juniors Cash Salsbery and Rex Williamson. "It is quite an honor to get on that list and is a reflection of the team success we had this season," Malta Coach Nick Oxarart said. For the...
The North Counrty Mavericks volleyball team landed four athletes on the 2020 1C All-Conference list, two of which earned all-state honors. Seniors Kaitlyn McColly and Kia Wasson have been on the All-conference list in previous seasons, but this year, the hard-hitting duo landed on the list as All-State selections. "Both of these athletes will be missed next season," Mavericks Coach Charlene Wasson said. "Kia made All-State because she was a consistent player. She could place the ball around the...
The Malta M-ette Volleyball team found their stride late in the post-season before exiting their 2020 campaign in the Northern B Divisional Tournament. "They were strong," M-ette Coach Tasha Hines said of the M-ettes. "Pushing through the challenges of Covid throughout the season. We are just so proud of how they showed up in the postseason." The team landed three athletes on the 2020 2B All-Conference list, including All-State selection Erica Smith, first-team selection Justine Lamb, and...
The Malta High School Gymnasium was the site of the 2020 State C Volleyball Tournament. MHS hosted a total of 15 games amongst eight Class C teams from Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14. Last weekend's tournament was the event volleyball state event ever held in Malta. The Bridger Scouts were crowned after two championship games were played against Manhattan Christian in the double-elimination tournament. Bridger and Manhattan faced off a total of three times in the event. In...
The Dodson Junior High Basketball teams hosted Nashua and Frontier last week at the Coyote Den. The boys went 2-0 and the girls defeated Frontier but fell to Nashua. The Coyotes defeated Nashua 52-14 on Saturday morning in Dodson. The team was led by eighth-grader Junior Stiffarm who scored 22 points, knocking down four treys in the process. He also made all four of his free throw attempts. "Hustling and teamwork," Stiffarm said when asked about his team's win. Mason LoneBear, also an...
The North country Junior High Basketball teams each defeated their Nashua counterparts last Friday night in Saco. The Lady Mavericks defeated the Lady Porcupines 38-9, giving up only one two-point field goal in the first quarter. The Lady Mavs were led by Shelbi LaBrie, an eighth-grader, who scored 12 points, all of which came in the first quarter. "The key to our win was teamwork and being aggressive," LaBrie said. Kodi McColly had six points. Teonna Funk and Bailey McColly both had four...
Fave Hobby: Playing Basketball. Fave Movie: I don't watch much TV. I just hang out with family and friends, do homework, play basketball. Fave Animal: Monkey. Fave Gatorade: Blue. Dream Vacation: Hawaii. Fave Subject in School: Math. Dream Superpower: Super Speed....