Hard road for M-ettes

Despite winning the Northern B Title, the Malta M-ettes will open the State B Tournament in some unfamiliar territory against a few strong teams representing the South and West.

“There are three teams on our side of the bracket that we have not played this year,” M-ettes Head Coach Nate Hammond said. “The only two teams we’ve played are Wolf Point and Fairfield and they are on the other side.”

Malta’s first opponent will be the Three Forks Wolves (19-3) who lost the Southern B Crown last Saturday to the Colstrip Rams, after leading for most of the game. Coach Hammond and the team were present...