Malta travels to Shelby

The Malta Mustangs and Malta M-ettes saw their first action of the season last weekend at the Shelby Invitational.

Malta defeated Cut Bank 53-40 on Saturday, December 9, thanks to a quick start in which they outscored the Wolves 12-4 in the first quarter.

Landon VanWichen had a game high 13 points. Konner Kuehn and Kevin Henry both had 11 points, Kendall Koss had eight points, Tanner Smith had four points and Rhett Simanton had three points.

Malta also beat Florence 45-43.

The M-ettes season started with a loss to Belt, who has won five of the last six Class C titles. The score was 64-29.

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