M-ettes fall in District Tourney

The Malta-Fairfield rivalry will see another chapter this weekend as the teams are set to open the Northern B Divisional in Malta on Thursday, February 21.

“We are excited to have a divisional here and we feel we can be competitive in it,” M-ettes Head Coach Nate Hammond said.

Both teams missed out on the State B Girls’ Basketball Tournament last season and both enter this weekend’s Northern B tourney on different sides of the spectrum. While Malta fell to the Glasgow Lady Scotties 54-43 last Saturday, February 16, to fall into the fourth seed, Fairfield defeated Cut Bank 46-42 for the Distric...