Malta Downs Shepherd, to Face Wolves

The Malta Mustangs Football team is now 3-0 after defeating the Shepherd Mustangs 41-12 in Shepherd last Friday, September 17.

"We have had a great start to our season," Malta Head Coach Nick Oxarart said. "We have used our three non-conference games as opportunities to get better and get ready for conference play."

The Mustangs will aim for their fourth win of the season in Wolf Point, as they travel to take on the Wolves, who are currently 1-3. The game is the team's first conference game of the season.

"Wolf Point is a fairly young football team, but they have plenty of playmakers," Malta Head Coach Nick Oxarart said. "One of them is former Mustang, Juliun Benson, and he has a lot of speed and can score in a variety of ways. We will have to know where he is lined up at all times. They defeated Colstrip 25-0 and lost last week to Roundup in overtime 27-28. Their other loss came at the hands of Bowman, ND in week one."

In Malta's win over Shepherd, the team racked up 401 yards and six touchdowns on 40 attempts.

"We were very proud of how our offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage and allowed our running backs to make some nice runs," Coach Oxarart said.

Senior Rex Williamson led the charge with 171 yards and four touchdowns on eight attempts. Junior Camryn Mears had the bulk of Malta's carries that night, racking up 155 yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts. Mears stepped in for Senior Cash Salsbery who left the game with a leg injury. Salsbery had 66 yards and a touchdown on six attempts prior to leaving the game.

Senior quarterback Connor Tuss completed 1-of-6 passes for 13 yards.

Malta's defense recovered three forced fumbles and had two interceptions; one by Tuss, one by Williamson. Salsbery and Dwight Werk recorded a safety for Malta.

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter:

- Rex Williamson 35-yard run (kick failed) 11:08 6-0

- Williamson 45-yard run (kick failed) 8:51 12-0

- 2-yard safety by Cash Salsbery and Dwight Werk 8:08 14-0

- Cash Salsbery 43-yard run (Jacob Smith kick) 7:19 21-0

2nd Quarter:

- Kolby Kring 8-yard pass to Colter Zink (run failed) 0:47 21-6

3rd Quarter:

- Camryn Mears 50-yard run (Smith kick) 1:44 28-6

- Williamson 39-yard run (kick failed) 0:26 34-6

4th Quarter:

- Mears 23-yard run (Smith kick) 9:08 41-6

- Braden Lammers 32-yard run (pass failed) 6:09 41-12