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The Malta Mustangs football team picked up a 37-0 victory over the Conrad Cowboys despite wind gusts reaching 62 mph, and a constant wind speed of 40 mph last Friday, October 4. Malta head Coach Nick Oxarart was asked about the victory after the game. "The key to the victory in Conrad was our defense slowing down a very strong rushing attack," Coach Oxarart said. "Conrad was a big physical team that has been pushing other teams around with their size and strength." The win makes Malta 6-0 this...
The Malta M-ette volleyball team split a pair of games last week as they lost 0-3 to the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Thursday, October 3 in Malta and won their other home game 3-0 against the Wolf Point Wolves on Saturday, October 5. Malta is scheduled to host the Fairview Warriors on Thursday, October 10. This event has only JV and Varsity games scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. Malta will travel to Poplar to take on the Poplar Indians on Friday, October 11, with the C-Squad game kicking things off...
The North Country Maverick Volleyball team picked up a few wins last week, defeating the Harlem LadyCats 3-1 in Whitewater last Thursday, October 3. They defeated Froid-Medicine Lake 3-1 and Brockton 3-0 in double header games last Friday, October 4, in Hinsdale. The Mavericks were scheduled to face the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Tuesday, October 8, in Chinook. They will also face the Wolf Point Lady Wolves in Hinsdale on Thursday, October 10, and the Lustre Christian Lady Lions in Lustre on...
The Malta Mustangs football team is now 5-0 after posting a 48-26 won over the Glasgow Scotties at Mustang Field last Friday, September 27. "It feels good," Mustang senior Treyton Wilke told the PCN. "We're on a kind of revenge tour, you know? We lost to these guys last year, they threw it in our face and we came back and we showed them whose field it really is." Malta is officially the top ranked team in Class B Football according to many social media sites around the state. Malta senior...
The Malta M-ette Volleyball team had a strong week of competition as the team was able to pick up wins over Shelby and Poplar, before heading over to Choteau, where they took second in a power play match at the Choteau Mid-Season Invitational. The M-ettes will host the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Thursday, October 3, at 3 p.m. They will also host Wolf Point on Saturday, October 5, at 3 p.m. In Malta's win over the Shelby Coyotes in Shelby on Friday, September 27, the scores were 27-25, 25-14,...
The Malta Mustangs football team improved their record to 4-0 after picking up a win over the Loyola-Sacred Heart Rams in Fairfield last Friday, September 13. "The key to the victory over Loyola was resilience," Malta Head Coach Nick Oxarart said. "Our players did a good job of being resilient and responding well to a lot of adversity. There were a lot of things that didn't go our way against Loyola." Malta will host the rival Glasgow Scotties (3-1) this Friday at Mustang Field. Glasgow started...
The North Country Maverick volleyball team picked up a pair of wins last week, defeating the Class B Malta M-ettes JV team 3-0 on Friday, September 20, and the Nashua Lady Porcupines 3-0 on Saturday, September 21. In North Country's win over Malta's JV team, the scores were 25-18, 25-15, and 25-20. Individual Stats: Aces: Team 10, Gracie Wasson 3, CharLee and BaiLee McColly each with 2. Kills: Team 30, Gracie Wasson 8, BaiLee and CharLee McColly each with 7. Assists: Team 25, Kennedy Simonson...
The Malta M-ette volleyball team traveled to Wolf Point and picked up a 3-0 win over the Lady Wolves on Saturday, September 21. “We came ready to play,” Malta Head Coach Tasha Hines told the PCN. “We relaxed a little too much in the third set but pulled it together.” The M-ettes were scheduled to host the Poplar Lady Indians on Tuesday, September 24. They are scheduled to play the Shelby Lady Coyotes in Shelby on Friday, September 27, and will compete in the Choteau Mid-Season Invitat...
Honorable Judge Dan Wilson of Flathead County's District Court in Kalispell is running for Montana Supreme Court justice in the 2024 Election. Wilson, a man with ties to Malta, stopped into the Phillips County News on Wednesday, August 21, right after a meet and greet event that his campaign held at the Great Northern Hotel in downtown Malta. "My great-granddad (Hurley Wilson and wife Edna) homesteaded south of Malta in 1913," Wilson told the PCN. "My folks grew up here in Malta. Met and married... Full story
The Malta Mustangs (3-0) football team sent a shock wave through Class B football as they took down the Jefferson Panthers (2-1), a team that was ranked first or second by many around the state. "I'm so proud of this team," Malta senior Stockton Oxarart told the PCN after the game. "This is the best team I've ever played on. This is just a crazy, crazy win." When asked about the team's key to victory he shouted out his offensive line. "Upfront, our line was crazy," Stockton said. "They were...
The Malta M-ettes volleyball team played their first two games of the regular season last weekend, which included a 3-0 Homecoming win over the Harlem LadyCats last Saturday, September 14, in Malta. The M-ettes fell to the Glasgow Lady Scotties 2-3, in Glasgow in the team's first game of the regular season. The M-ettes will head to Wolf Point on Saturday, September 21, to face the Lady Wolves. The M-ette JV and C teams will see action against North Country on Friday, September 20. In Malta's win...
The Malta Mustang football team is 2-0 in their 2024-25 campaign after defeating the Baker Spartans 54-14 on Friday, August 30, and the Red Lodge Rams 21-18 on Friday, September 6. This year's group returns plenty of talent from a team that went 5-5 and made the playoffs last season. The Mustangs will be without Bow Saint-Louis, Clayton Hallenberg, Kyle Darrington, and Mason Sjostrom, who all graduated last spring. Despite losing several starters from last season, the Mustangs have a lot of...
The North Country Lady Mavericks Volleyball team graduated their top two hitters from their 2023 season that ended with the team taking third in the State C tournament for the second season in a row. The team will be without Teagan Erickson, Paige Wasson, and Kendall Scheffelmear, who graduated last spring. All three earned All-Conference honors last season. Erickson and Wasson were All-State selections. The team welcomes back junior BaiLee McColly who was an All-Conference selection in 2023....
The Dodson Coyote Cross Country Program features 10 high schoolers and five middle schools in 2024. The Coyotes have one senior this season; Junior Stiffarm. Stiffarm is in his second year of running cross country. "His goal is to do his best and PR at every race," Dodson Head Coach Tianna Bloomer said. "He is very encouraging of his teammates. This is the largest boys team I have ever had, I have six boys running this year." The Coyotes have three juniors this season including Donovan Posey,...
The Malta M-ette Volleyball team has retained plenty of talent for their 2024 campaign. Last season the M-ettes' postseason run ended at the 2023 Northern B Divisional in Malta. The team lost Elly Anderson and Kataya KillEagle to graduation, but brings back plenty of familiar faces including seniors Ava Hanson and Kelbie Nelson. Hanson is an outside hitter and Nelson is a defensive specialist. "Ava and Kelbie definitely bring experience and high expectations to the table," Malta Head Coach...
The Whitewater Penguins Cross Country team has three runners this season, including the 2023 State C Champion. Shelbi LaBrie won the title in Kalispell with a time of 19:52.5 last season and returns as the team's lone senior in 2024. "I've seen a lot of maturity in her leadership since the season started," Whitewater Head Coach Carly Hammond said. "She's been pushing her teammates in the workouts, giving encouraging words when runs get hard, sharing advice with the younger kids, and just...
The Malta Cross Country team consists of four runners this year, a smaller group but one with plenty of running experience. Mustang Kash Stiles and M-ette Megan Morser are Malta's seniors this season. Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg spoke about both of her seniors; "Kash Stiles comes in as the senior for the boys and comes in with many years of experience. He began his running career at Sidney, while in middle school. He really enjoys running and what it does for him to prepare for basketball...
The Malta Mustang football team started their season off with a strong 54-14 victory over the Baker Spartans in Baker last Friday, August 30. Malta will travel to Red Lodge to face the Rams, who just defeated the Whitehall Trojans 46-8 last Friday. The Mustangs were led by senior quarterback Stockton Oxarart, who completed 10-of-11 pass attempts for 264 yards and five touchdowns. Senior Blaine Downing led the rushing attack with 169 yards and two touchdowns on seven attempts (24.1 YPC). He had...
Last week Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle sent a letter to the Phillips County News and to social media that understandably caused some concern. The PCN caught up with Sheriff Lytle to talk more about the letter, urging locals to contact the Phillips County Commissioners in regards to higher pay for his deputies and dispatch; this has been ongoing since he took office in 2019. The situation has gotten more severe for PCSO because after the letter was released on Monday, August 19, Sheriff...
It is August 28… So before I forget. Happy birthday to my father Hernando Bibbs. Love you and it was good to see you last week. Last week, I had the opportunity to fly out to my hometown, Bolingbrook, Illinois, to visit my mother, father and my stepmother. It was a good trip overall. It was full of highlights. There was some sadness because the family I grew up with has gone their separate ways, but we made the best of it and spent some time with my mother and father. One highlight was going t...
The Malta Mustangs football team held their annual Blue and White Scrimmage at Mustang Field last Friday, August 23. The scrimmage featured a mixture of varsity and junior varsity Mustang football players going against each other to prepare the team for the regular season, slated to kick off Friday, August 30, against the Baker Spartans in Baker. Mustang senior Stockton Oxarart, the team's quarterback was asked how he felt the event went. "It was good," Oxarart said. "We evened up the teams so...
The Malta M-ettes volleyball team held their Blue and White Scrimmage last Friday, August 23, at the Malta High School Gymnasium. The teams consisted of a mix of varsity and junior varsity teams. Though the team has been practicing since August 16, it was the first time that the team played an organized game. Blue won both games with the scores being 25-16 and 26-24. M-ette Head Coach Tasha Hines seemed pleased with the result of their Blue and White game. "Honestly, that was the first time...
Last Saturday was the last day of open swim at the Malta Municipal Pool, but the Hi-Line Future Foundation is hoping that the pool can open its doors in 2025 and beyond! In conjunction with the final swim of 2024, the Hi-Line Future Foundation hosted their first big fundraiser for the pool and raised a total of $5,343.35. The event provided local youth and onlookers with much to smile about as educators at Malta Public Schools took pies to the face, and Julie Snellman of Arts Furniture & Carpet...
Can you win a medal for dance by busting out one single move? I can confirm that the answer is yes! Our second night on the Carnival Freedom ended up being a lot more nostalgic than I had planned as we attended the 90’s Music Trivia Night event. I will not lie… I did not want to go. I am not a fan of popular music. Not then and not now. But I joined my wife and the adults in her family for the event. I did get more answers right then wrong in the trivia portion of the event, but for Susan and...
Last Friday, Malta's Jim Fauth set out to stock his freezer with salmon from Fort Peck Reservoir. He did, just not in the way he was expecting. By the end of his fishing expedition with his wife Nancy and friends Tony and Emily Simonsen, Jim landed a fish of a lifetime; a state record-setting Chinook salmon that officially weighed in at 32.62 pounds by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The fish was measured at 38-inches long with a 28-inch girth. The record was last held by Greg Haug, who...
