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  • M-ette XC second at Shelby Invite

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 26, 2018

    The Malta M-ettes Cross County Team took second as a team at the Shelby Cross Country Invitational on Monday, September 17, with a score of 87 points. The Browning Cross Country Team won the event with a total of 62. Cut Bank was third with a total of 94. Fourteen schools participated with only four teams eligible for points. Individually, the M-ettes placed as follows: Leslie Young took 6th place with a time of 23:31, Nikki Nicholson was fourteenth with a time of 25:13, Jillian O'Brien took...

  • M-ettes run at Golden Eagle Meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 19, 2018

    The Malta M-ettes Cross Country team participated at the Golden Eagle Cross Country Meet on Friday, September 14, in Lewistown, Mont. Malta placed eighth with 268 points out of the nine teams that fielded full teams for scoring. The meet was held at the Pine Meadows Golf Course. "This is a hilly course" the meet invitation stated. The course surface was mostly grass and mowed wild grass, a surface that isn't as easy to run as a harder surface such as dirt or gravel roads. So the team was up to q...

  • M-ettes take tenth place at State

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 25, 2017

    9th Annual MHSA State Cross Country Championships Saturday October 21, 2017 Bill Roberts Golf Course, Helena, Montana Spectators that had gathered at Bill Roberts Golf Course were wearing all manner of protection for the cool temperatures and hefty winds that were present during the running of the fifty fourth annual cross country championships in Helena on Saturday October 21st. The runners gathered at the marshalling area and waited the last anxious minutes to shed their warm sweats, and...

  • Cole 3rd, Young 5th at Harlem XC Invite

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 18, 2017

    The snowstorm of the previous week had forced many schools in the area to cancel games, matches and meets. And that was the case of the Dodson Cross Country Meet scheduled for Friday, October 6. The Malta M-ette Cross Country team and many other teams would not be able to make up the canceled meet, but instead, the M-ettes held "Pink Practice", dawning pink shorts, t-shirts and socks to run a hilly practice in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and those individuals and families that have...

  • M-ettes at Glasgow, Shelby

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 4, 2017

    The Malta M-ettes placed third as a team at the Scottie Invitational Cross Country Meet at Fort Peck on Saturday, September 30. Seventy-three runners stood at the starting line on a grassy cactus strewn field looking straight ahead toward the power houses of the Fort Peck Dam waiting for the final command that would propel them forward with the hopes of running swiftly over the 5k course. The course takes place on the paved Downstream Campground Nature Trail at Kiwanis Park, a completely flat trail that winds around the ponds and trees dressed... Full story

  • Cross Country Catch Up

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 27, 2017

    The Malta M-ettes ran in three meets last week, which included the Frazer Invitational on Tuesday, September 19, the Havre Invitational on Saturday, September 23 and the Shelby Meet on Monday, September 25. Teams that participated at the Frazer meet were Glasgow, Malta, Poplar, R&L (Richey and Lambert) Fusion, Frazer, Circle, Harlem, Culbertson, Plentywood, Dodson, Hays-Lodge Pole, Brockton, and Wolf Point. TaChante Cole took third, running a fantastic race, putting forth a tremendous effort to ward off fourth place finisher Anna Buller of R&L...

  • M-ettes XC show might at Wolf Point Invite

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 6, 2017

    The overall winner of the high school girl's 5k (3.1 miles) race on a very warm Friday afternoon at Airport Golf Course east of Wolf Point was L'Tia Lawrence of Harlem who ran the course with a time of 19:42. The second place runner was Sierra Summers of Frazer who ran in with a time of 22:11. Third place honors went to Andrea Hale of Poplar who ran in with a time of 22:21. The Malta Mette team was the only team to field a full team for scoring and had a total of 70 points. Among the teams that...

  • M-ette Young captures 4th as Cross Country season begins

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Aug 30, 2017

    The M-ette Cross Country team boarded an early morning bus Saturday, and traveled to eastern Montana to participate in the first meet of the season. The meet would take place near the Medicine Bear Complex facility in Poplar. Despite a looming haze on the horizon caused by the wild fires burning all over the state, the light cloud cover and cool temperatures provided ideal conditions for running a 3 mile race. The twenty seven girls representing eight teams walked the course prior to the race, and made their way over blacktop streets, rutty...

  • M-ettes take 17th at State Cross Country Meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 26, 2016

    The Malta Mette's found them at the Rebecca Farm of Kalispell, an equestrian facility that hosts one of the largest equestrian event competitions in the United States. But Saturday's event would be the state cross country championships, and it would be run on a soggy wet course from days of rain. Shortly before the Class B girl's race would begin, the skies began to clear and the sun came out to warm the air and the umbrellas began to disappear. The Class B girl's race would be the first race of...

  • M-ettes head to State Meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 19, 2016

    The Harlem Cross Country Meet was held Friday, October 14, on the bike path near Don Addy’s Park in Fort Belknap due to the wet conditions from the heavy rains and snow from the previous week. The overall winner of the high school girl’s 3 mile race was L’Tia Lawrence of Harlem who ran speedily over the blacktop course with a time of 19:41. Second place went to Sierra Summers of Frazer who ran in with a time of 22:28. And third place honors went to Hays-Lodge Pole’s Dianna Snow who ran in with a time of 23:01. The Malta M-ettes placed as foll...

  • M-ettes sixth at Havre Invitational

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 5, 2016

    The M-ettes ran in the Havre Invitational Cross Country Meet last Saturday, October 1. The team took sixth place with 165 points and was led by Jillian O'Brien who took 25th place individually. The overall winner of the varsity girl's three mile race that took place in front of Cowan Hall at the campus of MSU Northern in Havre on a very warm fall morning was L'Tia Lawrence of Harlem who ran the hilly course in an impressive time of 19:53. Second place went to Havre's own Kadia Miller, who ran...

  • M-ettes take sixth at Scottie Meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 28, 2016

    Autumn ushered in a wet weather pattern late last week and the relentless rains persisted as the Malta M-ette Cross Country team headed east for the annual Glasgow Scottie Invitational Cross Country Meet at Fort Peck on Saturday, Saturday 24. The M-ettes took sixth with 166 points. Teams representing 84 runners from the following schools in which varsity and JV runners ran together were: Miles City, Terry, Harlem, Glendive, Poplar, Frazer, Glasgow, Culbertson, Richey-Fusion, Sidney, Circle,...

  • O'Brien takes third in M-ettes first meet of 16'

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Aug 31, 2016

    The M-ette Cross Country "Froshmores" found themselves on an early morning bus to participate in the first meet of the season near the Medicine Bear Complex facility in Poplar on Saturday, August 27. The young team consisting of just the freshman and sophomore runners, would run over every surface possible to experience their first ever meet in Poplar. Last year's meet was cancelled due to the thick layer of smoke that covered the state because of the wildfires burning throughout the Pacific Nor...

  • M-ettes take first in Harlem; State Meet in Great Falls Saturday

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 21, 2015

    The Malta M-ette Cross-Country Team traveled west to Harlem for their final race of the regular season. It was a perfect day for racing with clear blue skies, temperatures that were a bit chilly and slightly breezy requiring a jacket if you were not a participant in the race. The green grass was still wet from the frost that blanketed the flat Harlem Golf Course when we arrived to walk the course prior to the race which would be a one and a half mile loop run twice. And it looked to be very competitive as we saw the buses come and we knew we...

  • Harrier Invitational Meet

    Thea Solberg and Robin Warren|Oct 14, 2015

    The Dodson Invitational hosted by the Dodson-Whitewater Harriers was held last Thursday at the Dodson Fairgrounds. The Malta M-ettes and Dodson Harriers were the only full teams present. The overall winner of the Girl's Varsity 3 mile race was Malta's Mystic Striker who ran the course held at the Dodson Fairgrounds in 20:09. Teammate Sophia Stiles earned second place honors with a time of 20:54. And third place went to Val Talks Different of Harlem who ran in with a time of 21:49. The Malta...

  • M-ettes brave the rain at Havre Meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 7, 2015

    A low pressure system producing relentless sheets of rain settled over the northern part of Montana late Friday and continued all day Saturday making the Havre Invitational Cross Country Meet one of the wettest meets experienced by runners and spectators alike. As each race began and ended, the rain continued and just before the start of the JV girl's race, a fierce band of rain came in with the west wind making it impossible to stay dry for even a moment. The brave girls lined up and headed...

  • M-ettes take fourth at Glasgow meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 30, 2015

    The overall winner of the varsity girl's 3 mile race that took place at the Downstream Campground Nature Trail at Fort Peck on a warm fall morning was Sidney's Janielle Brien who cruised in with a time of 20:00. Morgan Voster of Miles City ran into a second place finish with 20:13, and teammate Heather Baker was the third place finisher with a time of 20:23. Another Miles City runner placed fourth with a time of 20:24. The Malta Mette varsity runners placed as follows: 1. Sophia Stiles 5th...

  • M-ettes XC take second at Shebly, Frazer invites

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 23, 2015

    The Mette cross country team found themselves traveling west to Shelby to participate in the annual Shelby Cross Country last Monday. The gun went off and 42 runners took off and made their way around the park and up the hills above Lake Sheloole. Kim Parsell of Shelby would soon take the lead with Sophia Stiles and Mystic Striker following behind, keeping close together throughout the race. Those three dominated the race with Parsell the eventual winner with a time of 20:35. Striker and Stiles battled it out to the finish. Striker ran in with...

  • M-ette XC: Malta placed ninth at state meet; Stiles 14th individually

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 29, 2014

    One hundred and forty runners formed the Class B girl’s race at the Cross Country Championships held at Bill Robert’s Golf Course in Helena on Saturday, October 25. It was also one of the most talked about races because of the infamous Morley sisters of Bigfork who have been placing very well in meets this year finishing well ahead of most of their competitors. It was no surprise when older sister Makena Morley, who is a nationally ranked runner, cruised ahead of younger sister Bryn and broke the all class record she set at the state meet in Mi...

  • M-ette X-Country wins Harlem meet, state championship in Helena up next

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 22, 2014

    The Harlem Cross Country meet was held on a cloudy windy Wednesday. "This meet made me think of the song that Mr. Ed the talking horse sang many years ago, 'A horse is a horse, of course, of course.' And I thought to add this line to the song, 'This course is a curse of course of course." said Coach Solberg smiling. She then went on to explain, "The course is a grassy surface that is easy on the legs, but because of the excessive amount of rain that the state received in late August, it was...

  • M-ette X-Country: Malta takes third at the Havre invitational, despite gophers

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Oct 8, 2014

    The Malta M-ette Cross Country team took on the always windy course at the Havre Invitational Cross Country Meet last Saturday. They placed third as a team with 123 points. The overall winner of the Varsity girl's 3 mile race of 66 runners that took place at the campus of MSU-Northern was Josie Braaten of Glasgow who ran the hilly course in 19:28. In second place was Tina Gike of Hobson who ran in with a time of 20:29. Third place went to Havre's Rachel David who ran her home meet in 20:55....

  • Malta places third at The Malta Athletic Club meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 17, 2014

    On a blustery chilly overcast day where the mosquitoes were more numerous than imaginable, 135 runners converged on the Marian Hills Golf Course for the running of the 2014 Malta Athletic Club Invitational Cross Country Meet. With the large number of runners, the competition would prove to be fierce, especially in the boy's race. The overall winner of the high school boy's three mile race that took place at the Marian Hills Golf course near Malta was Tristen Belgarde of Rocky Boy with an impressive time of 17:23. Second place honors went to...

  • M-ettes X-Country: Team took first at Wolf Point; second at Poplar meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 10, 2014

    The overall winner of the girl's 3 mile race that took place near the Medicine Bear Complex in Poplar was Amanda Wolfe of Glasgow with a time 20:30. Second place went to Sierra Summers of Wolf Point with a time of 20:41. Third place honors went to Malta's Sophia Stiles with a time of 21:24. The Malta Mette Cross Country team placed as follows: 1. Sophia Stiles 3rd place with a time of 21:24 2. Marley Manoukian 13th 23:46 3. Josie Lafond 14th 23:59 4. Eva Harms 19th 24:58 5. Hailey Nicholson... Full story