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The best of the best of Northeast Montana's track and field athletes were in Glasgow May 2 for the annual Norm Girard North/East Top 10 meet. Valley County competitors took 28 medals, earning a top four finish, at the meet and set 15 personal records. Lustre Christian's boys team took 12 medals with two athletes claiming a first-place finish and four personal records. Hinsdale's team had two podium appearances with one personal record. Nashua claimed three top four places and Opheim (as part of...
The Scottie boys golf team headed into the Division 1 Meet in Shelby May 9 with a perfect season record. Glasgow has won all six of their team titles this season, following a perfect season last year. The Scottie boys have posted 11 straight regular season wins. Glasgow's most recent win came at the Poplar Invitational May 4. The team put up a score of 339 to take the top spot. Riley Smith led the team with an individual first-place finish, scoring 81. The Scottie girls finished second in...
The Scottie softball sluggers improved their record to 7-8, 4-3 in conference play, last week with two road wins. Glasgow traveled to Havre Friday where they downed the Class A Blue Ponies 13-0. They then overcame an 18-12 sixth inning deficit against the Cut Bank Wolves with a 13-run seventh run to win 25-18. Glasgow jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first over their host Havre in the first game Friday. The Scotties shut out the Blue Ponies in the next two innings while sending three runners home...
The Scottie track and field team hit three events last week: the Norm Girard Top Ten, the Gene Nelson Memorial and the Sidney Invitational. Glasgow hosted their annual Top 10 meet May 2 (see 1B for results) before sending their pole vaulters to Wolf Point for the Gene Nelson Memorial May 5 where the girls scored 26 points for eighth place and the boys took ninth with seven team points. The Scotties traveled to Sidney May 6 where the boys won the meet with 112 points and the girls took second with 101 points, behind Plentywood’s 108.33 p...
Hinsdale’s track and field teams competed at the Norm Girard North/East Top Ten Meet May 2 and traveled to Wolf Point May 5 for the Gene Nelson Memorial Meet. The Raider girls scored 36 points and took seventh in Wolf Point while the boys team scored 0.5 points for 12th place. The girls set six personal records there while the boys put up seven new records. Results from the Top Ten meet start on page 1B. BOYS Coy Bowman set a personal best and finished 14th in the boys’ 100 meters. He set another personal record in the 400 meters, taking sevent...
The Porcupine track teams traveled to the Norm Girard North/East Top Ten Meet in Glasgow May 2 and the Gene Nelson Memorial in Wolf Point May 5. Nashua’s girls team posted 40 points for fifth place in Wolf Point with eight personal records while the boys also took fifth with 50 points and 12 personal best performances. Top Ten results start on page 1B. GIRLS Madison Harris set personal records in the 100 and 200 meters, taking second in both events. She ran a 13.63 in the 100 and a 29.26 in the 200 meters. Tia Dees won the shot put with a perso...
Frazer’s track teams attended the Fairview Invite May 4 and the Gene Nelson Memorial Meet in Wolf Point May 5. In Fairview the girls put up 2 personal and three season records. The boys established four new personal records. In Wolf Point, the girls scored six points for 11 place with two new personal records and the boys scored three points for 12th place with four new personal bests. FAIRVIEW INVITE GIRLS Isabelle Even led the Bearcubs in the 100 meters, taking 22nd with a time of 15.01. Baily Beston’s personal best 15.38 put her in 26th pla...
The Lustre Christian boys track team attended the Norm Girard North/East Top Ten Meet in Glasgow May 2 before being joined by the girls team at the Fairview Invite May 4. The girls put up four points for 13th place in Fairview with eight personal records and two season records. The boys took third place with 65 points and 22 personal bests and one season record. Results from the Top Ten Meet start on page 1B. Rachel Pew led the Lions in the 100 meters with a personal best time of 14.74 and a 16th place finish. Angie Fontus ran a 15.78, a...
Opheim athletes Carrie Taylor, and James Landles helped power the Unified Scobey-Opheim track teams to top slots at the Gene Nelson Memorial in Wolf Point May 5. The girls scored 136.5 points to win while the boys put up 140 points. At the Sidney Invitational May 6, the girls scored 85 points for third place while the boys finished in fifth with 59 points. Results from the Top Ten Meet, including Bo Anderson, start on page 1B. TAYLOR Taylor won the girls’ javelin in Wolf Point, throwing 122-01. She finished fifth in both the shot put and discus...
After the inevitable delay to the start of Spring sports, the golf season is in full swing and the Scottie golf teams are ready. With three meets in four days, the boys posted three wins while the girls brought home two third-place finishes and one second place. At home, the boys won the Glasgow Invitational at Sunnyside with a team score of 348 April 28. They finished ahead of Malta, Plentywood, Poplar, Bainville, Harlem and Wolf Point. Riley Smith and Keigan Ingram led the squad with scores...
Glasgow’s softball team racked up three more wins at the Conrad Invitational this past weekend, with only one loss. The Scotties rolled over Colstrip 22-0 in three innings before losing 7-1 to Shepherd Friday. Glasgow took a one-run win over Conrad, 8-7, and downed Shelby 20-1 in three innings on Saturday. The showing improved the squad’s record to 3-3, 5-8 overall. Glasgow sits behind Shepherd, Huntley Project, Conrad, Stillwater and Cut Bank in the Eastern B/C standings with Colstrip and Shelby closing out the list. Glasgow put up four run...
The Bantam Ice Dawgs returned from Havre this past weekend with a second-place trophy from the 14U B Montana Amateur Hockey Association Tournament. Glasgow went 5-1 in their games over the four-day tournament, losing the championship game 8-3 to Butte Sunday afternoon. The Dawgs opened the tournament Thursday with a 5-2 win over the Billings Bulls. Friday Glasgow downed the Bozeman Icedogs 9-1 before rolling over the Helena Bighorns 15-0 that evening. Saturday the Dawgs faced off against the...
Sports fans and readers, the time has come for me to finally take a vacation. I will be out of the office for an extended period which means I will be leaving my friend and boss, Michelle Bigelbach, as the only working reporter at the Glasgow Courier. So, if you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at sports reporting on your local teams, now is your chance. We welcome your sports story submissions as track & field, golf and softball (hopefully, weather-permitting), kick off soon. Photo submissions are also welcome. Please help us keep all of our V...
Total domination. Those two words sum up the North Country Mavericks' performance at the Class C State Basketball Tournament in Billings this past weekend. The girls from Hinsdale, Saco and Whitewater brought home their first co-op state title as the undisputed top team in the state. Coming off their only true challenge of the season – a 46-44 Eastern C Divisional win over Plentywood – the Mavericks applied the lessons learned from that game, playing to win at the most elite level of Class C g...
Lustre Christian's historic basketball season came to a conclusion at the 2022-23 Class C State Basketball Tournament in Billings this past weekend after the Lions went 1-2 at the final event of the year. The Lions entered the State Tournament as the top-ranked team through the season and as the number one seed out of the Eastern Division after coming from behind to defeat the Fairview Warriors in a historic first-ever divisional title for Lustre. The Lions faced the Big Sandy Pioneers in the...
Lustre Christian paid tribute to their mascot namesake this past weekend at the Eastern C Divisional Tournament in Wolf Point with a lionhearted performance. The Lions fended off three teams hungry to upset the number one boys team in the state to claim the Divisional title and earn their first trip to the State Tournament in school history. The Savage Warriors had the first shot at upending Lustre Christian and gave it their all, taking the Lions to overtime. Lustre outscored Savage 8-4 in the...
North Country's girls basketball team proved why they were ranked number one in the state with a sweep of the Eastern C Divisional tournament to earn a repeat trip to the State Tournament. The poised squad improved their 2022-23 season record to 23-0 overall as they eye up a state title this weekend. The Mavericks stormed over the MonDak Thunder 66-32 in the opening round of Divisionals Wednesday in Wolf Point, shooting 50.9 percent from the field. North Country wrangled the Culbertson Cowgirls...
Glasgow’s boys basketball team ended their season in Shelby this past weekend at the Northern B Divisional Tournament. Glasgow fell to Fairfield 78-34 in the opening round March 2. Knocked back to loser-out action on Friday, the Scotties hit the court against the Rocky Boy Northern Stars. Rocky Boy earned the 57-55 win, scoring a bucket with 3.5 seconds left in the game. Fairfield took an early lead Thursday, racking up 30 points in the opening eight minutes while holding Glasgow to half that number. Both teams hit for 4 in the second q...
The Lustre Christian girls basketball team saw their season come to an end at the Eastern C Divisional tournament in Wolf Point this past weekend. The Lions fell 49-23 to the Culbertson Cowgirls in the opening round of play March 1. They fell 50-33 to the MonDak Thunder in loser-out action Thursday. Lustre held even with Culbertson early in the first quarter last Wednesday, but the Cowgirls slowly built up their lead to 15-8 by the end of the first eight minutes. Culbertson added 15 to the...
After going out in two games at last year's District 3C tournament, a much-improved Nashua boys basketball team made it to the Eastern C Divisional Tournament in Wolf Point this season. The Porcupines ended this year at the penultimate tournament of the year, losing out in two games. Nashua fell 48-32 in the opening round of play Thursday to Froid/Lake. The loss bumped them to loser-out action against the Savage Warriors on Friday. The Porcupines lost 40-31, ending their season. The Red Hawks...
The Glasgow Ice Dawgs brought home the second-place trophy from the Big Sky High School State Hockey Tournament in Bozeman this past weekend, as well as three All-State honors and a scholarship. Glasgow entered the tournament as the number three seed and made their way to the championship game against the Missoula Bruins with an undefeated record in tournament play. The Bruins, coming off a huge upset win over the previously-undefeated Miles City Generals, won the title game 4-0 Sunday. Glasgow...
When teams and coaches talk about peaking right before postseason, rarely does anyone do it in as dramatic a fashion as the 2022-23 Scottie girls basketball team did this year. After finishing the regular season with a a 3-5, 3-15 overall record, Glasgow more than doubled their wins in the postseason. The Scotties emerged from the District 2B tournament with a 2-1 showing in Malta and a third-place trophy. They advanced to the Northern B Divisional tournament in Glasgow this past weekend and...
Glasgow’s Bantam Ice Dawgs hosted the Billings Bulls Feb. 18 and 19 at the Valley Event Center. The Dawgs won their first matchup 7-1 on Saturday and battled back from a 4-1 deficit Sunday to end the game with a 4-4 tie. Brody Hansen put the Dawgs on the scoreboard first Saturday, scoring 5:15 into the game with help from Halle Hunter. Gryffen Collins made it 2-0 just over two minutes later with an assist from Hansen. The second period was all Hansen on offense. He scored 2:23 into the second. Hansen found the back of the net again 9:51 in w...
Lustre Christian's boys basketball team held on to their perfect record with a tight win for the District 3C Championship this past weekend. The Lions rolled over the Dodson Coyotes 62-32 Thursday night after receiving a first-round bye in the tournament. They faced a hungry Scobey Spartans team Saturday night for the title game. Scobey brought their A-game in a bout that went down to the wire, but fell in Lustre's favor 38-37. Lustre improved their record to 19-0 overall Thursday with a stompin...
The North Country girls basketball team continued to cruise through their season, adding two more wins to their record at the District 3C Basketball Tournament in Glasgow. The Mavericks head to the Eastern C Divisional Tournament as the District Conference Champions and District 3C Champions with a 20-0 overall record. North Country downed the Nashua Porcupines 66-23 Thursday after receiving a bye in the first round of the tournament. They moved on to the championship game Saturday to face the...
