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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Compiled by Michelle Bigelbach The Courier 10 Years Ago Wednesday May 15, 2013 A new study released by the Montana Department of Commerce predicts that Valley County will experience modest population growth in the decades ahead and then return to about present-day levels by 2060. From the estimated 2012 population of 7,604, the numbers will rise to a peak of 8,188 in 2028. This is almost exactly what the population of Valley County was in 1990. More than 100 fifth-graders from all the Valley Cou...
Glasgow's track teams ran away with the District 2B titles May 13 in Glasgow. The Scottie girls posted 225 team points for first, outpacing Malta, 141; Poplar, 66; Wolf Point, 48, and Harlem, 39. The Scottie boys won with 234 team points, ahead of Wolf Point, 135; Malta, 80; Harlem, 39, and Poplar, 31. The girls put up 19 new personal records and five season records while the boys notched 24 personal bests and two season records. Moving on to the Northern B Divisional Meet in Great Falls...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Glasgow voters passed a $16.8 million levy to build a new K-5 Irle School and make substantial improvements at East Side and Glasgow High School. The vote was 1,151 to 945. The vote was reversed in the defeat of the second levy requested, $2 million to remodel the entrance of the administration building to ADA standards, upgrade the GHS auditorium seating, improve the high school playing fields and pave the parking lot. U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont.,...
KLTZ/Mix 93's Stan Ozark has been the voice of Valley County sports for 30 years and was recently celebrated by the Glasgow Scotties community during the Northern B Girls Divisional tournament. On Feb. 23, chants of "Stan, Stan, Stan" rang out in the Scottie gymnasium. "It was a complete surprise! I looked at Derek [Beadle] and asked what was all this was about. I didn't process what was going on. Once I heard the chanting it put it all together," explained Ozark. Ozark and Beadle have been...
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...
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...
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 girls basketball team went into the District 2B Tournament in Malta as the fourth seed and emerged with a third-place finish. The Scotties advance to the Northern B Divisional Tournament in Glasgow this weekend. Glasgow defeated Harlem 49-32 in the opening round before losing 70-26 to the Malta M-ettes Friday night. The Scotties rebounded from the loss to defeat Poplar 61-46 in the consolation game Saturday night. Thursday afternoon Glasgow leapt out to a 19-4 lead after one against...
Glasgow's boys basketball team kept their season alive with a fourth place finish at the District 2B tournament in Malta this past weekend. Glasgow defeated Harlem 62-50 in the opening round of the 2B tourney, before losing 68-55 to Wolf Point Friday. The Scotties took the Poplar Indians to overtime but lost 56-55 in the Consolation game Saturday. Glasgow led 17-16 after one Thursday, barely outpacing a hot-shooting Wildcats team. The Scotties outscored Harlem 14-8 in the second for a 31-24...
Glasgow High School Athletic Director (AD) and Irle School Vice Principal Brenner Flaten wears many hats, not only for the school district, but the community, his family and the Montana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA). In addition to his already many duties and accolades, he was recently honored by the MIAAA as the 2022 Montana Overall AD of the Year. Annually, the MIAAA recognizes an AD of the Year in each of the four classifications (AA, A, B and C) as well as an...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 After decades of putting up with blockages on the railroad crossing the middle of town, Nashua is going to have an overpass, according to a letter that Mayor Pat Hallett received from the Montana Department of Transportation and provided to The Courier. The Valley County commissioners have awarded a contract for the construction of a new concrete bridge on Canal Road west of Glasgow. The Federal Emergency Agency informed the commissioners that it would pay u...
The Glasgow Scottie volleyball squad is making their second consecutive trip to the All-Class State Volleyball tournament – and third trip in four years – after taking second place at the Northern B Divisional Tournament in Choteau this past weekend. Glasgow started the tournament with a sweep of Cut Bank, 25-22, 25-20, 25-13, and followed it up with a five-set battle against Fairfield which they won, 24-26, 25-19, 25-21, 21-25, 15-8. The Scotties entered the undefeated semifinal match aga...
The Scottie volleyball team rolled through the District 2B Tournament in Poplar this past weekend undefeated, topping their run with a championship victory over the Malta M-ettes. The trophy is the fourth claimed by Glasgow in as many years, and the 20th one in their 31 years in the district. Glasgow started the tournament with a bye as the number one seed. They took on the Poplar Indians in match three after Poplar defeated Harlem in the opening round. The Scotties took the match in a decisive...
Malta and Glasgow did battle at the Northern B Divisional meet in Great Falls Saturday, but at the end of the day, the Scotties tallied more points than the Mustangs and M-ettes to claim the top spots. The Scotties drew out the drama of the day, waiting until the final events of the day – the boys' and girls' 4x400 relays – to secure their victories. The Glasgow girls' team scored 120.33 points, outpacing Malta's 107, for their ninth title in the past 11 years and 16th in school history. The...
Glasgow's track and field teams claimed the top slots at the District 2B Meet held at Scottie Field on Saturday. The Scottie girls ran up 202 points for their first place, outpacing Malta, 169; Harlem, 63; Poplar, 49, and Wolf Point, 31. The Glasgow boys scored 191.67 points, putting them ahead of Malta, 155; Wolf Point, 95; Poplar, 55, and Harlem, 25.33. The Scottie girls claimed their fifth title in as many years led by Blaire Westby, 100 and 200 meters; Iris McKean, 400, 800 and 3200 meters;...
For the first time in 24 years, the Scotties girls basketball team is headed to the State tournament. The last Glasgow's girls team to make the final cut was in 1997. Glasgow took the long route to make the state tournament, avenging a loss along the way. The Scotties dropped their Divisional opener against the Cut Bank Wolves 49-45 on Thursday. In their first loser-out game they rolled over the Shelby Coyotes 56-24 on Friday. They then faced the Wolf Point Wolves on Saturday, who had knocked...
The Glasgow Scottie boys basketball team saw their season come to end this past weekend at the Norther B Divisional tournament. The Scotties struggled offensively, unable to buy a bucket in their two games. Glasgow fell behind Shelby in the first half as the Coyotes went on to win 51-28 in game one on Thursday. The loss moved the Scotties to loser-out action where they faced Fairfield. The Eagles scored first and built that lead into a 67-42 victory. In their opening game on Thursday, the...
After a disappointing 50-45 loss to Wolf Point in round of the District 2B tournament, the Glasgow girls basketball team rolled over Poplar, 59-16, and Harlem, 67-25, to earn third place and a trip to Cut Bank for the Northern Divisional Tournament Mar. 3-5 in Cut Bank. Glasgow trailed 8-7 after one quarter in their opening game before tying it 19-19 at the half in what proved to be a tight back-and-forth game. Wolf Point held a one-part margin after 24 minutes of play, 33-32. Glasgow held the...
The Glasgow Scottie boys basketball team advances to the Northern B Divisional tournament this weekend in Glasgow after a series of nail-biting games at the District 2B tournament this past weekend. After finishing their season with a huge win in Poplar, Glasgow faced the Indians in game one of the District tournament in Glasgow on Thursday. The Scotties fell to the Indians 58-54 in the first round of the tournament. Poplar came out fired up, ready to steal a game back from Glasgow and led...
There is something about the music of a high school pep band that hits different. Glasgow is lucky to be home to one of the top pep bands around. Under the direction of GHS alumni Todd Truscott, the Scottie pep band brings a little something extra to every home sporting event they can – whether in the gym for basketball and volleyball, or out in the Scottie Field bleachers for football. "When you that school song roaring across whatever gym or football field or anything, it's very i...
Dec. 3 @ Wolf Point(C/JV/V) 12 p.m. Dec. 10-11 Varsity Boys & Girls @ Woodson Tourney in Red Lodge Dec. 16 Glendive (C/JV/V) 3:30 p.m. Dec. 17 Sidney (C/JV/V) 12 p.m. Dec. 22 Malta (C/JV/V) 3:30 p.m. Color Rush Night Jan. 6 North Country (JV/V) 3:30 p.m. Jan. 8 @ Scobey (C/JV/V) 1:30 p.m. Jan. 14 Harlem (JV/V) 1 p.m. Jan. 15 Poplar (JV/V) 1 p.m. Teddy Bear Toss Jan. 21 @ Sidney (C/JV/V) 1 p.m. Jan. 27 @ Malta (C/JV/V) 3 p.m. Jan. 28 Wolf Point (C/JV/V) 12 p.m. Super Hero Night Jan. 29 @ North Country (JV/V) 1 p.m. in Saco Feb. 3 @ Glendive...
The Glasgow Scotties volleyball team is headed to the state tournament in Bozeman this weekend. Glasgow earned second place at the Class B Northern B Divisional tournament held in Glasgow Nov. 4-6. The Scotties swept Conrad and Fairfield on day one to secure their state slot. Friday night, Glasgow faced the Choteau Bulldogs. After a slow start, the Scotties took the match to five games, but were sent to the consolation round Saturday morning. Glasgow got out the broom again against Malta to...
Both the Scottie boys and girls track teams claimed fourth place finishes at the Northern B Divisional meet in Glasgow this past weekend. "I was a bit disappointed in how we finished on Saturday," head coach Tim Phillips said. "I thought we had a pretty good shot to place to third on both sides, but those little things you sometimes need to fall your way, did not." The Glasgow girls earned 62.50 points, fishing behind Malta, 99; Conrad, 83.50 and Choteau, 65.60. The Scottie boys put up 55...
