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The Scottie boys basketball team had a disappointing end to their 2020 season at the Northern B Divisional Tournament in Malta on Feb. 27 and 28. Opening the tournament taking on the number one seed, Fairfield, the Scotties managed to hold their own until the end of the third quarter when Fairfield would pull away and maintain their momentum until the close of the fourth. In the end, the Scotties would go onto lose, 42 to 59. In the first quarter of play, the Scotties came out on top, with...
The Glasgow Scotties boys basketball team will advance to the divisional tournament in Malta on Feb. 27, 28 and 29. The Scotties beat out Poplar on Feb. 20 in the play-in game before falling to Harlem on Feb. 21 and Malta on Feb. 22, to claim fourth overall. The boys beat Poplar 42 to 36. The first quarter came off with a horse race and ended after a single lead change with a tie of nine to nine. In the second the Scotties claimed the lead and continued advancing to end the half ahead by six...
The Glasgow Lady Scotties will advance to the Northern B Divisional Tournament the first week in March. The advancement follows a loss and a win this past week in Malta. In the first round of play, the Lady Scotties met the Malta M-Ettes in the early afternoon of Feb. 21. The Scotties had just come off a win against the same team the week prior and were looking to repeat the effort on Friday. That would not be the outcome the Scotties received though, and Malta would arise victorious by six...
For the third year in a row, the Williston State Tetons faced off against the Montana State Bobcats in front of a packed house on Feb. 21 at the Valley Event Center. The college club event promised an exciting night of hockey action and did not disappoint. Fans got more than their money's worth with the Tetons' overtime win. Starting for the visiting Bobcats were hometown boys Ryan Padden, left wing, and Taylor Padden, right wing. Lucas Soalnik was starting center, Patrick Healy was in net for...
The 19U Glasgow Ice Dawgs were in Salmon Feb. 14-16 for the end of their regular season games. Head coach Paul Provencher was proud of his girls, saying it was one of the best weekends the team has had all season. Scores for the Friday night game were unavailable at press time, but Saturday saw the Dawgs split their games. In a game against Havre, Glasgow fell by a final score of 3-2. The Ice Hawks took a 2-0 lead in the first period on 14 shots on goal. Waging a comeback in the second period, the Dawgs put up two goals of their own, firing 11...
You would have been forgiven if you had worried about the Scotties' chances at the State Tournament in Billings on Feb. 14 and 15. A tough season with a number of challenges, illnesses, injuries, a second-place finish to Huntley Project at Divisionals and a series of peaks and valleys at State had set the tone at the close of business Friday at Metra Park. That tone was short-lived however, and on Saturday morning the Scotties rallied to go undefeated in their first seven matches of the second...
It was the last night on the Scottie gymnasium floor for four Scottie seniors-Keely Fossum, Anika Peters, Laura Ross and Taylor Pederson-and they made it count. Facing off against the Wolf Point Wolves on Feb. 13, the Lady Scotties launched an all out assault on the hoop, scoring 18 in the first quarter, 14 in the second, 12 in the third and 27 in the final round. The Scotties managed to hold the Wolves as well and they ended the game ahead by 31 points-71 to 40. Unwilling to make their last...
The Glasgow Scottie boys basketball team stepped out in front of their home crowd for the last time this season on Feb. 13. The starting line-up for the game included all five Scottie seniors-Kobe Sibley, Alec Boland, Tim Wageman, Saul Hansen and Jayson Turner. Unfortunately, the festivities of senior night were short-lived after the Wolves finished out the first quarter ahead by three-13 to 16. That lead would have been more than manageable, but in the second half the Scottie boys slipped even...
It was not the outcome the team wanted, but its not over either. That was the sentiment put off by Scottie head wrestling coach Jory Casterline after his team finished in the runner-up slot at the Eastern B/C Divisional Wrestling Tournament in Huntley Project on Feb. 8. Regardless of expectations, the Scotties still pulled off a second-place finish and punched 10 tickets to State-which included two freshmen but not a top-ranked senior. They fell in the point count behind Huntley Project by a...
The Scottie boys basketball team met up with the Harlem Wildcats on the floor of the Scottie gymnasium on Feb. 6, but the outcome was nowhere close to what the team expected walking out on the court that evening. In the beginning, the game seemed to be unfolding like many others. By the end of the first quarter, the Scottie boys trailed by a single point against the Wildcats (17-18). Then in the second they fell slightly but maintained a manageable point spread of five points going into the half...
The only thing the Lady Scotties basketball team ran out of at their Feb. 6 game against the Harlem Wildcats was time. They certainly did not run out of motivation as they fought with all their might to the last second to score every basket possible against Harlem. In the end though the only thing they needed was a longer quarter. In the first three quarters the Scotties fell behind by nearly 30 points but battled back to close the gap in the fourth quarter and bring it down to a single-digit...
The Glasgow Scottie Wrestling Team claimed the top slot at the 2020 Mustang Invitational on Feb. 3, in Malta. The Malta Invitational marks the last tournament of the regular season as wrestling heads into the post season Divisional tournament in Huntley Project on Feb. 7 and 8. The Scotties' success on the mat in Malta maintained the team's top ranked Class B status heading into the Divisional meet before taking on State in Billings the week after. "We wrestled really well in Malta," said...
The Glasgow High School Ice Dawgs traveled to Billings Jan. 24 and 25, to face off against a tough Bulls team. Billings took control of both games early, holding on to defeat Glasgow in both contests. The Friday night contest saw the Ice Dawgs failing to find the back of the net during three periods of play. Billings outshot Glasgow, 37-17, in the game, with goalie Aidin Wilkowski turning away 31 shots in 51 minutes. The Bulls put up a goal each in the first and second periods, coming alive in the third when they put the puck in the net four...
The Glasgow Ice Dawgs' PeeWees team traveled to Miles City this past weekend, Feb. 1 and 2, to put on a clinic. Facing off against the host team and the Great Falls Americans, the team added three to their wins column and tied one. Glasgow made their intentions for the weekend clear early in their first game, racing out to a 5-1 lead in the first period. Bode Barnett, assist Brody Hansen, put the Dawgs on the board first. The Generals of Miles City scored a short-handed goal, but Glasgow would...
Sweet Perfection! Griffin Claims State Title With Perfect Season Isabelle Griffin was not going to do speech and drama this year. After two silver medals at state her freshman and sophomore years, she was ranked fourth at state her junior year after losing a chance at a perfect season that same year in Sidney. Those losses made her think maybe pursuing a perfect season her senior year was not worth it. "This year I did not want to be in speech and drama," recounted the now state champ. That...
The Glasgow Scotties are sending seven of their Speech and Drama competitors to the State Tournament in Bigfork on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Coming off the heels of the Class B/C divisional tournament in Roundup, the team amassed three divisional titles won by Ian Wright in Dramatic Oral Interpretation, Mason Swenson, a freshman, who claimed a title in Memorized Public Address and Isabelle Griffin continues her perfect season with a first place finish in Dramatic Solo. Along with the three first...
The Glasgow Lady Scotties beat the North Country Mavericks in front of a home crowd on Jan. 24. The final score was 51 to 33 in what was a solid performance for the Scotties. The next day they hit the road to take on Sidney, beating the Eagles, 57 to 39. "We had a couple good games this last weekend," said Lady Scotties head coach Travis Nielsen. "We played really good defense, rebounded well and turnovers were down; [I] can't be any more proud of the girls for hustling and playing great...
The Glasgow Scotties boys faced off agains the North Country Mavericks on Jan. 24 in front of a lively home crowd and ended up on top with a final score of 58 to 43. It is the second time the Mavs and Scotties have met on the court but in that match up the Mavs came out on top. The thrill of the revenge win was short lived however, as the Scotties hit the road the next day to face the Eagles losing by a 20-point margin, 52 to 32. Against North Country, Scottie head coach Paul Yoakam said, "Our g...
The Glasgow Scotties took home the top slot from Harlem on Jan. 25 after beating out every other team by over 45 points and placing seven competitors in first and two in second. The Scottie grapplers banked a total of 200.5 points beating out second-place Cut Bank who had 154 points and Malta with 113.5 points. In total, 11 teams competed in the late-season invite that sets the stage for the Malta Invitational this weekend (Jan. 31 and Feb. 1) and then the Divisional Tournament the week after...
The high school Ice Dawgs traveled to Bozeman Jan. 11 and 12 for a pair of intense games against the Icedogs. The Dawgs came home with one loss and one win, and a whole lot of pride. Ike Braaten, captain, told the Courier, "It was nice to beat a bigger team." The win wasn't the only thing the boys were proud of, it was the intensity of the play over the two games. On Saturday, Glasgow dropped the game and the gloves. The end of the game saw Michael Uphues ejected for fighting and a final score...
The Glasgow Scottie wrestling team traveled to Choteau this past weekend for the 2020 Choteau Classic. Going up against 33 teams, the Scotties clinched first place with 173 team points beating out Saint Ignatius at second with 114.5 points and Broadwater High School in third place with 114 points. In total, the Scotties had five first place varsity finishes giving them their dominant point lead and setting the stage going into the post season. “We had a good weekend,” said Scottie head coach Jory Casterline. “We went five for five in the final...
The North Country Mavericks traveled to Scobey on Jan. 10 trying to secure a win against the class C powerhouse Scobey Spartans. The girls battled hard, succumbing to the Spartans by a mere two points while the boys could not keep up with the Spartans’ offense, losing 63 to 28. “It was a very physical and technical game and we came up just two points short. We talked about the importance of winning the rebounding war every game and have been working a lot on it in practice but that is one area we didn’t get the job done and a big reason why w...
The Glasgow girls’ basketball team logged two victories over the weekend, defeating Malta on Friday night and turning around on Saturday to take down the Wolf Point Wolves. Glasgow, on home court, racked up 56 points to Malta’s 40. On the road in Wolf Point, they notched a 60-42 win over the Wolves. On Friday night, the hoopsters leapt out to an early lead in the first quarter, powered by Keely Fossum’s seven points and Taylor Pederson’s five. The Scotties started the second quarter with a 19-5 lead over the M-ettes. Malta fought back, sinking...
The Lustre Lions hosted the North Country Mavericks on Jan. 17 where both the girls’ and boys’ team tried to claim a home victory. The boys clinched the win 53 to 43 however the girls fell short with a final score of 52-14. On the girls’ side, the Lions could not overcome the Mavericks’ pressure defense or close the early lead gap. The Lions ended the half with only four points on the board, courtesy of Amber Reddig’s two-pointer and two completed free-throw attempts by Alexa Reddig. The second half saw a little more action from the Lions wit...
The Glasgow Scotties boys and girls basketball teams faced two tough match ups last week. The first on Jan. 10 in Harlem pitted the Scotties against the Wildcats and then in Glasgow on Jan. 11 the Scotties took on the Scobey Spartans. The Scottie girls fell to the Wildcats by a margin of 17 finishing off the Friday night game with a score of 43 to Harlem's 60. On Saturday night the girls faced off against the Spartans on their home court and lost 29 to 52. Lady Scotties head coach Travis Nielsen...
