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It didn't feel like a mid-August Saturday morning at the Fort Peck Dredge Cuts last weekend – winds whipped upwards of 50 miles per hour, chilling the already-cold clime to its deepest bone. But the festivities, scheduled to begin just hours after sunrise, beat back the frigidity. The show went on. Contestants, most clad in wet suits and swim caps, wrapped thick towels and parkas around themselves as they huddled together at the top of the stairs leading down to the beach, awaiting instruction....
As Saturday's late afternoon sun dipped lazily towards the western horizon, the Glasgow Scotties stormed onto the manicured sod of Scottie Field for the annual Red-White Scrimmage. "It's what we call a zero-week game," says coach Greg Liebelt. "It gives us a quick snapshot of where we are with our offense, [and] allows us to look and see what some of the areas for improvement are leading up to game one." The 43-man roster was split in two, and the teams, which together will face the Colstrip...
Prior to the football team's hour-long intersquad scrimmage on Scottie Field, the Glasgow High girls' volleyball team hosted its own Red & White Day in the school's gymnasium. A dense crowd filled the bleachers to watch the girls kick off their season; they chatted amongst themselves, occasionally nodding in approval at each well-timed set and hard spike as the young women darted through a succession of drills. The squad graduated four seniors, and this year invites five new faces into the...
The wind blew hard across the deep teal water of Fort Peck Marina on Saturday morning. Indeed, it tore with such force as to merit the lowering of a flag pole from the roof of a camper parked behind a grove of trees some fifty yards from the harbor, and forced the postponement of the second annual Fort Peck Can-Am Regatta until 9:30 the next morning. In place of the prior day's 30-knot bluster, Sunday morning provided overcast skies, an intermittent drizzle, and comparatively-frigid...
A half-decade has run its course since Glasgow High School last captured the Montana State Wrestling Championship, a blunt-knife truth which second year head coach Jory Casterline is eager to yank from his team's torso as preparation begins for the 2015-16 season. In this vein, the two-day training camp held in the Recreation Center's spit-shined gymnasium could not have come sooner, nor be more apt to the coach's singular aim. "We need to get back to the top level," says Casterline. "That's...
Derek St. John was born in Parnell, Iowa to Trent and Laurie St. John. He graduated from Iowa City West High School in 2009, where he posted a career record of 182-9 on the mat and won two state championships. After high school, St. John enrolled at the University of Iowa on a wrestling scholarship. Following a redshirt year, he compiled a 106-17 line over the next four seasons, winning one Big Ten title (2011-12) and one NCAA Championship (2012-13, 157 lb-class), never finishing outside the top five in either competition during his four active...
This weekend, sailors from Montana and Canada will converge on the Fort Peck Marina for big water, big fun and big sky. The 2015 Fort Peck Lake Sailing Regatta begins Friday, Aug. 14, with a racing seminar from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. The seminar will be for the benefit of all sailors and race committee members, or for anyone curious about sailboat racing in general. Also at 2 p.m., there will be a brief dry-land presentation covering starting sequences and signals, course layout, and rules. At 3 p.m.,...
A trio of both current and former Glaswegians was elected to the Montana Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame on July 30 in Great Falls. Paul Barta, John LaBonty, and Rollie Sullivan were among the Hall’s five-man class of 2015; each received a commemorative plaque celebrating his long-term commitment to the state’s youth athletics. Separate picture plaques depicting each coach will be placed on permanent display in the Montana State University Fieldhouse. LaBonty served Glasgow High School for 34 years in a variety of roles. Most notably, he co...
Scotties’ head coach Greg Liebelt sees talent abounding in Glasgow. Physical size, mental durability – the pickings for potential gridiron stars are hardly slim on the Hi-Line. Yet Liebelt senses a participatory resistance. Some, he believes, have had their interest in the game artificially tempered and put off by recent, widely-publicized concerns of the potential long-term health issues stemming from a collection of seasons spent between the hash marks. Liebelt is a football lifer bent on raising his Scotties program back to the ers...
While Marc Kloker of MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks is hesitant to surf the unsteady crest of speculation concerning the future, he and barroom soothsayers alike agree that Northeast Montana is experiencing a fishing boom of unprecedented proportion. On the heels of the region’s myriad July walleye tournaments, August promises to be, zodiacally-speaking, the Month of the Salmon. “I and the FWP biologists want to keep more of a scientific look [on fishing],” says Kloker. “We’ll keep it scientific, give the public some good informati...
State wildlife officials are hosting public hearings to discuss and take comment on a draft environmental impact statement for bison conservation and management in Montana. For the Region 6 area, the upcoming hearing will be held in Malta on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Bison are currently designated as both a wildlife species in need of management and a species in need of disease control in Montana. The draft statewide bison conservation and management EIS, prepared by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, considers the possibility of bison restoration...
Victory is sweet – just ask any Glasgow Kiwanis swimmer. With just 29 swimmers, the Thunder brought home gold this past weekend from the state swim meet in Roundup, outscoring five other teams in their division. Not long into the first day of the meet, it was apparent that it was going to be a memorable weekend. The powerhouse relay team of Katie Kaiser, Khloe Krumwiede, Jordan Kulczyk, and DJ Rasmusan proved they were a force to be reckoned with, winning gold in the 200m freestyle relay. The 1...
After twice staving off the Laurel Dodgers last week to win the East Legion A Tournament title, the Reds stormed into Kalispell, site of the Montana state tournament, straddling a steam engine of momentum, each hand pressed firmly to their hip holsters, ready for the imminent showdown. After a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the South region runners up, the Helena Reps – a game which saw Keil Krumwiede scatter five hits over eight innings on the mound, surrendering just one earned run, w...
On Saturday, Aug 1, the Glasgow/Fort Peck chapter of Walleyes Unlimited hosted the fifteenth annual Ladies' Walleye Fishing Tournament. Each of the 49 pairs of fisherwomen which entered staked an $80 entry fee, all of which went into the event purse. "It was a great turnout," said event liason Jill Meiers. "We usually get in the low forties, so this year was a great showing." After a rules meeting on Friday night, the fishers retired to their beds, knowing that in mere hours they would each be e...
A ninth-inning single by Blake Mattfeldt capped a four-run Reds comeback versus Laurel on Sunday, foiling the Dodgers' bid for a seventh consecutive East Legion A tournament title and sealing the championship for Glasgow. Mattfeldt dug into the batters box in the final frame following a leadoff hit by Ryan Padden which wicketed through the left fielder's legs and, when the dust kicked up from Padden's churning cleats had settled, left him standing on third base. Mattfeldt, who had in the past...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for the Glasgow area, Aug. 14-16. This will be the last hunter education class offered in the Glasgow area for this year’s hunting season. To be eligible to hunt and be fully certified during the 2015 season, hunters must be 12 years old by Jan. 16, 2016. The hunter education class will be held in the Quonset building at the FWP headquarters in Glasgow. Classes will run from 4:30-9 p.m. on Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, and from 8-10 a.m. on Sunday. For the h...
Where do I start? So much happened this weekend at the divisional swim meet in Plentywood, I don't even know where to begin. The weather is always safe, right? Wrong. It was hot. Really hot. That probably goes without saying, but there was some notable weather on Saturday. The meet was going full swing when suddenly, at around 3 p.m., Mother Nature reared her ugly head and humbled everyone in her path. The afternoon was perfectly still and serene until there was a strong but fleeting burst of...
The Reds wrapped up the regular season this week, sloughing through the ticker tape with a 2-4 record in their final six games versus Laurel, the Billings Cardinals, and the Billings Blue Jays. Glasgow split each of the first two-game series. In game one against Laurel, the Reds faced a brick wall in the form of the Dodgers' starter, who yielded just two hits in a complete game effort. Glasgow fell, 11-1. In game two, the Reds rebounded with a 7-4 victory, capitalizing on two hits each by Gabe...
Chinook was the setting for the last regular swim meet of the season this past weekend. The Glasgow Kiwanis Thunder was represented by less than half of their team for the two day event. The team eventually brought home fourth place and had three high point winners. Dalton Sand, Trevor Johnson, and Katie Kaiser each won all three of their events in their age groups and received individual trophies for their efforts. The smallest group of competitors for the Thunder was the 8 and under girls....
The 15U's line up along the third-base line in Conrad. From L-R: Head coach Pat Sinclair, Shane Sinclair, Taylor Johnson, Brett Glaser, Anders Knudsen, John Cremer, Kaden Fossum, Gavin Adkins, CJ Nelson, Jeremiah Paine, Cade Myrick, Blaine Myrick, assistant coach Travis Johnson, assistant coach Michael Myrick....
MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on proposed guidelines to establish elk hunting seasons before or after the existing archery and general rifle seasons. The additional seasons, called elk shoulder seasons, would be used where needed to reduce elk populations. “We’re looking at what tools we can implement to get elk numbers down in districts where we are over population objectives” said Ken McDonald FWP’s Wildlife Division administrator. A shoulder season could run from Aug. 15 to Feb. 15 outside the five-week general...
The 1st annual Paint/Run Walk will take place in Glasgow on Saturday, Aug. 8. The registration starts at 8 a.m. at the Glasgow Civic Center and the run/walk begins at 9 a.m. This is a 2.5-mile fun run/walk with proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. It is sponsored by the Glasgow High School Student Council and the Glasgow Recreation Department. The race begins in front of the Glasgow Civic Center and proceeds north for two blocks before turning left and heading west on 2nd Ave. South. At the edge of town, participants will turn left...
A pair of contestants in the 2015 Governer's Cup Walleye Tournement tries their luck in sight of the shaft houses at the Fort Peck Dam....
At 6:45 Friday morning, 200 boats lowered their motors into Fort Peck Marina's placid waters, waited as their drivers cleared the bilge from their hidden underbellies, and, upon finishing the cleansing, sped out to various coves and fishing hotspots across the lake's 245,000 acre expanse. The day's nascent sunbeams danced tiptoe upon the glistening pond. Birds chirped their universal, throaty approval, albeit in different pitches up and down the tonic gamut. The 28th annual Montana Governor's...
Clay Kittleson (left) and Sam Lawson claim this weekend's Governor's Cup crown with a total weight of 34.52 pounds, including a 20.5-pound haul on the second of the tournament's two days. The duo staved off the closest competition by nearly 2 pounds. The men both hail from Fort Peck....
