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The Scotties' 2015 woes were compounded by Big Timber in Lewistown on Sept. 18. The team made pointed offensive adjustments in preparation for what head coach Greg Liebelt had called a "winnable game" the Monday following last weekend's 40-0 defeat at Baker. "If we're going to get things going," he said, "this is when it's going to happen." The pointed ultimatum - the importance of which Liebelt stoked in his players' hearts through a week of gritty practice - must have flickered and died...
GHS runners weren't the only ones who won big at Sidney Invitational. The Glasgow Middle School cross country team, both boys and girls, also took first place. While the seventh-and-eighth grade boys have dominated the competition this season so far, Sidney was the first win for the girls--no small feat for a team of only five. From left to right are Lexie Walton, Bailee Baxter with victory hands, Tyisha Bilger, Hannah Toavs, and Naomi Siverly.... Full story
Winning comes more easily some days than others, as the Scottie volleyball team found out last weekend. In game one against Glendive on Sept. 10, the team came out on fire and, with the backing of a raucous student section led by the GHS cheerleaders, cruised to a 25-13 win. Serving was tough, offense was varied, and good defense created even more momentum. In games two through four the Scotties flattened out and passing became an issue, which spiraled into a lack of offense which Glendive...
PATRICK BURR THE COURIER Walker Allen, Ellis McKean, and Merlin McKean glided to top-ten finishes, all of the Scotties' top five males finished in the varsity race's top twelve, and Glasgow stormed by 14 teams to claim first prize in Sept. 12's Malta Invitational. The squad's closest competitor, Havre, finished with 81 points - more than double Glasgow's 39. "It went how we wanted it to go," said Merlin McKean. Allen's time of 17:35 gave him second place. The older McKean, Ellis, followed him...
Glasgow drove the three-plus hours to Baker with an air of progress and possibility at its back. Last weekend's late loss to Glendive dropped the team's record to 0-2, but the performance and the scoreline represented a marked improvement from the opening defeat versus Colstrip, and served only to steel Scottie spirits. The chip in the young squad's shoulder, though, apparently needed further carving. Much to the Glasgow boys' calamity, the maroon-clad unit awaiting their arrival from the North...
Seems to me the rules were very simple. Each team gets 15 plays on offense and 15 plays on defense against each of their opponents throughout the day. They play from about the 30 yard line to the goal posts. That way two games can be played at the same time, one on each end of the field. The 7th graders played on the south field and the eighth on the north. Cordell Younkin is the only 8th grader from Hinsdale playing in Scottie Red, while there are six 7th graders from Hinsdale: Loden Idler, Wesley Leatherberry, Sam Malmend, Jeremy Longtree, Je...
The bone-chilling wind may have forced the Scottie faithful into thick sweatshirts and under heavy blankets earlier in the season than they'd anticipated but on the turf itself, their red and white-clad warriors' hearts burned fiery-hot, an intensity they maintained for the entirety of Friday night's 20-15 loss versus the Dawson County Red Devils. The visitors counted a collection of giants among their ranks - 6'8", 240 lb senior lineman Jarod Asche and 6'7", 195 lb senior WR/DB Bret Vester, to...
Every Opening Day brings a new generation of eager hunters to the field. Whether you are a new apprentice hunter or a young veteran, we want to showcase your hard work in the Courier. Submit your hunting photo along with a short story to [email protected] by noon on Mondays, and we'll try to get it into the sports pages. Don't forget to include your name, age, and the when/where/how of your trip.... Full story
The newly-established North Country Lady Mavericks traveled to Poplar Sept. 3 to test their mettle against the Lady Indians. It was an exciting match but the end result wasn't what us NC'ers wanted to see. Although the girls played very well they came out on the short end but made the Lady Indians work for their 3-2 victory. Poplar had three players who could serve bullets that didn't clear the net by much more than a couple feet and that, coupled by a low ceiling and ventilation ducts were the...
The Nashua Lady Porcupines broke the will of successive opponents on Sept. 4 and 5, drubbing both the Harlem Wildcats and the Lustre Lady Lions, 3-0. Thursday night versus the visiting Wildcats was hardly a contest. The Porcupines owned the court, leaping high to convert spikes and blocks, sliding to save points with valiant digs. Harlem cowered, paled, and fell in straight sets, 25-16, 25-20, 25-17. On Friday, Lustre tiptoed into the Nashua gymnasium and met the same steamroller. Faith Keys... Full story
The four-plus hour drive back to Glasgow from the Billings Invitational is, for all intents and purposes, a straight shot North; painting a uniform positive or negative tinge on the Scotties' results in the race, in comparison, is a sheer impossibility replete with ess-curves, backroads, and dead-ends. The varsity boys' squad finished 13th out of the 20 teams with enough runners for an official score, while the girls' top unit slipped into 15th out of 15 in its meet. Despite the two teams'...
Saturday night's season-opening tilt between Glasgow and their Class B rivals, the Colstrip Colts, awoke a youthful Scotties squad to the rigors of varsity competition; the visitors squelched their opponents' will over forty-eight suffocating minutes in a 40-13 drubbing. Granted, the victim put up a fight - the Scotties scored the game's first touchdown, and stymied the Colts' early advances with aplomb - but their predatorial foes' larger size and superior strength eventually seized the day. Un...
In a nutshell, the GHS volleyball team had a fantastic tournament over in Choteau this past weekend. This tournament is a great opener because each team is guaranteed 12 matches in two days, often against highly competitive western teams who are perennial state favorites. Outsized by far, the Scotties showed no fear and no sign of being the underdog. It was a total team effort - what the front row couldn't stop was dug up by the back row. Savvy setting and clever shot selection also helped seal...
Both the boys' and girls' cross country squads braved the smoky atmosphere Friday afternoon at the Glendive Invitational en route to respective second and fourth-place finishes. The girls, having graduated three leading runners from the 2014 team and missing four seniors due to MHSA practice regulations, nevertheless placed four runners in their meet's top 20. Faith Sallee (23:53, 14th) was the first Scottie to cross the finish line; on her heels was Alex Simensen (15th), who missed breaking...
The weekend fun and furry race consisted of two events -- a 5k and a one-mile sprint. Top finishers: 5k Joe Tucker Chase McAllister Jackie Miers 1 Mile Jackson Bishop Gage Anderson Tristen Powell A combined 44 participants entered the two races. The race raised $847 for the Northeast Montana Pet Rescue.... Full story
Montana's Fish & Wildlife Commission approved a new rule this week that clears the way for the state's "apprentice hunter" law to take effect. The law, enacted earlier this year by the state Legislature, allows youth 10-17 years of age to obtain a certification to purchase some Montana hunting licenses before completing a hunter education course. Apprentice hunters, however, are required to be accompanied by an adult mentor. The $5 Apprentice Certification became available Aug. 10, only at FWP...
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...
