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Three Scotties are more than on track to qualify for the Class B state tournament. They're there. The homegrown qualifiers at Glasgow's own invite Saturday were Josie Braaten in the 3,200 meter run, Dana Hughes in shot put and discus, and Benji Phillips in javelin. The three helped GHS show well in the season opener, with the girls placing first as a team and the boys second. Local Class C schools also enjoyed success at Scottie Field. Athletes from three of those schools – Hinsdale, Nashua and... Full story
The young 2-0 Scotties softball team has season opening wins over Class A Havre and Dawson County under its belt going into the game Thursday at Williston. Skipper Mark Falcon's visiting squad led throughout in its 6-4 victory over the Blue Ponies on March 24, then played catchup to beat the Red Devils, 8-7, in its home opener March 26. “The team is playing good,” Falcon told The Courier. “It's really early in the season. We're just trying to see where everyone goes. We're trying to improve every day and grow as a team.” The GHS outfiel...
The Glasgow Scottie golfers took the tarp off the greens at Sunnyside Golf Course last week as they continued to get ready for their 2015 season. It wasn't always easy when the winds kicked up. The team is scheduled to open its season April 7 at the Forsyth Invitational. The Glasgow Invite is Aprill 24.... Full story
The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture is launching its annual Longest Dam Race T-Shirt Contest. The 21st annual Longest Dam Race will take place June 20 at Kiwanis Park in Fort Peck. The annual logo contest is meant to spur the imaginations of the young and old alike. The chamber is calling all artists to create a concept design that uses the events of the race along with the powerhouses as the theme. The events of the race include a five-mile bicycle race, 10K and 5K run, along with a 5K walk and 1-mile walk/run. The logo must...
The Opheim Rodeo Club met at the Mint Bar on Monday, March 2, and decided to have the annual rodeo at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 28. This year the rodeo will be dedicated to all of the men and women of the armed forces. The Glasgow VFW will present the colors and give a gun salute to get the rodeo started. Stock contractors will be contacted. Attending the meeting were rodeo club members Russell, Tanner and Tandy Solberg, Gus and Alea Rosencrans, John Pankratz, Debbie Bailey, Les and Chase Redfield and Herb Brandt. All officers were re-elected for... Full story
Montana Special Olympics athletes put their mark on the lives of so many who celebrate their achievements, witness their joy and share in their inspiration. Keeping with this spirit is the 2015 Norbie Challenge – where athletes will have an opportunity to literally put their mark on Bob Norbi, Special Olympics Montana President & CEO. Twelve Special Olympics Montana athletes, along with a few special guests, will participate in the Norbie Challenge during May 22 closing ceremonies at the State Special Olympics in Missoula. Athletes and g...
The annual Skate for a Cure hockey game was also this year's kickoff for Relay for Life. The Guns N Hoses came to the match looking to claim the trophy that the novice Ice Dawgs had secured the year before. Guns N Hoses showed their determination and started the scoring quickly. Shane Rice scored of an assist from Alex Estevez. The team would take the early lead and hold it for the period. Fans would soon witness a grueling one-on-one battle – the type of competition never before seen on the ice... Full story
The Glasgow Hoop Stars – a group of sixth-grade girls basketball players – carried the torch for the home teams at last weekend's 17th annual Jeff Jurgens Memorial Basketball Tournament. The Stars beat the Regina Jr. Cougars, 26-23, in the sixth-grade bracket at East Side School to gain Glasgow one of the 12 championships contested for among 84 teams from the fourth grade to high school ages. Coach Heather Hartsock's Stars included Rachelle Glaser, Alexys Mann, Keeli Harris, Davyn Myrick, Sum...
Spring has sprung for Scottie sports. The softball team opened with a 6-4 win Tuesday over Havre in a game added to take place before the regularly scheduled opener at 3:30 p.m. this Thursday against visiting Glendive. The golf team, meanwhile, will open April 7 at the Forsyth Invitational and skip this Friday's previously scheduled opener at Shelby. Coach Dave Riggin told The Courier that his young team needs the extra week to practice before teeing off for real. And the GHS Invitational Track Meet opens the season for new coach Tim Phillips'...
Now it's official. The 2014-15 Scottie boys basketball and wrestling teams played with smarts. Each received the MHSA/Army National Guard Academic All Team Award as the top academic team in its sport in Montana Class B during the winter season. The wrestlers led the state with a 3.370 grade point average during a season in which the team sent six members to State and placed highly or won a number of invitationals. On the court, the basketball Scotties won the District 2B regular season and tournament titles and finished with a 20-3 record. In...
The Glasgow Wrestling Club Highlanders, about 60 kids strong, are picking up matches and pins wherever they can find them. Team members hit the mats at the Montana Open in Billings this weekend after making some noise last week at the Rocky Mountain Nationals in Denver, the Wolf Point Invitational and the Malta Mixer. Dylan Nieskens placed second at nationals in the 12U 146-pound bracket. He went 4-1 over the tournament's three days at National Western Complex. “Dylan had a great tournament,” Highlander coach Jory Casterline told The Cou...
Montana's spring male turkey hunting season begins April 11 this year. Turkey hunters can purchase a turkey license in a general area at FWP offices, license providers or online. The application deadline for western Montana's spring gobbler season permits has passed. The 2015 spring turkey regulations, with details on turkey hunting in the general area, are available at FWP offices and license providers and at fwp.mt.gov. Hunters should remember when transporting a spring turkey within the state of Montana, one leg and foot must be left... Full story
Some of the young blood over at the Valley Event Center rink has been going prime time lately. The Glasgow Ice Dawg Bantams took their turn at the Montana Amateur Hockey Association Bantam B State Tournament in Havre last weekend, going 2-1-1 to place second after coming in with a 4-11-1 record. Two weeks earlier, the Pee Wee Dawgs began their state tourney with a 6-10 record and left with the championship trophy after going 5-0. "We came up a little bit short, but these kids played awesome,"... Full story
Year 17 is shaping up like a real diaper dandy for hundreds of young players at this weekend's Jeff Jurgens Memorial Basketball Tournament. The 84 teams, including nine from Regina, Sask., exceed last year's total of about 80 and will compete at five Glasgow venues. With eight members per team, that's 672 players and maybe another 1,500 folks and volunteers here for a little roundball in G-Town. “I'd like to see somebody do an economic impact study on the tournament and what it brings in to our community,” organizer Tom Schmitt told The Cou...
Six Scotties basketball players have been selected to 2014-15 all-conference teams and three of them to the Class B All-State Team. For the girls, it's good news that their two honorees, junior Abbi Kolstad and sophomore Leinie Hughes, return next year as important cogs in the maturing team's nucleus. For the boys, the honors cap off a memorable run at GHS for four graduating seniors: Chase Fossum, Jason Thibault, Keil Krumweide and Jake Page. Girls First Team Kylee Driftwood Abbi Kolstad* Hailey Nicholson* Darby Schye Sophia Stiles * Mariah...
All-Conference / Girls * Tatum Moore, Jr. – Saco/Whitewater/Hinsdale * Larimie Scheffelmear, Sr. – S/WW/F * Kourtney Simonson, Sr. – S/WW/F BoDayle Battleson, Sr. – Scobey Karly Handy, Sr. – Scobey Alexa Welchin, So. – Scobey Monica Brown, Jr. – Lustre Christian Janessa Henry, Sr. – Dodson Erin Wahl, Sr. – Scobey Keira Simonson, Sr. – S/WW/F Honorable Mention Mayson Hudyma, So. – Scobey Danielle Helgeson, So. – Frazer Tyra Furhman, Sr. – Scobey Shaedel Adams, Fr. – Frazer Sandy Viste, Sr. – Nashua All-Defensive Team Larimie Scheffelmear, Sr. ...
Officers Ken Jansa, left, and Jeff Cole, right, of the local Missouri/Milk River Chapter of Ducks Unlimited present Tom Markle of the Northeastern Montana Veterans Memorial organization with a check for $2,900 to benefit the memorial effort. The DU chapter brought in a nice Henry Rifle that was auctioned off at its annual March 7 dinner event, with all proceeds from the sale going to the veterans memorial. Norm Sillerud of Hi-Line Ford in Glasgow was the tremendous supporter of this auction... Full story
The 2015 Class C Girls State Basketball Tournament is in the books. Eight teams from the four corners of this very large state converged at the Adams Center, Dahlberg Arena on the campus of the University of Montana under the 'M' for a thre- day tournament to see who would take home the heavy hardware. The favorite was the Belt Lady Huskies because they had won the Class C trophy the last three years and folks thought a four-peat was in the cards. Most folks, that is, except the girls from... Full story
'S' words are in season at 1 Scottie Pride Drive. Spring. Scotties. Sports. Startup. The GHS track and field, softball and golf teams opened their spring sports practices Monday. The golfers teed off at 3:45 p.m. at El Cor Del Lanes. Softball players reported at 6 at GHS. And the tracksters, under first-year head coach Tim Phillips, gathered at 3:45, hit the track for some drills and took to Scottie Pride Drive to run the hills. "I'm just excited for the opportunity," Phillips told The Courier....
Lucky. Several times this season, Scotties coach Norm Braaten told The Courier that his team, or any team, needed to be lucky to get to the state tournament. Not just hard-working. Not just talented. You need to be healthy. The ball needs to bounce your way. Your shots have to fall. The Scotties suffered the wrong kind of luck at the Northern B Divisional Tournament at Shelby, losing two of its three games. The season is over for this squad that entered the tournament 20-1, was ranked No. 2 in...
The 19U Lady Ice Dawgs traveled to Bismarck, N.D., this past weekend to compete in the North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association State Tournament. The Lady Ice Dawgs were going into the tournament ranked seventh after the regular season standings. On Friday night the Lady Ice Dawgs faced the No. 2 ranked Bismarck Capitals on their home ice. Bismarck came out fired up and got two goals past Goalie Autumn Gault in the first period. The Ice Dawgs could not get the offense clicking and were unable to get one past the Bismarck goalie. Bismarck scored...
Basketball season isn't over quite yet. The signup deadline is this Friday, March 13, for the 17th annual Jeff Jurgens Memorial Basketball Tournament at venues across Glasgow. Tourney time is March 20-22. The tournament, a fixture on the community sports calendar, continues as a way to remember Jeff Jurgens, 1985-98, who was active in sports and especially enjoyed youth basketball tournaments. More than 70 teams participated last year in the big event, which attracts local and visiting teams with hundreds of players and family members cheering...
One goalie, 10 skaters, five games and a whole lot of heart paved the way to the Montana Amateur Hockey Association State Peewee B Championship for a group of Glasgow Ice Dawg hockey players. The champs, 11 and 12 years old, entered last weekend's tournament in Helena with a 6-10 record and left it with the championship, going 5-0 and beating Flathead in overtime of the final. They occupy a nice place in the Glasgow ice program's legacy. "It was awesome," coach Pat Braaten told The Courier.... Full story
The Hinsdale Raiders shut down the Savage Warriors in the first game of the 2015 Eastern C Divisional Tournament last Thursday in Wolf Point. The Raiders jumped out to a 7 to 2 lead after one period but allowed the Warriors to play catchup and tie the score at the end of the first half of play. Each team scored eight pernts in the third act, knotting the score at 25 all going into the final period. After a lackluster 28 minutes of play, the Raiders finally caught fire and outscored and out...
BY JIM ORR THE COURIER After a 1-5 start this season, the Scotties girls basketball team went 9-6 over their next 15 games and placed third at the 2B District tournament. Then came last week's Northern B Divisional at Malta. Coach Jon Kolstad's improved squad enjoyed a lead for one more quarter, 7-6, over Fairfield before falling to the defending state champions and then to Cut Bank. Glasgow's season ended at 10-13. Next year will be different. This year's young group – with one senior, two juni...
