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As the Glasgow Scottie track and field team continues to practice in preparation for their first meet this weekend, a familiar face could be seen walking around the field. John LaBonty. LaBonty, less than two weeks removed from a procedure he underwent to have a kidney removed, was once again roaming the track field at Glasgow High School, visiting with his team giving them instruction during the practice. LaBonty pointed out that he still has a long recovery ahead of him, but said he felt it...
Warmer temperatures and longer daylight have our swimmers dreaming about lanes and laps again! The board members of the Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team (GKST) have been busy planning for the 2014 summer. The officers on the board are: President--Melani Vandall, vice-president Mike Kaiser, treasurer Lynn Miller, parent liaison Georgie Kulczyk, secretary Lih-An Yang, and past-president Scott Billingsley. Registration for the new season will take place on Wednesday, April 23, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the basement of the library. We welcome new swimmers,...
The 2014 baseball season is coming up fast with Babe Ruth and American Legion signups behind us and practices ready to start. With an astounding growth in local interest, while other Montana cities can’t field teams, we had over 50 kids sign up this year and we’re not done yet. That makes for two American Legion teams and three Babe Ruth teams. While the numbers of kids signing up is increasing, the number of fields we have to utilize isn’t quite there. While the current field is in a beautiful location at Sullivan Park, what this commu...
A remarkable season for the Bozeman Tier II team will culminate this week at they participate in the National Tournament in Wayne, N.J. The tournament begins with pool play which runs through Friday. The pool play will determine the seeding that the teams receive this weekend as they play for a shot at the championship. Bozeman has three Glasgow Ice Dawgs on their team, Harley Eliason, Connor Siemensen and Ryan Padden. The squad has been all but unstoppable in the previous tournaments they’ve taken part in this season in Jackson Hole, Salt L...
The Bureau of Land Management Glasgow Field Office is seeking public input regarding an application for a Special Recreation Permit for providing commercially guided big game hunting on BLM administered public lands in north Valley County and northeast Phillips County. The BLM is currently in the scoping phase of the planning process, which provides an opportunity for the public to identify issues that should be addressed in the Environmental Assessment. Once the EA is completed, it will be posted to the Glasgow Field Office website for public...
The 2014 3C Boys and Girls All-Conference list was released and Hinsdale saw players from both squads make the cut. On the boys side, Dallas Capdeville, Wyatt Pattison and Kyle Albus were named to the first team and Capedeville added another honor by being named to the All-Defensive list as well. For the girls, Hinsdale was represented by Whitney Molina, Bethany Lacock and Chadaya Christensen. Molina and Lacock were also All-Defensive honorees as well. Other teams seeing players named to the lists include Saco/WW, Scobey/Opheim, Lustre Christia...
As the track and field season enters its second week, many of the athletes on the team are used to having to battle the elements at the beginning of each year. This year, the team also has another hurdle to overcome as long time track and field coach, John LaBonty is recovering from a procedure he went through recently at a medical facility in Kalispell. According to assistant track coach Tim Phillips, LaBonty's wife Sharon called Phillips to let him know that LaBonty had a medical episode in...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists say lower Fort Peck Reservoir water levels have had an impact on some fish populations, but benefits are still being realized from good water years in 2008 through 2011. “Since 2011, water levels have dropped 29 feet and approximately 65,000 surface acres have been lost on Fort Peck,” said FWP Biologist Heath Headley. “That acreage equals nearly two Canyon Ferry Reservoirs.” Fort Peck Reservoir elevations rose only a foot from January through June of 2013. The impact of these operations is that no shor...
A Minnesota man has been ordered to pay $2,070 in fines and restitution for allowing his teenage son to illegally kill a 5x5 bull elk in the Larb Hills area of the Missouri River Breaks during the 2013 archery hunting season. Troy A. Carlson, 48, lives in the St. Paul suburb of Inver Grove Heights, but his family owns property in the Larb Hills. The elder Carlson was cited by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Warden Ben Morin for possession of the illegal elk and hunting without a license by accountability for allowing his son to shoot and kill th...
Glasgow High School cheerleaders competed in Cheerfest 2014 this past Saturday in Lewiston. The competition included brackets for jazz/tap dancers, mascots, cheerleaders, stunt groups and individual jumps. Coached by Sereta Heser and Jorey Garsjo, the Scotties took second place in the Class B division for high school cheer. Tayte Prewett, Lauren Runningen, & Abigail Helland made it to the semifinals in the Jump-Off Competition. Montana State and the University of Montana had cheerleaders in...
The Glasgow Highlander Wrestling Club participated in the Black Hills Nationals this past weekend and once again, the Highlanders had another strong showing. Thirteen of the wrestlers that participated in the tournament placed for the Highlanders. Seven of those finished fourth or better in their respected divisions with Kohl Kittleson taking first place in the Bantam Heavyweight division. The season is approaching the home stretch as the Highlanders prepare for the Montana Open in Billings this weekend. Follwing the Montana Open, the...
It was a weekend of layups and 3-pointers as the Jeff Jurgens Memorial Basketball Tournament took place in Glasgow last weekend. With over 70 teams participating in the tournament, four Glasgow teams pulled out championship victories in their respective age groups. The fourth grade girls started the party for Glasgow as they took home the first championship for Glasgow in the tournament. The fifth grade girls followed suit and won their championship and over the weekend, Glasgow saw two more of...
The Glasgow Scotties have come off an amazing season, which included a 49-40 win over the Jefferson Panthers in the opening round of the 2014 Class B State Tournament on Thursday. It was the team's first time in state competition since 1997, ending a 17 year drought. The Scotties have fought hard all year, added to the pride of Hi-line basketball teams. The team finished 21-5 after losses to state runner up Columbus and Malta. In Thursday's win against Jefferson, the Scotties were led by junior...
After sailing through their first contest with Winnett/Grass Range the Lady Raiders of Hinsdale (25-2) drew the Lady Rebels of Shields Valley (20-6) as their next opponent at state. The Rebels coming off a 61-56 win over Jordan in the opening round. Hinsdale arrived in the semi-finals by dint of their 54-41 victory over WGR on Thursday. Whitney Molina, Chadaya Christensen and Bethany Lacock, the Raider's three seniors scored all of Hinsdale's 19 first half points and had 11 of the Raider's 14...
The Glasgow Highlanders wresting club traveled to Denver to compete in the Rocky Mountain Nationals over the weekend. The Rocky Mountain Nationals hosted wrestling clubs from across the country. Glasgow’s club saw six wrestlers place in the event in what coach Jory Casterline thought was a good showing for his club overall. Grady Nielsen placed fourth overall in the 8 and under 97 pound division. Tel Aune took fifth in the 12 and under 146 division. Skye Buckles placed third in the 12 and under 146 division. In the 12 and under 165 division, T...
With basketball season over, a few Glasgow Scotties have been recognized for their stellar play during the 2013-14 season. Starting with the boys team, three Scotties were named to the First Team All-Conference list. Those players were Chase Fossum, Lane Herbert and Keil Krumwiede. Receiving Second Team honors for Glasgow was junior point guard Jason Thibault. For the All-State team, Fossum, Herbert and Krumwiede were once again recognized as Malta’s Zach Handley was the only non-Scottie player to receive the designation this year. For the g...
It’s time to lace up the sneakers as another year of the Jeff Jurgens Memorial Basketball Tournament is around the corner. The tournament will tip-off Friday and is routinely known to bring numerous teams to the area to compete. The tournament spans over seven grades, starting from fourth and ending at the high school level. Glasgow will have teams in each age division that will be showcased in this tournament. Scottie loyalists can check out for themselves the future of Glasgow basketball. More than 70 teams are expected to participate in t...
The Glasgow girls basketball team headed into the Northern B Divisionals at Conrad on a high. After struggling on and off most of the regular season, the Scotties played remarkably well in the District 2B tournament in Malta at the end of February. That performance allowed Glasgow to advance to the Divisionals this past weekend and although the competition got more difficult, the Scotties did what they've grown used to doing all year: stepping up to the challenge and never backing down....
After lying dormant for 13 years, the Hinsdale Belly Bump tournament has been revived in Hinsdale. Levi Capdeville and Nate Remmick decided this was too good of a tournament to lie buried in the archives so they got together and set it up for last Friday and Saturday at the Hinsdale High School gym to the delight of a couple hundred fans. The teams consist of say, some 2000-03 players, or some 1993-96 players and before. Well, you get the picture. Current high school players are not eligible. Lloyd Jones, Kurt Rosendahl, Art Arnold, Johnny...
The Glasgow Ice Dawgs high school team competed in the MAHA State Hockey Tournament over the weekend in Billings and went 0-2-1 in that stretch. The first game against Helena, the Ice Dawgs fell in a hole early and never receovered as Helena went on to win the game 8-1. Glasgow’s lone goal of the game came by way of Hunter Losleben as he took a nice pass from Parker Kulczyk and found the back of the net. In game two for the Ice Dawgs, it was a much different story. Glasgow and Bozeman went neck and neck the entire game which ended in a 3-3 t...
The Glasgow boys basketball team has been able to keep it cool, calm and collected throughout most of the year. With a State B Tournament appearance coming Thursday, the Scotties show no change in how they are approaching the biggest tournament in their high school careers. “We’re kind of just being ourselves,” said Chase Fossum. “Obviously once we get to Bozeman, we’ll lock in a little more.” Scotties point guard Jason Thibault said that although the team wants to bring a title home for Glasgow, they have to make sure to stick to what they’r...
The Valley Event Center hosted the 2014 MAHA PeeWee State Tournament, but unfortunately for fans of the Glasgow Ice Dawgs, there was no home cooking for the home team. Glasgow lost all three of their games in the tournament on their way to a sixth place finish. It was a disappointing finish to the season for a team that showed tremendous heart and promise throughout. Glasgow came into the tournament with a 10-5-1 record and seeded fifth, but that didn't prevent Ice Dawgs head coach Pat Braaten...
