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There will be a parent meeting 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 at Glasgow High School for all parents of students participating in high school football and cross country. The GHS volleyball meeting will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at GHS. The doors will open both days at 6 for anyone wishing to purchase activity tickets and pay participation fees along with sports travel lunch fees. Preseason Practice Schedule GHS Football Friday, Aug. 16 – 6:30-8:30 a.m., 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 – 6:30-8:30 a.m., 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19 – 6:30-8:30 a.m., 6-8 p...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks invites hunters, landowners, outfitters, and others to get involved now to help set hunting seasons for 2014 and 2015. The public can comment online beginning Friday, Aug. 9, and at a series of statewide open houses later this month at most FWP regional offices. The open house meetings will include a brief overview of the season setting process, and the public can stop by any time during the open house to visit with FWP biologists and game wardens. The meeting in Glasgow will be 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at...
The Lethbridge Miners of Alberta, champions of Northern District A, await. The Glasgow Reds, 48-9 on the season after surviving the Eastern A District Tournament the hard way, and the Miners open the Montana-Alberta American Legion Baseball Conference championship tournament 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Helena’s Kindrick Legion Field. The Reds put in their last Glasgow practice Tuesday before packing and hitting the road today. The state tournament (a link to the full schedule is on the Reds Facebook... Full story
The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team, hosting the Eastern Divisionals last weekend for the first time since 2007, qualified 32 individual swimmers and 12 relay teams for the state meet. Four Glasgow swimmers were high point winners, quite a feat for one team. They were Khloe Krumwiede, Katie Kaiser, Trevor Johnson and Dalton Sand. “So many kids made big drops in time,” said co-coach Alex Leuchars. Khloe won three events in her 13-14 age group, shaving her best time in the 50-meter freestyle, cho...
ADC Purple won last weekend's annual Aaron Chatten Memorial Softball Tournament in Glasgow. From left in front are Ellen Walstad, Erika Hartsock, Randy Elletson, Jory Casterline, Brittne Wersal and Christina Hunter. In back are Mariah Stein, Sadie Sukut, Juice Fisher, Shawn Wersal, Tyson Schlabs and Nate Dorneck. Tournament MVPs were Elletson and Brittne Wersal. The all-star game MVPs were Dusting Schultz of Sidney and Sasha Fourstar of McDonald's/Wolf Point. Sidney's Eric Shulz was home run... Full story
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on fishing contests proposed for the winter season of 2013-14. Participants must comply with state fishing regulations, including daily and possession limits. Most contests require catch-and-release fishing and participants in these contests may not keep any fish. Applications for contests may be approved, denied, or approved with conditions. Conditions placed on contests may help to minimize fish mortality, regulate harvest, reduce user conflicts, or require additional access site...
There’s no wait for nonresidents still hoping to purchase a license to hunt deer and elk in Montana this fall. A number of first-come first served surplus licenses, good for antlered deer and elk in most hunting districts, can be purchase online or over-the-counter at any Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks office. Nonresident surplus hunting licenses available include: Montana’s big game combination license for $954, the elk combination license for $804, and the deer combo for $565. Montana’s nonresident combination hunting licenses allow one t...
Glasgow will be awash with young swimmers this weekend, when the Kiwanis Swim Team hosts the Eastern Montana Division Swim Meet for the first time since 2007. Somewhere between 600 and 800 people are expected for the two-day event this Saturday and Sunday, about 400 of them competitors hoping to qualify for the state meet Aug. 3-4 in Sidney. To qualify, swimmers must finish among the top 12 in their event. The Kiwanis team’s coaches have strong expectations for their kids at this meet. “I hav... Full story
On to Billings. The Glasgow Reds – league champs and top-seeded in the American Legion Eastern A District Tournament – continue their pursuit of the state title at 10 a.m. Thursday with their postseason opener against the eighth-seeded Richland County Patriots. The Reds, 44-7 on the season and 22-6 in Eastern A, claimed their conference impressively July 18 after learning the tournament was being moved from their Bob Connors Field to Billings due to concerns about the outfield’s condition due to past flooding. They dismantled the second place...
Ken Jansa, chairman of the Missouri/Milk River Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, welcomed more than 100 people to the Montana DU annual state convention last weekend at the Cottonwood Inn. Although the local chapter has been active for 28 years, this is the first time its has hosted the state convention. On Friday and Saturday, speakers from across the United States and from Canada celebrated the group’s successes over the past year and described the new conservation and fundraising programs coming up in the future. Montana DU president Nora T... Full story
A total of 44.57 pounds was good for first place this past weekend in the Hell Creek Walleye Tournament at Hell Creek Marina on Fort Peck Lake. Forming the winning team were Kris Keller of Wolf Point and MontanaOutdoor.com contributor Trevor Johnson of Kit’s Tackle in Helena. Rounding out the top five teams were Chad Phipps and Cal Phipps in second with 37.02 pounds, Kristofer Mier and Dewey Vogl in third with 36.08, John and Jason Madson in fourth with 35.8, and Ron McNary and Jerome Papineau in firth with 34.34. Bill and Bridger Dasinger c...
Shelly George, coordinator for Scheels Youth Fishing, reports that in 2013 a record number of 165 kids participated in the Scheels Youth Fishing Tournament at the kids fishing ponds at Kiwanis Park at Fort Peck. Another record was the 241 fish caught. The event started out with a casting clinic provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The kids ranged from ages 1 to 14 years. Everyone walked away with a free T-shirt, a goody bag, and a fishing tackle box with tackle provided by Scheels....
The Glasgow Reds have been called out at home. It was bound to happen at some point, even for a team as good as the league leading Reds, but no, not like this. Eastern A District Commissioner Gary Parry called Reds skipper Jack Sprague on Tuesday morning with the news: The American Legion Baseball Eastern A District Tournament, scheduled for next week at Glasgow’s Bill Connors Field, was being moved to Billings at basically the last minute. The field’s condition – or perceived condition – is... Full story
Davyn Myrick of the Glasgow All-Stars gets tagged out at home against Glendive as umpire Scott Jakanoski focuses on the play during this past week's 2013 Montana Cal Ripken 10-and-under East State Tournament in Glasgow. The local stars were eliminated after pool play, while Miles City beat Bozeman, 15-10, to win the championship. Miles City advanced to the regional tournament in Helena, which opens July 24. Glasgow put up plenty of runs while beating Richland County, 7-3, and losing to... Full story
8th Annual Montana Governor’s Cup Results July 11-13, 2013 Mike & Sheryl Johnson (Leigh, Neb.) 43.64 lbs. ($8,500) Dan & Cole Barton (Gillette, Wyo.) 41.6 lbs ($6,000) Ken Schmidt (Glasgow) & Mark Jones (Billings) 40.38 lbs. ($3,550) Todd Young (Glasgow) & Trent Young (Columbia Falls) 37.34 lbs. ($2,550) Kevin Harper (Billings) & Bill Legate (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 37.06 lbs. ($2,150) Mark Ferrell & Dalon Dyke (Baker) 35.76 lbs. ($2,000) Shawn Melland & Brad Sanford (Minot, N.D.) 34.4 lbs. (...
The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team placed second in combined team scoring over 70 events at the Lewistown Invitational Swim Meet last weekend, trailing only the host Lewistown Sea Lions in the eight team competition. The performance earned the local swimmers another team trophy as they moved on to practicing for this weekend’s 2013 Chinook Invitational Swim Meet from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 20, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 21. After that comes the big event that GKST and its excited supporters have been anticipating: the Eastern M...
Ducks Unlimited members from across the Big Sky State – America and Canada, too – are expected in Glasgow this weekend for the 2013 Montana DU State Convention. The award-winning Missouri/Milk River DU chapter will host, and a block of rooms is reserved for attendees at The Cottonwood Inn & Suites. Convention organizers have promoted world class fishing at Fort Peck Lake, suggesting that visitors wrap a few days around the convention go after some of the big walleye and northern pike. Activities begin Friday afternoon. The agenda: Friday 1 to...
The 26th annual Montana Governor’s Cup Walleye Tournament set for this weekend has already set an eight-year high in registration numbers. With three days to go, 109 teams have signed up to participate in the two-day event, the most since 2005, when 119 teams fished Fort Peck Lake. Last year, the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture had registered 83 duos the Wednesday before the event started and had 105 total at week’s end. With late registrations bound to come in even the day of, this year’s Gov Cup is likely to surpass 2005...
Thank you. Thank you for that great small-town hospitality. Thank you for your smiles. And the waves from people I've never met driving by. Thank you for the interviews, the quotes, the great sports, the breathtaking views, the big sky, the experience. Thank you for the opportunity to spend my first year with my wife, and in my first “big-boy” job in a wonderful community. You’ve taught me what a winter really entails. It used to be 40-degree days with maybe a few inches of rain. Not anymo... Full story
Already atop the Eastern A standings, the Glasgow Reds are in good position to win the regular season title. However, a 10-game home stand over the next week will go a long way in deciding the conference. Starting on July 10 with two games against Lewistown, and ending July 18 with two more contests against the Billings Cardinals, the Reds host 10-straight conference games against five opponents. Two-game sets with the Billings Blue Jays, Sidney and Laurel are also scheduled. With the Reds...
The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team came out of Glendive with a third-place finish as a team, two high-point winners and one big goal in mind, focusing on attitude during the homestretch of the season. Falling short of the Sidney Tiger Sharks and the Glendive Wet Devils, Glasgow topped Lewistown, Roundup, Plentywood, Scobey, Malta and Chinook during the two-day meet, scoring 511 team points. High-point winners Khloe Krumwiede and Trevor Johnson led the way for Glasgow with each accumulating three...
The Cal Ripken Border League Baseball Tournament will be held in Scobey at Lions Field on Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 14. The Opheim Twins (0-8) will play the Scobey Red Sox, the league champions (8-1) in the first game of the tournament. The Scobey Athletics (5-4) will take on the Scobey White Sox (4-4) in the second game. Good luck to Coach Tami Nelson and the Opheim Twins. Opheim’s CJ Nelson was chosen to be on the Hi-Line Babe Ruth All-Star team. CJ played for the Scobey G... Full story
Hunters interested in participating in “game-damage” hunts on private land or possible management seasons this year have until July 15 to register online with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Hunters from this roster may be identified for three types of hunts: game damage, management season and dispersal. The roster is used by FWP to efficiently respond to landowners in the prevention or reduction of damage primarily caused by deer, elk and antelope. Prospective hunters must register online at fwp.mt.gov, click “Hunt Roster.” Registr...
