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6 Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament Final Results Team Number Name Town Name Town Type Day 1 Day 2 Total Final Place Circuit Points 119 Rush, Whit Wolf Point, MT Rush, Carly Wolf Point, MT MC 40.52 39.04 79.56 1 100 127 Johnson, Joshua Williston, ND Roland, Cody Crosby, ND AT 45.92 29.80 75.72 2 99.5024876 161 Plouffe, Jason Saco, MT Plouffe, Levi Billings, MT AT 32.4 34.84 67.24 3 99.0049751 43 Chappell, Nate Miles City, MT Chappell, Mike Glasgow, MT AT 46.12 17.50 63.62 4 98.5074627...
The trophy for the 2021 Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament stayed local this year – about as local as it could get. Fort Peck's Jason Eggebrecht and Glendive's Ross Lien combined forces again this year to win the tournament for the second year in a row. The feat marks them as the only back-to-back champions in the tournament's history. Eggebrecht also became the only three-time winner. The duo, who won last year's tourney with a record 80.97 two-day haul, pulled in 74.47 pounds this y...
Rhoda Squires Beardsley Campbell, 85, passed away at the Wheatland Memorial Hospital on July 3rd, 2021. She was born in Scobey, Montana on August 20, 1935 to Harry and Pansie (Phelps) Squires and raised on a farm that her father had homesteaded. She graduated from Opheim High School. Rhoda was the second youngest child – the Squires family boasted 8 girls and 3 boys. Rhoda was known for having a big heart, a quick laugh and a strong determination to do the right thing. She was always willing t... Full story
Both the Scottie boys and girls track teams claimed fourth place finishes at the Northern B Divisional meet in Glasgow this past weekend. "I was a bit disappointed in how we finished on Saturday," head coach Tim Phillips said. "I thought we had a pretty good shot to place to third on both sides, but those little things you sometimes need to fall your way, did not." The Glasgow girls earned 62.50 points, fishing behind Malta, 99; Conrad, 83.50 and Choteau, 65.60. The Scottie boys put up 55...
Vera N. (Willer) Gordon, 98, passed away on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Fairfield, Calif., with family by her side. She was born to Ruby and John Willer in Glasgow, Mont. She had two sisters, Ruby and Blanche, and two brothers, Tom and Jim, all of whom preceded Vera in death. She is survived by her three children, Dale (June) Robbins, of Ketchikan, Alaska, Connie (Doug) Libal, of Fairfield, and Terri (Hall Anderson) Robbins, of Ketchikan; 10 grandchildren, Kimberly (Craig) Watson, Terrence... Full story
Despite boat malfunctions, lost tackle, inclement weather, etc. there will always be a winner of the Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament. This year, the tourney was held July 13 and 14, and the big prize went to Jason Eggebrecht of Fort Peck and his fishing partner out of Billings, Drew Alpers. They caught the bulk of their weight in fish on the first day of the tournament with a respectable total weight of 38.54 lbs. Actually, it was the highest weight of fish caught on either day of the...
The annual Top Ten track meet was held at the Glasgow High School the evening of May 1. Records were broken, and the list of state qualifiers grew. Although not as impressive as his recent vault of 16' 9" in Glendive, Garrison Hughes of Sidney still demolished his record 15' 2" vault from the Top Ten meet last year with a new height of 16' 5". Also breaking records from Sidney was Carter Hughes. He threw the discus 167' 7" to break the old record of 163 feet, set in 1986 by Rob Kubesh of... Full story
The Nashua lady tracksters earned an impressive second-place trophy for their efforts at the District 3-C Track Meet held May 14. Impressive because they only had six girls competing for points. Leading the way for the Porcupines was Taylor Laumeyer with two first-place and one second-place throws, a third-place finish in the 400m run (PR), and a fourth-place long jump finish. Laumeyer also achieved a PR in both the discus and the javelin. Senior Faith Keys placed second in the discus, third in...
The Nashua Porcupines hosted their invitational track meet at Scottie Field on Friday. With only six athletes competing, the Nashua girls placed sixth and the boys placed tenth. Nashua sophomore Taylor Laumeyer placed in five events, taking fourth in the 1600m run with a time of 6:37.25, sixth in the long jump with a distance of 12' 10", second in the shot put with a throw of 30' 04" and second in the javelin with a toss of 99' 09". Laumeyer capped off her day with a first place finish in the...
January • The winter storm that hit northeast Montana on Thursday night, Jan. 10, wasn't a surprise. It had been making its way across the state, heralded by the forecasters. But its intensity on Friday brought on the winter grumbles. The storm deserved the term blizzard, with heavy snow that was blown by winds up to 41 mph, causing white-out conditions and drifts reported up to 9 feet deep. The low temperature of 1 degree above zero Friday night translated to about 29 below wind chill. A r... Full story
The three-way contest for one seat on the Glasgow School Board was settled Tuesday night. Mona Amundson was elected to a three-year term with 739 votes. Sarah Swanson had 418 votes and Rod Ost had 137. Voting was running high for this election. Forty-three percent of the 3,084 registered voters requested absentee ballots. As of Monday, a large number of these 1,311 absentee ballots had been returned, so voter turnout was already near 30 percent. The 34 percent voter participation in 2011 was... Full story
