Sports

The Ennis Mustangs and Sheridan Panthers took time before their battle of early season undefeated teams to honor veterans and remember there are things that are bigger than football on Sept. 12. Ennis went on to score a 50-20 win and earn a tie for first place in the Southern 8-man division standings.

Senior kicker John Hostetler booted a 23 yard field goal as time expired to give the Ennis Mustangs a hard fought 37-34 win in their season opener at Ennis High School on Sept. 5. 

On Aug. 30 and 31 a delegation of players from the Ennis Pickleball Club took to the court in at Stoddard Park in Butte to compete in the first ever Copper Cup, an event hosted by the Butte Pickleball Club. Seventy-six competitors, including some from as far away as Great Falls, participated in the event over the course of two days.

With most people’s work it is the end product that is interesting to other people. For a journalist you read the story, there is little intrigue in watching the interview or the hours of the writer sitting over a keyboard.

Virginia City will celebrate the completion of the new pump track at Pace Park on Aug. 17 from 1-4 p.m. with a party that includes a BBQ, music by Montana Exit and plenty of laps around the new track. 

It’s not always about golf. While we all enjoy golfing, there are other benefits of being a member of the MMLGA.

Defending Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Montana Circuit Champion Chamber Bridgers and Whitehall cowboy Jake Nelson took home $1476 each for their 4.3-second times recorded in the steer wrestling event at the Whitehall PRCA rodeo that took place alongside the town’s Frontier Days festival July 25 and 26.