Poplar’s Cammie returns a serve against Malta last week. The Indians dropped the league match in four sets against Malta. (Photo submitted)

Poplar High School’s boys ran away with the team championship during the Poplar Invitational cross country meet on Saturday, Sept. 2. The Indians scored 29 points at the home cross country meet. North Dakota’s Williston Trinity was second with 63 points. Scobey was third with 97 points. Poplar accounted for two of the top three runners at the meet. Raylando Red Eagle finished second with

Wolf Point’s football team put up a good fight but came up short in Baker, 12-7, on Friday, Sept. 1. Down by a 12-0 margin, the Wolves used the hard running of Charles Page and quarterback Michael Bell to drive deep inside Baker territory late in the third quarter. After an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty moved the ball to the 20, Page broke loose for a 15-yard gain to the five. On the

The Indians get fired up before their home match. The Poplar Indians bounced back from a slow start to defeat Lodge Grass in four sets during home volleyball action on Saturday, Sept. 2. The Indians dropped the first set by a 25-27 final. Poplar responded with Poplar wins in the next three sets by margins of 25-15, 25-16, 25-12. Braelyn Nordwick led Poplar’s attack with 18 kills.

Wolf Point and Frazer each enjoyed successful results at the Poplar Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 2. Wolf Point’s boys took fourth place in the team standings with 102 points. Frazer’s boys placed fifth with 111 points. Peyton Summers of Wolf Point was the individual champion with a time of 15:47.74. Wolf Point’s Trent Hamilton ran the course in 22:17.11 for 28th place. Reilly

Wolf Point’s volleyball team split matches against Harlem and Baker during last week’s action. The Wolves earned a conference victory over Harlem by a 25-20, 25-14, 25-23, final on Thursday, Aug. 31. Sierra Hamilton led Wolf Point’s attack with 13 kills. Kylie Rodenberg finished with 22 assists. Kashlyn Speak Thunder accounted for six aces and four blocks. Azalei Ackerman had 17

The Culbertson Cowgirls fought off Frazer by a 25-10, 25-21, 25-15, margin during volleyball play in Frazer on Thursday, Aug. 31. Culbertson fell behind by a 6-4 margin early in the opening set, but the serving of Leandra Perkins along with the net play of Destiny Thompson and a spike by Ayden Ator led the Cowgirls to a 16-6 advantage. The Cowgirls increased the margin to 21-7 on a spike

The outstanding performance by Wolf Point’s Peyton Summers highlighted the day at the season-opening cross country meet in Wolf Point on Saturday, Sept. 2. Summers, a senior, easily earned top honors in the boys’ division with a time of 16:13.82. “It’s a great start,” Summers said after the victory. He noted that he finished first at the meet last season with a time of about

Poplar’s boys’ cross country team opened its season in fine fashion as the Indians earned first-place team honors at the Wolf Point Invitational on Friday, Aug. 25. The Indians ran away with the title by finishing with 35 points. Williston Trinity placed second with 46 points. Plentywood took third with 81 points. “Both our boys and girls really did well,” Poplar Coach Karolyn Kohl

Poplar’s girls captured second place in the team standings at the Wolf Point Invitational on Friday, Aug. 25. The Indians finished with 47 points. Scobey took top honors with 36 points. Fairview placed third with 74 points. “They did well,” Poplar Coach Karolyn Kohl said. The top three runners at the meet were Scobey’s Mya Green at 21:39.86, Scobey’s Mia Handran at 21:57.91