With a strong core of starters back, the Wolf Point Wolves anticipate being near the top of the District 2B volleyball standings this season. “We have a lot of upperclassmen on the team,” firstyear head coach Karli Mc-Gowan said after the team’s first practice on Friday, Aug. 12. The program features 24 girls including six seniors, five juniors, five sophomores and eight freshmen.

Quality rather than quantity is the word for Wolf Point’s cross country program this season. The squad opened its season with practice on Friday, Aug. 12. At the first practice, Wolf Point’s boys’ team featured junior Peyton Summers and senior Kelby Bauer. There weren’t any girls at the initial practice. Summers earned All-State honors by placing fifth at last year’s state meet

The Big Cup Classic attracted 15 four-player teams to the Wolf Point Airport Golf Course on Saturday, Aug. 6. Sponsors of the tournament were Independence Bank, The Tavern and Northern Prairie Auto Sales. The team featuring Taylor Hanks, Jeremiah Whitright, Cody Sietsema and Nick Bighorn earned first place in the tourney. Taking second was the team of Kenny Whitehead, Lucas Young, Lyndsey

Watching the elk at the Slippery Ann Elk Viewing Area south of Malta is popular Public scoping meetings are being held across northeast Montana to seek the public’s assistance in helping to revise the statewide Elk Management Plan last adopted in 2005. • Malta: Malta high school, Aug. 9, from 6-8 p.m. • Glasgow: Cottonwood Inn, Aug. 11, from 6-8 p.m. • Havre: Best

The AAU golf tournament in Wolf Point attracted golfers of all ages on Saturday, July 23. Dana Matejovsky, organizer of the tournament, said it was the largest turnout in the local tournament’s four-year history. Participants featured 15 golfers under the age of 18 including 10 under the age of 10. “It’s to get kids on the course and try golfing,” Matejovsky said. “Golf is