Poplar emerged with a straight set victory over conference foe Plentywood on Thursday, Oct. 9. The Indians scored a 25-14, 26-24, 25-19 win to celebrate homecoming. Behind by a 10-9 margin in the first set, the Indians earned a 14-10 lead on a kill by Braelyn Nordwick, a kill by Carsyn Fourbear and an ace by Frankie Gourneau. A tip by Fourbear and another ace by Gourneau put the margin at

Poplar’s football squad enjoyed a tremendous start in its homecoming football game against Plentywood but lost by a 56-26 final on Thursday, Oct. 9. The Indians accounted for the first 20 points of the conference game to excite their hometown fans. Poplar opened the scoring on a broken play when a snap went over punter Chasen Pribbernow’s head. The sophomore, however, kept calm and started

Area athlete Darryl Ricker competed in the Tri-Cities Ironman Triathlon in Richland, Wash., on Sept. 21. The Ironman consists of a 1.2 mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13-mile run. “I completed the swim in 35 minutes and completed 49 miles on the bike. But due to weather conditions, I was unable to make the bike cutoff,” Ricker said. “I competed for five hours and 30 minutes total.

The Wolf Point Wolves won one set before losing at home against Malta in District 2B volleyball play on Saturday, Oct. 4. Malta came away with a 2510, 20-25, 25-15, 25-12 victory. In the first set, the M-Ettes jumped out to a 13-2 lead. The Wolves were able to fight back to 14-7 on kills by Ma’Kenzie Jackson and Lauren Rodenberg along with serves by Marley Moran. After another kill

Wolf Point started its action at the state girls’ flag football tournament with a 39-12 victory over Hays-Lodgepole. The Wolves scored two touchdowns in the opening quarter on a 20-yard run by Cadence Boudin and a 37yard dash on a reverse play by Adalyn Smith. Wolf Point increased its lead to 19-0 on a 24-yard pass play when Ma’Kenzie Jackson caught a tipped pass from Maci Four Star-Sibley.

The Wolf Point Wolves fell behind by a 32-0 margin in the first quarter and lost at Glasgow, 64-0, in league football action on Friday, Oct. 3. Glasgow scored on its first possession when senior Wyatt Sugg got in from two yards out. He also ran in the conversion for an 8-0 margin with 7:35 left in the opening quarter. After the Scotties forced Wolf Point into punting formation, Khye Gamas