Wolf Point’s defense kept the Wolves close for most of the first half, but the Wolves lost their home football finale against Fairfield, 36-0, on Friday, Oct. 17. The Wolves appeared to gain the first break of the game when a fumble on a punt return was recovered by Kasey Reed at the Fairfield 43. The referees, however, then ruled there was an inadvertent whistle and forced the Wolves punt

The Poplar Indians captured first place in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions during the Culbertson Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18. Poplar placed first in the boys’ division with 10 points. Williston Trinity Christian was second with 21 points. Four Poplar runners placed in the top 10. Jayden Eder ran the course in 17:48.1 for second place, Eljin Grey Bear took third at 17:52.5,

Wolf Point’s volleyball team took the first set, but the Wolves couldn’t keep the momentum going during home action against Harlem on Saturday, Oct. 11. Harlem came away with a 24-26, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23, District 2B victory. With the first set deadlocked at 11-11, the Wolves struck for the next five points including an ace by Adalynn Smith, a tip by Annaleigh Matejovsky and a kill by

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.