• Editor Bill Vander Weele reminded us of the importance of the interconnectedness between geography, culture, sports and the human experience. Bill is an advocate to keep the current Montana football state championship in the town that earned the right to host. • There is a current movement — driven by money and power — to move all state football championships to one site — probably

The Poplar Indians had a disappointing start to the District 2B volleyball tournament when the Indians fell to Harlem on Thursday afternoon. Harlem came away with a 25-19, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, victory. Behind by a 16-11 margin in the first set, the Indians roared back with the next four points on the serving of Sophia Crawford. An ace by Frankie Gourneau put Poplar up by an 18-17 score. After

hummed in Libby — employing an abundance of workers. Mining was still in play, as the Zonolite Company pulled vermiculite from the earth. Smaller operations extracted gold, lead, and silver. As with many communities, the Great Northern Railway remained an economic hub — shipping lumber and minerals and employing a substantial number of people. • Libby’s durable miners and loggers

The Scobey Spartans earned volleyball victories over Plentywood and Lustre Christian during the last week of the regular season. Scobey scored a straight set non-conference volleyball victory over Plentywood on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The Spartans won by a 2515, 25-21, 25-17, final. A pair of kills by Emery Rouse led Scobey to a 2014 advantage in the first set. With the margin at 22-15, the Spartans

Two Scobey eighthgrade girls earned All-State honors by placing in the top 15 at the Class C state cross country meet in Billings on Saturday, Oct. 24. Hailey Johnson ran the course in 21:22.5 to earn 11th place. Esmeralda Sones placed 14th with a time of 21:51.4. Hazel Sones, a junior, took 31st place at 23:00.5. Merlina Kramer placed 58th at 24:49.8. Also placing for the Spartans were