11 March 2021
Area Students Receive Reach Higher Scholarships
Montana students have been selected to receive the Reach Higher Montana Scholarship for use in the 2021-2022 academic year. Scholarships must be used at accredited Montana colleges (two-year, four-year, public, private, tribal, and vocational institutions).
Area students selected to receive $1,000 scholarships included: Jacob Martin, a Culbertson High School graduate attending Montana State University;
Wolf Point’s Garfield Earns Sixth Place At State Wrestling Meet
Wolf Point’s wrestlers competed in Shelby this weekend for the Class B state meet. Mason Garfield at 182 pounds and Chance Smith at 205 pounds competed for the Wolves.
Garfield earned sixth place and went 3-3 at the meet. He won his first match against a senior from Simms. He then faced the top seed from Thompson Falls-Noxon. “This was a really good match. It got a little chippy out there,”
Poplar Wrestlers Place At State
Two Poplar wrestlers placed at the Class B state meet held in Shelby on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6.
Jase Frederick earned fifth place at 120 pounds. He is a three-time state placer.
Frederick outpointed Drew Carey of Plains/Hot Springs, 5-1, in the fifth-place match.
Jacob Berger placed sixth at heavyweight. He is a twotime state placer.
Mitchell Youngman came one match away from
Lions Lose First Game At Tourney
The Froid/Lake Red Hawks accounted for the game’s first eight points and then exploded for 25 points in the third quarter to beat Lustre, 58-25, in the first round of the Eastern C girls’ basketball divisional tournament on Wednesday, March 3.
Froid/Lake’s sophomore Carolyne Christoffersen scored six of the first eight points of the game including baskets off passes from Dasani Nesbit and
