Sports

Ennis Volleyball gets back to winning ways with sweep of Whitehall

Sheridan Panthers put up 62 points in front of homecoming crowd

The Sheridan Panthers defeated Lame Deer 62-0 in front of a homecoming crowd on Sept. 26. The Panthers were led by junior Briggs Munns who accounted for three touchdowns, two on punt returns and one receiving and Logan McDougal who had seven tackles. 

The Ennis Mustangs and Sheridan Panthers took time before their battle of early season undefeated teams to honor veterans and remember there are things that are bigger than football on Sept. 12. Ennis went on to score a 50-20 win and earn a tie for first place in the Southern 8-man division standings.

Senior kicker John Hostetler booted a 23 yard field goal as time expired to give the Ennis Mustangs a hard fought 37-34 win in their season opener at Ennis High School on Sept. 5. 

On Aug. 30 and 31 a delegation of players from the Ennis Pickleball Club took to the court in at Stoddard Park in Butte to compete in the first ever Copper Cup, an event hosted by the Butte Pickleball Club. Seventy-six competitors, including some from as far away as Great Falls, participated in the event over the course of two days.

With most people’s work it is the end product that is interesting to other people. For a journalist you read the story, there is little intrigue in watching the interview or the hours of the writer sitting over a keyboard.

Virginia City will celebrate the completion of the new pump track at Pace Park on Aug. 17 from 1-4 p.m. with a party that includes a BBQ, music by Montana Exit and plenty of laps around the new track.