Dragons Run in Firth and Look Forward to a Successful Season Conclusion

Adi Schow

As the cross-country season comes to an end, the dragons continue to work hard and succeed. Last week, the cross-country team competed in the Firth Cross Country Invitational in Firth. Despite the warm weather, new course, and challenging terrain, both teams
persevered. 

When interviewed about the meet, Brycen Talbot, one of the team captains, said that one of the most challenging aspects of the course was the heat, humidity, and dust. “It’s the humidity that gets you,” says Brycen. In addition to the weather, Kaycee Venable, a lead runner on the team, mentions that the straightaways in the course were extremely difficult. 

Overall, the performance of both teams was not excellent, but both teams have high hopes for the coming weeks. “I hope that we all are getting into our peak,” Kaycee says, concerning the girls’ team, “and I hope it gets cooler so that we can race well for district.” Regarding the boys’ team, Brycen said, “I’m really hoping we can pick it up so we have some confidence going into district.”

On Wednesday the 16th, the athletes will run in the Preston Invite which is hosted at the golf course in Preston. On the 24th, the cross-country team will compete in their district tournament, hosted in Soda Springs. Concluding this season with a bang, the Dragon Runners plan to work hard and achieve success in their coming competitions and aim to qualify for State. 

Volleyball

Tavanie Steed and Kendra Rupp

After a successful week playing Grace, West Side, and a JV tournament at West Side, the girls still stand strong. At Grace, C-team won one out of two sets, JV won both sets, and Varsity won all three sets. At West Side, C-team won one out of two sets, JV won both sets, and Varsity won all three sets. On the eleventh, the JV girls had a fun time at West Side for their tournament. During their final game against Bear Lake, they lost both sets, resulting in second place. Each girl had fun, and gave it their all. This tournament made the girls think that they have done their best work compared to most of the season. According to one of their players, Maci Arnout said “We’ve progressed a lot, and improved better together as a team.” These girls have struggled with their new rotations, but have done their very best, better than they have done all year. Go Malad Volleyball Girls!

MHS Football Season Winds Down

Bella McCullough and Aubrey Kennedy

Friday, October 11th our Malad Dragon Football team went and played a hard game against the Tigers at Aberdeen. The score ended at 6-23, Malad losing, but they worked hard together. They ended up getting shut down for the first two drives. Waylon Hill was able to block a field goal, and Zane Thomas was able to get an interception while playing corner. Then later on Brady Showell managed to get a 30 yard catch thrown by Easton Green and scored a touchdown. Their last season game will be in Declo on Friday, October 18th. The football team thinks that it will be a good game. This week they are planning to work on the things they saw needed improvements at the last game against Aberdeen.  We wish our Malad Dragon Football team the best of luck!

BASIC: A Fun Recap!

Aubree Palmer

State-issued events are always a favorite with Malad High’s CTSO Chapters. Career Technical Student-lead Organizations (CTSO) facilitate incredible chances for high school students to expose themselves to critical leadership growth experiences, such as BASIC! Building and Achieving Success in Idaho Chapters (BASIC) is an amazing opportunity facilitated by the State CTSO personnel to have each area of Idaho gather together and be trained by a keynote speaker as well as each CTSO’s state officer team! From Malad, FCCLA excitedly hopped in vehicles at 6:30 am Tuesday, October 8th to travel to ISU Idaho Falls campus for the day. BASIC started strong with keynote speaker Lisa Costa, guiding on the topic of being a good leader and how to synergize to create the best team. With esteemed state officers, including Malad’s Aubree Palmer representing as Idaho State’s FCCLA First Vice President, helping out around the large capacity students felt empowered with the important skills learned. After this extremely helpful and fun workshop, lunch was provided, while the attending youth networked and socialized with other motivated and impressive students of Southeastern Idaho. While the start of the day was enjoyable, the second half of the day was when the real fun started! After each CTSO was separated into rooms on the campus, the Idaho State Executive Teams had their time to teach chapter and district officers. The workshop was filled with fun times led by three of the eight Idaho State FCCLA Officers which included Aubree Palmer from Malad, Averie Lewis from Firth, and Starr Hernandez-Torrez from South Fremont. When asked about the incredible opportunity, Malad High’s Chapter FCCLA president Mckenzie Leckie enthusiastically said, “It was the best! The state officer team did an amazing job! Especially with keeping it entertaining and interactive the whole time.” With another successful activity checked off for the year, CTSOs are excited to continue to consider what other awesome experiences are ahead. 

Girls Soccer

Teagan Daniels and Kenadei Wise

On Monday, October 13, Malad’s girls’ soccer team played their second district game against Snake River High School. It was a close game, and although they lost 0-2, they still fought hard to the end of the game. Our goalie, Aubry Schultz had several excellent stops to keep the game close. This means our soccer girls are out of the district tournament, but will be playing in one last tournament at Firth on the 25-26th. The soccer girls have been doing well, and have been working hard despite their loss.