Volleyball - Senior Night

By Tavanie Steed and Bella McCullough

After a successful week playing at Soda Springs, and playing Declo in Malad, the girls have finished their season strong. Every team struggled at the start, but they improved and their relationships with each other kept them connected, and their communication grew. 

October 16, 2024, the volleyball girls traveled to Soda Springs, JV won both sets, but since Soda had no C-team, the coaches convinced the referees to have the Malad C-team play a third set with their JV, and Varsity having successful wins.

October 17, 2024 it was Malad Dragons volleyball’s senior night against Declo in Malad. The first set ended with Malad winning at a score of 25-12, second set at a score of 25-9, third set 25-14. It was an emotional game for most of the players with them knowing that Anistyn Tovey wasn’t and won’t be able to play their last games because of a recent injury. Many players say that they feel this season has been good and helped to connect players through communication, which also helped them to do better as a team. They also noticed in the beginning of the season many players didn’t know exactly what they were doing and started to bond every practice teaching each other and helping each other become a better player. The next game will be districts, the last official home game this season, on October 24, 2024 and October 26, 2024. 

Good Luck Malad Volleyball Girls!

Girls Soccer 

By Hope Briggs and Karlee Blaisdell 

After a strong fight in districts, sadly the soccer team did not make it to state. With devastating losses against American Falls and Snake River, and a win against Aberdeen, their season comes to an end. However, they have one last hoorah in a 3A invitational located at Firth. This will take place on October 25th and 26th. Having won last year, they plan on working hard and taking home a shiny new trophy. The girls continue to practice hard, always wanting to improve. They’ll take the games played this year and learn from them, continuing to grow. The team is sad to see the seniors go, but excited for them to show the world what they’re made of. This team has taught new great qualities to the girls and helped them grow in personality. The soccer family is a wonderful group of girls, with a very diverse mix of personalities that have bonded and learned to work together to create a strong, fun family.

Cross Country District: October 24th

By Adi Schow

On Wednesday the 16th, the Cross Country team competed in the Preston Invitational. The Invitational took place on the Preston Golf Course. Although the runners annually attend this meet, there were many changes. The course was moved to a location on the golf course featuring many long switchbacks. Many runners, including team captain, Madelyn Shaw, mentioned, “It (the course) felt short. When I heard 200 (yards) to go, I thought I still had 800 left!” Another change included the attendance of the meet. A total of 17 teams competed in the high school races. Of these teams, Malad girls came eighth with a score of 217, and boys placed 6th scoring 172 points. 

This week, the team will be competing in their District Meet on Thursday the 24th. The meet will be at Kelly Park in Soda Springs. The races will commence at 2:00 p.m. for the girls and 2:45 for the boys. The District Meet will determine whether the Dragon Runners move forward to compete at State in November. 

At the coming end of the season, the runners thank all supporters and parents for their attendance at meets and support throughout the season. 

Malad FFA - NILE

By Samantha Schrenk

October 12th - 14th, 2024. The Malad FFA livestock judging team started the long drive to Billings Montana, to compete at the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE). The team consisted of Lyndee Nimer, Sunni Barns, Morgan Brown, Samantha Schrenk, Laney Coatney, and Hadlee Reeder. The team left on Sunday and Returned on Tuesday for half of the day of school. They competed on Monday, October 14. From 6:30 -7:15 a.m. was team registration and breakfast. The Contest started at 7:30 a.m. All participants will be expected to remain in the contest until the announced hour of completion. Participants had twelve minutes to judge each class. Each participant is asked to judge independently and separately from other contestants or team members. There was NO visiting during the time of judging, if found visiting they will be disqualified. Any participant with a cell phone during the contest was automatically disqualified. All of the classes were judged, followed by reasons. A short break for lunch was taken. During the lunch break no advisors/coaches were not allowed to interact with any contestant until they had completed the contest. The judging contest judged 12 classes: Market Hogs 1, Market Hogs 2, Goats, Angus Bulls, Heifers, Does, Ewes, Market Steers, and Market Lambs. Participants also gave 3 sets of reasons for the Market Hogs 2, Does, and Market Steers. 

“The Nile was so fun! This is the second year that I have judged at the NILE. It is so fun standing around people that have the same interest as you. Sometimes it was scary because you look around and only see blue jackets. Before the contest started when the girls and I were trying to get our nerves out we were pointing out all of the different states that came to compete. The states where there were Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California, Washington, and even Alaska!” said one of the members of the team.

The team competed in the junior FFA division because the team was sophomore and younger. They placed fourth out of 47 teams and Lyndee Nimer placed in the top 20 out of 175 contestants.