Volleyball

By: Olivia Nelson

This past week has been a busy week for the Lady Dragons Volleyball team. On Wednesday September 27th, the Dragons played a home game against the Bear Lake Bears. The C team beat the Bears in three sets. The Junior Varsity team won in two sets. Varsity won all three sets and beat the Bears. 

The following day Thursday September 28th, the Volleyball team traveled to Abredeen to take on the Aberdeen Tigers. The C team won in two sets. JV also won in two sets, and Varsity also won in three sets.

The Varsity team had the Malad Tournament the following Friday and Saturday. On Friday the team played three games. The first game was against Ririe. The Dragons won in two sets, the first set being 25-14 and the second set being 25-19. The next game was against Butte, Malad pulled out another win, the first set being 25-20 and the second set being 25-12. The final game of the day was against North Fremont. The Dragons won both sets, the first being 25-10 and the second set was 25-22. 

After an amazing day of wins on Friday, the Dragons made it to the Gold Bracket for Saturday. Malad started off the day playing against Mountain Crest. The first set was 25-18 and the second set was 23-25. After pulling out the win against Mountain Crest, the Dragons played against Bear Lake. Malad played amazingly against Bear Lake winning in two sets. The first set was 25-21 and the second was 25-14. After beating Bear Lake the Dragons were in the championship game. The championship game was against Declo. The first set was 25-10 and the second set was 25-17. The Lady Dragons won the Malad Tournament! They went undefeated and didn’t lose a set.

This next week isn't as busy as last week. On Wednesday October 4th, the Lady Dragons take on the West Side Praties at home. On Friday October 6th the C team has a Highland Tournament, and the JV team has a West Side Tournament. On Saturday October 7th the Varsity team has a Butte Tournament. Good luck to our Lady Dragons. 

Cross Country 

By: Cally Coleman 

“It doesn’t get easier, you just get stronger” - Christopher Ferry.  Way to run athletes! The men’s team placed 3rd as a team! The athletes included Brycen Talbot in 5th place with a time of 17:48, Levi Angell in 7th place with a time of 18:29, Boston Burbidge in 15th place with a time of 18:58, Brex Martinsen in 17th place with a time of 19:09, Porter Allen with a time of 19:31, Baylor Bean with a time of 19:37, Colt Coleman with a time of 19:49, Carter Smith with a time of 20:52, Jaxon Blaisdell with a time of 21:23, and Joshua Pickett with a time of 21:45. The women’s team placed 4th as a team! The athletes included Cally Coleman in 4th place with a time of 21:34, Oaklie Hebdon in 21st place with a time of 24:01, Madelyn Shaw with a time of 24:27, Hadlee Summers with a time of 24:30, and Jenna Talbot with a time of 24:51. The Malad cross country team will compete next at the Bob Conley Invitational Thursday, October 5th in Pocatello. This will be a great experience for our team.  This course will be our district and state course.  The women’s varsity team will begin at 12:00 and the men’s varsity team will race at 1:20. Good luck athletes and keep being competitive and racing for those PR’s! 

An Amazing Senior Night Win for the Lady Dragons

By: Karlee Palmer

Last Saturday, September 30th, our Lady Dragons played their last home game of the soccer season against the Aberdeen Tigers. The girls had a great time celebrating the senior players Charli Briscoe and Azure Ashby. No tears were shed at the senior game but Briscoe says she could definitely feel the unity and excitement during the game. “It's sad, but it was a good game to end on.” Ashby said, “I honestly don’t even feel like a senior. I just feel like we played another game as a team, and it was really fun and we had a great time.” 

Not only did these girls have a fun time on the field but they also were able to enjoy a win against the Aberdeen Tigers! But it wasn't as easy as their 8-0 score makes it seem. Freshman, Halie Palmer said, “The first half was absolute garbage, but as soon as Liv scored in the last five minutes of the first half we went into the second half like, ‘Oh yeah, what are we doing?! We can do this! We can totally beat them!’” She goes on to say that freshman, Kaycee Venable’s goal was the one to put the rest of the goals in motion. 

Coach Shenell Clark encouraged Venable to put more effort and power into her kicks, and when she did it resulted in an amazing goal. “Finally I just decided to send it, even though I thought it would go over the goal. I didn’t think it was going to make it, and it actually made it!”, Venable said. Palmer elaborated on Venable’s goal, “We all thought it was going to go way over, but it just went right over the goalie's hands.” Venable continues to say that the team came out to support her on the field with a group hug and lots of cheering. After that positive note, the team made goal after goal.

Two of which were made by junior, Kencie Miller. She made both goals in the second half as a sweeper. She dribbled through the defense and made the goals with ease. She says, “It feels good to have two goals in one game but I wish I could’ve made three.”

Another notable goal was from sophomore goalie, Aubrey Shulz. When she was finally able to play out of the goalie box and on the field, she made the whole team proud. Her scoring a goal for her team sent the Dragon fans into a roaring cheer! The Malad High Soccer team are all very proud of one another with the efforts and attitudes they have put in this season. “I’m really proud of our whole team and the attitude we had throughout the whole game. In the first half, we went out a little cocky and it kind of showed in how we played. In the second half, we came out with more confidence and played more like a team.” says junior Mikiya Shulz

We as a Dragon community love to see the girls working so hard this season and are so excited to see them play in districts in the coming week and hopefully on to state. Briscoe was quoted saying, “Our hardest competition is definitely Marsh Valley, but if we work together as a team and we pass and try our hardest and give 100%, I think we have a good chance at beating them…If we just keep it up and work together as a team and have a positive attitude, then we can keep it up for the second half and beat them.” Let's go Malad Dragons! Districts start Tuesday, October 3rd in Marsh Valley.

Football

By: Addison 

Williams and 

Paisley Smith

On Friday the twenty-ninth the football team played the Aberdeen Tigers. Junior, Brady Showell, said, “We felt good. We played well as a team and that was our best offense all year.” Aberdeen Tigers had a great offense that our defense couldn’t hold. Varsity fought well but the end score was 42-30. 

The JV team won their game 28-8. Sophomore, Zac Reiss, said, “It was good. We did better than last week. They beat us last year so it felt good to win.” Offense and defense both played well.