2023 - 2024 Fall Cheer Tryouts 

By Rebecca 

McCracken

The Malad High School cheer team is holding fall tryouts for the 2023 - 2024 season! They want to add girls, a boy, and even the mascot, Thunder the Dragon. As a MHS cheerleader, you will help uplift school spirit by cheering for our sports teams, performing routines during halftime, and competing at cheer competitions. If you are interested, please contact Coach Hill at (208)220-2883 or any MHS cheerleader for more information. 

Volleyball

By Katie Coatney, Emree Hanks, and Liv Nelson

This last week the Lady Dragons played the West Side Pirates. They killed it and won the game in three sets! Liv Nelson proved valuable against the towering number 40, Holly Kropf, with her countless blocks. Liv said,”When I was playing Holly at the net, all I was thinking was that I needed to get atleast one block for the team.” Overall the game was amazing to watch and the student section made the atmosphere even better. The student section dressed in pink for the theme Barbie and to support breast cancer awareness. 

HOSA Field Trip

By: Addison 

Williams and 

Paisley Smith

Last Wednesday HOSA went on a field trip to Weber State University. During their tour through the medical program, they met some teachers and students that shared their experiences. They also got to watch EMT students do their training and go through the different stations. It was very interactive and the members got to see a variety of jobs. Sophomore, Purity Miller, said, “It was a fun and interesting experience. It gave the students a new perspective of what they might want to do.” This trip helped the HOSA members get a view of how many opportunities they have in the medical field. 

FFA Alumni 

Auction and 

Dinner 

By: Sydnee 

Sorenson 

The FFA held an auction and dinner with its officers this past weekend. It was a dinner by donation and they made just under 1,000 dollars from dinner alone, not counting the auction. The officers helped to serve the food. The auction was a live and a silent auction. The FFA officers had sponsors for the auction who donated the items being auctioned. It was a good experience and a great fundraiser 

Football

By: Brynlee 

Bastian, Bella McCullough, and Kaycee Venable

The Malad Dragon football team made their way to bear country on Friday to play the Bear Lake Bears. The final score of the JV game was 14-7 with the Dragons ending with the win. The Dragons fought hard as the Bears were winning 7-0. The second quarter ended with the Dragons leading the score by one. In the fourth quarter the Dragons scored again, but there was a holding call so the touchdown was counted. However, two plays later the Dragons scored again winning the game. The varsity went into their game with positive attitudes ready to fight. Some highlights of the game were Kaden Hatch’s awesome interception! Another was Brady Showell with a good catch. The final score for the game was 41-20 with the Bears winning. Our Dragons offense the first half was strong leaving the battle against the Bears close. Our C-team played last Thursday against South Fremont. The coaches were pumping up the players making sure they had confidence and good attitudes. It was another good home game ending with a win. The final score was 30-21, with the Dragons on top. Player Ky Willie said, “It was good to come out with another win and make our record 6-1. We can’t wait for our upcoming game against Bear River to end our season 7-1.”

Cross Country 

By: Cally Coleman 

“There is no time to think about how much I hurt; there is only time to run.” - Ben Logsdon.  Brycen Talbot, Cally Coleman, and Brooke Issacson medaled at the Bob Conley Invitational. The women’s and men’s varsity team placed 8th as a team. The women athletes included Cally Coleman in 19th place with a time of 20:56, Hadlee Summers with a time of 22:09, Brynlee Bastain with a time of 22:36, Oaklie Hebdon with a time of 22:56, Jenna Talbot with a time of 23:35, KayLee Nalder with a time of 23:38, and Madelyn Shaw with a time of 24:01.  The JV race included Brooke Isaacson in 5th place with a time of 21:27. The men athletes included Brycen Talbot in 16th place with a time of 17:28, Levi Angell with a time of 18:12, Porter Allen with a time of 18:29, Boston Burbidge with a time of 18:30, Brex Martinsen with a time of 18:45, Colt Coleman with a time of 18:56, and Baylor Bean with a time of 19:10.  The men’s JV athletes who ran were Joshua Pickett, Carter Smith, Jaxon Blaisdell, Cameron Allen, and Caden Jeppson. Many on our team set personal records (PR’s) or season records (SR’s).  The Malad cross country team will compete at our last meet, the Preston Invitational, Wednesday, October 11, at the golf course. Our athletes are beginning to mentally prepare for Districts which will be held back at the Bob Conley Invitational course.

FCCLA

By: Brittania 

Butler

The organization, FCCLA, has many upcoming activities, fundraisers, meetings, and service projects. Our upcoming activities consist of the Heritage Harvest Festival, and a haunted house on October 21st. As fall is coming upon us, leaves are falling from the trees, and yards are getting messy! But, FCCLA will provide the  service of raking your yard, so if there is someone in need please reach out to your FCCLA officers. Also on October 11th there will be a chapter meeting held in Ms. Tavoin's room during lunch.