Sports

Heading down to West this weekend, the Ophir boys middle school basketball team—made up of both seventh and eighth graders—took first place in the West Yellowstone Invitational with head coach Al Malinowski. To win out, the Miners went 4-0 in one day.

Name.....................Year.....Position ...........School ......................................................... Honor

Kiersten Van Kirk ....... 12.................OH.............. Manhattan Chr.............. 1st Team All-Conference, All-State

Although November temperatures have been mild in Big Sky, Old Man Winter is on his way, and that means the start of basketball season for Lone Peak High School. This year Loren Bough will return to the girls' varsity head coaching position with Erika Frounfelker as assistant.

In their first seasons running the Lone Peak Ladies varsity and junior varsity programs, head coach Ellen Wolferman and assistant coach Bailey Dowd, led the girls to the district tournament where they played three games back-toback before their season came to an end this weekend.

Football

Women's volleyball, led by head coach Ellen Wolferman and assistant coach Bailey Dowd, continued their hot streak against Sheridan and Harrison this past week with two wins. They first beat Sheridan away and then handled Harrison for Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 8. According to Athletic Director John Hannahs, the Lady Big Horns were all business.

Women’s volleyball and men’s football capped off a big weekend of victories for Lone Peak High School while both men and women’s soccer stumbled. All of the teams will host homecoming games this week as the regular season nears its end.

Traveling to Lima, Sheridan, Livingston, and Lockwood, LPHS volleyball, football, and soccer were primarily competing on the road this past week.