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The Big Sandy Pioneers finally captured the Class C 6-Man State Championship after years of close calls. By far the largest crowd of the season showed up to watch the Pioneers make history. The title game featured the Broadview-Lavina Pirates versus the hometown Big Sandy Pioneers. Both the Pirates and the Pioneers entered the game unbeaten on the season. Broadview-Lavina beat the reigning 6-man champions Froid-Medicine Lake in a 35-34 thriller to make it into the championship game. Big Sandy...
Principal Heather Wolery’s report was the most important and exciting at the meeting. The student enrollment is elementary 104, Jr. High 29, and High School 63. There are 52 girls and 52 boys in the elementary school. Jr. High has 12 girls and 17 boys. High school breaks down to 34 girls and 29 boys. The Student-Teacher Ration is Elementary 7:1, Jr. High 2:1, and High School 5:1. The Average class size is 15. The average daily attendance is 95.03% in the Elementary, Jr High has 95.89%, and High School is running at 93.53%. The percentage of s...
I was at the high school getting a couple of photos. Piper Phillips was there practicing for the play. She came up to me and said, "Are you from the newspaper?" I knew right away what she wanted to talk to me about. I said I was, and she said she had the picture in her backpack. I asked to see it, and she smiled really big and went to get it. I wondered if I could take her picture, so we went into the hallway. Don Schrock, the Superintendent, was walking the halls, stopped and looked at her...
Jacynta Bomgardner of Chouteau County wins the Montana Certified Lamb Carcass Contest Jacynta Bomgardner of Chouteau County received the top placing in the carcass division of the 2022 Montana Certified Lamb contest. She will receive her award at the Montana Wool Growers Association banquet on December 3rd in Billings. The breeder of the lamb is Patty's Club Lambs out of Missoula, Montana. Congratulations to Jacynta for a job well done. The Montana 4-H and FFA Certified Fair Lamb Contest is...
Big Sandy Theater will be putting on their largest show yet, on December 2nd and 3rd. It’s a Madhouse is a “Super fun and crazy spin on a classic ‘who done it’ tale,” according to Dianna Keane, the co-director of the production. It’s a Madhouse tells the story of the Pembrook family, who are fighting over their recently deceased father’s estate. They are taken by surprise when Father chooses to distribute the family inheritance in a “finders keepers, losers weepers” type treasure hunt between his heirs. That’s just the beginning of the ma...
Joking with a friend recently, I commented that the Montana state tree is, in fact, a fence post. Though the Ponderosa Pine is the actual state tree, the prairie boasts far more fence posts than trees any day. When I first came to the area, the thousands of miles of fencing often made me wonder about their purpose. I know fences are there to divide property and keep animals/people in or out. Still, there are many pieces of land surrounded by barbed wire that don’t seem to need it. Though it is not my place to do so, it would be easy to c...
Recently inducted into the Big Sandy Chapter of the National Honor Society were Eva Wagoner, Cody Boone, and Mattie Gasvoda. Jessie Jaramillo, Big Sandy High School's art teacher, is the sponsor of the Big Sandy National Honor Society. Membership in the Honor Society is an honor and should be recognized. She told me that she also has the student write a letter of interest and get a letter of recommendation, and once they are inducted into the program, they must complete 50 hours of community...
During a team awards ceremony, coach Britney McKenny presents her volleyball awards at the end of the season. One of her athletes was selected for the first time as an All-State Selection. Congratulations to Angie Sant was also selected for 1st Team All-Conference; Coach Britney said, "I am really excited for her!" Eva Yeadon was chosen for the 2nd Team All-Conference. "I have been keeping stats records for each player for four years. It is so awesome seeing the progress that happens from year t...
