Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Come down your "Giggle Water", "know your onions", "dump your mazuma" and jump on "the trolley" at the greatest 1920's party in Whitehall this year! Black Tie & Blue Jeans is celebrating with a "Roaring 2020 Prohibition Party" on Saturday, March 14, 2020 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Whitehall Community Center. This is the 16th anniversary of Black Tie & Blue Jeans according to Kristi Wilson, one of two event coordinators. Started by Bill Brown, it has involved multiple agencies and...
There was some recent positive news for the feasibility study for a possible meat co-op processing facility in the Whitehall area. JLDC Manager Alison Richardson said in-conjunction with the Headwaters RC&D, they have received a $30,000 Big Sky Trust Fund grant for the study. At a meet in late December, Tom Harrington with the Jefferson Local Development Corporation and MSU Extension detailed how the co-op could be a benefit for local producers, tying the project in with a pet food processor, as well as creating a "specialty meat" product for...
While there are certainly nights I can hop right in bed and fall asleep there are also those nights where I toss and turn for hours. It often times has to do with some stress for work but other times it is for a really mundane or strange reason and this was the case last week when at 2 a.m. I was thinking of a giant sandwich. The night had started off pretty good as I wondered to go to bed at 9 p.m. That may sound a bit early for some but not for me. I don't mind going to bed early and in fact, I kind of enjoy it. Around midnight I was rattled...
After finishing the conference season in second place, the Whitehall High School girls basketball team will open postseason play this week at the 5B District Tournament in Belgrade. The Lady Trojans will receive a bye in the first round and open the tournament with a Friday matchup between the winner of third-seeded Three Forks and sixth-seeded Manhattan. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Belgrade Events Center. Whitehall wrapped up their regular season last week with two close losses,...
The Whitehall High School wrestling team capped off a phenomenal 2019-20 season with a fourth-place finish in Class B/C at last week's State Tournament at the MetraPark Arena in Billings. The Trojans ended the two-day tournament with 117 points, behind only state champion Glasgow (154), Huntley Project (134), and Eureka (126). Whitehall had seven of 10 wrestlers place and was led by senior Riley Forcella (152 pounds) and junior Dallen Hoover (145) who both advanced to the "Chipper" and finished...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team ended their regular season last week putting together arguably their best performance of the year in a 43-29 road win over Townsend. The Trojans started strong taking a 20-11 lead into the half and never looking back in the double-digit victory. "Those kids played so dang hard, and they practiced so hard. That's all about them – we just prepared them and the executed so well. I'm so proud of them. They earned that win," McLean said. Junior Hayden H...
Join Johnny Appleseed and his pioneer friends as they plant apple orchards across the West this Saturday, February 22 when the Missoula Children's Theatre and more than 40 Whitehall students present an original musical adaptation of the classic tale, “Johnny Appleseed”. The performance is scheduled for Saturday, February 22 at 2 p.m. at the Tia Kober Gym. Tickets are free but they will be accepting donations. Playing the title character of Johnny are local students Cooper Montgomery and Alannah Leonti. Other featured performers include Mik...
After falling in overtimes in both of their regular season games against rival Jefferson, the third time was a charm for the Whitehall High School boys basketball. The sixth-seeded Trojans defeated the Panthers 36-23 Thursday night in the first round of the 5B District Tournament and will now move on to semifinals and a matchup Friday at 4:30 against second-seeded Manhattan. It was a magical fourth quarter for Whitehall who outscored Jefferson 12-0. Following the victory, an ecstatic Head Coach...
The Whitehall High School boys basketball team won two games Saturday to finish third at the 5B District Tournament in Belgrade. The Trojans defeated Townsend 53-49 early Saturday morning and rival Jefferson 54-46 Saturday afternoon and will advance to a play in game March 4 at the Southern B Divisional Tournament in Billings against the third seed from the 4B District in a game scheduled for 6 p.m. Following the game, Head Coach Zach McLean praised his team for winning three games in three days...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball team will live to play another day. The Lady Trojans won two games Saturday at the 5B District Tournament to finish in third place and will move on the Southern B Divisional Tournament and a play in game Wednesday, March 4 against Huntley Project. After defeating Townsend 56-43 Saturday morning, Whitehall earned the third-place finish with a 54-48 win over rival Boulder. Following the game, Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said the team has been through ups and down, but they battled through the adversity....
