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Joey Williams of Volborg recently won the breakaway roping event at Ellensburg, Washington, bringing home over $7,000 in winnings, setting the arena record during her runs. The Ellensburg Rodeo has been held every Labor Day weekend since 1922. Williams is currently ranked number eight in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Standings in breakaway roping. She also won the Cowboy Channel’s female athlete of the week award, on September 7th. She now sets her sights on the National Finals Breakaway Roping in Las Vegas, November 29t...
The Lady Hawk Cross Country team took on a hail storm at the meet in Billings, and last week went on to face heat and the dreaded Gas Cap Hill at the Hardin Invitational, last Friday. Gas Cap Hill is a notoriously long, tough climb for the racers, and this year the hot conditions prompted race coordinators to have a person at the top of the climb spraying the racers down with water to cool them off as they summited the hill. Broadus XC Coach Ashley Emmons told us that while the heat is often a...
The Lady Hawk Volleyball team went into their second weekend of volleyball matches coming off a first place win at the Fairview Tournament, and looked to carry that momentum onward as they traveled to Circle on Friday and Terry on Saturday. Conditions at the Circle gym were described as "warm" for the match on Friday, as has been the case with many events so far this school year, with temps approaching record highs and a lack of AC in small Eastern Montana gyms. "We came out in the first set and...
The Hawk Football team traveled to Lavina last week to play Belt in a non-conference game. Broadus Head Coach Wyatt Williams told us conditions were hot for the game. Lavina did an excellent job of providing for the teams, with towels and cold water made available for the sweaty, hot athletes. "Belt is a well coached team," Williams said during a Monday interview. "They are an athletic team like us, not an overly large team, but they play exceptionally well." Williams noted that Broadus played...
Two of the last local golf tournaments of the summer season took place over the past couple weekends. "The Tournament", held August 27th and 28th featured 32 teams, with two golfers per team over the two day tournament. Gye Varner and Doug Mraz placed second on Saturday and fifth on Sunday, winning the overall tournament. Calvin Monger and Kyle Ostman placed second, with Quentin and Kade Rumph winning third overall. At the Spencer Damm Memorial Tournament held on September 4th, 14 couples teams...
The Broadus Hawk Varsity football team notched their first win of the season on Friday against a tough Ekalaka Bulldog squad while playing in Ekalaka. The win marks the first game as head coach for Wyatt Williams, who takes over this year after a stint as assistant coach in years past. Joining Williams as assistant coaches are Brett Emmons, Matt Hagedorn, Elliott Barnhart, and Frankie Schoonover, who we noticed running the team through a vigorous weightlifting circuit during practice on Monday....
The Lady Hawk Varsity volleyball team opened up their season with a series of wins, as Broadus hosted Plevna last Friday and traveled to Fairview, winning that tournament on Saturday. Longtime coach Gordon Archer leads the Lady Hawks again this season, with a more mature team than in some years past, where Broadus played a number of Freshmen and Sophomores. Now with three Seniors on the team including Lauryn Billing, Oliveah Schaffer, and Lucinda Cain, the Lady Hawks hope to use their...
Forty teams were on hand for the Lady Hawk Cross Country Team’s first competition of the year at the Billings Invite, held Friday, August 26th in Billings. With 133 runners in the Girls Varsity race, and another 183 runners in Girls JV, competition was tough, and made more difficult by weather conditions. Returning Cross Country Coach Ashley Emmons told us about the meet: “At first the weather was nice, but as the race progressed it started to get rainy and windy. With about a ½ mile left in the race, hail began to pour down.” The race took p...
The Powder River Working Horse Show took place last Saturday as the capstone event for the fair. Competitors vied for a custom saddle along with top honors by utilizing their riding skills, as well as their horse's training and ability to try and best the local competition in several categories including confirmation, cutting, heading, heeling, boxing, fence work, and a trail class. Taking home the top honors this year was Carson Martinson and his five year old gelding Hollywood. Second and...
On Sunday, August 7th a golf tournament was held at Rolling Hills Golf Course for the junior golfers of the community. On Fridays throughout the month of July youth golfers practiced on the course, and the August tournament served as an end of the year competition. Participants included: Justin Aye, Trey Harmon, Myla Gatlin, Reece Emmons, Quinn Burley, Clancy Sams, Maci Emmons, Quincy Emmons, Griffin Gardner, Trace Emmons, Aria Gatlin, Macyn McDowell, Colton Gardner, Clay Gardner, Clyde Sams, Dolly Randall, Mesa Graff, Addie Randall, Ryder...
The Broadus High School Rodeo Challenge was held on Tuesday, August 9th at the arena in Broadus, with 28 competitors in total in the six event rodeo. Winners of the competitions were as follows: Steer Wrestling 1st place-Dawson Kautzman, Bareback 1st Place- Morgan Buckingham, Saddle Bronc 1st Place-Colter Martin, 2nd Place-Cardell Laughery, 3rd Place- Izaah Bartels, Breakaway 1st Place-Kassie Sweet 2nd Place Kierra Hougen, Tie Down 1st Place- Keyton Hayden 2nd Place Trey Knight, Bull Riding 1st...
The Ranch Rodeo took place on the evening of Friday, August 12th. This year twelve teams were signed up for the events, which consisted of Sorting, branding, doctoring, and wild cow milking. Top honors in the Ranch Rodeo went to 7-L Performance Horses / Williams Rope Horses team from Broadus and Hammond, consisting of Jason Schaffer, Britt Williams, Tell Harmon, Lane Krutzfeldt, and Presley Williams. 2nd Place went to S & S Cattle Co., composed of a team from Carter County - Sonnie Gardner,...
By Tyler Gardner The 18th Annual Scramble 4 a Cure was a huge success. We had a full course each day! Friday was hot and windy, Saturday was cold, raining, and windy. We grossed $37,500 over two days, after all expenses are paid we will put $25,000 into the Cancer Fund. Huge thanks to the Rolling Hills Golf Course for there wonderful hospitality. We appreciate all the local businesses that are a hole sponsors. We greatly appreciate all the golfers that play and support our cause. Friday...
By Sheila Williams The East Fork Roping Club Ranch Rodeo is back for another fun year, next Friday, August 12th at 6 PM at the roping arena in Broadus. This year not only do we have the ranch bronc riding back with the ranch rodeo, but are sponsoring a new event at noon, a stray gathering event. We have several local contestants entered in all the events. Come on out to cheer them on. A $5 gate fee will get you in to watch all the events. Calcuttas will be held before each event, and a portion of proceeds are going to a scholarship for a...
Fifteen teams combining for 60 players competed in the second annual Don Gatlin Memorial Golf Tournament, held last weekend at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Broadus. The team taking top honors included Calvin Monger, Chris Monger, Kyle Oltmanns, and Kelcie Oltmanns (pictured at left). Placing second were Rick and Court Gatlin along with Hattie Arithson and Chad Shepherd, and placing third were Quentin Rumph, Tom Herzog, Dave Mader, and Bob Solomon. (Photos courtesy Cynde Gatli...
Members of the Broadus Lady Hawk Volleyball team played in the Big Sky State Games 11th and 12th grade age division volleyball tournament at the Big Sky State Games last week, earning bronze medals for their third place showing at the annual event. Teams from as far away as Butte, along with teams from Billings and other Eastern Montana rural towns competed in the event, which led off with a two game pool play format, then progressed to a normal tournament styled bracket once the brackets were...
By Jerry Coulter The end of the year Minors Baseball tournament was held the last week of June. In the first game, Broadus Insurance (Green Team) won a close game against Yellowstone Bank (Gray Team) by a score of 11 to 9. The games only went three complete innings. The Gray Team was coached by Elliott Barnhart. Yellowstone Bank was defeated by Powder River Petals (Blue Team) by a score of 16 to 9 in the second game, setting up a game between Powder River Petals, coached by Jeff Ryan, against...
9 young wrestlers in grades K-12 attended the Zadick Wrestling Clinic in Broadus last week. Olympic Wrestler and World Championship Silver Medalist Mike Zadick from Great Falls coached the event, which featured youth wrestlers from Broadus as well as other areas. Several awards were presented at the clinic, including "hustle" caps, for those who displayed the best hustle on respective days of training. Day 1 winners included Monte Goggin, Thane Kolka, Sophie Ostendorf, and Myla Gatlin. Day 2...
The Broadus Wrestling Club would like to invite the public to watch young wrestlers compete in a takedown tournament, held in conjunction with the wrestling camp, this Friday at 6 PM at the Broadus High School gymnasium. A taco feed will also take place during the tournament....
Continued results from the Little Levi Rodeo: https://www.powderriverexaminer.com/home/customer_files/misc/levi1.jpg...
Two former Broadus rodeo athletes, Garrett Cunningham and Tate Harmon, as well as Bo Vocu of Ashland competed at the College National Finals Rodeo, held last week in Casper, Wyoming. All three of the young athletes are saddle bronc riders, having previously qualified for the National Finals by placing in their respective regions. Cunningham attends school at MSU-Northern in Havre as a Freshman. Garrett was the Big Sky Region Champion Saddle Bronc rider, going into the National Finals Rodeo. He scored 940 total points in the region. Tate Harmon...
An astounding 120 contestants ages 2 to 12 years old competed in the 2022 Broadus Little Levi, held last weekend at the fairgrounds. The weather late Sunday afternoon took on a stormy look as the events transpired, and just as the last steer rider made their ride the rain commenced; the awards ceremony was moved inside but the competition was completed with good timing. The first portion of the results are shown in the accompanying photos, we will have full results next week....
The Broadus Minors T-Ball/Baseball season began at the start of June, with games in the works every Tuesday evening in June. Team members, as well as the sponsors who purchased snazzy new shirts for the teams include: The Green Team, sponsored by Broadus Insurance and coached by Todd Gardner, includes Aria Gatlin, William Rodda, Kaylan Reaves, Griffin Gardner, Myla Gatlin, Garrison Walker, Gunner Pluhar, Randen Bilbrey and Mariah Gardner. The Blue Team, sponsored by Powder River Petals and coached by Jeff Ryan, includes team members Courtney...
By Mr. Coulter We started our events in Great Falls with the boys 400m relay team that dropped the baton at district with a new runner. They battled back and managed to get to the divisional meet, where they ran well enough to get 6th place and qualify for state without our fastest sprinter, Johnny Rich-ards, was was out with mono. Kudos to them for making it to state. They ran their fastest time of the year, with a time of 48.84. Riggin Schaffer filled in for Johnny Richards, running with...
Houston Brown, 2017 Broadus Grad, won the Match Bronc Ride on May 22nd at the world famous Bucking Horse Sale in Miles City. Brown, age 23, won $9,375 in the event, which featured 40 of the top saddle bronc riders from around the world, including 22 of the 25 top ranked riders. Houston made an 85.5 point ride on Burch Rodeo Company's Bubble Bath to advance from round 1, then secured his win with a 91.5 point ride on J Bar J's In The Lu. The 91.5 point ride is the highest point ride of the young...
