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The Idaho Enterprise
July 28, 2022
Fourth Annual Softball Olympics held The Malad High School Softball team held their Fourth Annual Softball Olympics on Wednesday, July 20. There were 14 girls competing, divided into two separate teams. Each team was tasked with the job of creating their own team name and cheer. After a quick softball team practice, the Olympics began. There was a wide variety of events for the players to participate in. The events included Water Balloon Toss, Head-Shoulders-Knees Grab the Ball game, Hitting a Coach with a wet sponge for points, and ended with Water Softball. Awards were presented to the players at the end of the events. Beth
McClain won the Wettest Frog Award. Hallie Horsley won the Fanciest Flamingo Slide award, and Riglee Peterson won the Happiest Harry Hedgehog award. After the closing of the Olympics and the presentation of the awards, the team went to KJs for a snack and drink. Coach Christie Schow said she had several players come up to her afterward and tell her that the Softball Olympics are their favorite part of the season. “It builds team unity and is a way for the girls to be silly and have fun outside of our regular season,” she added.
One of the many events at this year's Softball Olympics
Softball Olympics is a great chance to build team unity
Malad High School Softball team after competing in their own Olympics. (left to right back) Kaitlyn Pickett, Kylee Tanner, Teagan Daniels, Chloe Udy, Beth McClain, Riglee Peterson on the back of Hallie Horsley, Brylee Oglesbee, Marinn Brown, Aubrey Shulz, Logan Maroney, (front) Hadlee Summers, and Kallie Daniels.
playing. I think the biggest thing we need right now is getting kids out to play.” The first official football practice of the season will be Monday, August 8 at 8 a.m. Everyone wanting to play on this year’s team is encouraged to be there that morning. If you are a Junior, Freshman, or new to Malad High School sports, please have a physical before the first day of practice. A Parents’ Meeting has been planned for Thursday, July 28, at 6:00 p.m. at Malad HIgh School. All parents are encouraged to be at this meeting. It will be followed by a Lift-a-thon to raise money for the team. It
tion forms but anyone interested in donating to a player or the team can
MHS Football holds Team Camp, ending with a scrimmage The Malad High School Football team worked hard to prepare for their upcoming 2022 season with a five day team camp for all incoming 9th-12th grade. The players went to camp twice a day early in the camp, practicing with just helmet in the morning and then pads in the afternoon. The camp was full pads so the players were able to practice with some contact as well. They worked Monday through Thursday, July 18 - 21. Then, on Friday, July 22, the team ended their camp with a trip to West Side for a scrimmage game. The scrimmage was held for the Varsity and the JV teams. They trav-
eled to West Side to face West Side and South Fremont. Each team had 15 plays to run on offense, then worked on defense against their opponents. There were also some other activities for the players to participate in that morning. Malad High School’s Head Coach Coby Crozier said “You could tell right as we got off the bus that we were outnumbered almost 2:1 but that didn’t mean we didn’t compete. The JV looked very good for being composed of mostly Freshman. Varsity looked very good as well. Most of our struggles we had were things that we would be able to game plan for prior to
The Malad High School Football team had a chance to work on what they had learned during their football camp by ending camp with a scrimmage at West Side
will begin at 6:00 p.m. Players should have brought around dona-
contact a Malad HIgh School Football player.
64th Annual Malad Little League Tournament concludes Last weekend, the 64th annual Malad Little League Tournament was held. The tournament was from Thursday, July 21 to Saturday, July 23 at Malad City Park and Pioneer Park. This annual tournament included 18 total teams, 7 minor league and 11 major league, from all over Southern and Central Idaho. Pool play started Thursday morning at 7 a.m. and went until about 7 p.m. Friday night. Some tournament games started Friday night and the championship games were played Saturday afternoon. Friday night there was also a homerun derby put on by the Malad High School Baseball
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Team as a fundraiser. Each contestant in the tournament had the chance to purchase five pitches. The winner was determined based on the home runs they hit from those pitches. They could buy more than five pitches. Winners in the Adult, Major, and Minor League divisions were out of town but everyone seems to have a lot of fun trying to swing over the fence. The tournament also included the traditional watermelon bust, sponsored by Thomas Market, as well as concessions and T-shirts for sale. The park was filled with people throughout the weekend and there were many families that
Rowdy Bates sends the ball sailing toward home plate
Braxden Kaufman sprints toward homeplate to score for Malad.
took advantage of the ability to camp in the park. The winner of the 10u bracket was the Vipers with the Pocatello Patriots coming in second place. For the 12u, the Vipers 12u took first and the Vipers 11u took second. Malad 12U All Star team fought hard but
lance crew, Chris Jensen for helping with fields, MHS baseball team for running the homerun derby, and MHS wrestling team for providing activities. The Malad Little League Tournament is the longest consecutive running little league tournament in Idaho. It
was eliminated Friday night. Whitney Blaisdell operated the concessions for the tournament. Tournament Director Brian Thomas expressed appreciation for for concessions, the city crew, Jerry Thomas and Thomas Market, Oneida County Ambu-
Bridger Barnes catches the ball at first with Braxden Kaufman ready to assist
is usually one of the final tournaments of the summer. Teams sign up early to be a part of this tournament and are eager to face the competition as they come to spend an exciting weekend in Malad. There will be a lot of tough competition through the three days of action.
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