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The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was looking to out a big shiny bow on the holidays. And that's exactly what they did in two games inside the Armory Gymnasium. The Lights faced off against the University of Alberta-Augustana Vikings in the Armory Saturday and Sunday as part of the Duck Inn Holiday Classic. Northern swept the Vikings, with a win 96-42 Saturday and a 104-70 victory Sunday. MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse was glad his team put up a good fig...
Another big week of Hi-Line boys basketball is through, with many district matchups taking place. The Chinook Sugarbeeters got a big conference win over the Big Sandy Pioneers last Friday 68-53. Chinook had two quarters with 20 or more points and, despite the loss, Big Sandy's Ryan Roth put up 25 points against the Beeters. Harlem picked up a win over Malta last Friday as well. The Wildcats beat the Mustangs 69-59, with Brad Cichosz and R.J. Ramone having a big fourth quarter...
There are times where it is nice to go back to some old classics, where nostalgia and memories are bound to return. With that, comes the new experiences those classics bring. In the case of the Havre High wrestling team, the CMR Holiday Classic last Friday and Saturday was a nice return to the past, along with some new results. The Blue Ponies finished ninth-place overall with 114.5 points, including placing a champion, having a wrestler place fourth and an overall exciting...
After the exciting season-opener in the Havre Community Pool, the Havre High swim team was aimed to face off at one of the most intense meets of the year in Great Falls. The Great Falls Invitational last Friday and Saturday saw a lot of good results for individual swimmers, as well as an overall experience for the many new and old members on the team. In the end, the boys team placed fifth overall, while the girls team finished fifth, too, in the Pre-Relay Friday. For HHS...
Change is always inevitable, especially when it comes to sports. There will be many stages a team goes through, who they play and even the sport they play in as the years go on. In the case of the Havre High boys basketball team, new conference competition was ready to throw down last Friday and Saturday. The Blue Ponies opened the new Northeast A conference last Friday against the Glendive Red Devils in Glendive and last Saturday against the Miles City Cowboys on the road....
This last weekend was a big one for many teams across Montana, as conference play was getting exciting early on. Among those games were those in the Northeast A in Class A, where the Havre High girls basketball team took on two new conference rivals in the Glendive Lady Devils and the Miles City Cowgirls. The Blue Ponies were lined up for some tough games, but Havre took care of business and rocked both Glendive, who they beat 69-30 Friday on the road, and the Cowgirls, who...
As some sports seasons are still in there early stages, others are nearing the midway point of the season, including Montana high school hockey. As the middle of the season draws closer, teams like the Havre Ice Hawks are looking to gets some wins to make a good run in the postseason. Unfortunately, the Ice Hawks met with a brick wall last Saturday and Sunday in the Havre Ice Dome - the Billings Bulls. Havre was swept by Billings, with by scores of 4-1 Saturday and 9-0...
A lot that can be said about rivalry games in the sports world. The competition is intense, the teams are hungry and the atmosphere is littered with passion and talent across the board. But what happens when new conference opponents pop up on the schedule? For the Havre High girls basketball team, tonight and Saturday will be a dose of some different conference competition than before. With the realignment of the conferences across Class A, the Blue Ponies will be up against...
A lot of change has happened among Class A in the sports offseason, including a new conference realignment that has pitted new teams against each other. With Belgrade moving to Class AA and two new Class A schools up and coming in recent years, a shakeup was bound to happen. Many teams will be playing against new opponents twice a year now, including the Havre High boys basketball squad. In the Ponies' case, there are three new rivals within the Northeast A conference and...
The Havre High swim team has had a lot of big moments in past years, but the most recent was when the HHS boys team won the Class A state championship in 2019. It was a big moment for the many seniors that year and left an impact on many returners this year. One of those to be a part of the state win was Jacob Miller, who is now a senior on the Blue Pony team. Like many of the swimmers before him, Miller has been, and continues to leave his mark. After all, Miller has been a...
Montana high school wrestling has kicked off its 2019-2020 season, with many teams already making noise early on in the year. The Havre High wrestling team is among the ones looking to get back to the top. After the season-opening Havre Invitational and the Mining City Duals, the Blue Ponies are showing a lot of promise early on. Now, Havre will be put to the test at one of the more intense meets among the state, the CMR Holiday Classic in Great Falls Friday and Saturday. The...
The Havre High football season may have passed, but there has still been a lot of exciting happenings on the team. In general, many Blue Ponies have been given awards and honors for their efforts throughout the year. Those efforts will be paying off for two Havre athletes, Mason Dionne and Kasee Henderson, who signed with their respective college programs on Tuesday afternoon, one day in advance of the National Signing Day. Dionne signed with the the Montana Western Bulldogs...
There was quite a handful of games across the 9C and Class districts this past Friday and Saturday, with team like Big Sandy, Chinook, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, Fort Benton, Harlem and North Star making some moves early on in the boys basketball season. Friday's games had many highlights. The Big Sandy High boys throttled Dutton-Brady 61-28 in a road-game. The Pioneers defense shattered the Diamondbacks with 40 defensive rebounds, nine steals and nine points off of turnovers....
The first swim meet of the year is always one that manages to be exciting and often has many of the swimmers shaking off the rust from the offseason. For the Havre High swim team, that was the atmosphere this weekend. With two other schools, Great Falls High and CMR at the meet, there was bound to be some intense competition to kick off the year. The Blue Ponies put forth a lot of work and placed third on the boys and girls side in the Havre Invitational Saturday at the Havre...
The second year of the Walynn Burgess era began this last weekend and the Havre High boys basketball team already had a great performance. The Ponies' year started off on a sour note on the road in Laurel last Friday, where Havre fell to the strong Locomotives 73-51. But then, in the home opener in the Havre High Gymnasium on Saturday, the Blue Ponies beat the defending Class A state champions, the Billings Central Rams, 64-59. The game against the Rams was a highlight for Hav...
After placing fifth at the season opening Havre Invitational, the Havre High wrestling team was prepared for one of the biggest competitions of the year, the Mining City Duals at the Butte Civic Center, which took place last Friday and Saturday. The Blue Ponies had a rough first day, losing to Billings Senior 52-10, falling to Columbia Falls 39-35 and losing to Glacier 39-34. But, the second day went a lot better for Havre, who beat Missoula Sentinel 33-33 for criteria and...
Tonight is the night Havre fans. Tonight, Havre High boys basketball returns. The Blue Ponies have been ready to go another year. With all the excitement to be back on the hardwood, there will be a lot of anticipation to pick up some big wins against some big names, the Laurel Locomotives tonight on the road and the Billings Central Rams Saturday in the Havre High Gymnasium. Havre will have its hands full early on this year. Not only will the games be against some tough...
It is time once again for the Havre High swim team to take a dive into the water. There is always something refreshing in taking that first jump into the pool, especially when it is inside their very own home, the Havre Community Pool. And the 2019-2020 season will not change that fact, with the Ponies beginning the new year hosting their annual Havre Invitational. Once again, led by head coach Bill Kilgore, the veteran swim coach is excited for his boys and girls teams to hav...
Tonight kicks off the 2019-2020 season for the Havre High girls basketball team and the Ponies are ready to start the year against some big squads. After accomplishing the feat of being back-to-back Class A state championships last spring, the Blue Ponies have a lot of exciting games to play, along with the hopes of making history by winning a third state championship. That journey will start with games against the Laurel Locomotives today in the Havre High gymnasium and the B...
The high school basketball season has already kicked off for many teams across the state last weekend, but some squads will be hitting the court for their season opener this weekend, including the Havre High boys basketball team. For some, it is their first year on the court, while for others, it is their last year of basketball at the high school level. One of those players is Havre High senior Mason Rismon, who will kick off his first game of his last year this weekend...
Last season was the beginning of a new era for the Havre High boys basketball team. It was a new season under a new head coach in Walynn Burgess and a squad hungry to get after a title. Though the Blue Ponies didn't go as far as they had hoped, Havre looked to have a spark back onto the squad. In the 2018-2019 season, Havre fell in the Eastern A Divisional tournament to Billings Central and Sidney. It was a tough pair of losses for the Ponies, but even without the state...
Going back-to-back as state champions does not happen very often these days, but the Havre High girls basketball team has achieved that historic accomplishment after beating Hardin last season in the Class A state championship. Now, this year will bring about a chance to bring home another state title and a possible three-peat, too. Already, the Ponies in the last decade have put up what some may consider a dynasty of sports, with three championships in 2014, 2018 and 2019. An...
The 2019 Native American Classic marked the start of the high school basketball season for a slew of local teams. The two-day hoops extravaganza was played in Great Falls last Friday and Saturday. BOYS The Native American Classic in Great Falls has been the traditional opener for the many basketball teams that attend. There is no shortage of excitement for the crowd and the squads on the court. But nothing was more exciting than to open the year with a two-overtime thrilling...
After a thrilling Frontier Conference win over Montana Western last Thursday in the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights looked ready for another Frontier challenge against the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears. And the No. 14 Skylights delivered against RMC Saturday in the Armory, beating the Bears 57-47 in another conference thriller to stay undefeated on the year. It was an intense night on the court, but Northern faced the heat and came...
It is not easy to knock around the Havre High Wrestling team at its own meet but, once again, a strong effort from the Great Falls Bison is just what the Bison needed to take home the team title at the Havre High Gymnasium. While the Blue Ponies came up shorter than they hoped in fifth place with 103 points Saturday, Havre was short some wrestlers from the normal lineup but, to top off the day, the Ponies did crown a champion and place a total of six. "I think it gave us a...
