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  • Veteran Blue Ponies aiming high this winter

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Last season saw the Havre High boys take some big steps forward. Yet, they fell short of their ultimate goal, which was to reach the Class A state tournament. Now in 2020-2021, HHS has been looking to not only get some good standing in ther Northeastern A, but to push past the divisional woes. That sort of thing is not easy in the Eastern A, but the Ponies are ready to step up and stand out, even if COVID-19 puts a bit of a question mark on the season. That season will start...

  • Pony girls have the talent to stampede yet again

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Dec 31, 2020

    After the 2019-2020 season ended abruptly, the Havre High girls basketball team was left with a tough situation, as they were stripped of a shot at placing in the 2020 Class A State Tournament due to COVID-19 cutting it short. The Blue Ponies once again made a strong run to and through the postseason, but this year, they aim to get back to the top of Class A once more. And that quest starts this weekend in the Blue Pony Corral. With a full head of steam and a lot of new faces...

  • Hi-Line Football: Moving On: Pioneers blast Longhorns

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Oct 27, 2020

    It has felt like forever since the Big Sandy High football team was back in the Class C Six-Man playoffs, but since last year's tough loss to the Jordan Mustangs in the 2019 semifinals, the Pioneers were ready to make up for that shortcoming in 2020. And the first step to that victory for Big Sandy head coach Larry Jappe and the Pioneers came out with a 57-6 win over the Wibaux Longhorns Friday in Big Sandy. When it came to the bout against the Longhorns, the first quarter...

  • Let the games begin: Area fall sports underway

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Aug 28, 2020

    After a rollercoaster of emotions and uncertainty about the 2020 fall football season along the Hi-Line due to COVID-19, the fall season was given the green light to go forward. With many of the Class C schools heading back to school at full-capacity, the 8-man and 6-man football teams will look to go at their season in that way, too. With that, Class C teams along the Hi-Line will be competing tonight and Saturday in their season-openers. The first weekend of football for the...

  • Big Sandy's Back

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Feb 24, 2020

    It has been a grind of a season for the Big Sandy Pioneers, who have faced adversity and injuries all season long. And After a semifinal loss to Chinook Thursday night in the 9C tournament, the Pioneers aimed to get to the consolation game, and beyond. Big Sandy did just that, meeting and beating the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks 45-30 in the Havre High Gymnasium Friday night to earn third place and a spot in the Northern C Divisionals this week. After all the misfortune...

  • HLP HISTORY

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Feb 24, 2020

    It has been a long time since the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds have made it out of the District 9C girls tournament. The T-Birds had not been to divisionals since 1987. In other words, it had been 33 years since HLP made the trip to the next level. Which was a big reason why HLP was fighting Saturday night in the Havre High Gymnasium. Up against the defending state champs, the Box Elder Bears, the Thunderbirds had a lot of work ahead of them in the girls District 9C girls cons...

  • Blue Pony girls corral the Bison

    Aarron Thompson and George Ferguson|Updated Jan 3, 2020

    The Havre High girls basketball team knew that once the holidays were through, it was back to business on the court. The Blue Ponies were pitted against a tough Great Falls High team, where Havre aimed to grab another win over the Bison. And that's exactly what the Ponies did against Great Falls Thursday in the Havre High gymnasium. Havre fought in a heavy defensive battle to grab the win over the AA Bison 44-32. The win improves HHS to a stellar 4-1 on the season. The game...