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Jesse Vaughan has been an ideal student athlete at Montana State University-Northern since arriving on campus more than a year ago. That might be why other schools, like the University of Montana-Western, were also heavily recruiting the former Spokane, Wash., prep standout. Luckily for the Northern Lights basketball team, Vaughan fell in love with the program and chose to continue his collegiate basketball career in maroon and gold. While at Rodgers High School in Spokane,...
At the end of every football season, the local Northern C programs always find a way to prove their relevance with postseason honors. This year, the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Chester/J-I Hawks did that with a combined 15 Northern C All-Conference honors and a combined four Class C All-State selections. Chester/J-I was well represented on offense and defense. Justin May was named First-Team All-Conference as a safety, while Tim Stokes was named First Team as an outside...
It is no secret that the Havre High football program houses an explosive offense, so it should also come as no surprise that the Blue Ponies were led by their offensive standouts when the 2013 Central A All-Conference honors were recently announced. The Central A Ponies earned 12 honors after their run to the Class A quarterfinals, with eight of those honors going to the offense. Sophomore quarterback Dane Warp was named First-Team All-Conference for the second straight...
It has been a long, tough couple of road trips for the Montana State University-Northern Lights, but every win is much needed and appreciated, and the Lights are more than glad to be returning home on a positive note. After a couple of road losses last weekend, the Lights were back on the road this weekend. And Northern was looking to get back in the win column with an exhibition game against Montana State University-Billings on Friday evening in Billings, and against the...
All in all, it was a solid opening weekend for the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey program. To open up the season, the Ice Hawks played two games at the Havre Ice Dome in Havre on Saturday. They earned the 1-1 split at home against the visiting Glasgow Ice Dawgs, all while doing a lot of things right, as well as finding some areas to improve upon moving forward. In a dominating morning performance the Ice Hawks took game one 5-1. But in Saturday’s evening game the Ice D...
Belgrade and Lewistown dominated the Central A volleyball scene in 2013, and the postseason honors highlight that fact. The Class A All-State and Central A All-Conference honors have been released, and both lists are littered with Panther and Golden Eagle athletes. But one Havre High Blue Pony athlete was also recognized during the Ponies’ third consecutive No. 3 finish at the divisional tournament. Havre High senior middle hitter/blocker Martha Stocker was named A...
Overcoming the loss of a family member or loved one is one of the hardest things humans have to do. But sometimes, in those sad and difficult situations, happiness can come from the most unlikely of places, or people. Just look at Havre High brothers Michael and Ryan Bakke. Their surprise visit to Montana State University in Bozeman came during a horrific time for the Bakke family. And it was that meet and greet with the Bobcat football program that not only helped jumpstart...
The cold weather continues to steadily roll in and batter the Hi-Line, and while most may not be ready for winter and all that it brings, the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team is. While it has been a roller coaster ride at best over the last couple of seasons, this senior and junior laden Ice Hawk’s squad is looking to make their way to the top of the ranks this season. Practice has already gotten well underway, but the Ice Hawks will open the 2013 season this weekend a...
After a perfect 4-0 start to the season, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team turned in another impressive showing on the road over the weekend. Playing in Great Falls, the Skylights took on two non-conference opponents and improved to 6-0. At the preseason tournament hosted by UGF in Great Falls, the Skylights recorded two big wins. Friday, Northern defeated the Pacific Union Pioneers 78-58. Saturday, Northern remained in Great Falls where the Skyligh...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team got out of town before the winter storm rolled through, but it was still a rough weekend in sunny Phoenix, Ariz., for the Lights. Entering the weekend with a 6-0 start to the season, and ranked No. 24 in the NAIA, the Lights faced two strong programs at the Arizona Christian Tournament. Friday, the NCAA DII New Mexico Highlands Cowboys defeated Northern 64-49. And Saturday, the NAIA No. 16 Arizona Christian Firestorm defeated Northern 77-56. Prior to the two losses,...
It is hard to come up with a name that has become better known in the Frontier Conference then that of of Montana State University-Northern quarterback Derek Lear. And with a lot of NAIA schools bringing in junior college transfers to help propel a program, it is also getting harder and harder to find a four-year starter amongst from the Montana high school ranks. But after redshirting his freshman season, and winning the starting quarterback job outright the next season that...
The level of talent always gets drastically better at the state volleyball tournament, and after not seeing state action since 2005, the Class C Chinook Sugarbeeters were quickly reminded of that. Chinook opened up the Class C state tournament Thursday morning at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman. But it was the No. 1 team out of the east in the Wibaux Longhorns who handed the Beeters, the No. 2 seed out of the north, a first round loss. The Longhorns defeated the Beeters 3-0 by scores of 25-23, 25-22, and 25-10. Neithe...
Every season, the Montana State University-Northern football program welcomes in a new recruiting class filled with freshman standouts and new transfers. But at the end of every season, the Lights must also say goodbye to a talented group of seniors playing in their final game in a Lights’ uniform. Saturday afternoon, when MSU-N hosts Rocky Mountain College at Blue Pony Stadium in Havre, the Lights will honor nine seniors exiting the program. This year's seniors include defens...
It’s not every season a team can make a state tournament, just ask the Chinook Sugarbeeters. The Beeters are going to the Class C state volleyball tournament for the first time since 2005, but with a lot of great athletes on the squad, including senior Emily Dennis, it was only a matter of time before the Beeters were back in the top tier of the Class C ranks. Dennis is a three-sport varsity athlete in Chinook but is also heavily involved in several clubs. Over the years, Denn...
It was a roller coaster ride of a weekend for the Havre High volleyball team, but when the ride settled, it was well worth it. The Central A Blue Ponies spent the weekend in Lewistown at the divisional tournament. And while the Ponies entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed, they were able to exit the tournament with a third-place finish for the third straight season. Browning shocked the Ponies in the first round with a three-set win by scores of 25-23, 25-23, and 25-22,...
After advancing past Miles City in the first round of the state playoffs last weekend, the Havre High football team had an almost identical start to its quarterfinal matchup on Saturday. But it wasn't the same result for the Central A Blue Ponies, as they were unable to come up with another come-from-behind victory. Last weekend's comeback came in the comfort of Blue Pony Stadium in Havre, but on Saturday the Ponies ran into what is clearly one of the best teams in the Class...
After what the Montana State University-Northern Skylights volleyball team has been able to accomplish in recent seasons, more specifically over the last two years, there is no taking away from each player's efforts, or from the program as a whole. But on the flipside, with five extremely talented seniors helping lead the way through the 2013 season, it is also easy to point out just how important this group of leaders has been. Kelsey Williams, Joni Nagy, Haley Russell,...
Making the state quarterfinals is never easy in the Class A football ranks. And even with a tough opponent ahead of them this weekend, the Havre Blue Ponies are hoping the quarterfinals don't mean the end of the road for the surging Central A squad. Last Saturday at Blue Pony Stadium, the Ponies defeated Miles City 21-20 in the opening round. And things won't get any easier now that the Ponies head into the quarterfinals on Saturday in Columbia Falls. The undefeated Wildcats...
The Central A volleyball conference hasn't changed much over the last year, and the conference standings prove that. But as the Havre High Blue Ponies enter the postseason as the No. 4 seed for the second straight year, they will look to shake things up. Finishing the regular season with a conference record of 2-3 and an overall record of 5-12, the Ponies are the fourth seed entering this weekend's tournament in Lewistown. The seeding is the same as last season, as Belgrade...
It was a tough ending for the two local prep football teams that made it into the postseason. Both the Chester/J-I Hawks and the North Star Knights lost close, first-round games on the road Saturday. The Six-Man North Star Knights, who had a very impressive 2013, after a less than memorable 2012, by finishing the season 6-2, and as a No. 3 seed out of the North. The Knights earned a spot in the playoffs for the first time in two years. And Facing the No. 2 Westby-Grenora Thund...
In the final match of the regular season, the Havre High volleyball team played well. But playing a top team like the Lewistown Golden Eagles on the road, the Blue Ponies were not able to end their season with another Central A conference win. The Ponies were in Lewistown on Friday, where the Eagles completed the sweep over HHS. The Eagles defeated the Ponies in three games by scores of 25-15, 25-12, and 25-12. With the loss the Ponies remain near the bottom of the conference standings with a record of 2-6 in league play,...
There was a lot of hype leading up to the rematch between the Havre Blue Ponies and Miles City Cowboys, just like there always is when the two teams meet on the gridiron. And in the first round of the Class A football playoffs, the rematch that was nearly two months in the making did not disappoint. After a 6-6 tie in week two of the regular season, neither the Central A Ponies nor Eastern A Cowboys had earned bragging rights on who was the better team in 2013. The Cowboys...
Defensively, the Havre High football team has been striving for statement game all season long. The Blue Ponies have been inconsistent from week to week, but they finally put their stamp on a win that the defense could be proud of. After a rocky first two quarters, the Pony defense carried the team to a narrow 21-20 playoff win over Miles City on Saturday. The win over the Eastern A Cowboys came at Blue Pony Stadium in the first round of the Class A state football playoffs,...
It has been almost two months since the Class A meeting between the Havre High and Miles City football teams in Havre. Being a nonconference matchup, the week two-game didn't put too much on the line for either team, but after lightning ended things with a fizzle just minutes into the second half, both teams will finally find some closure after a 6-6 tie. Saturday at 12 p.m. the No. 2 Central A Blue Ponies will host the No. 3 Eastern A Cowboys at Blue Pony Stadium in Havre in...
Sometimes the words fate or destiny might be overused or even overly dramatic. But sometimes, that same description might be the only way to describe a positive situation that just comes together at the right place and at the right time. But even if it wasn't fate that finally brought two brothers to the same football team, getting a chance to play together in college turned out to be the perfect situation. Montana State University-Northern senior safety Josh Baum has played...
