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Coaches always stress just how important postseason baseball tournaments are. Records get thrown out the window, and every team has a shot at the title. Just ask the newly crowned Havre Youth Baseball Association Babe Ruth champions — Northern Montana Hospital. Monday night at Legion field in Havre, the Northern Montana Hospital squad completed an outstanding postseason run. After going winless during the regular season, NMH went 3-0 over the weekend, including a 7-4 win o...
Another Havre city league softball tournament is in the books, and yet again, it took an if-necessary game that went down to the wire. Wednesday night at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Softball Complex in Havre, the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association A-League softball season came to an end. The two teams left standing were Master Sports and Lions, and after two games decided this year’s champion, it was Lions who came away on top. Lions defeated Master Sports Tuesday, but Master S...
During the summer, it doesn’t typically take much to get a softball game going in Montana. But make a weekend out of it, and throw in six teams stocked with talent, concessions, and a couple of good causes, and Sixth Avenue Memorial Softball Complex in Havre is suddenly the place to be. Friday through Sunday, Havre’s Danny Wirtzberger, who is currently the head coach of the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team, and the Havre High girls softball team, will put on...
The beginning of Northern District play was not welcoming to the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team this season. But with a lot more at bats, innings, and games now behind the North Stars, a second shot at a conference rival could mean more favorable results. In early May, the North Stars opened up district play with two games against the hosting Great Falls Electrics. But still working out many of the programs kinks, the North Stars suffered two losses, 9-3, and...
Regular season tournaments always have something interesting or unique in store for teams, and ending the weekend with one win, two losses, and a tie, the same can be said for Havre and the Deer Lodge Tournament. The American Legion North Stars spent Friday through Sunday in Deer Lodge. The North Stars got four more games under their belt, as well as added one more win to their record. The North Stars defeated the Butte Muckers 8-0 Friday. Unfortunately, the North Stars went winless the remainder of the weekend, losing 20-0...
The local golf season sure is heating up. Hot temperatures in the Havre area certainly are making for good golf conditions, though frequent thunderstorms are also getting in the way at times too. Still, the tournament season is now well under way at local golf courses, and especially at Prairie Farms Golf Course. This past Saturday, the MSU-Northern NLASF Scramble was held at Prairie Farms, and as usual, a good time was had by all. The annual tournament helps raise money for the Northern Lights Athletic Scholarship Foundation...
There have been a lot of surprising wins and losses in Havre Youth Baseball this spring and summer, and when it took two games to crown the Major League champion Sunday, the trend continued for the young players of Havre. Sunday at Lions Field in Havre marked the end of the Major League baseball tournament. The tournament began Thursday, bringing in Bing ‘N’ Bob’s, Lions, Master Sports, Sears and Calypso, all with the hopes of becoming the 2013 champions. Calypso was an early...
Moving forward, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team will continue to improve. Wins have not come easy for the North Stars this season, and with a tough road still ahead, finding ways to win will continue to be tough. But the North Stars are up to the challenge, and they will surely be tested this weekend. Today through Sunday, the North Stars will be in Deer Lodge for the Deer Lodge Tournament. Today they will face the Butte Muckers, and will have several more...
Without a good coach, a wrestling program, or even an individual wrestler, can only go so far. Knowing this, the Montana State University-Northern Lights wrestling program has used this idea to put on a very unique summer wrestling camp. The camp was held in the MSU-N wrestling room on the Northern campus in Havre, and ran Sunday through Thursday morning. The camp brought in 30 young grapplers, but also brought in six very successful coaches, as well as another ten or more...
It’s not unheard of for a Havre athlete to gain attention from other programs, or from sports fans across the state. But Blake Preeshl has taken that attention one step further, gaining recognition on a national level. Preeshl has played hockey since he was 6 years of age, and played for the Havre Ice Hawks until 2011. From there, he began to commute from Havre to Helena to play for the Helena Bighorns, where he was fortunate enough to win a state championship. And his e...
Instead of two seven-inning games, Wednesday night’s action was changed to two five-inning games at Legion field. The purpose was to beat the approaching storm, and the plan worked just as planned. But unfortunately for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team, they didn’t get off the diamond before the Great Falls Hawks erupted into a storm of their own. Wednesday at Legion field in Havre, the North Stars and Hawks split in a non-league doubleheader. The North Sta...
There aren’t a whole lot of them this season, but Spencer Ross is one of the veteran leaders for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team. He has been around Havre baseball his entire life, and he finds himself nearing the end of his Legion career. Ross graduated from Havre High this spring, and not only had a long baseball career, but was also a varsity contributor for the Blue Pony basketball and golf programs. Ross played four years of both basketball and golf a...
It may not have ended up being a three-peat for the Hi-Line United U19 soccer team, but they did end the season with another great run at the title. Friday through Sunday, the United were in Great Falls for the Montana State Cup soccer tournament. And after claiming the title the last two seasons, the United finished up with a 1-2 record on the weekend. But the weekend started off with a bang. Friday, the United defeated No. 1 ranked Big Timber team 1-0. But then United suffered a tough 2-0 loss to Laurel Friday, as well as...
Every so often, even a young baseball team puts together a great outing on the diamond, earning a win and showing just what kind of potential they have, and how dangerous they can be. That was the case Saturday at Legion Field in Havre, when the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club earned a home split with the district rival Fort Macleod Royals. In the first game of the evening, the North Stars defeated the Royals 12-1 in five innings. But in the nightcap, the...
The busy schedule of the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team has kept the team active all summer long, and things won’t be slowing down anytime soon, as the team will play four more district games this weekend. Saturday, the North Stars will host a Northern A doubleheader with Fort McLeod at Legion Field in Havre. And Sunday, the North Stars will take to the road for a doubleheader with Vauxhall. Saturday’s home games are scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. The North S...
It wasn’t a record-setting regular season by any means for the Hi-Line United U19 co-ed soccer team, but as the two-time defending state champions, all eyes will still be on the United this weekend at the state tournament. Today through Sunday, the Montana Cup state soccer tournament will be played at the Siebel Soccer Complex in Great Falls. The United will be looking for a third consecutive state title. But another state cup isn’t going to be an easy task for the Uni...
There are plenty of good baseball players to go around in Great Falls, and the Havre North Stars saw that first hand, with the addition of a Senior Babe Ruth squad to the schedule. The Great Falls Hawks may be a Babe Ruth program, but they proved to be a worthy opponent with solid pitching, and lively bats. The Hawks defeated the North Stars 12-7 Tuesday night at Legion field. A doubleheader was scheduled for tonight, but the matchup was moved to Tuesday, and one nine-inning g...
Sunday afternoon marked the end of the Havre Jamboree at Legion Field, and the North Stars had the opportunity to play the final game of the weekend. But unfortunately for the North Stars, the Glasgow Reds had no intentions of sticking around for a complete game. After going 1-3 through the first two days of the Jamboree, the North Stars faced off against Montana’s No. 1 team in the Reds. The Reds made short work of the outing, defeating the North Stars 15-0 in just three i...
The Havre North Stars took on a lot of solid baseball teams over the weekend, including a tough stretch, where the North Stars faced three teams in two days. Friday through Sunday, the American Legion North Stars hosted the Havre Jamboree at Legion Field in Havre. The North Stars played a total of four games on the weekend, but were especially busy Friday and Satruday. Friday, Strathmore, Alberta, defeated the North Stars 6-4 in five innings. And Saturday, the North Stars...
As the summer weather settles in across the Hi-Line, there are plenty of opportunities for young athletes to take advantage of this off-season. And it doesn’t matter if you are an up-and-coming tennis player, or a seasoned varsity basketball player, a number of camps set to take place in Havre in the upcoming weeks have a lot to offer. Spending the summer on the couch isn’t going to make anybody better, so when you are not taking the time to work out, or run on your own, it...
As the Montana State University-Northern Lights football team continues its march toward the upcoming season, the program also continues to make its mark in the community. Football is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in the United States, and kids fall in love with the game at a very young age. Knowing this, the Lights make it a priority to do their part with young football players from all over the Hi-Line and surrounding areas with their annual football camp. Athle...
There is always somewhat of an adjustment period when a coach chooses to change programs or retire. But some cases are a little more special than others, and the Havre Community Swimming Pool is going to look a lot different next winter. Veteran Havre High swim coach Chris Inman has been a staple in Havre Swimming for 25 years, and staple in Havre High Blue Pony swimming for 14 seaons. But every coach has to hang up their clipboard sometime, and after a very long, and...
This late into spring, the weather doesn’t typically alter the local sports schedules. But in Montana anything is possible when it comes to unwelcome weather, and days, and inches, of unwelcome rain has already made its mark. Friday, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team was forced to cancel two games against Great Falls. And Sunday’s doubleheader against the divisional rival Medicine Hat was barely squeezed in between thunder and lightning storms at Legion Field. But with nonstop rain since Sunday afternoon, th...
Some days a team just doesn’t have it, in any way shape or form. And unfortunately for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team, that day was Sunday. The North Stars played two Northern A league games on Sunday afternoon at the Legion Field in Havre. Havre struggled to start both contests, and fell twice in the doubleheader against the Medicine Hat Knights. The Knights defeated the North Stars 16-2 in the first game, and then 11-0 in the nightcap. Both games e...
