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As a junior, Peyton Filius has already had a standout career at Havre High. And with her senior season still ahead of her, Filius still has time to leave an even bigger impact as a three-sport athlete for the Blue Ponies. Filius is a three-year varsity letter winner in both volleyball and basketball, and will undoubtedly be a three-year letter winner for the track team when the 2013 season rolls around. Filius has also earned an academic letter each of her first three years as well. Havre High junior Peyton Filius has...
Tuesday night the Havre High wrestling program earned another impressive win over a Class AA opponent. This time, it was a win over the visiting CMR Rustlers for the Central A Blue Ponies. Hosting CMR at the Havre High gymnasium, the Ponies defeated the Rustlers 53-21 in the dual. Havre High's Keegan Kennelly, right, locks down CMR's Gavin Martin during a 98-pound dual match Tuesday night at the HHS gymnasium. The Blue Ponies defeated the Class AA Rustlers 53-21. "The problem with this was that a lot of their kids were hurt...
Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton Booster Club board member Brett Hickman, left, and Havre High School Activities Director Dennis Murphy, right, present Noel Henderson with the Dr. Jim Elliott award in the Havre High School gym Saturday afternoon. Long-time volunteer Noel Henderson has won the Dr. Jim Elliott Award for volunteer service to Havre High School. The Elliott Award has been around since 2001, and, since then, many Havre men and women have been honored. The Havre High Booster Club chooses the recipient of the award, an...
The Browning Indians are near the top of the Central A again this season, and their signature style of play proved to be too tough for the Havre High boys basketball team. Monday night, the Central A Blue Ponies and Indians played a makeup game in Browning. But it was the host Indians that earned the valuable conference win, defeating the Ponies 77-60. "We got caught up playing at their tempo," Havre High head coach Curt Leeds said. "The game plan was to really slow down and not try and run with Browning, you can't run with...
The Havre High girls basketball team saw some resistance over its weekend home stand, but after beating the competition by a combined 34 points, the Blue Ponies put another stamp of dominance on the Central A Conference. Havre High's Lacey Waid, right, drives past a Livingston defender during Saturday afternoon's Central A girls game at the Havre High gymnasium. The Ponies swept Belgrade and Livingston at home. Two conference opponents were in Havre over the weekend, and the league leading Blue Ponies came away with both...
Havre High's Sarah Armstrong emerged as one of the top prep volleyball players in the state last fall. She led the Havre High volleyball program to a solid run at the Central A divisional tournament, and will now move up to the col Havre High senior Sarah Armstrong, right, goes up for a kill during a volleyball match last fall in Havre. Armstrong earned Class A All-State honors this season and is headed to play for Rocky Mountain College next fall. legiate level where her outstanding hitting ability can be utilized for at...
The Havre High wrestling team is getting closer, and closer to competing at the Class A state tournament in Billings, and this weekend in Belgrade, the Blue Ponies will get an in-depth look at many of the teams that will also compete at the state tournament next month. Friday and Saturday, the Central A Ponies will look to maintain their stay near the top of the Class A ranks. The No. 2 Ponies will join over nine other Class A teams in Belgrade for the Class A Duals. Last season the Ponies finished in second place, losing to...
Last week's snowstorm brought local basketball to a screeching halt, but after the short delay in action, a handful of games did get played late in the weekend. On Friday, the 10C Chester-J/I Hawks were the only local team to take the floor. But the Hawks weren't able to grab the home win, as Heart Butte defeated C/J-I 55-50 in Chester. Chester/J-I's Mike Henke, left, pulls a rebound away from Chinook's Grant Tilleman during Saturday night's Class C boys basketball game in Chinook. The Hawks edged the Sugarbeeters in a...
Now that the regular season has ended, several area schools will soon be flooded with prep basketball action. The end of the regular season means one thing, the beginning of district, divisional, and state tournaments. This week, several local teams will try to extend their seasons with top finishes district tournaments. In District 10C, the Chester/J-I Hawks will face the rest of the district competition in Conrad. No. 1 Dutton-Brady, No. 2 Heart Butte, No. 3 Valier, No. 5 Power, No. 6 Simms and No. 7 Sunburst will join the...
The Havre High girls basketball team is coming off of game it would like to forget. And if the Blue Ponies want to get back into the win column, they will need to forget it almost instantly. Tonight, the Central A Ponies (4-4) will host the Class B Malta M-Ettes (8-0), in the second meeting between the two Hi-Line rivals this season. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Havre High gymnasium. In the Ponies' first game of the season, the M-Ettes defeated them 47-44 in Malta. And this time around the Ponies are coming off of one of...
After the Havre High girls basketball team was able to win four out of the last five games, with relatively consistent play on both sides of the ball, the Blue Ponies came across another hurdle on Saturday. The No. 1 Central A Ponies faced the Class B Conrad Cowgirls on Saturday in Conrad, but failed to win their third straight game. The Cowgirls defeated the Ponies 38-35 in non-conference play. The loss dropped the Ponies' overall record to 4-4. And it wasn't the most consistent game for the Ponies, to say the least. "We...
The Havre High wrestling team may not have had its usual lineup this weekend, but the Blue Ponies still managed to make a strong showing at one of the state's top wrestling tournaments. Friday and Saturday, the No. 2 Central A Ponies wrestled at the annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic in Missoula. After finishing in fourth place last season, the Ponies finished up in the No. 10 spot this year, earning 123 points. The rolling Class AA Gr Kennelly eat Falls High Bison took the No. 1 spot for the second straight year, this...
After a slow start to the season, the Havre High boys basketball team was looking to ride a two-game winning streak into what the Blue Ponies are hoping is another successful weekend. But Havre will only get one chance to win this weekend. The winter storm that slammed into Montana Thursday morning has forced the postponement of tonight's game between the Ponies and Browning in Browning. The game will be made up but no date has been set as of yet according to Havre High Activities Director Dennis Murphy. The Central A Ponies...
The Havre High girls basketball team was set to find itself up against two talented programs this weekend which have yet to really settle into a groove this season. However, the Blue Ponies will likely only play once thanks to a vicious winter storm which is wreaking havoc across Montana. Tonight, the league leading Central A Ponies (4-3, 3-0) were set to host the Browning Indians at the Havre High gymnasium at 7. That game has been postponed with no makeup date announced as of yet. Havre High's Brandy Lambourne, left, goes...
Every season the Havre High wrestling team puts together one of the more daunting schedules in the state, in any class. But this weekend kicks off the toughest stretch the Central A Blue Ponies will see. The Ann Havre High's Dylan Stewart, left, locks up with a Cut Bank opponent during the 2012 Havre Invite last month. Weather permitting, the Blue Ponies will travel to Missoula for Friday and Saturday's Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic. ual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic wrestling tournament in Missoula always brings in the...
Havre High has produced a lot of great athletic talent over the years, but as far as team success goes, there aren't many programs across the state of Montana that can stand up next to the Havre Blue Pony wrestling program. Senior Grant Pattison is one of the key grapplers for the No. 2 ranked Class A Blue Ponies this season. Pattison is ranked No. 1 in the state at 189 pounds and is in the hunt for his first state title. As a sophomore he wrestled at 160 pounds and missed placing at state by one position. But as a junior he...
After a couple of close calls early in the year, the Havre High boys basketball team was still winless through the first five games of the season. But knowing they had two winnable games over the weekend, the Blue Ponies knew this was their chance to get rolling. And the Central A Ponies did just that, as they improved their overall record to 2-5 and their conference record to 1-2. On Friday, the Ponies hosted the conference rival Lewistown Golden Eagles and recorded their first win of the season. HHS defeated the Eagles...
Basketball coaches in Montana typically cross paths many times throughout their careers. They coach together, they coach against each other, and some even played against or with each other before turning to coaching. Curt Leeds and Tom Reynolds are prime examples of two coaches that crossed unique paths. Reynolds is the head Former Havre Blue Pony great Tom Reynolds, middle, coaches the Shelby boys basketball team last Saturday in Havre. Reynolds has had tons of success in his lengthy stint as the head coach in Shelby, where...
With two very winnable games just around the corner for the Havre High girls basketball team, the Blue Ponies find themselves in a very good position to regain the momentum coming out of the holiday break. The Central A Ponies are 2-3 overall and 2-0 in conference. They lost to the Great Falls High Bison prior to the short pause in action, but are coming out of the two-week break as the favored team in their next two matchups. HHS will travel to Lewistown to face the conference rival Golden Eagles tonight, and will return hom...
As far as wins go, it hasn't been the most productive start to the season for the Havre High boys basketball team. But as the young team continues to take the right steps forward, and continues to grow and get better, the Blue Ponies enter the new year knowing they could earn their first win. The Central A Blue Ponies started the season 0-5, including an 0-2 start to their conference schedule. But their next two opponents have a combined 1-10 record, and coming out of a very productive break, the Ponies could come away with o...
It was a déjà vu moment at the Central A divisionals wrestling tournament for the Havre High wrestling team this weekend. That is because the Central A Blue Ponies have been in the same situation before. Saturday afternoon, the Ponies were in Lewistown, where they grabbed yet another Central A team title in dominating fashion. Kody Pribyl The Ponies earned the team win with 271 points, outscoring the second-place Belgrade Panthers with 227.5. The Lewistown Golden Eagles were third with 172.5, while the Browning Indians w...
Last week, the Havre High boys basketball team hit a rough patch in their season. The Blue Ponies did escape the weekend with one win, but more importantly, the Ponies are ready to move forward and keep improving. Things don't always go as planned, especially with a young team nearing the end of a rebuilding season. But as the Central A Ponies keep pushing forward, they were happy to earn a split in their two games this weekend. On Friday the Ponies had a shot to lock down the No. 3 seed in the conference, but fell to...
One win would have been just what the Havre High girls basketball team needed over the weekend. But after getting back on track from last week's slight derailment, the Blue Ponies grabbed two important wins instead. The Central A Ponies played two games over the weekend and came out on top in both. Friday at the Havre High gymnasium, the Central A Ponies defeated the conference rival Lewistown Golden Eagles 49-40. And on Saturday in Shelby, the Ponies defeated the Class B Coyotes 56-24. With the two wins the Ponies improved...
Right now, the Havre High boys basketball team needs a win. Things haven't gone well as of late for the Blue Ponies, but they do have a shot at emerging from a tough stretch of losses with two good wins. Havre already defeated the conference rival Lewistown Golden Eagles, and non conference Shelby Coyotes early this season. The Ponies beat the Eagles 60-53 at home and beat the Coyotes 57-34 on the road. Havre High's Dane Warp, right, drives to the basket during a boys high school basketball game against Malta Tuesday night...
The Havre High girls basketball team did not have the best couple of games last week. But with two more games scheduled for this weekend, the Blue Ponies should be able to turn things back around. Last week, the Central A Ponies lost a tough games to Great Falls High and CMR. Moving forward, the Ponies will play two more games this weekend, one conference, on non conference, as they continue to prepare for the divisional and state basketball tournaments. Morgan Mazurkiewicz and the Havre High girls basketball team plays at...
