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After a good holiday break, with not too many basketball games being played on the Hi-Line, boys basketball teams finally returned to the hardwood over the weekend. On Thursday, the rolling Class B Rocky Boy Stars remained undefeated on the season with a 96-77 win over the Class C Big Sandy Pioneers. The Pioneers are still fighting to stay atop the 9C, while the Stars have surprised a lot of teams with their flawless 1B record. The Stars were in control of the game from the get go, leading 20-12 after the first frame. They...
The Havre High girls basketball team was hungry to get back out on the court after a two-week break. And after earning two dominant wins out of the gate, the Blue Ponies quickly settled into a groove as they remain in midseason form. After a conference win on the road over the Lewistown Golden Eagles on Friday, and a home win over the non-conference Shelby Coyotes on Saturday, the Ponies improved to 4-3 overall and an impressive 3-0 in Central A play. HHS defea HHS's Tori Mazurkiewicz, right, races past a Shelby defender...
The Havre High wrestling team has found little resistance at the annual Cut Bank Booster Club Invitational in recent years, and in 2013, that trend continued. Friday and Saturday, the No. 2-ranked Class A Blue Ponies attended the Cut Bank Invite in Cut Bank, and ran away with the team title. The Central A Ponies scored 247.5 points to earn the No. 1 finish, and was barely challenged by No. 2 Choteau with 217.5. The conference rival Lewistown Golden Eagles finished in a distant third with 159 points, as the Ponies cruised thro...
With the 2012-2013 basketball season quickly approaching its end, a lot of important games were played over the weekend. On Thursday, the District 9C Big Sandy Pioneers hosted the long time rival 1B Rocky Boy Stars. The Stars earned a win, 77-71 in Big Sandy. The Stars' offense came out hot and the Pioneers just couldn't keep pace as the Stars scored at least 20 points in all but one frame. The Pioneers put up 17 in the first and 18 in each of the finals three, but Rocky Boy's Junior Day Child proved to be too much,...
Midway through the season, the Havre High wrestling team has a familiar feeling heading into action this weekend. Teams are always hungry to get on the mat to start a new year, but after a two-week holiday break, the Blue Ponies are ready to get back to competition. The last time the Central A Ponies took the mat was on Dec. 20, as they dropped a tight dual with the Class AA Great Falls High Bison in Great Falls. But the Ponies won't waste any time as they prepare to get back to their tough schedule of duals and tournaments....
It has been nearly a decade since the Havre High wrestling team hasn't claimed the No. 1 spot at the divisional tournament. And If the Blue Ponies have anything to say about it, things won't be any different this weekend. For the last two years, there was talk that the Belgrade panthers had what it would take to overtake the dominating Ponies, but it didn't happen. Last season the Ponies again emerged as the league's top team, earning 276 points and the No. 1 finish over Belgrade who finished with 210. Havre High's Grayson...
It is that time again for the Havre High girls basketball program; it is time for them to face the always-tough CMR Rustlers in non-league play. The Central A Blue Ponies have played the Class AA Rustlers once already, but wound up with a loss early in the season. But the 57-52 loss came in just the second game of the year for the Ponies, and as fans and other teams have began to notice, the once young and inexperienced Blue Pony squad is now playing with a much higher level of consistency and success. Saturday night, the Cen...
Havre High's Peyton Filius (left) brings the ball up the floor during a high school girls game between the Blue Ponies and Great Falls High Bison Thursday night at the HHS gymnasium. When playing a tough non-conference schedule, sometimes a game just doesn't go as planned for a team. And for the Havre High girls basketball team, that game came on Thursday night. Thursday night at th Havre High's Chanel Standing Rock (right) looks for room during a girls high school basketball game Thursday night in Havre. e Havre High...
Road wins are always hard to come by in prep boys basketball. And unfortunately for the Havre High boys basketball team, they played well, but still couldn't find the win column away from home. Thursday night in Great Falls, the Central A Blue Ponies took on the Class AA Great Falls High bison. But it was the Bison who grabbed the 56-46 win. The Bison also won the first meeting just a couple of weeks ago in Havre, 38-37. "I thought our kids played really hard tonight, they battled all game long," Havre High head coach Andy Sm...
Anytime the Havre High boys basketball team plays the CMR Rustlers, the Blue Ponies know it is going to be a tough game. But not having seen the Rustlers since week one of the season, hopefully the Blue Ponies will show they are much improved. In just the seco Havre High senior Brandon Smith shoots over a Shelby defender during a high school boys basketball game earlier this month in Havre. The Ponies are home to face CMR Saturday evening. nd game of the season for the Central A Ponies, the Rustlers defeated the Ponies...
The schedule has been jam packed full of great competition for the Havre high wrestling team as of late, and while the Blue Ponies are just coming out of a dual with Great Falls High on Tuesday, they gear up for another great team tonight. Tonight at the Havre High gymnasium in Havre, the Central A Ponies will host to--rankled Class B-C power Forsyth in a dual. Havre was also set to dual Conrad in a triangular but the Cowboys opted not to make the trip to Havre. "Forsyth is far and away the best B-C team in the state," Havre...
Road wins are always hard to come by in prep boys basketball. And unfortunately for the Havre High boys basketball team, they played well, but still couldn't find the win column away from home. Thursday night in Great Falls, the Central A Blue Ponies took on the Class AA Great Falls High bison. But it was the Bison who grabbed the 56-46 win. The Bison also won the first meeting just a couple of weeks ago in Havre, 38-37. "I thought our kids played really hard tonight, they battled all game long," Havre High head coach Andy Sm...
Havre High's Gilbert Bara pushes down a Great Falls High opponent during a high school wrestling dual between the Blue Ponies and Bison Tuesday night at the Havre High gymnasium. The Bison won 51-24. Blue Pony Tyler Adams (top) takes a GFH opponent to the mat during a 215-pound match in Tuesday night's dual in Havre. The Great Falls High Bison wrestling team has proven to be one of the top Class AA programs in the state. And while the Havre High Ponies did find some success against the powerhouse Bison, the Ponies learned...
Havre High senior Courtlan Vukasin has swam his way into the upper ranks of Havre High swimming. He has been a part of the boys' swim team for the last four years, and has been a definite leader and contributor to the teams' success. Vukasin has also swam at state for the last three seasons and will make his mark again this year. His best state place and time came last year as a junior, when he placed 12th overall in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:15. But Vukasin swims in five events total, including the in the...
After a solid second-place finish at the Class A duals in Lewistown over the weekend, the Havre High wrestling team is wasting no time getting back on the mats. It is a very short turnaround, considering the Central A Blue Ponies wrestled seven duals in two days. But despite just two days rest, the Ponies host yet another tough opponent tonight. At 6 p.m. at the Havre High gymnasium in Havre, the Ponies will face the Class AA Great Falls High Bison in a non conference dual. "I am sure they (Bison) are in the same boat we...
Hockey continues to be a major part of Havre prep athletics, and with another talented roster, and with a new head coach, the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team will look to continue their climb back towards the top of the ranks. Last season didn't end up quite like the Ice Hawks had hoped. They finished the season with an overall record of 8-12-0, and missed out on a trip to the state tournament. They were on the bubble, as the team finished the season as the No. 7 team, missing out on a state berth by just two points,...
It seems like every weekend the Havre High wrestling program is competing at a major tournament. The tough schedule is key to the Blue Ponies success, and that continues this weekend when they take on the rest of the Class A field. Friday and Saturday the Central A Ponies will attend the Class A Duals in Lewistown. This is an important to Havre High's Dustin Seely (left) tangles with a Lewistown opponent during the 2011 Havre Invitational last month at the HHS gymnasium. After a strong showing at last weekend's Rocky...
A lot of big games went down this week in Hi-Line boys basketball action, but while local teams saw some good wins, they al Havre High's Trey Trahant dribbles the ball during a junior varsity basketball game against Browning Friday night at the HHS gymnasium in Havre. so saw some losses. On Tuesday, the 9C Turner Tornadoes got things started with a 55-48 loss to the Havre High freshman team. The loss doesn't hurt the Tornadoes in conference standings, but the Tornadoes did see some good success against the young Ponies. This...
As the Havre High boys basketball team continues to try and dig its way out of the slump it has found itself in, the schedule isn't doing the Blue Ponies any favors by getting any easier. The Central A Ponies are coming out of a rough weekend, where they dropped two straight games. And now with a short turnaround, hosting th Havre High's Ryan Brandt (right) dribbles past a Browning defender during Friday night's Central A boys basketball game in Havre. The Blue Ponies return to the HHS gymnasium to host the Class B Malta...
In preparation for the Missoula Invite today and Saturday, the Havre High wrestling team first made a quick stop in Great Falls for a non conference dual with the CMR Rustlers. Thursday the Ponies were in Great Falls, where they took on the Rustlers. And while the Central A Blue Ponies didn't wrestle their normal lineup, they still saw some much needed reps and a little bit of success. The Rustlers defeated the Ponies 43-36 in the dual. The Ponies went into Great Falls just for the extra preparation. They narrowed their...
After the Havre High wrestling team snatched a team title at the Cut Bank Invite last weekend, the Blue Ponies head right back into another tough weekend of competition. Last weekend the Ponies Havre High's Grant Pattison (top) drives a CMR opponent into the mat during the 2011 Havre Invitational last month. The Ponies dual the Rustlers today in Great Falls, then travel to the Rocky Mountain Classic Friday and Saturday. outscored the field with 279 points, grabbing a team title in Cut Bank. The season's success continues to...
When a team is still trying to come into its own, a break from competition could be just what is needed to take the program to the next level. And with the Havre High boys basketball team exiting the holiday break with two games this weekend, the Blue Ponies are hoping they made the right tweaks during their hiatus. "The break was nice because it gave us a chance to spend a little extra time to fine tune some things," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "That was good, but now the kids are anxious to get back on the...
The holiday break is finally over. And for the Havre High girls basketball team, the break was productive, but it is time to get back on the court and see if the Blue Ponies can maintain the success they found prior. Sitting at 2-0 in the Central A and 2-3 overall, the Blue Ponies are ready to get back to competition. Just before the break the Ponies dropped a tough 54-41 non conference game to Great Falls High, but the Ponies have showed steady progress with each and every game. Now coming out of a break where the Ponies...
Nearly reaching the middle of their season, the Havre Blue Pony wrestling team is anxious to once again take the mat. With the holiday break ending, it has been two weeks since the Central A Blue Ponies have competed. Their last source of co Havre High's Thomas Gruber throws a CMR opponent over his back during a Havre Invitational wrestling match last month in Havre. Friday and Saturday, the Blue Ponies return from the holiday break by heading to the Cut Bank Invitational. mpetition was a dual with conference rival...
Montana State University-Northern has picked up a lot of local talent in the past, and now with another Hi-Line addition, the Lights' wrestling program hopefully added another future success to the recruiting list. The Northern Lights wrestling program and head Chinook's Jorrell Jones pins a Chester/J-I opponent during the 2009 Havre Invitational. Jones, who recently signed to wrestle at MSU-Northern, is a returning state champion at 215 pounds and is currently ranked No. 1 at that weight in Class B-C. coach Tyson Thivierge...
