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Tonight's game is a special one for the Havre High School boys basketball team, as it also marks senior night. Tonight at 7, the Central A Blue Ponies will play their last game of the season in the Havre High gymnasium. And for Brandon Smith, Ryan Brandt, Tyson Kultgen, Justin Jensen, Logan Connor, Tray Trahant and Rydell Ruff, this will be their last game ever at the Havre High gymnasium. "I think they are all going to want to perform well at their last game at Havre High," head coach Andy Smith said. "They want to got out w...
Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton Chinook's Kayla Hanson (middle) leads the pack in the girls 300-meter hurdles at the Class C state track meet this weekend in Missoula. Hanson won state championships in both hurdle races, and many local Class C athletes earned medals at the meet. For full results from the Class C state meet, see Tuesday's Havre Daily News. MISSOULA — It is no secret that the Hi-Line houses some of the best athletic talent in the state. And after another fantastic showing at the Class C State Track Meet by local...
GREAT FALLS — For an inexperienced Havre High girls tennis team, the 2011 Class A state tournament couldn't have gone much better. The Blue Ponies took just three girls into last Thursday and Friday's state tournament in Great Falls, and while they may have combined to score just two points, Blue Pony head coach George Ferguson saw plenty of upside. Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton Havre High senior Christina Mack hits a backhand during a State A girls singles match last Thursday in Great Falls. Mack closed out her career at HH...
The tougher the nonconference schedule, the better teams get as the season progresses. That is normally the mentality in the game of football, as teams prepare for the conference schedule. And, if that's true, the Havre Blue Ponies should be well-prepared for the Central A after facing Whitefish, Butte Central, Miles City and Sidney en route to the conference schedule. Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre High's Justin Jensen will try to help lead the Blue Ponies to a Central A conference opening win Saturday in Belgrade....
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club is still fighting to find a turning point in their season. But as a long stretch of Northern A games just got under way, a quick two-game stop at home wasn't the answer. Wednesday afternoon the North Stars hosted the Fort MacLeod Royals in two Northern A games. And while fans and players couldn't have asked for a better day for baseball games, the North Stars continued to struggle with two league losses. In game one, the Royals defeated Havre 5-4 and in game two of the...
The Havre High School boys and girls golf teams have already put together a pretty solid golf season. Now, with the hopes of divisional supremacy and a berth into the state tournament on the line, the Blue Ponies are hoping for yet another solid weekend of play. Saturday the Central A Ponies will travel to Browning for the 18-hole Central A Divisional tournament. HHS will play at the East Glacier Lodge Golf Course, where the top three boys and top three girls teams, as well as the top 15 boys and top 15 girls will make the...
The 2011 high school football season is now over. Saturday was the last day of games for the season, and the champions have been crowned. Friday night in Class AA action, the No. 2 Helena Capital Bruins defeated No. 1 Billings West Golden Bears 39-14 on Wendy's Field at Daylis Stadium in Billings. The state title is the seventh title since 1999 and the 11th overall since 1979 for the Bruins. The Bruins fell behind 7-0 early, but took a 13-7 lead into the half. And after outscoring the opposition 26-7 in the second half, the...
Havre High senior Simon McCann blasts out of the bunker on the fourth hole at Beaver Creek Golf Course during last Saturday's Havre Invitational. McCann is in his final days of a four-year golf career for the Blue Ponies, and he's gunning for a second straight appearance at the Class A state tournament. McCann is also a standout tennis play for the Blue Ponies. Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton Havre High senior Simon McCann blasts out of the bunker on the fourth hole at Beaver Creek Golf Course during last Saturday's Havre...
After one of the best overall weekends the Havre High boys and girls cross country teams have had collaboratively in a while, the Blue Ponies are poised for another successful weekend. Just last weekend the Central A Blue Pony boys and girls teams finished in the No. 1 spots in the Malta Invite. That included a defeat over the Glasgow Scotties, a year in and year out Class B powerhouse. Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton Havre High runner Ashlynn Van Voast races in the 2010 Havre Invitational. The Blue Pony cross country teams...
Juletta Don is headed into her senior year at Havre High, and with her senior volleyball season on the horizon as well, this year looks to be a promising one. This will be Don's fourth year of Blue Pony volleyball, and her second on the varsity squad. And while Don was a crucial component to last year's team as a junior, hopefully, she still has room to improve. A year ago Don totaled 33 blocks, enough to lead the Blue Pony squad. And with this being her varsity season, Don is looking to be even more impressive on the court...
The success rate was up and down for the Havre High volleyball team in its jam-packed season-opening weekend, but overall the consensus was a good one. On Friday the Central A Blue Ponies were in Livingston where they faced the Belgrade Panthers and Livingston Rangers in conference play. HHS defeated the Panthers in five games. The Panthers defeated the Ponies in game one 25-17, but the Ponies bounced back and won games two and three by scores of 25-23 and 25-21. Belgrade stole game four 25-17 before the Ponies took game five...
After a hard fought battle, the Havre High football team took a devastating blow by a player the Blue Ponies had worked so hard to keep out of the end zone. Saturday in Butte, the Central A Blue Ponies fell 24-20 to the Southwest A Butte Central Maroons. With the loss the Ponies record now sits at 1-1. Late in the fourth quarter the Ponies led the Maroons 20-17. The lead came after the Ponies overcame a 10-0 deficit in the first half. But after Zach Kasperick scored on an 11-yard rushing touchdown with 3:18 left in the...
Some people might say the way the season ended for both the Havre High girls and boys tennis teams may have been out of the norm. Some might say the Blue Ponies didn't excel in the ways they normally do on the tennis court. But longtime Havre High head coach George Ferguson couldn't disagree with those people more. In fact, Ferguson looks at every year as a success story, whether his team's earn trophies or not. "The biggest thing I gauge success by is, did our kids improve, are they better players than they were last year,...
