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The Hi-Line never ceases to produce some thrilling sports moments. And the last 12 months were no different as the year showcased amazing championships, incredible moments and thrilling team and individual performances. Here's a look back at some of the top sports moments from Havre and the Hi-Line in 2024. Box Elder boys pull off state title double, including first state championship in football It wasn't much fo a surprise that the Box Elder boys basketball team ran the...
The Havre High girls basketball team closed out 2024 on a high note. The Blue Ponies won both of their games at the East-West Showdown last weekend in Billings. Last Friday, Havre toppled Hamilton 73-32. The Ponies used a 19-4 run in the second quarter to pull away from the Broncs. Tierra Parker and Ari Gary each scored 16 points in the victory for the Ponies. Head coach Tommy Brown's team then finished the weekend with another dominant win on Saturday afternoon. Improving to...
The Havre High boys basketball team wrapped up the 2024 portion of their schedule with a 1-1 performance at the East-West Showdown last weekend in Billings. Last Friday, the Blue Ponies took down the Hamilton Broncs, 58-53 behind a game-high 24 points from senior Tre Gary. Matt Huse added 14 points. Looking for the weekend sweep, the Ponies came up just short against highly-touted Butte Central on Saturday. The Maroons edged the Ponies 52-50. Tre Gary finished the contest...
It was two more times in the water for the Havre High boys and girls swim teams. Last weekend, the Blue Ponies competed in a pair of meets in Great Falls. Last Friday, Havre raced in the annual Great Falls Pre Relay Meet. The Pony girls placed fifth overall out of nine teams with 123 points. The Pony boys took fourth overall with 167 points. Top finishers for Havre included, Daniel Tilleman, who won the boys 50 freestyle, Brocton Elliott, who placed sixth in the books 100 butt...
The Havre High wrestling teams had one last tournament in 2024. Last weekend, the Blue Ponies traveled to Great Falls for the CMR Holiday Classic. The HHS boys finished 16th out of more than 50 teams with 86 points. The HHS girls also scored 45.5 point6s in the prestigious tournament. Havre junior Tommy Lewis was one of two Blue Ponies to reach the podium. Lewis finished second at 285 pounds, while Matt Lemer placed sixth at 132 pounds. On the girls side, Jazmyn Were placed...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team had a strong showing at last weekend's Arizona Christian Tournament in Phoenix. In the first game of the tourney, the Skylights beat Benedictine-Mesa 74-50. The Skylights took the first quarter 19-11. They pushed the lead going into halftime 39-27. Northern extended the lead in the third quarter outscoring them 22-11. The Skylight kept the lead to win the game. The Skylights was led by with 25 points going 10-13 fro...
In a tough Cascade Conference road dual, the Montana State University-Northern Lights came up short earlier this week. Northern lost to rival Southern Oregon 32-16 on Thursday night in Ashland, Oregon. SOU won six straight matches to start the dual, before the Lights got a victory from Travis Waldner at 165 pounnds. Devin Crawford also won at 174, before Rylin Burns was upset at 184. Austin Vanek (197) and Shane Mattson (285) posted wins for the Lights to close out the dual....
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is heading to Christmas break after going 1-1 at the Cactus Classic earlier this week in Chandler, Arizona. Last Tuesday saw Northern fall to No. 9 The Masters 76-66. The Lights battled in the first half. The Masters went on a 13-2 run to push the lead to double figures. They extended their lead to 19, as the Lights cut into the lead going into halftime 39-29. The Lights battled in the second half shooting 50 percent...
Playing at home for the first time this season, the Havre High girls dominated last Saturday inside the HHS gymnasium. The Blue Ponies, of first-year head coach Tommy Brown, defeated East Helena 74-39. Sierra Parker scored a game-high 17 points for the Ponies, while Amaya Jarvis had 16 and Ari Gary had 14. The win was a big bounce-back for the Blue Ponies after they lost a heartbreaker at Lockwood last Thursday, 52-51. In the back-and-forth game, the Ponies had one look at a...
The Havre High boys wrestling team is a fixture at the annual Mining City Duals in Butte. And last weekend, Havre was bad in the Mining City for the 2024 edition. Last Friday, Havre competed in Pool 1 where the Ponies were defeated by Billings West 77-3, Three Forks 48-36 and Helena Capital 54-24. Havre also dropped a dual on Saturday to Frenchtown 57-18 before bing eliminated by Missoula Big Sky 54-29 in the consolation bracket. Last weekend also saw the Havre High girls...
The Havre High swim teams finally dove into the pool against other schools last weekend. Havre attuned the Flathead December Invitational last Saturday in Kalispell. In the team competition, the Havre boys took sixth place with 86 points, while the HHS girls were seventh with 100 points. Individually the HHS boys saw Brockton Elliot came in fifth in the 200 freestyle, posting a time of 2:06.51. He also finished fourth in the 100 butterfly, coming in at 1:02.55. Dentin DePreist...
The home opener of the 2024-25 season was a successful one for the Havre High boys basketball team. On Saturday afternoon at the Havre High gymnasium, the Blue Ponies beat the East Helena Vigilantes 68-54. Havre went up by as many as 25 points in the first half and never looked back as Dax Oswalt, Matt Huse and Brayden Ereaux each scored 16 points and Tre Gary added 13 as Havre improved to 2-1 on the season. The Ponies lost their first game of the new season last Thursday as...
Like Havre High head coach Beau LaSalle says, there's really no better way to kick of Blue Pony wrestling season then in the friendly confines of the HHS gymnasium. And the Blue Ponies did just that last weekend as they dominated the Havre Invitational last Thursday and Friday. Havre was outstanding in its season debut all weekend long. The Ponies got a championship from Tucker Stygles at 103 pounds, as he defeated teammate Brady Boucher in the championship. Charlie Buck of...
Make it a clean sweep for the Havre High basketball teams. The Blue Ponies opened the 2024-25 season with a long road trip to Miles City for a Northeast A doubleheader and both teams came home winners. The Havre High girls began the Tommy Brown era with a resounding 52-38 win over last year's Class A runner-up. The Ponies led just 19-17 after one, and the game was still tight at 40-34 going into the fourth quarter. From there, Havre put the defensive clamps on the Cowgirls...
It was an exciting season for the Havre Blue Pony football team, and now, the postseason awards are rolling in. After reaching the Class A semifinals, the Blue Ponies had five players named All-State for 2024. Senior defensive back/wide receiver Tre Gary, senior defensive back/wide receiver Colter Solomon, senior linebacker/running back Tate Nelson, senior offensive lineman Gage Chapman and junior offensive lineman Tommy Lewis were Havre's selections for All-State. For...
Finally back in the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams rolled to victory last Saturday. The Skylights beat St. Mary's University of Canada 66-33 last Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-3 on the season. Northern took a 39-22 lead into halftime and held St. Mary's to just 11 points in the second half. The Skylights was led by Taya Trottier with 12 points, six rebounds and six assists. Shyan Krass added 10 points and five...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team got plenty of mat time, and racked up a ton of wins last weekend in the Great Falls. Northern opened the two-day event in the Electric City with a 35-18 win over Northwest College in the Argo Duals. After the victory, the Lights returned to the mat on Saturday for the Battle of the Rockies Open, a tournament that featured rival Providence, among other Northwest schools. In that tournament, every MSU-N grappler that took the...
The Havre High boys and girls wrestling teams are set to kick off the 2024-25 season, and it should be another great year for the Ponies on the mat. Havre head coach Beau LaSalle's teams will open the season with the two-day Havre Invitational this Friday and Saturday at the HHS gymnasium. The Pony boys return All-State wrestlers Reed Mantle, Matt Lemer and Tommy Lewis, while the likes of Pierce Caplette, Grady Haney and others will make Havre a strong contender once again in...
I'll just get this out of the way right now. The Montana Grizzlies aren't going to beat the South Dakota State Jackrabbits this Saturday in Brookings, South Dakota. Period. And thus, a weird, wacky and truly disappointing Grizzly football season will come to an end as a result of a beatdown at the hands of the defending FCS champions - in what was a rematch from the 2024 title game. In the immortal words of Forrest Gump: "That's all I have to say about that." However, rest...
It was an exciting season for the Havre Blue Pony football team, and now, the postseason awards are rolling in. After reaching the Class A semifinals, the Blue Ponies had five players named All-State for 2024. Senior defensive back/wide receiver Tre Gary, senior defensive back/wide receiver Colter Solomon, senior linebacker/running back Tate Nelson, senior offensive lineman Gage Chapman and junior offensive lineman Tommy Lewis were Havre's selections for All-State. For...
It's been a rough preseason for the young Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. And things didn't get any better last weekend in Dickinson, North Dakota. Last Friday, the Lights fell to Valley City State, The first was close until the Vikings went on a 8-0 run to take the lead by 10. The Lights battled back to tie up the game with 1:05 left in the first half. Valley hit a couple shots to take the game by one going into halftime. Valley city pushed the lead...
The Havre High girls basketball program is one of of the great sports dynasties. So each new season holds a lot of excitement. But this season, the excitement will be combined with a big change as longtime Havre High head coach Dustin Kraske retired at the end of last season, while former Blue Pony basketball player and HHS assistant coach Tommy Brown assumes the role of head coach. And while while this season will mark the first time in decades that Kraske won't be on the...
It should be an exciting season for the Havre High boys basketball team. Veteran head coach Walynn Burgess returns a talented group of Blue Ponies as Havre looks to return to the Class A state tournament come March. The Ponies open their new season this weekend, and they'll have some familiar faces leading the way, led by returning Class A All-State guard Tre Gary. A four-year varsity performer, Gary is one of three returning starters for the Pony boys, who finished fourth in...
It wasn't even close. Despite being a Top 10 FCS matchup for the third year in a row, in the 123rd Brawl of the Wild, the No. 9 Montana Grizzlies were simply no match for the No. 2 Montana State Bobcats. In front of a new record crowd at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, the Bobcats piled up major rushing yards en route to a 34-11 win over the Grizzlies. The victory was the fifth straight by the home team in the series, while also capping a perfect 12-0 regular season for the...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team returned to the hardwood last Friday and made the most out of their only game last week. The Skylights beat Embry-Riddle 79-73 in Great Falls.The Skylights got off to a slow start going down 22-14 in the first quarter. Northern stayed with the Eagles in the second quarter going into halftime 36-27. The Skylights cut the lead going into the third quarter 53-52. The Skylights take the fourth quarter by seven to take...
