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It was a tough weekend on the road for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team as the Lights fell to both Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon in Helena. Last Friday, Northern fell to Southern Oregon University 82-61 in Helena. Southern pushed the lead early in the first half 19-10. The Lights cut into the lead to seven. The Raiders went on a run to extend the lead to 15 points going into half. Southern was able to just keep a good lead for the rest of the...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basektball team faced some big challenges last weekend in Great Falls. On Friday, The Skylights lost against NAIA power The Master's University 85-63.. The Mustangs got a jump on the Skylights outscoring them 26-11 in the first quarter. They extended the lead going into halftime 50-28. The Skylights took the third quarter 21-19, but it wasn't enough. The Skylights were led by Taya Trottier who had 17 points, five rebounds and four...
Oh so close. The Havre High football team's run through the Class A playoffs nearly took them all the way to the state championship game. Leading Laurel 20-14 at halftime, the Loctomotives steamrolled their way past the Ponies in the second half as they ended Havre's season with a 35-28 win in the Class A semifinals last Saturday in Laurel. The Ponies beat the Locomotives in the regular season in Havre, and things looked good again when Havre took a 12-0 lead in the first...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights got a much-needed win. And it came on the last day of the 2024 Frontier Conference football season. On senior day at Tilleman Field, the Lights beat Rocky Mountain College 19-13 for their first Frontier Conference win in over two years. The Lights scored 19 unanswered points after trailing 7-0. Devin Shelton caught a 22-yard RD pass and Lucas Thacker scored on a run to put the Lights up 12-7 at halftime. Zach Brooks then capped off...
Making the long-awaited home debut, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team beat an old rival, and a future Frontier Conference foe. The Skylights beat Dickinson State University in their home opener 76-58 Monday night in the Armory Gymnasium. It wasn’t easy as Northern trailed 40-30 at halftime. From there though, head coach Chris Mouat’s team absolutely dominated the Blue Hawks. The Skylights went on a 23-9 run in the next eight minutes and ended up hol...
The Montana State University-Northern football team struggled to a loss at Montana Tech 54-14 in Butte last Saturday. Northern tallied 295 yards of total offense (201 on the ground), while the Orediggers accounted for 512 yards, of which 299 yards were on the ground. Both teams scored one touchdown in the first quarter. Montana Tech took a good leading going into halftime 30-7. The Lights scored again in the third quarter, while the Orediggers added two touchdowns. Montana...
The Havre High football team seems to have a flare for the dramatic. And that was on full display in the Class A quarterfinals last Saturday in Frenchtown. Taking on the Frenchtown Broncs, undefeated and champions of the Western A, the Ponies erased a 23-13 deficit and wound up crushing the Broncs in the second half for a 47-30 win, earning Havre High a trip to the state semifinals. Pony quarterback Griffin Terry started off the game finding running back Tate Nelson for a...
Havre High's Kaydance Reiter is the school's newest NCAA Division I athlete. Earlier this week, Reiter announced she is signing an NCAA letter of intent to run track and field for the Montana Grizzlies women's team starting next season. A senior Blue Pony, Reiter is the defending 100-meter champion in Class A after winning the state championship last spring. She also finished second in the Class A state 200 meters, and overall, she has won seven medals in track and field at...
Another Saturday, and the Box Elder Bears are one game closer to playing for a state football championship. In the Class C Six-Man playoffs last Saturday in Box Elder, the Bears outlasted Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine in a wild shootout, 74-64. The Bears stayed ahead for much of the high-scoring game as they advanced to the state semifinals. Box Elder, which won Northern Division regular season, will have to face a perennial Six-Man powerhouse with a berth in the state...
The Havre High volleyball team had a strong season, but, the Blue Ponies' dream of making it to the state tournament came up a bit short. Last weekend in Lewistown, the Blue Ponies lost to Lockwood in the first round and then were eliminated by Laurel at the Eastern A Divisional Tournament. The Ponies were swept in both matches. Billings Central ended up winning the Eastern A by beating Hardin the title match, 3-1. Lockwood finished third, while Lewistown took fourth, The top...
The Frontier Conference Volleyball Tournament is coming to the Armory Gymnasium. And the Montana State University-Northern Skylights couldn't be more excited. Northern, which is the No. 5 seed in the tournament, ended the regular season with a thrilling five-set win over Carroll College last Saturday in Helena. MSU-N beat the Saints by scores of 18-25, 19-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-10. Alana Graves had a team-high 14 kills and eight blocks, while Lexa Stock played her best match as...
The Big Sandy Pioneers are headed to Bozeman. Last weekend in Fort Benton, the Pioneers beat Belt twice to capture the Northern C crown, and earn a coveted trip to this weekend's state tournament. Big Sandy defeated Belt in two championships matches, both by 3-1 scores. That came after the Pioneers outlasted rival Chester-Joplin-Inverness 3-1 in the third-place match earlier in the day, as the Hawks came up one match short of making it to state. Fort Benton was also...
It was yet another tough week for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team, as the Skylights went 0-2 in Frontier Conference play. The Skylights lost to Rocky Mountain College in Havre on Wednesday night. Northern lost to the Battlin' Bears in five sets (25-22, 21-25, 19-25, 28-26, and 16-14). The first set was anyone's game, as the Battlin' Bears went on a 5-0 run to take the set. Rocky pushed the lead in the second set, until Northern went on a 9-2 run to finish...
Another Saturday, and the Box Elder Bears are one game closer to playing for a state football championship. In the Class C Six-Man playoffs last Saturday in Box Elder, the Bears outlasted Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine in a wild shootout, 74-64. The Bears stayed ahead for much of the high-scoring game as they advanced to the state semifinals. Box Elder, which won Northern Division regular season, will have to face a perennial Six-Man powerhouse with a berth in the state...
The Montana State University-Northern cross country teams had one last race to run this fall. On Wednesday, the Lights and Skylights competed at the Frontier Conference Championships in Billings. The Lights took fourth place on the men’s side. James Stensland-Plymale led the Lights with a time of 26:19.3 passing the finish line in 14th. Havre’s Zack May finished with a time of 27:54.2. North Star’s Carter Campbell crossed the finish not too far from May placing 29th with...
The opening salvo of the annual rivalry between the Montana State University-Northern and University of Providence wrestling teams was one of the ages. Wednesday night in Great Falls, the sixth-ranked Argos edged the 19th-ranked Lights 21-20 in an NAIA dual at the McLaughlin Center. It was a contrast in weights as the dual progress. UP won matches at 125, 133, 141 and 149 pounds, but the Lights ralled. At 157, No. 22 Justin Windauer beat No. 10 Jalen Vladic 2-1 in overtime, fo...
The Havre High football team is once again moving on. Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium, the Ponies crushed East Helena 42-19 in the first round of the Class A playoffs. The win pushed Havre into the quarterfinals where the Ponies will travel to No. 1 seed Frenchtown this weekend. Despite trailing 7-0 early on, Havre was dominant for much of the game. After a Pierce Caplette interception, the Ponies got on the board with the first of four Tate Nelson touchdowns. Griffin Terry...
The Havre High volleyball team had a tough ending to the 2024 regular season as the Ponies fell at Miles City last Saturday. But, the postseason gives Havre a chance to regroup and start over. And the postseason begins for the Ponies this weekend when they take part in the Eastern A Divisional Tournament in Lewistown. Havre finished third in the Northeast A, and opens the tournament against Lockwood today. Of course, the tournament is filled with powerhouse teams, including...
The Montana Western Bulldogs came to Havre and proved exactly why they're one of the best teams in all of the NAIA. Saturday at Tilleman Field, No. 4 Western cruised to a 56-14 win over the Lights. Northern tallied 191 yards of total offense, with 146 on the ground, while the Bulldogs accounted for 358, of which 220 yards were in the air. Western shut out the Lights in the first half going into 35-0. The Lights scored scored on a one-yard Mason Dionne touchdown in the third...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team began 2024-25 with a bang. Opening their season against a powerful Embry-Riddle team last Saturday, Northern edged the Eagles 74-67 for a season-opening win. Head coach Shawn Huse' team went on an 8-0 run to start the game. The Lights pushed the lead to double-digits in the first half. The Eagles went on to cut the lead to six going into halftime, 35-29. Northern took the lead by double figures again, but...
It was a good start for Hi-Line high school football teams in the first week of the MHSA playoffs. In Class C 8-Man, Chinook won its first playoff game in eight years as the Sugarbeeters upset undefeated Valley Christian 40-24. The Beeters held the Eagles to just three points in the first half en route to a berth in the quarterfinals where they'll travel to Drummond-Phillipsburg this Saturday. Fort Benton is also moving on as the Longhorns thrashed St. Ignatius 32-6 Saturday...
The Big Sandy Pioneers made them work for it. But, the Fort Benton Longorns are the District 7C volleyball champions. On Saturday night, Fort Benton beat Big Sandy in a second championship match after the Pioneers won the first match in the 7C tournament in Chester. Earlier Saturday, Big Sandy outlasted the host Hawks in the third-place match to advance to the finals against the Longhorns, who had defeated the Hawks in the undefeated semifinals in Friday night. Meanwhile, Big...
Excited to make their 2024-25 season debut, the Montana State University-Northern Lights suffered a tough setback last Friday night in the Armory Gymnasium. Opening their season against the North Idaho College Cardinal, the Lights fell in their home debut 27-10. The Cardinal, a perennial NJCAA powerhouse, won the first five matches of the night, before the Lights got on the board with a 5-3 win from Travis Waldner at 165 pounds. Devin Crawford, one of the top wrestlers in the...
Still in search of their first win of 2024, the Montana State University-Northern football team traveled to Ashland, Oregon last Saturday. However, against the high-scoring Raiders, the Lights fell to 0-6 in the Frontier with a 57-17 loss. Northern held the Raiders to just an 8-0 lead in the first quarter, but then the flood gates opened as SOU scored 35 points in the second stanza to build a 43-0 halftime lead. Colter Wolstad scored two touchdowns in the second half for the...
After building some momentum, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team suffered a pair of tough setbacks last weekend. The Skylights volleyball team lost to No. 19 Montana Tech last week in Havre. The Skylights lost against the Orediggers in five sets (23-25, 25-22, 25-15, 27-29, and 15-13). The first set was anyone's game, as the Skylights went on a 6-1 run to end the set up 25-23. The second set went back and forth until Tech went on a 7-1 run to take the lead...