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With the regular season winding down, high school swimmers are starting to gear up for the final races of the season. For the Havre Blue Ponies, those races come in two weeks at the all-class state meet in Butte. But before the Ponies get to Butte, they had one last meet in which to prepare. And in many ways, they took full advantage. The Pony boys and girls were at the Carroll College pool Saturday for the prestigious Helena Invitational, and while they faced off against some of the best individual swimmers in Montana, they...
Two blowout wins at home one week, two tough road losses the next. That's life in the Frontier Conference and that's been the life of the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team the last two weeks. The Skylights were red-hot coming into this week's trip to nationally-ranked Frontier powers LC State and Westminster. But after the week began with a tough loss at LC State, it ended on a difficult note for the Skylights. On Saturday night in Salt Lake City, Northern fell to 11th-ranked Westminster College,...
What a difference a week can make in the Frontier Conference. Heading into Thursday night's game at Lewis-Clark State, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was riding high, ranked No. 19 in the NAIA, sitting in first place in the league standings, and coming off a sweep of league powers Carroll College and RMC at home. But Northern lost by nine points at LC State on Thursday and things didn't get any better two days later in Salt Lake City. On Saturday night, the Lights fell to the No. 23 Westminster...
After missing a week of competition due to unexpectedly bad travel conditions, this weekend's Helena Invitational becomes even more important to the Havre High boys and girls swim teams. The Blue Ponies will be in Helena on Saturday for the final regular season meet of the year. After the Helena meet, HHS will have exactly two weeks to prepare for the all-class state swim meet. But Saturday will be the final time Havre swimmers race against live competition. And the Ponies will certainly get good competition in Helena. Both...
The Montana State University-Northern women came into Thursday night's game in Lewiston, Idaho off not one, but two big wins. The Lewis-Clark State Warriors didn't. Instead, LC State was looking to rebound from a nearly 30-point loss to Westminster College last Saturday, and the No. 13 Warriors took it out on the Skylights Thursday night. The Warriors beat Northern 59-43, ending the Skylights two-game Frontier Conference winning streak. Northern was able to hang tough early on, trailing by just a few points for much of the fi...
Getting off to a good start on the road is something the Montana State University-men's basketball team knows is important. But Thursday night in Lewiston, Idaho, the No. 19 Lights didn't do that. Instead, Northern fell behind host Lewis-Clark State right away, and the result was a 70-61 Frontier Conference road loss. David Maddock hit a 3-pointer at the 15:46 mark to put the Lights up 9-6. However, LC's defense kept the Lights scoreless for the next 8:42 of the game while the Warriors went on a 15-0 run. That put LC ahead...
After a big weekend in which the Montana State University-Northern Skylights got back on track with a home sweep, senior Samm Schermele was named the Frontier Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Schermele is a 5-foot-9 senior guard from Great Falls. MSU-Northern won both of their weekend games including a victory over nationally ranked Carroll College. The Skylights upset No. 25 Carroll 68-49 and beat Rocky Mountain College 71-56. Schermele averaged 22 points, 3.5 rebounds, two assists and 2.5 steals for the...
If one dramatic win wasn't enough, the MSU-Northern women's basketball team decided to make it a perfect two-for-two at home. On Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Skylights followed up their thumping of Carroll College on Friday night with a 71-56 thrashing of Rocky Mountain College. The win gave the Skylights back-to-back Frontier Conference victories and a 2-3 record in league play. Northern's win on Friday night came by way of a total team effort, as well as outside input from Samm Schermele and the...
It's never easy to bounce back from a difficult and emotional loss. And it's even more difficult when you're playing arguably the hottest team in the NAIA in an emotional rivalry game. But that's exactly what the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team did on Friday night. In front of a packed and rowdy MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Lights blew away the No. 16 Carroll College Fighting Saints, 73-54 in a pivotal Frontier Conference showdown. Northern turned what was a first-half slug fest, into a route in the...
Their backs were against the wall. Their season was hanging by a thread. And they were playing a nationally-ranked arch rival in the midst of a difficult three-game losing streak. Yet the Montana State University-Northern Skylights didn't flinch. In easily their most dominating performance of the season, the Skylights shocked the No. 25 Carroll College Fighting Saints 68-49 Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, in what was the start to an impressive weekend. "This win gives us a lot of momentum, a lot of confidence,"...
It's been a while since the Box Elder boys basketball team has stepped on the Four Seasons Arena floor at the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls. But the wait is over. Box Elder capped off a thrilling weekend at the 9C boys basketball tournament with an even more exciting 64-57 win over the Big Sandy Pioneers in a 9C challenge game Monday night at the Havre High gymnasium. The in over the Pioneers, who had finished second or better at the 9C tourney in each of the last five seasons, catapulted the Bears into the divisional...
The Havre High boys and girls swim teams have just two meets left before the state meet in Butte. So from here on out, every race is critical. The Blue Ponies start their journey towards another postseason on Saturday when they compete in the prestigious Missoula Invitational. The meet, held at the University of Montana Grizzly Pool, will feature Class AA's Missoula Sentinel, Missoula Hellgate and Missoula Big Sky, as well as Bozeman, both Helena schools, both Great Falls schools and Kalispell-Flathead and Glacier High. And...
The going has been tough so far for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team. The Skylights are off to an 0-3 start in conference play and have been bitten by the injury bug to boot. And while Northern is happy to return to the friendly confines of the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, starting tonight, thing's are about to get even more challenging. The Skylights host No. 25 Carroll College tonight at 6 then turn around and play Rocky Mountain College on Saturday night in Havre. Northern has struggled out of the...
If there was a ever a time when the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team needed to hold court at home, this would be it. With the Frontier Conference seemingly wide open right now, the Lights have a golden opportunity in front of them, starting tonight with a huge showdown with No. 16 Carroll College. Northern wraps up its only home stand of the month on Saturday night with a game against Rocky Mountain College. The Lights enter tonight's 8- p.m. tipoff with the Saints at 2-1 in conference play and 13-5...
If there's one thing that's becoming quite clear as it relates to Frontier Conference basketball this season, it's that nothing is clear. After just two weeks of league play on the men's side, no team is undefeated any more, and the team picked to dominate the conference this winter, Westminster College already has two losses. Westminster was beaten by Carroll College this week in Helena, and to show the respect the country has for the Frontier, the Saints jumped all the way from being un-ranked, to No. 16 in the latest in...
The regular season may have ended just three days ago, but for many area girls basketball teams, the fun is just starting. Today in Cut Bank and Conrad, as well as Thursday in Malta, three Hi-Line teams will start a quest for postseason basketball glory. In Cut Bank, the Rocky Boy Morning Stars will start play in the District 1B tournament, where the top four teams advance to the Northern B Divisional in two weeks. The Morning Stars went 9-9 during the regular season and 6-6 in conference play, good enough for a fourth place...
The Havre High girls basketball team needed a win. A win would give the Blue Ponies some momentum as they gear up for the postseason. And they got that win on their last night in Havre. Friday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the Blue Pony girls sent seniors Paighton Gilman and Christina Mack out with a much-needed victory as HHS beat Conrad 39-31 in a nonconference game. Friday night's victory, on what is always an emotional night, also improved HHS to 4-13 as the Ponies prepare for one last regular season game this...
The Harlem Wildcats and Chinook Sugarbeeters have both had plenty of success recently at the Class B-C state wrestling tournament. But this weekend's state tourney in Hamilton saw both Hi-Line teams reach new heights. Harlem capped off its best finish in two decades with 117 points, good enough for a sixth-place overall finish. The Wildcats crowned two state champions and placed five wrestlers overall in what was a great two days for Harlem wrestling. Meanwhile, Chinook, which didn't field as deep a team as in year's past,...
The Harlem Wildcats and Chinook Sugarbeeters have found their own successes at recent Class B-C state wrestling tournaments. But this weekend's tourney in Hamilton could be historic for both programs. Chinook is gunning for not only more individual glory, but the Beeters are looking to win their fourth straight Class C trophy in the B-C division. Chinook has had plenty of success in the past and has won the first three Class C-only titles, all the while competing with the top teams in all of Class B-C. Meanwhile, Harlem bring...
The Havre High wrestling team has already had a historic run over the last six seasons. Now, on a historic weekend, the Blue Ponies will try to make even more history. Havre High has won or finished second at the Class A state wrestling tournament for six straight seasons, and the Ponies have won the last four state titles. But as much history as Havre wants to make this weekend at the Class A state tournament in Butte, longtime head coach Scott Filius said his team isn't looking at the next two days as anything more than to...
HELENA — A well-oiled machine. A team in every sense of the word. A family. There's plenty of clichés to go around when you talk about the Montana State University Northern Lights right now. But one cliché that holds true above all others following Northern emphatic 79-70 win in Tuesday night's Frontier Conference championship at Carroll College is, the Lights are on a roll. Perhaps they are, in the zone. Whatever the case may be, the Lights are rolling right into Kansas City, and on Tuesday night they rolled right thr...
HELENA — The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was disappointed when it left Helena with a loss to Carroll College just three weeks ago. However, something inside the Lights' minds told them they'd be back. And Northern came back to Helena with a vengeance. On Tuesday night, in front of a huge Havre contingent at the Carroll College P.E. Center in Helena, the No. 22 Lights took hold of their first Frontier Conference postseason title in 15 years by beating the No. 19 Carroll College Fighting Saints 7...
With a solid home win over the University of Great Falls on Saturday night, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team moved back into the NAIA coaches poll this week. The Lights (5-3, 17-7) sit at No. 25 in the NAIA heading into this weekend's home games with UM-Western and Montana Tech. The Bulldogs, who are in first place in the Frontier Conference standings, also jumped into the top 25 this week at No. 18. Carroll, Westminster and LC State also received votes this week. Players from Montana Tech and LC...
If you've lived in Havre long enough, then you probably have plenty of sports memories because there's been some very exciting days in this town over the years. I've certainly been lucky enough to see my share. And Saturday was another one of those days. It was a day that makes you glad you live where you do. For me, the day began as the Havre High wrestling team mounted a monumental comeback to capture the Central A Divisional championship, and in the process, make the Belgrade Panthers remember just who the best wrestling...
There is one week left in the regular season of girls basketball on the Hi-Line. And no doubt, this past week saw plenty of important games around the area. The week started with a nonconference win by Chester/J-I over North Star in Rudyard. The Hawks upended the Knights 45-32 a pair of 15-point efforts from Stine Haaland and Jenni Ghekiere. In the loss, the Knights got 15 points and 12 rebounds by Shelby Lipp. The action continued on Thursday, but it too was a tough night for several area squads. In Harlem Thursday night,...
