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For 32 minutes of basketball this season, the Havre High boys have given the Class AA CMR Rustlers all they wanted. Unfortunately for the Blue Ponies, it's the last 32 minutes that have been the difference. Just like in last month's game in Great Falls, the Blue Ponies gave the Rustlers a big scare in the first half of Saturday night's rematch at the HHS gymnasium. But just like back in December, the Rustler's size took over in the second half. CMR broke open a 16-13 halftime lead by going inside to 6-7 center Russ Morin, and...
January is almost over. There isn't much time for teams to jockey for postseason basketball position. And after an interesting week of high school hoops around Montana, positions have changed in the third Havre Daily News Super 15 boys and girls basketball polls. On the girls side, the top four teams remain from Class AA, while the highest-ranked Class A team is the Sidney Eagles, who moved up to No. 5. The top Class B team is now Fairfield at No. 6, while Winnett-Grass Range tops the Class C squads. Defending Class C...
The Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams had about as good a weekend as a program can have. Last Friday and Saturday in Havre, the Lights and Skylights combined for a four-game sweep of rivals Carroll College and Rocky Mountain College. But life in the Frontier Conference is never as easy as it seems, and tonight in Lewiston Idaho, both MSU-N teams will have to put last weekend behind them as they face a pair of NAIA powers at Lewis-Clark State. The Northern men jumped all the way to No. 19 in...
Excitement was in the air, even before the opening tip-off on Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. But who knew what would follow? The MSU-N men provided us with plenty of drama, emotion and entertainment on Friday and Saturday night as the Lights swept Frontier Conference powers Carroll and Rocky Mountain College. After watching the Lights take care of business at home, it's quite clear they are going to be a force well into March. But what can't be overlooked, or overstated from this weekend's games is what the MSU-...
Another week of high school basketball. Another week of exciting girls games on the Hi-Line is in the books. The Box Elder Bears have been one of the best teams in the area this season, and they showed that again on Thursday night with a dramatic one-point win over the Chinook Sugarbeeters in Chinook. The Bears defeated the Beeters 49-48 in a game that went down to the wire. The game was a game of runs. The Beeters ripped of an 18-6 second-quarter run to lead 22-17 at the half. But the Bears stormed back with a 14-6 run in...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is having a good end to the month of January. On Saturday night in Clarkston, Wash., the Lights went unbeaten in matches against Simon Fraser University, and won the dual 33-6. Northern was open at 125 pounds, but won all nine matches it competed in. "Overall these guys really wrestled well," MSU-N head coach Tyson Thivierge said. "We created a match like we are ready and capable of doing, we took the action to them and continued to improve our situations. Not losing a matc...
If you're confused by the Frontier Conference men's basketball standings, you're not alone. Heading into the final week of the regular season, four teams are tied atop the league standings, and figuring out what could happen is about as easy as solving the budget deficit. But for Westminster College, MSU-Northern, UM-Western and Carroll College, the mantra this weekend is just to win games and let the chips fall where they may. All four aforementioned teams sit atop the league standings at 8-4 heading into the final two...
The dust has barely settled on district tournaments across the Hi-Line. Now however, area girls teams turn their attention to a chance at a coveted Class C state tournament. Today in Great Falls, three Hi-Line squads will open play at the 2011 Northern C Divisional Tournament inside the Four Seasons Arena. The 9C champion Chinook Sugarbeeters tip off at 2:30 p.m., the 9C runner-up Box Elder Bears play at 6 and the 10C champions Chester/J-I Hawks take the floor at 7:30 p.m. But this isn't just any old Northern C. This year's...
Two months ago, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team was a young and inexperienced squad when it beat the Northwest College Trappers in Powell, Wyo. What a difference a couple of months makes. On Thursday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Lights dominated the Trappers 31-3 in front of a large home crowd on what was Northern's final home match of the season. Included in the dual was a rousing senior-night win from 157-pounder Tay Todd. The former Bozeman High star pinned Clint Jacob in 2:21 and was...
Montana State University-Northern redshirt-freshman Max Payne is from the deserts of Prescott, Ariz. But he's certainly getting used to the Montana winters. That's because Payne is already one of the elite wrestlers in the NAIA, in what is his first full season at MSU-N. Payne, a two-time Arizona high school state champion, redshirted last season, but is having a breakout first varsity campaign for the Lights. He's had to overcome some injury problems this season, but in the most recent NAIA rankings, Payne is ranked seventh...
After a storied comeback, Montana State University-Northern junior defensive end Will Andrews has earned one of the NAIA's highest honors. Late last week, Victory Sports Network, one of the leading authorities on NAIA athletics released its 2010 NAIA All-American Team, and Andrews earned second-team honors at defensive end. Andrews came back for the 2010 season after missing almost two full years with a leg injury, and it was like he never left. He finished second on the Northern defense in sacks, and was among the Frontier...
The Havre High swim teams have already seen plenty of stiff competition in the water this season. But this weekend, the Blue Ponies got a good look at what they will be up against next month at the state meet in Butte. The HHS boys and girls swim teams were in the Swarthout Pool in Great Falls Saturday for the Great Falls Invitational. The nine-team meet featured some of the top Class AA swimmers, as well as Class A rivals Billings Central and Hardin. And since all swimmers race together at the state meet, Saturday's...
Being shorthanded isn't easy, especially when it looks like the women's side of the Frontier Conference is loaded yet again. But being shorthanded on the road is an even more daunting task, and winning on the road is hard enough, even at full strength. And this weekend, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team found life on the road to be difficult yet again, as the Skylights lost at Montana Tech 64-54 on Friday, then fell at UM-Western 70-59 Saturday night in Dillon. Northern has now dropped three...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is heading in the right direction in the NAIA rankings. The Lights jumped from No. 25 to No. 16 in the latest NAIA Coaches Poll, released on Monday afternoon. It's Northern's highest ranking in some time, and it comes on the heels of a home sweep of UM-Western and Montana Tech this weekend. The Lights beat then No. 19 Western on Friday and crushed Tech on Saturday night. Northern has one tough road trip left this weekend as it heads to rivals Rocky Mountain College...
On the heels of the Class A state wrestling tournament, a host of Havre High grapplers are set to compete in the third annual Tournament of Champions Saturday in Great Falls. Class A state champions Duell Stadel and Eli Hinebauch, along with runner-up Casey Schaub and third-place standout Kameron Pribyl have all been invited to the T.O.C, which pits the top from wrestlers from all classifications against each other. The tournament features two semifinals Saturday morning and a championship match Saturday night. Other Hi-Line...
It's tournament time. That's what the last week of the regular season in Hi-Line girls basketball was all about, and teams from all over the area got one last chance to get ready for the postseason. The action started on Thursday as North Star beat Hays-Lodge Pole in a 9C makeup game. The T-Birds outscored the Knights in the first half, but North Star used 20-point third quarter to take the lead for good in the 60-54 win. Shelby Lipp led four Knights in double figures with 19 points. Bridjour Han added 13 points, Jordan Spich...
The fifth installment of the Havre Daily News Super 15 boys and basketball polls will be the second to last. The Postseason is approaching and teams are jockeying for seeind and a chance at state tournament glory. On the girls side, Class B is proving to be very deep with the Fairfield Eagles rising to No. 4 in this week's poll. In all four Class B teams are ranked in the Super 15, while Sidney continues to top the Class A schools in the loss. Also, no new teams entered the girls poll this week. The same cannot be said for...
For several years, the dual rivalry between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and the University of Great Falls Argos was somewhat one-sided. But things are getting a lot more interesting as of late. The No. 6 Argos beat the No. 8 Lights 19-12 in front of a capacity crowd Thursday night at the McLaughlin Center, and while the Argos won by seven points, the dual went down to the wire, with decisions at 184 pounds and 197 pounds giving the Argos the edge. With the dual hanging in the balance for both teams, the...
The Montana State University-Northern football team's recruiting class for 2011 just got bigger. On Tuesday night, Northern announced the signing of 13 new players, including three Hi-Line standouts. Joining the Lights from the area will be Chester/J-I wide receiver Ceddy Pogue, Chinook linebacker Chris Haider and former Havre High wide receiver Tyson Gruber. Pogue (6-3, 200) is a two-time Northern C All-Conference performer and has played running back, receiver and defensive back for the Hawks. Haider (5-11, 210) helped...
Former Havre Blue Pony and Carroll College quarterback Gary Wagner got even more playing time than he bargained for in Saturday's inaugural Dixie Gridiron Championship in St. George, Utah. Wagner, who was named the starter for the Mountain Team over Higgins, wound up playing the entire game and scored one of just two touchdowns for his Mountain Team, which won the game over the Pacific Team, 17-13. Wagner, who was one of three Mountain players nominated as a team captain, shined in Saturday's all-star game, which was played...
The Harlem Wildcats have been building for it for a long time. And on Saturday, they finally got there. At the Northern B-C Divisional wrestling tournament Saturday in Cut Bank, the Wildcats pulled off a divisional championship by scoring 151 points, five points better than perennial Northern power Conrad which had won the last 17 astounding years. The Wildcats did it with balance, crowning five individual champions and placing nine wrestlers overall. Saturday was a good day for Hi-Line teams in Cut Bank. A shot-handed...
The moment of truth is here for Class B-C wrestling teams on the Hi-Line. While the state tournament is still a week away and is always pressure-packed, it's the divisional tournament which garners the attention of every high school wrestler. And nowhere is the competition more fierce than at the Northern B-C Divisional, which will take place on Saturday in Cut Bank. Perennial powers like Glasgow, Conrad and Malta will battle with local teams like Chinook and Harlem for divisional wrestling supremacy. But more importantly,...
For the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams, Saturday night's home games aren't just about playing a Frontier Conference rival. And they aren't just about starting the stretch run of the regular season. Instead, Saturday's games against the University of Great Falls will also be about redemption. Combined, the Lights and Skylights lost four road games at Westminster and Lewis-Clark State last weekend, and those losses came on the heels of a four-game winning home stand against Carroll and...
The regular season is over. The playoffs are here. And for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team, the postseason march to March will begin at home. To some teams, that might not mean that much, but I know it means plenty to the Lights, who enter the Frontier Conference playoffs as the No. 2 seed and hosting Rocky Mountain College on Wednesday night. Why does playing at home mean so much to the Lights? Because this season at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse or the Armory Gymnasium (whichever you like), has...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team played their hearts out this past weekend in Havre. And on top of that, the Skylights played perhaps two of their best games all season long. And still, Westminster College and Lewis-Clark State left Northern with little to show for it. And now, after two heartbreaking defeats on the last weekend of the regular season, Northern (13-17) has to turn right around and play LC State tonight in the first round of the Frontier Conference women's playoffs. The Skylights...
