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The Havre High boys and girls basketball seasons are in the rearview mirror, but the Blue Ponies recently had their annual awards night, and many different Ponies were honored. On the boys side, senior Anfernee Standing Rock and junior Logan Connor shared the team MVP Award. Standing Rock led the Ponies in scoring at 18 points per game and rebounds with six on his way to Class A All-State honors. Connor averaged 17 points per game and led HHS in assists on his way to Central A First Team honors. Senior Ryan Myers was named...
For whatever reason, the Montana State University-Northern Lights just seem to have Carroll College's number in Havre. Following Friday night's 73-54 beat down of the Saints in Havre, the Lights have now topped Carroll six straight times at home. It's a rivalry that has seen both dramatic finishes and blowout victories, as Northern won a stretch of home games against the Saints by four points or less from 200-2009. The last two years, the Lights have sent the Saints packing early. But regardless of the final score, one thing...
One win looked easy. But getting a home Frontier Conference sweep was anything but for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. Just one night after the Lights demolished nationally-ranked Carroll College, the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears' made life very difficult for Northern. Still, MSU-N found a way to gut out a 55-52 win over the Bears and take full of advantage of their only home stand in January. But Saturday night's win at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse didn't come without some tense moment,...
The recruiting season continues for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. And MSU-Northern head coach Bill Huebsch has announced the signing of Calgary, Alberta native Sophie Malenfant, a 6-1 middle blocker. Malenfant is a senior at Sophie was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is a senior at William Aberhart Senior High school where she played middle on the volleyball team for three seasons. "Sophie's potential, her room for improvement, her ceiling is unlimited in my eyes," Huebsch said....
While the boys and girls basketball seasons were up and down for the Havre Blue Ponies, several Pony players have been honored for their 2010-11 season. The Central A released its postseason awards and two Pony boys and two Pony girls were honored. Topping the list on the boys side is senior Anfernee Standing Rock, who was not only named Central A First-Team All-Conference, but Class A All-State as well. In his final season at HHS, Standing Rock averaged 19 points and four rebounds per game, was one of the top scorers in...
If it seems like the Chinook Sugarbeeters are winning everything right now, it's because they are. In fact, it seems like if it's a sport played with a ball, the Beeters will have success with it. And it was no different Saturday night at the District 9C basketball tournament in Havre where both the Chinook boys and girls captured 9C championships. The Chinook girl's victory over Box Elder was somewhat of a surprise. But examining things closer, maybe it shouldn't be. First, the Beeters had plenty of talent returning this...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team slipped out of the NAIA Top 25 this week, even though Northern earned a hard-fought road split this weekend in the Frontier Conference. The Lights beat Rocky Mountain College on Thursday, but lost to Carroll College Saturday night in Helena. Apparaently, that was enough to send the Lights from No. 16 to out of this week's poll. Northern (8-4, 19-8) is still in a four-way tie for first in the Frontier heading into this weekend's regular season finale. The Lights are...
The high school wrestling season is already in the rearview mirror, but four Hi-Line grapplers had a little more business to take care of this weekend in Great Falls. On Saturday at the Old Gym at Great Falls High, two Blue Ponies and two Beeters competed in the third annual Tournament of Champions, an event which pits state champions and other top wrestlers in each weight from Class AA, A and B-C against each other in a single-elimination format. And all four Hi-Line grapplers showcased their talents Saturday afternoon....
The Chester/J-I girls basketball team is going back to the divisional tournament. The Harlem wildcats are headed there too. It was successful weekend for two Hi-Line teams as postseason got underway this past weekend. In Conrad, the Chester/J-I Hawks successfully defended their District 10C championship and will play in the Northern C Divisional later this week. The Hawks (16-4) beat Valier 46-34 Saturday night for the 10C championship, and they did through balance and defense. C/J-I had a slim 25-21 lead at halftime, but a 5...
For the final time this season, wrestling fans will get one more look at the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Tonight at 7, the Lights take on Northwest College in dual action at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. And not only is the dual a big one for the ninth-ranked NAIA Lights, who have been gaining momentum the last few weeks, it will also be an emotional one for Northern senior 157-pounder Tay Todd, who will be honored before the match. Todd is currently in his third and final season with the Lights. He is a three ye...
The mission for every team entering tournament play is to get off to a good start. To get that first won under the belt. After Thursday night's opening game of the District 9C boys basketball tournament, the Box Elder Bears can say, mission accomplished. Box Elder rode the inside play of Warren Parisian and a stingy defense to a dominating 74-56 win over Hays-Lodge Pole Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium. The win pushed the upstart Bears into today's semifinal where they'll face Chinook at 2:30 p.m. "It was very...
The Hays-Lodge Pole girls basketball team has been a factor at the District 9C tournament. But it's been a while. However, on Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the T-Birds may have announced that their back, as they took out perennial 9C power North Star 70-65 in the opening game of the 2011 9C girls tourney. And the T-Birds did it in thrilling fashion. The Knights played a flawless first half and were ahead 36-19 at intermission. But with Anita Denny dominating in the post, and 3-pointers raining in from all over...
Former Havre High star and Carroll College All-American quarterback Gary Wagner is taking steps to advance his football career. On Monday in Missoula, Wagner was one of many area college football players to participate in the University of Montana's Pro Day. The event featured players from the Grizzlies and several Frontier Conference schools working out for various NFL and CFL scouts inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. Wagner was one of two quarterbacks to work out for scouts, with Rocky Mountain College senior...
At first glance, the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Biola Eagles look like polar opposite basketball teams, and yet they are on a collision course for each other in Kansas City. But under closer examination, the two teams might look different when it comes to the "eye test" but they also have one, hard-nosed similarity. Both teams use a combination of accurate shooting and tough defense to win games. The 19th-ranked Lights (24-8) have hung their hat on defense and deadly, accurate 3-point shooting all season...
If the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is going to make one final push towards the Frontier Conference's postseason, than this weekend would be a good jumping off point. Tonight at 6, the Skylights host the UM-Western Bulldogs, then turn around and play Montana Tech on Saturday night, and a sweep would go a long way towards helping the Skylights improve their standing in the conference as the stretch run ensues. The Skylights (3-5, 12-12) are just a game out of third place in the conference and...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has been hovering at or near the top of the Frontier Conference standings all season long. Tonight, the Lights get a chance to take the lead in the league all on their own. Tonight at 8 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the No. 25 Lights host the No. 19 UM-Western Bulldogs with first place in the Frontier on the line. Northern also plays host to upstart Montana Tech on Saturday night. "The Western game is a big game," Northern head coach Shawn Huse said. "But so is...
All that stands between the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team and the postseason is one last dual. But it's a big one. Tonight in Great Falls, the No. 8 Lights will do battle with arch-rival and sixth-ranked UGF at 7 at the McLaughlin Center in Great Falls. And the Lights are expecting the battle of their lives, considering a short-handed Northern team forged a 24-24 tie with UGF back in November in Havre. But since that tie, the Lights have kept on improving and that means UGF knows its in for another battle...
For four years, Montana State University-Northern point guard Taylor Keller has shown Northern fans she's as tough as nails. As one of the smallest guards in the Frontier Conference, Keller has always played like a giant. But a knee injury originally suffered back in December in Salt Lake City left Keller and Northern fans wondering if her career was unexpectedly over. The answer turned out to be an emphatic no. Keller returned to the floor Saturday night and helped the Skylights crush UGF 77-45, and in the process, made...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has faced injury problems all year long. And in a game the Skylights had to have, they were again two players down. But instead of faltering, the Skylights again showed why their so tough to beat on their home floor as they raced past the University of Great Falls 77-45 Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The win avenged a road loss at UGF last month and also moved Northern to 3-5 in the Frontier Conference. And perhaps more importantly, it marked the...
One game at a time. That's been the battle cry for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team, and the Lights showed why against the University of Great Falls. On Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse in Havre, the Lights put two tough road losses last weekend behind them by methodically taking apart the UGF Argos, 68-62. The win over UGF kept the Lights within a half game of first place in the jam-packed Frontier Conference standings, and it also completed another mission – taking care of business a...
The Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears had a little bite to them, but the Montana State University-Northern Lights had the fire. The No. 22 Lights hit 12 3-pointers, had a balanced, five guys in double figures and made 11 of 13 shots to start Wednesday night's 91-68 Frontier Conference quarterfinal win over the Bears at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Lights put on a clinical offensive display and the Bears just couldn't keep up as Northern torched the nets to the tune of 56 percent shooting from the floor and 52 percent...
For the second time in four days, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team played Frontier Conference powerhouse Lewis-Clark State very tough. But for the second straight time, the Skylights just couldn't find a way to beat the Warriors, and this time, their season came to an end as a result. On Tuesday night in Lewiston, Idaho, the 10-ranked Warriors beat the Skylights 71-60 in the first round of the Frontier playoffs. The loss eliminated the Skylights from the playoffs and brought a difficult, up-and-do...
Montana State University-Northern wrestling head coach Tyson Thivierge has been optimistic about his team's prospects going into each of his first two national tournaments. But the former Lights' star and NAIA national champion has 10 reasons why he's so excited entering Thursday's first day of the 2011 national tournament. Thursday through Saturday, the Lights will be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the 2011 NAIA National Tournament, and while Northern brings an No. 8 ranking into this weekend's season finale, Thivierge believes...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team needed two monumental wins this past weekend in order to solidify its standing in the Frontier Conference. And while Westminster and Lewis-Clark State didn't stand in Northern's way when it came to capturing a share of the Frontier's regular season championship, wins over the powerful Griffins and Warriors were only part of the battle. Now the No. 22 Lights (21-8) turn their attention to the postseason and Rocky Mountain College. Northern hosts the Battlin' Bears...
The MSU-Northern volleyball team is in the offseason, but it's been a busy time for Skylight head coach Bill Huebsch. The Northern head man has been hard at work recruiting, and it's turning out to be a great offseason for MSU-N. This week, Huebsch announced the signing of three new transfers to MSU-Northern, and all three could have an immediate impact on the Skylights program. Northern has signed Kelsey Williams, a 5-10 outside hitter. Williams, who is originally from Helena and Helena High, will transfer to MSU-N from...
