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The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is on a streak they would like to forget. And the Skylights will try and do that this weekend in Bellingham, Wash. Northern has lost four straight games, all to Dakota Athletic Conference opponents, and things won't get any easier this weekend. Tonight and Saturday, MSU-N is in Bellingham for a tournament hosted by Western Washington University. Northern's two games against NCAA Division II teams will not count towards their overall record, but they will certainly...
It's early in his career, but Tennessee Titans' wide receiver Marc Mariani is already adding some NFL hardware to his new mantle in Nashville. Earlier this week, the Titans return specialist was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against the Washington Redskins last Sunday. Mariani was also nominated for the Pepsi Rookie of the Week in the NFL. The rookie seventh round pick gave the Titans an early 7-0 lead with an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Mariani, who leads the NFL...
After a nearly flawless 2010 campaign, his first no less, Montana State freshman quarterback Denarius McGhee was named Co-Offensive Player of the Year in the Big Sky Conference. On Tuesday, the league released its all-conference teams and awards for the season and McGhee shared the offensive MVP with Eastern Washington's Taiwain Jones. McGhee also earned Newcomer of the Year. The Bobcats, who are ranked sixth in the FCS and seeded fourth in the upcoming playoffs, also had offensive tackle Mike Person and kicker Jason...
MISSOULA — When it came to taking care of the ball, on a day when conditions were anything but favorable, the Montana State Bobcats were perfect. The Montana Grizzlies weren't. On a day when wind chills dipped below zero and snow swirled around Washington-Grizzly Stadium, the eighth-ranked Montana State Bobcats did just enough to beat the 11th-ranked Montana Grizzlies 21-16, and make a little history in the process in the 110th Brawl of the Wild here Saturday afternoon. Not only did the Bobcats win inside W...
MISSOULA — All week long, I spoke with and listened to many different people talk about the rivalry game between Montana and Montana State leading up to Saturday's 21-16 Bobcat win in Missoula. I heard perspectives from former players, current players, parents of players and fans young and old, all of whom sit on both sides of the fence in what is known annually as the Brawl of the Wild. Obviously, I have my own perspectives on what I consider to be Montana's greatest yearly sporting event, having seen 10 such games in p...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is 1-3 against Dakota Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks. Tonight in Great Falls, the Skylights have a chance to right that record when they take on a DAC powerhouse. The Skylights will battle powerful Black Hills State tonight at 6 at the McLaughlin Center on the campus of UGF, MSU-N (3-4) only game this week. Northern is coming off a pair of tough road losses last weekend. The Skylights fell by 39 points at Dickinson State last Friday, then lost a...
Every year, the annual rivalry game between the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats produces plenty of hype and plenty of excitement. But it's been a while since the game has had so many implications behind it. On Saturday when the No. 8 Bobcats (6-1, 8-2) and No. 11 Grizzlies (5-2, 7-3) meet inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula for the 110th Brawl of the Wild, there will be much more on the line than just the usual Montana bragging rights on the line. The Bobcats sit in a first-place tie in the Big Sky...
Montana State University-Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge wasn't thinking pin when his heavyweight, Rudy Schaffroth took to the mat for the last match of Thursday's night dual against the University of Great Falls – Even though the Lights trailed UGF by six points. Thivierge was just looking for Schaffroth to get a victory, knowing his Lights, who were missing starters Chase Dirden, Ethan Hinebauch and Max Payne, had fought valiantly against the talented Argos. Schafforth, on the other hand, was thinking six points all t...
It may be getting colder outside, but tonight at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, things are about to get very hot. Tonight at 7, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team will host its biggest rival, the University of Great Falls in yet another clash of Montana's only two collegiate wrestling programs. And while the Argos have gotten the better of the Lights as of late, winning five straight times, the first dual of 2010 -2011 should be a barn burner. "Right now on paper the dual looks very exciting." MSU-N third-year...
Getting to Know the Longhorns Playoffs: 1st round, def. Chester/J-I, 42-28; 2nd round, def. Joilet, 76-30; Semis, def. Drummond 24-12. Players to watch: RB/LB Colin Harrell (5-11, 185); QB Jaylen Sokoloski (6-1, 160); WR Luke Kreidinger; OL/DL Shade Zeiner (5-10, 175). When it comes to state championship game history, the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Wibaux Longhorns are polar opposites. It's been well publicized that Saturday is Chinook's first appearance in a state championship football game at any level. The Longhorns on the o...
When you're a Class B football player, from a town the size of Harlem, you dream of days like Montana State sophomore Rick Haluszka is about to have. In fact, it's something almost every kid in Montana, no matter the size of the town he's from dreams of. But for Haluszka, the Cat/Griz rivalry isn't a dream any longer. He's already played in one of them, and on Saturday, he'll play a key role for the Bobcats as they travel to Missoula to take on the Montana Grizzlies in the 110th Brawl of the Wild. Haluszka, a four-time Class...
It was a rough season debut for the Havre high school hockey team. Playing at the Havre Ice Dome to open their season, the Ice Hawks were swept by the Billings Bulls Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday morning, the Bulls defeated the Ice Hawks 4-1, as Havre got a lone goal from sophomore Danny Roe. Havre goalie Gareth Bernard saved 34-of-38 shots on goal, while Billings' goalie stopped 13 shots of Havre's 14 shots on goal as the Ice Hawks dropped their season-opener. Havre's offense picked up the paces on Sunday morning, but so...
The difference between Class B and Class C high school football in Montana is three starters on each side of the ball. The Class B ranks plays 11-man football, while in Class C, it's eight-man football and a smaller field. The difference in the football program at Chinook between now and the start of this decade is palpable. It wasn't long ago that the Beeters dropped down from Class B to Class C, and that move occurred a year after Chinook failed to field a varsity football team due to lack of depth and overall numbers. But...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team's Frontier Conference Tournament opener got off a to a rocky start. But the Skylights made sure their season didn't end without a fight. Friday night in Lewiston, Idaho, MSU-N's season did indeed come to an end with a three-game loss to nationally ranked Rocky Mountain College, but Northern showed some grit in its last match of what has been a much-improved season. Rocky, which wound up getting upset in the semifinals by Carroll College, but still received an at-large bid...
The Tennessee Titans suffered their second straight road loss Sunday as they fell to the Miami Dolphins 29-17 in Miami. But former Havre Blue Pony marc Mariani was plenty busy competing against some old friends. Sunday's game between the Titans and Dolphins reunited Mariani with former Grizzly teammates Dan Carpenter and Lex Hilliard, and they went head-to-head. Carpenter, Miami's Pro Bowl kicker fed Mariani four kickoffs, and the former UM wide receiver dazzled his old teammates with some nifty moves to the tune of 92...
A short-handed Montana State University-Northern wrestling team saw mixed results at Saturday's Cowboy Open hosted by the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The Lights held out key starters, including Evan Hinebauch, Ethan Hinebauch, Anthony Weerheim, Rudy Shaffroth and Chase Dirden Saturday. But one Light saw plenty of success. Northern true freshman Cameron Neiss wrestled his way to an outstanding second-place finish in the amateur division at 133 pounds. Neiss compiled a tech fall in the first round, back-to-back pins in...
It was a difficult weekend of near misses and tough losses for both the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams. The Lights took to the road for the second time in 2010, traveling to Las Vegas for the prestigious Vegas NAIA Shootout. Once in Las Vegas, Northern squared off against a pair of NAIA powerhouses in No. 4 Robert Morris, which beat the No. 25 Lights 78-77 on Friday night, and Vanguard University, which took down Northern 73-69 on Saturday afternoon. The game against Robert Morris was a...
The end came quietly for the Montana State University-Northern football team. But the Lights went out giving the No. 2 Carroll College Fighting Saints all they had. Northern wrapped up its season with a 35-10 loss to the Saints on Saturday in Helena. The loss left the Lights with a 3-7 record in Frontier Conference play, as well as overall. But Northern had some moments Saturday, even in the face of adversity. The Lights were decimated with injuries for the second straight year, and went into Saturday's finale without...
Montana State University-Northern senior Taylor Keller has been the Skylights' points guard for what seems like a decade. And while it really hasn't been that long, Keller has been the engine which drives the Skylights up and down the floor for the last three-plus years. But five games into the start of her final season at Northern, Keller isn't just running the Northern offense, distributing the ball or playing her usual hard-nosed defense, she's scoring at a higher rate than she has since she was ripping the nets at Custer...
Close games are nothing new to the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team when it comes to playing Dickinson State and Minot State University. And this weekend at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse was no different as the Skylights mounted a big comeback to beat DSU on Friday afternoon, then fell short in a bid to knock off Minot State Saturday night. In a special matinee on Friday afternoon, the Skylights beat the Blue Hawks for a second time in as many years, overcoming an eight-point second-half deficit to win...
Junior Shaun Tatarka and sophomore Devin Jackson are the only two MSU-Northern Lights who had ever played rivals Dickinson State and Minot State before Friday afternoon. With no returning starters and almost an entire roster full of new players, this weekend's games between Frontier Conference and DAC rivals at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse could have gone either way. But the Lights played like a team which has been here before and they came away with a sweep of the Blue Hawks and Beavers — something that doesn't happen to M...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has enjoyed plenty of success in recent years. But it's been a while since the Lights rolled through two of their biggest nonconference rivals like this. The No. 25 Lights swept Dakota Athletic Conference rivals Dickinson State and Minot State this weekend at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse to improve to 4-1 on the season. The Lights beat the Blue Hawks 75-68 in a hard-fought win on Friday afternoon, then drubbed Minot 85-55 on Saturday night. "Just very proud of this...
A Frontier Rivalry? MSU-Northern and Dickinson State Dickinson State University has applied for core membership to the Frontier Conference which could change the landscape of basketball in the league. DSU has been a men's and women's NAIA Division II power for years, competing in the now-disbanding Dakota Athletic Conference. If the Blue Hawks do indeed move into the Frontier in either 2011 or 2012, they will certainly form a league rivalry with Northern, but it will also eliminate a natural pair of nonconference games for...
It's early in the season, but the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is already battle tested. And the Lights are about to get another exam. Fresh off a road split against Dakota Athletic Conference powers Black Hills State and South Dakota Mines last weekend in Spearfish, S.D., the Lights (2-1) will host another pair of DAC rivals in Dickinson State and Minot State this weekend. the Lights play the Blue Hawks in a special matinee today at 3 p.m., then host the Beavers Saturday at 7 p.m. "Dickinson uses...
If a team can have a pair of nonconference rivals, to the Montana State University-Northern Skylights, the Dickinson State Blue Hawks and Minot State Beavers are it. The three teams have combined to put on some great games over the last couple years, and they'll all renew that rivalry this weekend at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Today, the Skylights meet the Blue Hawks in a 1 p.m. game in Havre, and Northern welcomes in the Beavers Saturday at 5 p.m.. The Skylights (2-1) are coming off three games last weekend at home, but...
