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If I would have known what was going to transpire last Saturday, I would have loved to have the power to be in two places at once. As I was watching the Montana State University-Northern football team trounce the UM-Western Bulldogs in Dillon Saturday afternoon, the Havre Blue Ponies were doing the same to the Whitefish Bulldogs at Blue Pony Stadium. Yes it was quite a day for football in Havre, and it's ironic that the mascot who took the brunt of Havre's football prowess was the same, even though the games were played...
It was a light opening weekend for area high school football, but one Hi-Line team certainly made a big splash. In their season-opening game, the Chinook Sugarbeeters served notice that they are going to be a force to be reckoned with this fall. In a Northern C showdown Saturday afternoon, the Beeters went on the road and crushed perennial Northern C powerhouse, the Centerville Miners. The Beeters routed the Miners 47-16. Chinook feel behind 8-0 in the first quarter, but the Beeters then ran off 24 unanswered points and... Full story
For some area high school volleyball teams, Saturday was a busy first day. Several local teams got plenty of court time at the Malta Invitational, while the Chester/J-I Hawks suffered a tough defeat at the hands of a District 6C West rival. In Malta, Chinook, Harlem and Rocky Boy got the season started against several tough Class B schools. The Malta tournament featured each team playing seven round-robin games to 25 in the morning, then a bracketed tournament in the afternoon. Chinook was the highest seed of the three local...
The high school basketball summer circuit is a voluntary thing for all high school boys and girls players. But its also become a hotbed for games and teams looking to improve. This past weekend, Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse hosted the Lights team camp which ran Friday and Saturday and featured local teams like Havre, Chinook and Rocky Boy. Also in attendance was Malta, which wound up capturing the team title, as well as two teams from Medicine Hat, Alberta and a second team from Havre....
The Havre American Legion baseball team had a goal entering this weekend's Northern District Tournament. That goal was to not only win a district championship, but to make sure they qualified for the Class A state tournament. And the North Stars were playing more than good enough to achieve that goal in the weeks leading up to this past weekend's tournament in Fort MacLeod, Alberta. But things didn't go exactly to plan as Havre lost one heartbreaking game which kept it from a berth in the title tilt. Then the North Stars ran...
Knowing it was unlikely he was going to be selected at any time during the first two days of the 2010 NFL Draft, former Havre High and University of Montana superstar Marc Mariani had a long wait before he found out his NFL future. But, as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. Mariani, a two-time Class A All- State football player at Havre High, and a two-time FCS First Team All American selection as a wide receiver and kick returner at Montana was picked by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the... Full story
The 24th Annual Hi-Line Invitational Tournament brought some great talent to Havre on Thursday. And with the talent came a lot of offense. At the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the HIT tournament got underway on Thursday with four games. The Class AA girls defeated the Class A girls 89-76, while the Class AA boys defeated the Class A boys 131-96. The Class C girls defeated the Class B girls 124-88, and the Class C boys defeated the Class B boys 93-90. In game one of the tournament, CMR's Jordan Bagley led the Class AA as well as...
Former Havre High and University of Montana star wide receiver Marc Mariani has already lived out one childhood dream. Now, with one phone call, he's about to embark on another. Mariani recently wrapped up the most prolific career by a wide receiver and kick returner in Montana Grizzly history. What began as a walkon situation where he had to fight for every rep in practice and every chance to get on the famed turf of Washington-Grizzly Stadium turned into a career spanning four years, many UM records, ultimate team success... Full story
The Havre American Legion baseball team's journey began back in the cold and windy days of April. It's been a long trek, but the goal has remained constant — make the 2010 Class A state tournament. Now, that goal sits just a few wins away as the North Stars begin postseason play at the Northern District Tournament in Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Havre (17-8) begins its march towards the state tournament Thursday at 11:30 a. m. when the North Stars face seventhseeded Medicine Hat (12-16). The North Stars enter tournament play h... Full story
It may have been the first night of the 2010 NAIA volleyball season, but the Montana State University-Northern Skylights showed they have what it takes to turn things around quickly. After dropping their season-opening match to Concordia College at the UGF/Carroll Tournament Thursday afternoon in Great Falls, the Skylights reversed their fortunes and bested nationally-ranked Jamestown College in four games to earn a split on the night. The Skylights beat the Jimmies by scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-19 and 26-24. The difference...
Marc Mariani has now played in a real NFL football game. But before he finds out if he'll be making any appearances in regular season games for the Tennessee Titans this season, he's got three more games and plenty of practices to go. Such is life for a rookie from the University of Montana in and NFL training camp. Not only is the future for rookies like Mariani and so many others around the league uncertain, but life in training camp is a whole other way of life. Still, Mariani says he's adjusted well, and he hasn't even...
Montana State University-Northern head coach Shawn Huse has added another quality post player to the 2010 recruiting class. Huse recently announced the signing of 6-7 forward Pat Jensen of Missoula Loyola. A three-year starter for Loyola, Jensen led the team to a 19-6 record this season and an appearance in the Class B state tournament in Great Falls back in March. He also averaged 17.5 points per game and six rebounds per outing. For his efforts, Jensen was named Class B All State as a senior, as well as being voted to the C...
There's always a few surprises when it comes to the District 9C girls basketball tournament. But as area teams get set to invade Havre for the 2010 9C girls tournament this week, things have never been more wide open. Big Sandy has had a stranglehold on the 9C girls championship for the better of a decade, and when the Pioneers weren't on top, it was the Rocky Boy Morning Stars. But Big Sandy comes into this week's tournament at the Havre High gymnasium as the No. 3 seed, something a little unfamiliar to the Pioneers, and...
After five games in four days, there's no rest for the Havre American Legion baseball team. Today, the North Stars will be back on the diamond when they take on the Class A Helena Reps at 3 at Legion Field in Havre. The North Stars are coming off a 2-3 performance at their own tournament, which ran last Thursday through Sunday. In the tournament, Havre beat Wolf Point and Strathmore, Alberta, but lost to the Glendive Blue Devils, the Gallatin Valley Outlaws and the Calgary Reds. Today's game starts yet another busy week for...
The Frontier Conference season is now underway, and the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams are ready for a good old fashioned rivalry. On Saturday night, the Lights and Skylights will play host to the University of Great Falls in the conference home-openers for MSU-N. The Skylights play at 6 p.m. and the Lights take the floor at 8. For the Northern women, Saturday's battle with UGF will be about getting back in the win column. The Skylights (0-2, 9-9) dropped their conference openers at...
It was a tale of two different games, but the ending was very much the same for the Havre American Legion baseball team. On Tuesday afternoon at Legion Field, the North Stars opened a critical six-game home stand with a sweep of the Medicine Hat Knights in a Northern District doubleheader. The North Stars beat the Knights 24-7 in game one and 10-7 in the nightcap on a day when winds gusted to 57 MPH in Havre. "The wind was tough on both teams," Havre head coach Steve Fanning said. "But it certainly caused them (Knights) some...
A slow start to their weekend didn't prevent the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team from finding ultimate success. Going 4-1 over the course of three days, the North Stars captured the title at the Cullinan Memorial Baseball Tournament this weekend in Glendive. Havre opened tournament play with a loss to Lewistown on Friday, but then reeled off four straight wins to take the tournament title with the best overall record among all teams in attendance. "Good weekend of baseball," Havre head coach Steve Fanning...
With so many good quarterbacks and running backs in the Frontier Conference, a key to staying competitive in football games is having a good defensive line. Last season, the Montana State University- Northern Lights played without two all-American defensive linemen, while on the other side of the coin, the Carroll College Fighting Saints had a plethora of all-conference performers on the d-line. Most of Carroll's standouts graduated last spring, while Northern gets its defensive-end duo back for the 2010 season. Returning to...
Mother Nature does its share of controlling the game of golf. Weather, no matter if its rain, wind, cold, heat or snow, it can all get in the way of a golfer's plans, and it most certainly has its affects on a golf course. But nowhere has that fact been more evident this summer than Havre's Beaver Creek Golf Course. An unusually heavy amount of rain fell on the Hi-Line area late in the spring and that rain, mixed with the usual snow melt and runoff from another harsh winter created flooding conditions this year unlike... Full story
The first full week of high school volleyball on the Hi-Line proved beneficial for some teams, while others found things very challenging. The North Star Showcase and Chinook Invitational were the two big events on the Hi-Line this weekend, and local teams found some success at each. In Chinook on Saturday, the Chinook Sugarbeeters came out of pool play of a solid pool play performance, but were beaten in the first round of bracket play, 2-0 by former Class B rival Malta. The Chester/J-I Hawks also looked sharp in pool play,... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is about to start Frontier Conference play. And after a second straight weekend of challenging nonconference matches, the Skylights look ready to take on the Frontier. This past weekend, MSU-N went 3-1 at a tournament in Dickinson, N.D. Included in the three wins was a dramatic comeback in the Skylights' opening match against NCAA Division II Bemidji State. And overall, Northern improved to 7-3 on the season, already matching its win total from all of last season. "It was... Full story
If every young football player's dream is to one day see his name on an NFL roster, or on the back of an NFL jersey, then chalk that up to a growing list of dreams former Havre Blue Pony Marc Mariani has made come true. While Mariani enjoyed, and made the most of his first NFL training camp and four preseason games with the Tennessee Titans, by no means was his goal for things to end when the Titans broke training camp. And now, that dream won't end. On Saturday afternoon, Mariani become an official member of the Titans' 53-m...
The time for the Montana State University- Northern football team to begin preparations for a new season is drawing very near. MSU-N players will report to fall camp Saturday and after a day of physicals, meetings and more, the Lights will hit the practice field for the first time on Sunday. MSU-N's first practice is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the MSUNorthern practice fields. Sunday's first practice will be just 19 days before the Lights begin their season at UM-Western Aug. 28 in Dillon. The Lights have 10 games on... Full story
If the key for a seventh-round draft pick from the Football Championship Subdivision to making an NFL 53-man roster is performing at a high level time and time again in the preseason, then former Havre High three-sport star Marc Mariani is certainly worthy of making the Tennessee Titans' opening-day roster. Over the course of the last month, whether it be practice, scrimmages or in preseason games, Mariani has come up clutch every time a ball has been thrown his way, on almost every kick return and in the all-important... Full story
For two teams, the Frontier Conference football season is already a week old. For the rest, the race for the Frontier championship and a berth in the 2010 NAIA playoffs starts Saturday. The Frontier is off to an interesting start with the Montana State University-Northern Lights beating the UM-Western Bulldogs 20-3 last Saturday in Dillon. If prognostications are important to anyone, the Lights were picked to finish last in the league this season, while the Bulldogs garnered a fourth-place pick from the league's coaches. But...
