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The Montana State University- Northern men's basketball team is now ranked. The Lights finished last season ranked among the NAIA's Top 25, but it took until this week for the Lights to climb back into the coaches poll. Northern jumped all the way up to No. 19 this week after sweeping Montana Tech and UM-Western over the weekend in Havre. Western was ranked No. 17 last week but dropped to No. 25 after losing to the Lights 69-59 on Saturday night. Three Frontier Conference teams are in the men's Top 25. Westminster College,...
Coming into this weekend's Frontier Conference games at home, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was giving up a league-best 59 points per game on defense. And to no one's surprise, the Lights held to true to form, holding both Montana Tech and No. 17 UM-Western under 60 points in an impressive conference sweep that vaulted Northern into a first-place tie in the Frontier standings. "(I'm) very proud of what we accomplished this weekend," MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse said. "We were up against two very...
It was just two days ago that the District 9C boys basketball tournament wrapped up with Chinook winning a challenge game. Now, boys teams from all over North central Montana will get back on the floor when the Northern C boys basketball tournament begins this afternoon at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. A pair of 9C teams will be in action today, starting with 9C champion Big Sandy (17-3) taking on 10C runner-up Power (16- 5) at 2:30 p.m. Chinook (15-6) will start tonight's session when the Sugarbeeters face 10C...
Spring may finally be in the air in Havre, but so are footballs. On Monday afternoon, the Montana State University-Northern football team went to work, conducting the first of 16 planned practices over the course of the next month for the Lights' 2010 spring drills. And already, the Lights are using spring drills as a chance to build towards the 2010 season, which begins Aug. 28 at UM-Western in Dillon. And they aren't looking back either. "The number one thing about this spring is getting that feeling and that attitude of wi...
The Montana State University- Northern women's basketball team is coming off one impressive blowout victory. But with one of the Frontier Conference's most dangerous teams coming to Havre tonight and an old rival in town on Saturday, last week's win over UGF might as well have been last year. Tonight, the Skylights (1-2, 10-9) face the most improved team in the Frontier in Montana Tech, and then they host UM-Western on Saturday night, in what amounts to a pair of critical league games for all three teams. "This is a big...
Spring football is all about improving. It's about improving your team, about improving as players, veterans and young players alike. And if the Sunday's Montana State University-Northern Spring Football Game was any indication, it looks as though the Lights certainly accomplished that this season. MSU-N wrapped up spring drills Sunday at Blue Pony Stadium with a 52- play scrimmage in which the Northern offense scored eight times on a veteran MSU-N defense. The Lights rang up 497 yards of offense on 9.6 yards per play. One...
Last year it was the North Star girls, now it's two more District 9C teams which have already taken a big step towards improving their basketball programs. Thursday night's semifinal round at the District 9C boys and girls tournament in Havre was a special one for a pair of local teams. First, it was the Box Elder Bears who dethroned longtime 9C power Big Sandy in a girls semifinal game. The Bears have been on a roller coaster over the years, but on Thursday night, they finally got to where they really wanted to go. Box...
There will be plenty at stake on Saturday at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The reason so much will be on the line for NAIA wrestlers from around the western U.S. is because the last spots in the NAIA national wrestling tournament will be on the line when teams from MSU-Northern, the University of Great Falls, Southern Oregon, Menlo College, Cal Baptist, Embry-Riddle and Simon Fraser gather in Havre for the NAIA Western Regional qualifying tournament. The tournament, which gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday will feature six of...
It's that time of year. The time when area boys and girls basketball teams put everything on the line for a shot at a state championship. No matter a team's regular season record, the postseason gives every team in the state a chance to start over, and the trek begins this week with district boys and basketball tournaments. While the District 9C boys and girls tournament begins today in Havre, the District 10C boys and girls tourney will be held in Cut Bank, the District 1B in Shelby and the 2B in Glasgow. At the 10C, the...
It was a four-team race this weekend at the Havre Ice Dome as the Montana Amateur Hockey Association held its Bantam Division state tournament in Havre. The Havre Ice Hawks finishes in third place overall at the tournament. The Ice Hawks are composed of Caleb McLain, Kelby McLain, Tyler Davey, Alex Hanson, Justin Miller, Ned Malone, Blake Preeshl, Dane Linquist and Nick Howell. Havre's roster also features Derek Matosich, Brandon Huntington, Megan Cline, Blake Hanson, Gavin Gunderson, Trevor Jensen, Dustin Armstrong, Kyle...
After three years of smashing records and blowing away the competition, it might have seemed logical to think the Havre High wrestling team could get complacent. Not these Blue Ponies and not on this weekend. Despite a strong effort from Central A rival Belgrade, the Blue Ponies fought their way to a whopping fourth-straight Class A state championship Saturday night at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings. HHS scored 215 points to Belgrade's 196.5 to win the 2010 Class A championship and join Sidney as the only oth...
The stretch run of the 2010 American Legion baseball season is officially here. And the Havre North Stars are hoping they've hit their stride at just the right time. The North Stars begin a stretch eight conference games this week today against Medicine Hat at Legion Field. The doubleheader with the Knights gets underway at 1. Havre comes into the final week of the regular season with Northern District doubleheaders against the Knights, four games against the Vauxhall Spurs and a pair of games against the Fort MacLeod...
The recruiting season has kicked into high gear, and the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team has inked a pair of quality high school wrestlers. On Monday, MSU-N head coach Tyson Thivierge announced the signing of Jared Miller from Kotzebue, AK and Blake Adams from Deer Park, Wash. Miller is slated to wrestle at 165 or 174 pounds for the Lights and will major in Civil Engineering while at MSUN. "Having a talent like Jared is going to help solidify our line-up." Thivierge said. "He is a terror on the mat, one who...
If the last meet of the regular season was any indication of things to come, then the District 9C and 10C track meets should be very exciting this week. On Saturday, Rudyard played host to the annual Jason Groseclose Memorial track meet, and there were great team and individual performances. On the girls side, North Star and Chester/J-I waged an exciting battle. The Knights just edged the rival Hawks 168 points to 167 points. Chinook finished a distant third with 81 points and a shorthanded Big Sandy team was fourth with 38...
Three Montana State University- Northern women's basketball players have been honored by the Frontier Conference for their outstanding play this season. On Monday night, the league released its annual Frontier All-Conference Team, and three Skylights made the list. The Skylights had two players in juniors Zivile Gaizutyte and Samm Schermele make the first team. Gaizutyte led the Frontier in rebounding while averaging a doubledouble at 12 points and 11 rebounds per game. She also led the league in double- doubles this season....
To the seniors on the Rocky Boy boys basketball team, to anyone who has been a part of the program the last three or four years, a state championship trophy must have seemed like a dream that was never going to be realized. But many times, dreams do come true, and the Stars made sure their biggest dream became a reality on Saturday night at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. After two years of coming so close to winning a Class C state title, after piling up win after win and losing just three times in three years, the...
With few wrestlers entered in the field, the Montana State University- Northern wrestling team tried to make the most of its trip to the NAIA national tournament. The Lights came away with two NAIA All-Americans this weekend at the national tournament in Oklahoma City. Northern sophomore Evan Hinebauch placed fourth for the Lights at 184 pounds, while senior Evan Mattingly earned all-american honors by finishing sixth at 197 pounds. As a team, the Lights scored 39 points to finish 15th with just four grapplers entered. Notre...
If the Havre American Legion baseball team looked good in a sweep of the Lethbridge Miners on Saturday night, the North Stars looked fantastic in a dominating performance against the Great Falls Stallions less than 24 hours later. On Sunday afternoon at Legion Field, the North Stars swept the Stallions to improve to 5-1 in Northern District play. The North Stars beat the Stallions 7-6 in a thrilling first game, then crushed Great Falls 11-1 in five innings in the second outing. The two wins meant the North Stars won five...
Whether or not the dog days of summer ever get here, the Havre American Legion baseball team is headed for the stretch run of the 2010 season. The Northern District tournament is a mere three weeks away, and the North Stars have just 13 regular season games remaining. Havre begins the push towards the postseason today when the North Stars travel to Helena for one, nineinning game against the Helena Reps. The North Stars beat the Reps 8-6 in Havre back on June 15. Today's game in Helena, weather permitting, starts a long week...
Loren Standing Rock is one of the many talented role players on the No. 1 Rocky Boy boys basketball team. But on Thursday afternoon, Standing Rock played perhaps the biggest role in Rocky Boy's recent basketball history. With their perfect season on the line and their state championship hopes ticking away with every second, Rocky Boy erased a one-point deficit and beat the Shepherd Mustangs on a Standing Rock layup as time expired the opening round of the Class B state tournament at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. The...
Summer is right around the corner. And after that, the Montana State University-Northern football team will begin a brand new season. The Lights are looking to put a difficult, injury plagued two-win 2009 behind them, and as they wrapped up 2010 spring drills, they are well on their way to doing just that. Northern had a strong final scrimmage back on April 18, and when it was all said and done, MSU-N head coach mark Samson was more than pleased with what his 65 players accomplished over the month-long camp. "We got a lot...
Its been three weeks since the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team was swept in a rough doubleheader by the Class AA Great Falls Chargers. So it's no wonder the North Stars are anxious to get back on the field. And today in Conrad, the North Stars begin Northern District play when they take on the Tri-County Cardinals in a twin bill. The doubleheader starts at 3 p.m. in Conrad. Today marks the start of a busy campaign for Havre. After playing Tri-County, the North Stars will take Friday off before returning to Leg...
At the beginning of the week, it looked like there was no chance the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team would be playing at home this weekend. But the weather broke just long enough for the North Stars to put on a pitching display in a sweep of the Lewistown Redbirds Sunday afternoon at Legion Field. The North Stars allowed just five combined hits and one run in a twin bill against the Redbirds, winning by scores of 7-1 and 10-0. "This is what happens when you pitch well, play good defense and make smart...
For the first time in quite some time, a Class C state track trophy is not in the possession of a District 9C track and field team. However, that doesn't mean last Friday and Saturday's Class C state meet in Great Falls wasn't a successful one for Hi-Line schools and area individuals. The Class C state meet concluded a stellar track season Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls, and there was plenty of gold for area athletes. On the girls side, the North Star Knights made a run at a trophy but wound up eighth with 26...
The first time the majority of the Havre High boys and girls varsity track teams were on display and the Blue Ponies didn't disappoint. On Thursday afternoon, HHS participated in the Cut Bank Track Meet, and the Pony boys came away with first-place honors, while the HHS girls finished fourth. The Havre boys scored 97 points, finishing 12 points ahead of host Cut Bank. Choteau was third with 67.5 points. Chester/JI scored two points and Rocky Boy scored one. Individually, HHS had just two winners on the day, but the Ponies'...
