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It would have been easy for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team to let down following Wednesday night's big win over Black Hills State. Instead, at least for the first 30 minutes of Thursday night's finale at the AmericInn Classic inside the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Lights played even better. Northern opened Thursday night's game against the University of Lethbridge with seven straight points from junior Shaun Tatarka, and the Lights never looked back, crushing the Pronghorns 77-58. "Shaun...
With Rocky Mountain College winning an NAIA national championship, and Westminster College making a great three-year run at the NAIA tournament, there's no question the Frontier Conference is loaded with talented men's basketball players. But the 2011 Frontier season will look a little different. There's plenty of talent in the league and the basketball should be as exciting as ever. But new faces dot the league this year and that will make things even more challenging than ever as 17 2009-2010 Frontier All-Conference...
The MSU-Northern men's basketball team has had some close calls when it comes to playing ranked opponents this season. And one of those close calls was against Black Hills State. Coming into Wednesday night's 83-75 win over the seventh-ranked NAIA DII power BHSU, the Lights had a loss to the Yellowjackets, to go along with losses to now No. 1 Robert Morris and No. 9 Azusa Pacific. So there was no doubt the Lights needed a signature win against a quality opponent. And through hard work on the defensive end, a 50 percent night...
Rematches in basketball can always go either way. But in the case of the Montana State University-Northern Lights rematch with Black Hills State, things certainly went the way of the Lights. Northern suffered a heartbreaking, 3-point loss at Black Hills back in November, but on Wednesday night, the Lights exacted a measure of revenge in dramatic fashion, beating BHSU 83-75 on the first day of the AmericInn Classic at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. "I think the big thing is, we have really gelled even more as a team," Northern j...
Just two games stand between the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team and Frontier Conference play. And both games will certainly test the Lights. Northern begins play today in the AmericInn Classic in Havre against nationally-ranked Black Hills State. The Lights and Yellowjackets tip off at 6 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. MSU-N then wraps up non-league play on Thursday with a game against the University of Lethbridge. Both games will be tune-ups for the Lights (8-4), who begin conference play Jan. 8 in...
Sunday was a rough day for the Tennessee Titans, as they were eliminated from AFC playoff contention with a 34-14 loss at Kansas City. But former Havre Blue Pony Marc Mariani had reason to celebrate. Mariani, who returned five kicks for over 100 yards Sunday, broke a 47-year-old franchise record for most kickoff return yards in a season. Mariani has surpassed the old Oilers/Titans mark of 1, 317 yards. He now has 1, 416 yards on the year heading into Sunday's finale at Indianapolis....
There's just one week left until Frontier Conference basketball teams finally get to start beating on each other. Each and every season, the Frontier is a war of attrition. With so many good teams on both the men's and women's side, it's generally a race to see who will outlast the rest come March. And so far, 2010 has shown that's exactly what might happen when the Frontier season gets here next week. Looking at the first half of the men's season, league favorite Westminster College has posted an 11-1 record heading into the...
After a strong outing, and a great start to the 2010-11 season, Montana State University-Northern junior forward Joe Simpson has been honored for his play. On Monday, Simpson was named Frontier Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week. It's Simpson's first Frontier award of his career. Simpson is a 6-foot-4, junior forward from Pittsburg, Calif. MSU-Northern romped past Kings University of Canada 74-43 last Wednesday night. He scored 16 points in the win. Simpson also had one assist, one rebound and three steals. He...
There's always great sporting moments in a place like Havre and all up and down the Hi-Line. It's a sports-rich area after all. But 2010 was one year that will go down as legendary in sports for the area. The year was about championships, firsts, milestones and more, and it's one year which will never be forgotten. Here's a look back at the Havre Daily News' Top 10 sports stories for 2010. 1. Marc Mariani in the NFL Perhaps no one had a more intense, more exciting or busier year than former Havre Blue Pony Marc Mariani. In...
The 2010 Class C All-State football team has a distinct Hi-Line flavor to it. Seven Chinook players join two gridders from Chester/J-I and one from Hays-Lodge Pole on the all-state list for Class C 8-man football this year. Chinook and C/J-I represent the Northern Division on the all-state team. Sugarbeeters who made the list include, Tyler Molyneaux, Jorrell Jones, Josh Jones, Lane Schmitt, Chris Haider and Connlin Brown, all players who helped the Beeters to the 2010 state championship last month. Chester/J-I has Brandon Gr...
The Tennessee Titans may or may not make the NFL playoffs this season. And while the Titans have only a slim chance of doing so, there's still a possibility that former Havre High star Marc Mariani could be still have one more game left in his rookie season — even if the Titans don't make the playoffs and the regular season ends on Jan. 2. Back in July and August, mentioning the words Pro Bowl in conjunction with Mariani's name seemed unfathomable. After all, as a seventh-round draft pick of the Titans in 2010, and coming f...
After five losses and a pair of cancelled games, the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team closed out 2010 with some excitement. On Sunday, the Ice Hawks got a game-winning goal from Jonathan Austin as time expired to beat the Glacier Avalanche 6-5 in Whitefish. The win gave Havre a split on the weekend and put its overall record 1-5 this season. The Ice Hawks lost to Glacier on Saturday. The Ice Hawks are now off until Jan. 7 when they host a high school hockey tournament. The Havre Tournament will run Jan. 7-9 at the...
Several prep football standouts from the Hi-Line have earned one of Montana's highest honors for high school football. The rosters for the 2011 East/West Shrine Game were released on Wednesday afternoon, and among the players selected to the East squad were two Chinook stars and a Harlem standout. Chinook's Tyler Molyneaux, one of Montana's leading rushers this past fall, was selected to the East team at running back, while teammate Josh Jones earned a spot on the offensive line. Also make the cut was Harlem linebacker Tom...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team wasn't expecting a dogfight with King's College of Alberta. But for a time, that's exactly what the Lights got. Northern beat the Eagles 74-43 Wednesday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse in Havre, but the win didn't come without a few tough moments. "I think any time you play a team that you certainly have a big advantage over, you have the chance to not be as crisp as you'd like to be," MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse said. "These guys are basketball players and some...
It's nice to be home. After over a month's worth of road games, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team made the most of a three-game home stand over the last 10 days. And the Skylights finished that home stand off with a commanding 81-47 win over King's College of Alberta on Wednesday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Wednesday's victory was the fourth straight for the Skylights and third in a row at home. And after struggling to pull away from Concordia College on Sunday night, the Skylights came...
In their final match of 2010, the Havre High wrestling team went to Lewistown and put on a dominating performance. On Tuesday night, HHS toppled Central A rival Lewistown 50-31 in dual action. The Ponies got a huge 6-0 win from junior Eli Hinebauch at 152 pounds. Hinebauch was taking on top-ranked 145-pounder Rex Martin. Lewistown also gave up forfeits at 119 pounds, 189 pounds and 215 pounds on Tuesday night. In the new Class A rankings, which were released on Tuesday night, the Ponies are not ranked No. 1 for the first time...
There isn't much time left to prepare for the upcoming Frontier Conference basketball season. So from here on out, every game the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams play is certainly important. And tonight is no different as the Skylights host King's College of Alberta at 6 and the Lights take on Kings at 8 inside the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Skylights (6-6) come into tonight's game against the Eagles winners of three straight games, and this is Northern's last home contest before...
It wasn't for a lack of effort and it wasn't because the they didn't play well, in fact it wasn't just the opposite. Instead, the Havre High boys basketball team was just outsized in a 69-52 loss Tuesday night to the Class AA CMR Rustlers in Great Falls. The Blue Ponies played an outstanding game against the two-time defending AA state champion Rustlers, and trailed by just four points at intermission. And while CMR outscored HHS 38-25 the rest of the way, Pony head coach Andy Smith was more than excited about the way his...
December is the time when basketball teams just want to put their best foot forward, and improvement is the primary focus. And while the scoreboard might not show it, the Havre High girls basketball team took some important steps on Tuesday night. HHS made its home debut Tuesday night at the HHS gymnasium, and fell to Class AA powerhouse CMR, 62-21, but even in defeat, HHS head coach Dustin Kraske was encouraged. "I was really pleased with our overall effort tonight," Kraske said. "I thought we defended really well, and I kno...
After a challenging weekend at the CMR Holiday Classic, the Havre High wrestling team has one more task ahead of the Christmas Break. Tonight, the top-ranked Class A Blue Ponies are in Lewistown for a Central A Conference dual with the powerful Lewistown Eagles. Lewistown has been in a rebuilding mode the last three years, but the Eagles have a veteran team with several quality wrestlers, and while they don't quite have the depth HHS has, they will certainly be good enough to push the Ponies tonight. The Eagles are...
Marc Mariani upped his already high kickoff return average, but what mattered most to him was the win. Mariani averaged 30 yards per kickoff return in his final home game of the season at LP Field in Nashville, but more importantly, the Tennessee Titans snapped a six-game losing streak by beating the Houston Texans 31-17 Sunday afternoon in Nashville. Mariani returned three kickoffs for 90 total yards on Sunday, including a long of 41 yards. The Titans also scored on two of his returns. As the lading punt returner in the AFC...
After a week of rest, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team gets back into the action on Sunday. The No. 10 Lights are in Reno, Nev., for the prestigious Reno Tournament of Champions. The one-day open tournament features over 30 college wrestling teams from NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and some of the top NAIA programs. Northern heads to Reno with seven nationally-ranked wrestlers, and the Lights get a boost this week as 125-pound starter Chase Dirden returns from injury. The Harlem native has been...
The Havre High swim teams have already seen what Great Falls High and CMR look like. Now the Blue Ponies will get to see the two teams and the rest of Class AA in the Great Falls' Pol. The Pony boys and girls swim teams are in Great Falls for two days of competition, starting today with the annual Great Falls Meet at 4:30 p.m. at the Bison Fieldhouse Pool. The Ponies will compete today against GFH and CMR as well as Class A rival Hardin. The on Saturday, the Bison and Rustlers, as well as HHS and Hardin will join Class AA...
In the first races of the young season, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams found out plenty about themselves by having to go up against two of the elite swimming programs in Montana. On Saturday afternoon at the Havre Community Pool, the Blue Ponies opened their 2010-11 season by hosting Great Falls High and CMR in a double-dual meet for the 2010 Havre Invitational. The Havre meet usually features more teams, but because some teams opted not to make the trip to Havre, the three teams swam together, but scored the meet a...
The Frontier Conference might get bigger. But for now, it will have to wait. League officials announced Tuesday afternoon that the conference will wait until February to decide on expansion plans. Frontier athletic directors and league officials gathered in Billings on Monday and Tuesday to discuss applicants that wished to join the conference, and originally, Frontier Conference Commissioner Kent Paulson had said a vote would be held during those meetings to invite or not invite new schools. Instead, this week saw no vote...
