News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 26 - 50 of 94
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....
George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected] There's never a shortage of talented girls basketball players in and around the Havre area. So when the votes are cast by local coaches for the annual Havre Daily News All Hi-Line Girls Team, no choice is any easy one. Girls basketball was as exciting and as successful as ever this past season, and this year's All Hi-Line Team reflects that fact. This year's team has just three repeat performers, and four players who have made the list before. It...
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...
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...
Two games are all that stand between the Montana State University- Northern men's basketball team and the Frontier Conference postseason. Tonight at 8, the No. 20 Lights (8-4, 20-8) host Rocky Mountain College (5-7,10-17). Then, Northern will wrap up regular season play Saturday night at home against Carroll College (5-7, 12- 14). Northern comes into the weekend with a chance to tie UM-Western for second place in the Frontier standings, and the Lights, having swept the Bulldogs this season, would have the tiebreaker, and...
In each of the last few seasons, the Chinook girls tennis team has been knocking on the door at the state tennis tournament. But this weekend, at the Class B-C state meet on the University of Montana campus in Missoula, the Sugarbeeters had something special. With 36 points, Chinook captured its first-ever state championship in tennis, beating Hi-Line rival Cut Bank, which finished with 33 points. Chinook had a six-point lead after Friday's second day of competition, and the Beeters capitalized on it by winning key matches...
When it comes to high school boys basketball on the Hi-Line, success is a common word. But the 2009-10 season had as much success as any area at any time can garner. From Rocky Boy and Big Sandy winning state championships just minutes apart, to great stories like Chinook and Havre High, and beyond, this season was magical to say the last. And that's why the Havre Daily News 2010 All Hi-Line Boys Basketball team is full of great players and great success stories. This year's team is again top heavy with seniors — eight in all...
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...
The Havre American Legion baseball team got its season off to an interesting start, to say the last. On Sunday in Lewistown, the North Stars split their season- opening doubleheader with the Lewistown Redbirds. The Redbirds captured game one in a slugfest, 17-14, but Havre rebounded, shutting down the Lewistown offense in the second game, and winning 9-5. "Overall, today's performance showed what is expected out of a season opener, a little sluggish defensively, higher pitch counts, and two long games," Havre head coach...
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...
If the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team had it a little rough the first time they faced the Great Falls Chargers, then the second time around was more like a nightmare. The North Stars played host to the Class AA Chargers in a twin bill on Sunday at Legion Field, dropping both games by scores of 18-1. The games were supposed to be played in Great Falls, but were moved to Havre due to field problems at Centene Stadium. The double dip started off with a bang in Havre however. Great Falls came out swinging,...
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...
As a new season on the diamond approaches, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team is hoping quality overrules quantity this summer. After going 13-15 in district play a season ago, including a 1-2 mark in the district tournament last July in Havre, the North Stars are back for a brand new season. And while they are somewhat low on numbers for 2010, they certainly don't lack talent, even with key losses from a strong lineup last season. And while the North Stars will play their season-opening games on Sunday in...
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...
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...
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...
With rain storms pounding Havre all day long on Tuesday, the Havre American Legion baseball time got out of town just in time to play a doubleheader. On Tuesday in Helena, the North Stars split a nonconference doubleheader with the Helena Reps. The North Stars captured game one 6-5 but fell to the Reps 6-2 in the second outing. Havre rode an outstanding pitching performance from Brandon Smith in the first game. Smith went seven full innings, giving up just four hits and striking out six on his way to the completegame win....
Havre's longest-running community tennis tournament will take place this weekend. The annual Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Courts in Havre. The tournament, which has been put on by the Havre Parks and Recreation Department for over 30 years, was re-named 12 years ago in honor of longtime Havre tennis enthusiast Bill Vaughey, who was a huge supporter and donor to the local tennis community. The tournament features junior and adult age divisions for...
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...
It was and up-and-down first two conference games for the Havre American Legion baseball team. On Thursday in Conrad, the North Stars split a pair of games with the Tri-County Cardinals to open Northern District play. Havre beat the Cardinals 12-4 in game one but fell 7-4 in the nightcap. In the first game, the North Stars got a complete-game win from Justin Jensen on the mound. Jensen also helped his own cause by driving in a pair of runs. He also got plenty of help from his teammates. Kyle Miller smashed a home run and a...
The weather is getting hot. The dog days of August are here. But it won't be long before high school athletes are taking to the practice fields and the gymnasiums around Montana and on the Hi-Line. The first official date on the MHSA calendar is Aug. 12. That is when high school golf is allowed to begin practicing. The Havre High golf team will have a new head coach this season, and the Blue Ponies will also host a pair of varsity meets in Havre this fall. The Class A and Class AA golf seasons can officially begin regular...
Marc Mariani is already making himself feel right at home on the Tennessee Titan's practice fields at Baptist Sports Park in Nashville. Just two days into Titan's training camp, Mariani is apparently making quite an impression. The Titan's opened training camp on Saturday, and it was noted that Mariani hauled in several catches. But it was Sunday's practice in which Mariani stood out. The Titan's official practice report from Sunday notes Mariani made several key catches, including a 45-yard catch from former Texas standout...
If the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team was looking to go into the holiday break on a high note — mission accomplished. Havre will ride a three-game winning streak into a five-day layoff, after taking the only game played of a twogame set with the Tri-County Cardinals on Thursday at Legion Field in Havre. The North Stars beat Tri-County 4-2 in the first of two Northern District games on Thursday. The second game was cancelled after just two innings after a large thunderstorm swept through and drenched the f...
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...
It has been an inconsistent last week for the Havre American Legion baseball team. But on Wednesday in Great Falls, the North Stars were anything but. Havre was 2-6 in its last eight Northern District games heading into Wednesday's doubleheader with the Great Falls Stallions. But after a commanding sweep at Don Olson Field, the North Stars enter today's double dip with the Tri-County Cardinals on a high note. Havre beat the Stallions by scores of 18-6 in seven innings and 21-3 in five innings, giving them some confidence as...
