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The preparation for the season opener probably hasn't been under the exact conditions the Havre High Ponies softball team would have hoped for as the 2011 spring sports season got under way, but after a couple of weeks of indoor practices, the Blue Ponies are still excited about this weekend. The Central A Ponies never got the full cooperation from Mother Nature that they needed to practice outside. But as they prepare to make their season debut on Friday at the Great Falls Jamboree in Great Falls, the Ponies know the...
Former Havre Blue Pony Sarah Keller (Walter) and her husband, Greg Walter, will be hosting a 5K run on Saturday, May 15 in Billings to raise money for a cause very close to the family's heart. Ryan's Run is name of the event, and it's in honor of the couples son Ryan Paul Walter who they lost to SIDS — Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — 65 days after his birth. The run, in honor of Ryan, will raise money for the SIDS Foundation and they are donating all proceeds to that foundation. The race will start at 8 a.m. at Rimrock Wes...
It's been a great season for the Harlem girls basketball team. Unfortunately, the Wildcats' division is just too tough. Harlem (11-12) suffered losses to top-ranked Fairfield, 69-30 on Thursday and Shelby, 48-34 on Friday to exit the Northern B Divisional in Malta. In the loss to Fairfield, the eventual Northern B champion, the Wildcats got 15 points from Jacinda Fuller and another 13 from Hyapatia Getten. Against Shelby in the loser-out round, Harlem was led by Maurvella Fuller's 10 points. Fairfield 69, Harlem 30 Fairfield...
GREAT FALLS — The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Box Elder Bears represented the 9C well this weekend. But as both of their seasons wound down and came to an end, they will have to wait until next year if they hope to make it to the state tournament. Both the Beeters and Bears spent the weekend in Great Falls at the Four Seasons Arena at the Northern C girls basketball tournament. On Friday the Beeters and Bears faced off for yet another time this season. And once again it was the Beeters who got the best of the Bears with a 6...
GREAT FALLS — The District 9C Chinook Sugarbeeters and Box Elder Bears had a nice run at the 2011 Northern C boys basketball tournament over the weekend. But even with the high points, both of their seasons have come to an end. Both the Beeters and Bears spent the weekend competing at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. The Beeters entered the tournament as a No. 1 seed and the Bears entered the tournament as a No. 2 seed. Both teams competed on Friday in the hopes of keeping their seasons alive. In a morning game, the B...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson For the North Star girls and Chinook boys high school track teams, this weekend in Missoula is about chasing state championship dreams. For many local athletes, it will also be about getting to the top of that medal stand. Missoula is the site of the Class C state track meet today and Saturday, and while many local athletes will be in attendance, it's the Knights and Sugarbeeters who might have the most to gain. The North Star girls have been building toward this season for quite some time, and...
The high school basketball season is in the books, but plenty of local high school girls are still making headlines. Along the Hi-Line, several girls hoopsters have been honored for their play this season. In District 1B, Rocky Boy's Caitlyn Gamble earned District 1B second-team all-conference honors for 2010-11. Gamble is a 6-0 sophomore starter for the Morning Stars, and she averaged 13 points and six rebounds per game this year, but was instrumental in Rocky Boy's run down the stretch by averaging 18 points per game in...
If the Montana State University-Northern Lights were in a tightly contested Frontier Conference race before Saturday night's showdown with Carroll College, now they're in a fight to the finish. On Saturday night in Helena, the No. 16 Lights lost to the Carroll College Fighting Saints 56-47, meaning Northern split its a last two Frontier road games of the regular season. The Lights beat Rocky Mountain College on Thursday night in Billings. The split also drops the Lights back into a four-way tie with Carroll, UM-Western and...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was down after three straight Frontier Conference losses. Apparently, the Skylights were far from out though. On Saturday night, a struggling Skylights' team went into Helena and stormed their way past the Carroll College Fighting Saints 70-54 for a surprise road win and a little redemption. Northern lost a heartbreaking game on Thursday night at Rocky Mountain College but salvaged an important split on its final road trip with the win at Carroll. Saturday night's...
Coaches and teams like to preach that defense wins games, and that long time strategy was proved to be correct on Friday by the Havre High girls basketball team. The Blue Ponies traveled to Browning for their last conference as well as regular season game of the year. And coming from behind in an almost impossible fashion, the Central A Ponies earned a 30-28 victory. Offensively the Ponies struggled early. They scored just one point in the first quarter and three in the second. But the defense was playing outstanding as they...
If there was ever a time for the Havre High boys basketball team to have its best offensive game of the season, it was Saturday night in Browning. The Central A Blue Ponies were on the road where they faced the conference rival Browning Indians in their last game of the season. And coming away with the huge victory, the Ponies defeated the Indians 75-73. "I felt good going into the game," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "I thought we had a good week of practice and we were really focused all week. We knew how they...
Anyone wondering if the young, but talented Montana State University-Northern wrestling team was ready for the 2011 NAIA postseason – the Lights answered those questions on Saturday. The No. 8 Lights put together an outstanding day Saturday in Prescott, Ariz., wrestling to a second-place finish at the Western regional, and almost knocking off Southern Oregon in the process. The Lights scored 135.5 points to SOU's 138 points at the regional tournament, which turned out to be great preparation for the upcoming NAIA national t...
The postseason is underway for Class B and C boys basketball teams. The Class A postseason is a week away and the Class AA's are busy sorting out seeding for the state tournament. So this week will be the final Havre Daily News Super 15 Polls. It's been fun ranking teams and now it's time to start finding out who the best of the best really is in Montana. And by the second weekend in March, we'll know. The final Super 15 girls poll has Bozeman sitting atop the standings, and six Class AA teams ranked in the top 10. Unbeaten...
Tournament time is here once again, and several Hi-Line squads will look to capture a top spot amongst their district foes. The No. 2 Rocky Boy Stars (15-3) will take on the 1B in Cut Bank, while the Harlem Wildcats (3-15) will travel a tough road through the 2B in Malta. And in 10C action, the Chester/J-I Hawks will look to keep their season rolling with a top finish in Conrad. The Stars have several years of post season success under their belts, mostly in the Class C, but are now looking to grab back-to-back Class B state...
It's been a season of highs and lows for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team. And right now, the Skylights are trying to come back up from a low. Northern enters this weekend's road trip at Rocky Mountain College, tonight in Billings and Carroll College, Saturday night in Helena, coming off a rare two-game home stand in which the Skylights were swept on their home floor. And with how difficult the Frontier is on a nightly basis, getting back up from that low won't be easy, especially against two...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is ranked higher than any other Frontier Conference team right now. And the No. 16 Lights are alone atop the conference standings. But if one lesson has been learned through 10 league games this season, it's that things can change in a hurry. And that's what the Lights (18-7, 7-3) will try to guard against when they take on league foes Rocky Mountain College tonight in Billings and Carroll College Saturday in Helena. The Lights may be on top of the Frontier right...
Tournament time is here, and with the 9C looking to be more competitive than it has been in years, this weekend in Havre should live up to the high standard of competition it brings year every season. Tonight at the Havre High gymnasium, the No. 1 Chinook Sugarbeeters (14-4), No. 2 Big Sandy Pioneers (7-11), No. 3 North Star Knights (7-10), No. 4 Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds (8-10), No. 5 Box Elder Bears (6-12) and No. 6 Turner Tornadoes (3-14) will all compete at the District 9C boys basketball tournament. In round one...
Five teams, only one semifinal and just three days, that's the new-look District 9C girls basketball tournament. But this year's version, which kicks off tonight at 5 at the Havre High gymnasium will be just as intense as any. And although the 9C has changed over time, the excitement and the level of basketball hasn't. The 2011 9C girls tournament will feature some of the best basketball teams in the area, and it starts with the Box Elder Bears (17-1), who have a chance to repeat as district champions this weekend. Box...
Time-and-time again during the course of the great run the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has been on this season, I've heard fans refer to the Lights as unselfish. Fans, coaches, players alike, unselfish basketball season to be the theme surrounding this year's Northern team. It's that type of play which has carried the Lights to a Frontier Conference championship and a berth in this week's NAIA national tournament. And while it's true that the Lights certainly play team basketball, the word unselfis...
Consistency. That's a word which is firmly entrenched in Montana State University-Northern head coach Shawn Huse' vocabulary. He preaches it to his players and assistant coaches. He lives by it in all things, and he means it. But over the last nine years in Havre, that word could also best describe Huse and his coaching tenure at Northern. In essence, since the day Huse arrived in Havre, almost a decade ago, the Lights, the program and everything surrounding MSU-Northern basketball has been very consistent, and that's a...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was looking to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss to UM-Western on Friday night. Instead, Saturday night brought more frustration as the Skylights lost to high-powered Montana Tech 76-68 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The loss to Tech meant a rare sweep at home for MSU-N and the Skylights fell to 3-7 in league play and 12-14 overall. Northern didn't play poorly against the Orediggers, but the Skylights couldn't overcome a monsterous 32-point effort from Tech...
It would have been easy for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team to let down after Friday night's thrilling win over UM-Western. Instead, the Lights were focused and dominant. Northern took control of the Frontier Conference by thumping Montana Tech 60-38 Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Following the sweep of Western and Tech, the No. 25 Lights stand at 7-3 in the Frontier and all alone in first place with four games to go. "It would have been very easy to not be as focused tonight,...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team had been here before. A big lead, late in the game against a dangerous UM-Western team. And like before, the Bulldogs did the unthinkable yet again. On Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Bulldogs erased a 14-point second-half deficit and beat the Skylights 72-69 in the final minute of the game. Northern has lost similar games to Western in several seasons recently. "It's disappointing because we were really in control and felt like we were playing...
The Montana State University-Northern Rodeo Team got its spring season off to a good start over the weekend. The Lights and Skylights were in Bozeman for one of the biggest rodeo's of the spring, hosted by Montana State University. The Bozeman rodeo saw teams from Northern, UGF, UM-Western, Montana State and the University of Montana, as well as others from the region compete over the course of three days. In the first rodeo, Northern's Dennis Barta won the average in steer wrestling over three days. Barta placed first in the...
The spring track season is winding down, but not before some of the top Havre High boys and girls are rewarded by a trip to a special meet. Today the Central A Blue Ponies will take a solid group of athletes to the Noth/Central Top Ten meet in Glasgow, where they will put their top talent up against some of the top talent in the state. Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre High's Joey DeVries lets go of the discus during the Cal Wearley Invitational track meet last month in Havre. DeVries is part of a large group of Blue Pony...
