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Marc Mariani said earlier this week that Pro Bowl traditions for rookies include players who make the least amount of money pick up plenty of tabs during their stay in Hawaii. So while he may be out some bucks when he leaves Honolulu, he'll still be leaving with plenty to smile about. Although the NFC pounded Mariani's AFC squad 55-41 Sunday afternoon in Hawaii, the Tennessee Titans receiver and former Blue Pony star left his own mark on the game by returning nine kickoffs for an astounding 326 yards — both new Pro Bowl r...
Montana State University President Waded Cruzado named a 17-member panel to search for a new chancellor for Montana State University-Northern. The chancellor search advisory committee is charged with evaluating candidates to fill MSU-Northern Chancellor Frank Trocki's post. Trocki will be leaving Northern at the end of June. The committee represents a range of constituent groups including students, faculty, professional staff, community members, and tribal colleges. "I am deeply impressed by the passion and dedication each...
The Havre High girls basketball team competed hard at the Central A basketball tournament this weekend, but just couldn't get past two good teams in two very close games. Over the weekend, the Blue Ponies were in Belgrade where they went two-and-out at the Central A divisional tournament. Thursday, the Ponies fell to Lewistown 43-47 in a six-point loss. And in loser-out action on Saturday, the Ponies fell to the Browning Indians 44-42, this time in a just a two-point loss. "I am proud of our kids' efforts," Havre High head...
The season has to come to an end at one point or another, but the way the Havre High boys basketball season ended was hard on everybody. The Central A Blue Ponies spent the weekend in Belgrade where they competed in the Central A divisional tournament. HHS entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed and earned a first round bye. They were set up to have a successful run in the postseason tournament, but unfortunately went two and out with two very close overtime losses. In the semifinals on Friday, the Ponies fell to the No. 3 B...
Pony thinclads race to the finish line The athletes of the boys and girls Havre High School track and field teams have battled and made it through another tough season. But before hanging up their track spikes until next season, a handful of Blue Ponies will get one last weekend of competition. Today and Saturday the state's top Class A track and field talent will gather in Missoula. The state meet will take place at the MCPS Track Complex on the campus of Big Sky High School. This season hasn't been an easy one for the...
The Havre High girls basketball team played well in the opening round of the Central A divisional tournament, but just couldn't break the barrier that was the Lewistown Golden Eagles. Thursday afternoon in Belgrade, the No. 5 Central A Ponies opened the postseason against the No. 4 Eagles in first round action. But the Eagles defeated the Ponies 43-37. The loss marked the third time this season that the Ponies fell to the Eagles. "They just played a little bit better than us today," Havre High head coach Dustin Kraske said. "...
Emotion. In basketball, it can be a double-edged sword. Emotion can carry a team to victory, or it can hinder it's performance. However, one way or another, the next two nights at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse will be emotional. That's because the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is playing its final two home games of the 2011 season, and that means seniors Samm Schermele and Taylor Keller are seeing their last days in a gym they've become famous for playing in over the last four years. And Northern is...
There have been many big Frontier Conference men's basketball games at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse over the years. But none may be bigger than the next two for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Tonight at 8, the Lights play host to No. 16 Westminster College, one of three teams the Lights are currently tied with for first place in the Frontier Conference. Northern also faces Lewis-Clark State in a regular season finale Saturday night at 8 p.m. And in those two games, all that's at stake is a possible regular...
GREAT FALLS —Coming out of the 9C tournament and after a Northern C win on Wednesday, the Chinook Sugarbeeters girls basketball team has been on a roll. But after meeting another No. 1 seed in the semifinals, the Beeters finally ran into a hurdle they couldn't clear. Thursday at the Four Season Arena in Great Falls the No. 1 9C Beeters fell to the No. 1 7C Belt Huskies 60-37. The Huskies are a favorite to take the Northern C championship and proved how they have kept an unblemished record now at 21-0. "I think the biggest t...
GREAT FALLS — In your first game of the divisional tournament, slow starts and jangled nerves aren't uncommon. But for the first time in years, tournament experience played a key role in a Chinook boys basketball victory. The 9C champion Sugarbeeters shrugged off early shooting woes and wound up with a comfortable 59-48 Northern C opening-round win over Stanford-Geyser on Thursday afternoon at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. The Beeters used torrid shooting in the second and third quarters to win going away. But m...
Boys basketball in the Northern B was as good as it gets this season. With yet another state champion coming out of the Northern B in Wolf Point, as well as great teams like Shelby, Rocky Boy and Cut Bank to name a few, this year was as good as ever on the Hi-Line. And this past week, several local players from the Northern B were honored for this past season. Rocky Boy seniors Lesin Oats and Garrett Lafromboise were both named Class B All-State for the 2010-11 season. The Stars were again magical, going 19-5 and finishing...
Friday afternoon was a big day for the Chinook girls basketball team. The Sugarbeeters had a chance to advance to their first 9C girls championship, and they took full advantage, beating the Big Sandy Pioneers 38-35 in a wild semifinal game. Chinook led 8-6 after the first quarter and the game was nip and tuck throughout. Big Sandy regained the lead early in the second behind two quick buckets from Mackenzie Jenkins, but late in the half, the Beeters again forged ahead and led 16-13 at the end of a low-scoring 16 minutes....
Coming off a rousing first-round win over Hays-Lodge Pole, the Box Elder Bears seemed to have momentum on their side heading into Friday afternoon's semifinal game with the top-seeded Chinook Sugarbeeters. But the Beeters eventually had other ideas and wound up with a dominating 67-48 win and second straight berth in the 9C boys title game. The Beeters opened the game with five quick points by Chris Haider, but the Bears' Lance Young scored six points and pulled them to within one at 9-8 after the first quarter. However, the...
Both the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Box Elder Bears knew they could be threat come tournament time as the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds. And as they faced off in the consolation game, they proved their point. Saturday in the District 9C boys consolation game in Havre, the Bears defeated the Thunderbirds 65-37 to grab the third place finish and earn a challenge game tonight against Big Sandy. The Bears and Thunderbirds met in first round action as well. That time around the Bears grabbed a 76-56 victory. And the Bears looked...
Beating the same team twice in three days is a tall order for any girls basketball program. But it's an even bigger task when success hasn't exactly come easy for during the last decade of play at the District 9C girls basketball tournament. Yet, that's exactly what the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds did. On Saturday afternoon at the Havre High gymnasium, the T-Birds bested the North Star Knights 51-47 in the 9C consolation game. The win was the second in three days fro HLP over the Knights and it was also the T-Birds best...
The National Weather Service predicts one inch of snow tonight, up to three inches on Monday and three to seven on Tuesday. The National Weather Service predicts one inch of snow tonight, up to three inches on Monday and three to seven on Tuesday....
And just like that, the postseason is here. But this postseason is a little bit different for the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team. On Saturday, the Lights will be in Prescott, Ariz., for the Western regional, the final qualifier for the NAIA national tournament, which will be in two weeks. And while the Lights might not be favored to bring home the top spot on Saturday, or a national championship, third-year head coach Tyson Thivierge's team is in a much better spot than it was last season when the Lights...
The regular season is winding down for both the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams. And both Blue Pony squads would love nothing more than to enter the post season with one last win under their belts. Tonight in Browning the Central A Pony girls will compete against the Indians in conference play. Saturday night, the Havre High boys visit Browning. The Butte Central A Maroons have already locked up the No. 1 spot for the boys, but the Ponies can still improve or drop in the rankings depending on how Saturday's action...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team suffered its share of heartache during last weekend's back-to-back home losses. And things didn't get any easier on Thursday night. In Billings Thursday night, the Skylights fell 59-58 in a thriller to Rocky Mountain College, and with the loss, all hope of playing at home in the upcoming Frontier Conference playoffs is likely gone. But as difficult and disappoint as Thursday's loss to the Bears, the bright spot was, the skylights played well, but just came up...
Winning on the road is never easy. Winning on the road this season in the Frontier Conference, even more difficult. But the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team did just that, and in the process, exercised some demons from a year ago. Last season, it was Rocky Mountain College which beat the Lights in Havre on the last weekend of the regular season. That game likely kept the Lights out of the NAIA tourney, but on Thursday night in Billings, the Lights got a huge win on the Battling Bears home floor as...
After covering the District 9C boys and girls basketball tournament since 2002, it was interesting to wait until Thursday night for this year's 9C extravaganza to begin. I was a little unsure of the new schedule, simply because the 9C tournament is so big to so many people, and besides the basketball, it's generally a week-long celebration of our area, the communities, the fans and the kids. So to wait until Thursday seemed a little odd. And, basketball at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning? Ouch! But it didn't take more than five...
If the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team had a any type of monkey on its back this season, it was the UM-Western Bulldogs. However, after a thrilling last-second victory over the 19th-ranked Bulldogs Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, it's gone. The No. 25 Lights beat the Bulldogs on a high floating shot by Devin Jackson with just four seconds left in the Friday night's showdown between the top two teams in the league. Just before Jackson's shot, Western's Brandon Brown nailed a cold-blooded...
BUTTE — Over the years the Havre High girls and boys swim teams have found a couple of comfortable spots near the top of the state swimming ranks. And after attending the 2011 All Class state swim meet, Friday and Saturday at the Butte YMCA in Butte, the trend continued for both teams. The Blue Pony girls earned a No. 2 finish for the second straight year with 23 points, and the Blue Pony boys earned a No. 3 finish this year with 19 points after finishing as the No. 1 team a year ago. On the girls side of the pool, B...
BUTTE — Unfortunately things just didn't fall into place for the Havre High wrestling team this weekend. But in a fight for the state championship, Duell Stadel, Eli Hinebauch and Casey Schaub led the way for the Blue Ponies. Friday and Saturday the Central A Blue Ponies competed at the Class A state tournament at the Butte Civic Center in Butte. And like Stadel, Hinebauch, and Schaub have done so often, the three highlighted the Ponies' roster once again. Havre was competing for its fifth straight team title, but came up j...
The Havre Ice Hawks hockey team made a run at the state championship this weekend, but after playing just three games, the Ice Hawk's season has come to an end. The Ice Hawks played three games this weekend in Bozeman at the high school state hockey tournament. They entered the state tournament as the No. 6 seed with a 9-10-1 record. And after losing to Great Falls 7-3, defeating Glasgow 10-0 and then falling to Missoula 9-1, the Ice Hawks finished up their season with a 10-12-1 record under first-year head coach Tyler...
