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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 Frontier Conference women's basketball season has only been over for a short time, but Montana State University-Northern head coach Chris Mouat is already hard at work on the recruiting trail. Mouat recently announced the signing of Joilet High School standout Rachelle Bennett, an exciting 5-8 guard. Bennett is a star basketball player for the J-Hawks, having earned Class C All-State honors in each of the last three seasons. She's also a stellar all-around athlete, as she has earned all state in track three times and...
Montana State University-Northern senior basketball players Samm Schermele and Taylor Keller might both be from Montana, but they come from two different worlds. Schermele, a product of the bright lights of the Electric City of Great Falls, and Keller from the quiet, rural community of Custer. In basketball, the duo's world were as different as the towns they come from. Schermele was a product of Class AA Great Falls High, while Keller came from the unique world of Class C Montana girls hoops. Four years ago however, their wo...
The Northern C boys basketball tournament is as tough as they come in the state of Montana. But as hard as it may be, the Hi-Line's Box Elder Bears and Chinook Sugarbeeters will take their chances this weekend. Today-Saturday the No. 1 9C Beeters and No. 2 9C Bears will compete in the Northern C basketball tournament at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. Both squads are coming off of impressive outings at the 9C tournament in Havre last weekend. The Beeters entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and defeated the Bears...
Box Elder junior Aricka Wolf Chief led the District 9C in scoring this season. She's also already won a District 9C championship and starred in a Northern C divisional in her young career. But as Wolf Chief and the Bears get set for another Northern C run, she has more on her mind than just scoring, Wolf Chief is a leader and one of the most solid young basketball players on the Hi-Line. Here's four questions with the Box Elder sharp-shooter before the Bears' opening game of the Northern C in Great Falls. HDN: What is it...
The regular season is played in preparation for the post season tournaments. Records are thrown out the window, and the Havre High girls basketball team is hoping a little more success comes its way. Today through Saturday the Blue Ponies will be in Belgrade for the Central A divisional tournament. The Ponies claimed the No. 5 seed with a 3-7 record and will open up tournament play against the No. 4 Lewistown Golden Eagles who enter the tournament with a 5-5 record. Other first round action includes the No. 3 Browning...
The recruiting season continues for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. And MSU-Northern head coach Bill Huebsch has announced the signing of Calgary, Alberta native Sophie Malenfant, a 6-1 middle blocker. Malenfant is a senior at Sophie was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is a senior at William Aberhart Senior High school where she played middle on the volleyball team for three seasons. "Sophie's potential, her room for improvement, her ceiling is unlimited in my eyes," Huebsch said....
While the boys and girls basketball seasons were up and down for the Havre Blue Ponies, several Pony players have been honored for their 2010-11 season. The Central A released its postseason awards and two Pony boys and two Pony girls were honored. Topping the list on the boys side is senior Anfernee Standing Rock, who was not only named Central A First-Team All-Conference, but Class A All-State as well. In his final season at HHS, Standing Rock averaged 19 points and four rebounds per game, was one of the top scorers in...
After an undefeated conference season and a good start to the post season, streaky shooting and a slow start almost cost the Chinook Sugarbeeters the 9C championship. Thursday-Saturday the Havre High gymnasium was home to the 2011 District 9C basketball tournament. And after earning a first round bye on Thursday with the No. 1 seeding, the Beeters survived the Box Elder Bears 67-48 on Friday, earning their way into the championship. The Pioneers also had a first round bye as the No. 2 seed and defeated North Star 58-51 in...
Coming into the 2011 District 9C girls basketball tournament, there was no bigger favorite then the Box Elder Bears. After all, the Bears were the defending 9C champions and they brought a sparkling 17-1 record to Havre. However, somebody forgot to tell the Chinook Sugarbeeters about the Bears' 9C coronation. On Saturday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the upstart Beeters, led by legendary head coach Charlie Robinson, stunned the Bears and the rest of the 9C by winning the district championship 47-39. The huge upset was...
It was a rough start for both the 9C Turner Tornadoes and North Star Knights, but somebody had to win. The Knights entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed taking on the No. 6 seed Tornadoes Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium. But just as many people expected, no game in the 9C is an easy win this year. North Star overcame a sluggish start to grab the 63-40 first round win on Thursday. And with the win the Knights will next face Big Sandy at 8 p.m. tonight. But the game was close for the entire first half. The Knights...
The mission for every team entering tournament play is to get off to a good start. To get that first won under the belt. After Thursday night's opening game of the District 9C boys basketball tournament, the Box Elder Bears can say, mission accomplished. Box Elder rode the inside play of Warren Parisian and a stingy defense to a dominating 74-56 win over Hays-Lodge Pole Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium. The win pushed the upstart Bears into today's semifinal where they'll face Chinook at 2:30 p.m. "It was very...
BUTTE — The problem with records and streaks is that unfortunately they all have to come to an end at one point or another. But with a fifth straight Class A state wrestling title hanging in the balance, the Havre Blue Ponies would have loved to have added one more year to the streak. Friday and Saturday the Ponies attended the Class A state wrestling tournament at the Butte Civic Center in Butte. But ending almost a half decade of dominance, the Ponies finished in the No. 2 spot with 186 points. The Ponies were hoping for t...
The Havre High boys and girls swim teams have filled the trophy cases in the West Fourier at the HHS gymnasium over the years. Now, the blue Ponies are trying to add even more hardware to their already overfull shrine at HHS. And as the 2011 All-Class State Swim Meet gets underway today in Butte, both HHS teams have something to prove in the pool this weekend. The Havre High boys are coming off a state championship season from a year ago and the Ponies would like nothing more than to repeat. Meanwhile, the HHS girls' streak...
Every sports team or franchise has somebody who is labeled the face of the program. This person exudes excellence, they practice hard, they compete hard and they are successful at every level. And for the Havre High Blue Pony wrestling team, at 119 pounds, this person is senior Duell Stadel. Stadel has everything it takes to be a good teammate, an outstanding leader and an even better competitor. He is a four year varsity letter winner and has placed at state the last three years, including a state championship at 112 pounds...
If the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is going to make one final push towards the Frontier Conference's postseason, than this weekend would be a good jumping off point. Tonight at 6, the Skylights host the UM-Western Bulldogs, then turn around and play Montana Tech on Saturday night, and a sweep would go a long way towards helping the Skylights improve their standing in the conference as the stretch run ensues. The Skylights (3-5, 12-12) are just a game out of third place in the conference and...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has been hovering at or near the top of the Frontier Conference standings all season long. Tonight, the Lights get a chance to take the lead in the league all on their own. Tonight at 8 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the No. 25 Lights host the No. 19 UM-Western Bulldogs with first place in the Frontier on the line. Northern also plays host to upstart Montana Tech on Saturday night. "The Western game is a big game," Northern head coach Shawn Huse said. "But so is...
Tuesday night saw plenty to celebrate when it comes to the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. And while it wasn't something on the Lights' minds at the time, the Frontier Conference also announced it men's Frontier All-Conference selections and season awards while the Lights were winning the Frontier Conference championship at Carroll College. Northern saw four players earn all-conference for the 2010-11 season, with sophomore Devin Jackson and junior Joe Simpson both being selected Frontier First Team...
When it comes to the NAIA national men's basketball tournament, teams have to go in blind most times. First-round opponents are generally very unfamiliar with each other. Luckily for the 19th-ranked Montana State University-Northern Lights, that's been the case almost all season long, so the Lights first-round game with 13th-ranked Biola University next Thursday night in Kansas City won't be all that different to what the Frontier Conference champion Lights have been facing all year. With so many new Lights, this season has...
After a brilliant four-year career at Montana State University-Northern, senior basketball Samm Schermele received one last Frontier Conference honor on Monday night. Schermele earned Frontier First Team All-Conference for 2010-11, the third straight year in which the Great Falls High standout has earned that distinction. The Frontier released its women's postseason awards on Monday night, and Northern junior guard Laramie Schwenke joined Schermele on the all-conference lost. Schwenke, who averaged 11 points, six rebounds,...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team might have already locked up a berth to the 2011 NAIA national tournament in two weeks in Kansas City. However, the Lights would like nothing more than to take the mystery out of their postseason fate. And they can do that and so much more tonight when they take on No. 19 Carroll College in the Frontier Conference championship game in Helena. The winner of tonight's game, which gets underway at 7 gets the Frontier's automatic bid to the national tournament, while...
For four years, Montana State University-Northern point guard Taylor Keller has shown Northern fans she's as tough as nails. As one of the smallest guards in the Frontier Conference, Keller has always played like a giant. But a knee injury originally suffered back in December in Salt Lake City left Keller and Northern fans wondering if her career was unexpectedly over. The answer turned out to be an emphatic no. Keller returned to the floor Saturday night and helped the Skylights crush UGF 77-45, and in the process, made...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has faced injury problems all year long. And in a game the Skylights had to have, they were again two players down. But instead of faltering, the Skylights again showed why their so tough to beat on their home floor as they raced past the University of Great Falls 77-45 Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The win avenged a road loss at UGF last month and also moved Northern to 3-5 in the Frontier Conference. And perhaps more importantly, it marked the...
The ups and downs continued for the Havre High girls basketball team. Over the weekend the Central A Blue Ponies faced off in two conference matchups. But in two very different games, the Ponies went 0-2. Friday the Ponies hosted the Lewistown Eagles, but lost 47-44 in overtime. And on Saturday the Ponies ran into a very tough Butte Central Maroons squad and lost 55-25. On Friday night, the Ponies held the lead throughout most of the game. They did a lot of things right, especially defensively, but just couldn't get their...
Some people might say the way the season ended for both the Havre High girls and boys tennis teams may have been out of the norm. Some might say the Blue Ponies didn't excel in the ways they normally do on the tennis court. But longtime Havre High head coach George Ferguson couldn't disagree with those people more. In fact, Ferguson looks at every year as a success story, whether his team's earn trophies or not. "The biggest thing I gauge success by is, did our kids improve, are they better players than they were last year,...
