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The Havre High boys and girls basketball seasons are in the rearview mirror, but the Blue Ponies recently had their annual awards night, and many different Ponies were honored. On the boys side, senior Anfernee Standing Rock and junior Logan Connor shared the team MVP Award. Standing Rock led the Ponies in scoring at 18 points per game and rebounds with six on his way to Class A All-State honors. Connor averaged 17 points per game and led HHS in assists on his way to Central A First Team honors. Senior Ryan Myers was named...
A lot of things have changed in the Havre High girls softball program from last year to now. The Blue Ponies have lost several big names from their roster and are now under the direction of a new head coach. But with rebuilding not in the Ponies' vocabulary, hopefully HHS can pick up right where it left off last season, with the program's best run at the state tournament in its brief history. Last season the Ponies had a magical run. In their first three trips to the state tournament the Central A Ponies went 0-6. But last...
From the beginning of the season until now, the Havre High boys basketball team has steadily improved. Now, riding the wave of a four-game win streak, the Blue Ponies are looking to enter the Central A tournament playing their best basketball yet. Today through Saturday the Ponies will take part in the Central A divisional tournament in Belgrade. HHS enters the tournament with a 6-4 conference record and the No. 2 seed. The Butte Central Maroons are No. 1 with a 7-3 record, while the Browning Indians are No. 3 with a 5-5...
The Belgrade Panthers are a tough team, but when they are executing their pressure defense the way they did on Friday, they are almost unstoppable. Friday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the Havre Hihg girls played host to the Panthers in Central A play. But it was the Panthers who recorded the 55-28 win in front of Havre fans. The Panther defense played the biggest role in their win and Ponies loss. HHS struggled to get the offense going. The Ponies were held to six first quarter points, but managed nine in the second...
Despite a tough conference loss on Friday, the Havre High girls basketball team was able to shake it off and return to action on Saturday. And remaining at the Havre High gymnasium, the Central A Blue Ponies earned a conference win over the Livingston Rangers. The Ponies defeated the Rangers 46-32. And after the Friday loss to Belgrade, and the win on Saturday, the Ponies move to 2-5 in the conference and 3-7 overall. "I was just pleased with our kids' efforts," Havre High head coach Dustin Kraske said. "We have been...
Despite a rocky start, the Havre High boys basketball team was able to grab a second conference win of the weekend. After defeating the Belgrade Panthers on Friday night, the Central A Blue Ponies hosted the Livingston Rangers at the Havre High gymnasium on Saturday. And in the conference matchup, the Ponies grabbed the 56-54 victory. With the second win of the weekend, the Ponies improved to 4-3 in the conference and 5-6 overall. "We struggled to start," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "Giving up 17 in the first...
The Havre High boys basketball team was hoping its narrow loss to Great Falls on Monday was the turning point in the season. And after one of their better games of the year, the Blue Ponies still believe that to be true. Friday at the Havre High gymnasium, the Central A Ponies defeated the Belgrade Panthers 57-51 in conference play. Overall, the Ponies played very well on both sides of the ball. But the inability to knock down fourth-quarter free throws, and a Panther offense that got hot late made the game closer than it...
If it seems like the Chinook Sugarbeeters are winning everything right now, it's because they are. In fact, it seems like if it's a sport played with a ball, the Beeters will have success with it. And it was no different Saturday night at the District 9C basketball tournament in Havre where both the Chinook boys and girls captured 9C championships. The Chinook girl's victory over Box Elder was somewhat of a surprise. But examining things closer, maybe it shouldn't be. First, the Beeters had plenty of talent returning this...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team slipped out of the NAIA Top 25 this week, even though Northern earned a hard-fought road split this weekend in the Frontier Conference. The Lights beat Rocky Mountain College on Thursday, but lost to Carroll College Saturday night in Helena. Apparaently, that was enough to send the Lights from No. 16 to out of this week's poll. Northern (8-4, 19-8) is still in a four-way tie for first in the Frontier heading into this weekend's regular season finale. The Lights are...
The Hays-Lodge Pole girls basketball team has been a factor at the District 9C tournament. But it's been a while. However, on Thursday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the T-Birds may have announced that their back, as they took out perennial 9C power North Star 70-65 in the opening game of the 2011 9C girls tourney. And the T-Birds did it in thrilling fashion. The Knights played a flawless first half and were ahead 36-19 at intermission. But with Anita Denny dominating in the post, and 3-pointers raining in from all over...
Former Havre High star and Carroll College All-American quarterback Gary Wagner is taking steps to advance his football career. On Monday in Missoula, Wagner was one of many area college football players to participate in the University of Montana's Pro Day. The event featured players from the Grizzlies and several Frontier Conference schools working out for various NFL and CFL scouts inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. Wagner was one of two quarterbacks to work out for scouts, with Rocky Mountain College senior...
At first glance, the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Biola Eagles look like polar opposite basketball teams, and yet they are on a collision course for each other in Kansas City. But under closer examination, the two teams might look different when it comes to the "eye test" but they also have one, hard-nosed similarity. Both teams use a combination of accurate shooting and tough defense to win games. The 19th-ranked Lights (24-8) have hung their hat on defense and deadly, accurate 3-point shooting all season...
It's not a conference game, but the Havre High girls basketball team is preparing for a very tough opponent. Tonight the Central A Blue Ponies will host the District 2B Malta M-Ettes at 6 p.m. at the Havre High gymnasium in a game that was postponed last Tuesday due to weather. And after a very tough conference weekend, the Ponies are really looking for a much needed win. "This is going to be our toughest home game of the season because of where it's placed," Havre High head coach Dustin Kraske said. "Malta is a good team...
One game at a time. That's been the battle cry for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team, and the Lights showed why against the University of Great Falls. On Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse in Havre, the Lights put two tough road losses last weekend behind them by methodically taking apart the UGF Argos, 68-62. The win over UGF kept the Lights within a half game of first place in the jam-packed Frontier Conference standings, and it also completed another mission – taking care of business a...
With the way the Havre High boys basketball team has been playing in recent weeks, the Blue Ponies were really hoping to grab two conference wins and to keep climbing the ranks this weekend. But in two close matchups, the Ponies had to settle with a 1-1 split. On Friday the Central A Ponies were in Lewistown where the Golden Eagles defeated Havre 46-40. But on Saturday the Ponies returned to Havre where the Ponies defeated the visiting Butte Central Maroons 51-43 at the Havre Central gymnasium. With the weekend split the Poni...
As the Havre High boys basketball team continues to improve, the Blue Ponies will take the time to honor the seniors. Tonight is senior night, as the Central A Ponies (6-9) will host the very tough 2B Malta Mustangs at the Havre High gymnasium at 7:30. Ryan Myers, Kade Barsotti, Corderro Strickland, Anfernee Standing Rock and Drew Kafka are all seniors this year. And with Myers, Kafka and Standing Rock starting and Barsotti and Strickland playing well off the bench, this senior group has been key to this year's success. "We...
All season long the Havre High wrestling program was picked as second best. The Belgrade Panthers almost dethroned the Blue Ponies a year ago, and it was thought that it was finally their time to shine in the Central A. But the Havre High grapplers had different plans. Saturday at the Havre High gymnasium in Havre, the Ponies pushed their Central A championship streak to nine straight. And on the backs of seven individual champions, the Ponies big-time names stepped up in big time matches. HHS earned 280.5 points and the Cent...
It hasn't been the typical overpowering, dominating season the Rocky Boy Stars have grown accustomed to over the past few years. But after claiming the Class B boys state title a year ago, and now entering the Northern B tournament as a No. 2 seed, the Stars are still very much a ive this postseason. Two weeks ago the Stars lost in the District 1B championship game to Shelby. Now entering the Northern B divisional tournament as a No. 2 seed, the Stars will take on a new field packed with talent in Shelby. Today through Saturd...
The Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears had a little bite to them, but the Montana State University-Northern Lights had the fire. The No. 22 Lights hit 12 3-pointers, had a balanced, five guys in double figures and made 11 of 13 shots to start Wednesday night's 91-68 Frontier Conference quarterfinal win over the Bears at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Lights put on a clinical offensive display and the Bears just couldn't keep up as Northern torched the nets to the tune of 56 percent shooting from the floor and 52 percent...
For the second time in four days, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team played Frontier Conference powerhouse Lewis-Clark State very tough. But for the second straight time, the Skylights just couldn't find a way to beat the Warriors, and this time, their season came to an end as a result. On Tuesday night in Lewiston, Idaho, the 10-ranked Warriors beat the Skylights 71-60 in the first round of the Frontier playoffs. The loss eliminated the Skylights from the playoffs and brought a difficult, up-and-do...
Montana State University-Northern wrestling head coach Tyson Thivierge has been optimistic about his team's prospects going into each of his first two national tournaments. But the former Lights' star and NAIA national champion has 10 reasons why he's so excited entering Thursday's first day of the 2011 national tournament. Thursday through Saturday, the Lights will be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the 2011 NAIA National Tournament, and while Northern brings an No. 8 ranking into this weekend's season finale, Thivierge believes...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team needed two monumental wins this past weekend in order to solidify its standing in the Frontier Conference. And while Westminster and Lewis-Clark State didn't stand in Northern's way when it came to capturing a share of the Frontier's regular season championship, wins over the powerful Griffins and Warriors were only part of the battle. Now the No. 22 Lights (21-8) turn their attention to the postseason and Rocky Mountain College. Northern hosts the Battlin' Bears...
By playing indoors last weekend in Cut Bank, the Havre High boys and girls tennis teams already got a big jump on much of the state's competition. And having beaten the weather odds once this weekend, the Blue Ponies will try and do it again on Saturday, this time in Conrad. Weather permitting, the Blue Ponies will be in Conrad for the Conrad Invitational Saturday. The Conrad Invite will be a dual tournament this year, with the Ponies facing Cut bank, Conrad and Lewistown. In duals, there are four singles matches and three...
The MSU-Northern volleyball team is in the offseason, but it's been a busy time for Skylight head coach Bill Huebsch. The Northern head man has been hard at work recruiting, and it's turning out to be a great offseason for MSU-N. This week, Huebsch announced the signing of three new transfers to MSU-Northern, and all three could have an immediate impact on the Skylights program. Northern has signed Kelsey Williams, a 5-10 outside hitter. Williams, who is originally from Helena and Helena High, will transfer to MSU-N from...
Due to winter weather the Havre High track and field team has already seen a major delay to the start of its season. But with a break in the weather, and it finally starting to feel like spring, again, the Blue Ponies were planning on finally starting their season this weekend. Still, mother nature just won't seem to cooperate. The Blue Ponies were set to finally open their season Saturday at the Lewistown Invitational, but that meet has already been called off due to too much snow still on the ground in the Lewistown area....
