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With the regular season winding down, high school swimmers are starting to gear up for the final races of the season. For the Havre Blue Ponies, those races come in two weeks at the all-class state meet in Butte. But before the Ponies get to Butte, they had one last meet in which to prepare. And in many ways, they took full advantage. The Pony boys and girls were at the Carroll College pool Saturday for the prestigious Helena Invitational, and while they faced off against some of the best individual swimmers in Montana, they...
One win looked easy. But getting a home Frontier Conference sweep was anything but for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. Just one night after the Lights demolished nationally-ranked Carroll College, the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears' made life very difficult for Northern. Still, MSU-N found a way to gut out a 55-52 win over the Bears and take full of advantage of their only home stand in January. But Saturday night's win at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse didn't come without some tense moment,...
If one dramatic win wasn't enough, the MSU-Northern women's basketball team decided to make it a perfect two-for-two at home. On Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Skylights followed up their thumping of Carroll College on Friday night with a 71-56 thrashing of Rocky Mountain College. The win gave the Skylights back-to-back Frontier Conference victories and a 2-3 record in league play. Northern's win on Friday night came by way of a total team effort, as well as outside input from Samm Schermele and the...
It's never easy to bounce back from a difficult and emotional loss. And it's even more difficult when you're playing arguably the hottest team in the NAIA in an emotional rivalry game. But that's exactly what the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team did on Friday night. In front of a packed and rowdy MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Lights blew away the No. 16 Carroll College Fighting Saints, 73-54 in a pivotal Frontier Conference showdown. Northern turned what was a first-half slug fest, into a route in the...
Their backs were against the wall. Their season was hanging by a thread. And they were playing a nationally-ranked arch rival in the midst of a difficult three-game losing streak. Yet the Montana State University-Northern Skylights didn't flinch. In easily their most dominating performance of the season, the Skylights shocked the No. 25 Carroll College Fighting Saints 68-49 Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, in what was the start to an impressive weekend. "This win gives us a lot of momentum, a lot of confidence,"...
The Chester/J-I girls basketball team is going back to the divisional tournament. The Harlem wildcats are headed there too. It was successful weekend for two Hi-Line teams as postseason got underway this past weekend. In Conrad, the Chester/J-I Hawks successfully defended their District 10C championship and will play in the Northern C Divisional later this week. The Hawks (16-4) beat Valier 46-34 Saturday night for the 10C championship, and they did through balance and defense. C/J-I had a slim 25-21 lead at halftime, but a 5...
The boys District 1B is one of the toughest basketball districts in the state, and even the defending the Class B state champion Rocky Boy Stars found out first hand that there are no guarantees. The Stars entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed and rolled through Thursday's competition. The Stars defeated the Cascade Badgers 81-30 in a dominating first game. A 30 point first quarter put the Stars way out in front early, and they never looked back ass they added 16 in the second, 17 in the third and 18 in the fourth. Skylar...
It's been a while since the Box Elder boys basketball team has stepped on the Four Seasons Arena floor at the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls. But the wait is over. Box Elder capped off a thrilling weekend at the 9C boys basketball tournament with an even more exciting 64-57 win over the Big Sandy Pioneers in a 9C challenge game Monday night at the Havre High gymnasium. The in over the Pioneers, who had finished second or better at the 9C tourney in each of the last five seasons, catapulted the Bears into the divisional...
The Havre High boys and girls swim teams have just two meets left before the state meet in Butte. So from here on out, every race is critical. The Blue Ponies start their journey towards another postseason on Saturday when they compete in the prestigious Missoula Invitational. The meet, held at the University of Montana Grizzly Pool, will feature Class AA's Missoula Sentinel, Missoula Hellgate and Missoula Big Sky, as well as Bozeman, both Helena schools, both Great Falls schools and Kalispell-Flathead and Glacier High. And...
It has been a steady season of progress for the Havre High girls basketball team, but the Blue Ponies have yet to put together the complete puzzle. Now heading into the second half of their season, the Central A Ponies are still looking to make positive strides. Tonight the Ponies (1-4, 1-6) will host the Belgrade Panthers at 5:30 p.m. And on Saturday, the Ponies will host the Livingston Rangers at 2 p.m. Both Central A games will be held at the Havre High gymnasium. Belgrade and Livingston were the first two games of the...
Chinook senior Tyler Molyneaux has been a force in Chinook athletics over the last four years. But as his career winds down, Molyneaux is coming off of a football season where he was able to add a Class C state football championship to his list of accomplishments. Molyneaux also recently signed with Minot University as a running back, will play in both the Montana East/West Shrine Game and Badlands Bowl this summer, as well as earned all kinds of football accolades. But now the Chinook center is preparing to take on the rest...
The regular season may have ended just three days ago, but for many area girls basketball teams, the fun is just starting. Today in Cut Bank and Conrad, as well as Thursday in Malta, three Hi-Line teams will start a quest for postseason basketball glory. In Cut Bank, the Rocky Boy Morning Stars will start play in the District 1B tournament, where the top four teams advance to the Northern B Divisional in two weeks. The Morning Stars went 9-9 during the regular season and 6-6 in conference play, good enough for a fourth place...
It's hard to find two states that are as diverse and unique as Montana and California. Sure, they aren't too far apart on the map, but besides California being the third largest state and Montana being the fourth largest state, do they really have anything in common? At first glance, the answer is no. With well over 36 million people filling up the state of California, the Golden State is typically well known for Los Angeles, Hollywood movies, warm weather, beaches, shopping and traffic. And an outside look at Montana, with...
It's hard to find two states that are as diverse and unique as Montana and California. Sure, they aren't too far apart on the map, but besides California being the third largest state and Montana being the fourth largest state, do they really have anything in common? At first glance, the answer is no. With well over 36 million people filling up the state of California, the Golden State is typically well known for Los Angeles, Hollywood movies, warm weather, beaches, shopping and traffic. And an outside look at Montana, with...
The Class B schools that appear on the Havre High boys basketball schedule always present themselves as challenge. But on Friday in Conrad, the Central A Blue Ponies were able to handily defeat the Class B Conrad Cowboys. HHS defeated the Cowboys 49-35, and doing so improved to 8-9 on the season. To start the game, the Ponies held only a two point lead, leading 12-10 after the first quarter. But as the game progressed the Ponies offense continued to produce, while the Cowboys struggled to keep up. HHS outscored the Cowboys...
The Havre High girls basketball team needed a win. A win would give the Blue Ponies some momentum as they gear up for the postseason. And they got that win on their last night in Havre. Friday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the Blue Pony girls sent seniors Paighton Gilman and Christina Mack out with a much-needed victory as HHS beat Conrad 39-31 in a nonconference game. Friday night's victory, on what is always an emotional night, also improved HHS to 4-13 as the Ponies prepare for one last regular season game this...
The Harlem Wildcats and Chinook Sugarbeeters have both had plenty of success recently at the Class B-C state wrestling tournament. But this weekend's state tourney in Hamilton saw both Hi-Line teams reach new heights. Harlem capped off its best finish in two decades with 117 points, good enough for a sixth-place overall finish. The Wildcats crowned two state champions and placed five wrestlers overall in what was a great two days for Harlem wrestling. Meanwhile, Chinook, which didn't field as deep a team as in year's past,...
All that stands between the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team and the postseason is one last dual. But it's a big one. Tonight in Great Falls, the No. 8 Lights will do battle with arch-rival and sixth-ranked UGF at 7 at the McLaughlin Center in Great Falls. And the Lights are expecting the battle of their lives, considering a short-handed Northern team forged a 24-24 tie with UGF back in November in Havre. But since that tie, the Lights have kept on improving and that means UGF knows its in for another battle...
The Harlem Wildcats and Chinook Sugarbeeters have found their own successes at recent Class B-C state wrestling tournaments. But this weekend's tourney in Hamilton could be historic for both programs. Chinook is gunning for not only more individual glory, but the Beeters are looking to win their fourth straight Class C trophy in the B-C division. Chinook has had plenty of success in the past and has won the first three Class C-only titles, all the while competing with the top teams in all of Class B-C. Meanwhile, Harlem bring...
The Havre High wrestling team has already had a historic run over the last six seasons. Now, on a historic weekend, the Blue Ponies will try to make even more history. Havre High has won or finished second at the Class A state wrestling tournament for six straight seasons, and the Ponies have won the last four state titles. But as much history as Havre wants to make this weekend at the Class A state tournament in Butte, longtime head coach Scott Filius said his team isn't looking at the next two days as anything more than to...
HELENA — A well-oiled machine. A team in every sense of the word. A family. There's plenty of clichés to go around when you talk about the Montana State University Northern Lights right now. But one cliché that holds true above all others following Northern emphatic 79-70 win in Tuesday night's Frontier Conference championship at Carroll College is, the Lights are on a roll. Perhaps they are, in the zone. Whatever the case may be, the Lights are rolling right into Kansas City, and on Tuesday night they rolled right thr...
HELENA — The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was disappointed when it left Helena with a loss to Carroll College just three weeks ago. However, something inside the Lights' minds told them they'd be back. And Northern came back to Helena with a vengeance. On Tuesday night, in front of a huge Havre contingent at the Carroll College P.E. Center in Helena, the No. 22 Lights took hold of their first Frontier Conference postseason title in 15 years by beating the No. 19 Carroll College Fighting Saints 7...
With a solid home win over the University of Great Falls on Saturday night, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team moved back into the NAIA coaches poll this week. The Lights (5-3, 17-7) sit at No. 25 in the NAIA heading into this weekend's home games with UM-Western and Montana Tech. The Bulldogs, who are in first place in the Frontier Conference standings, also jumped into the top 25 this week at No. 18. Carroll, Westminster and LC State also received votes this week. Players from Montana Tech and LC...
If you've lived in Havre long enough, then you probably have plenty of sports memories because there's been some very exciting days in this town over the years. I've certainly been lucky enough to see my share. And Saturday was another one of those days. It was a day that makes you glad you live where you do. For me, the day began as the Havre High wrestling team mounted a monumental comeback to capture the Central A Divisional championship, and in the process, make the Belgrade Panthers remember just who the best wrestling...
Just when people thought the Havre High wrestling team's run might be coming to an end, the Blue Ponies did it again. In fact, the Central A Ponies did it for the ninth straight time. On Saturday at the Havre High gymnasium, the Ponies hosted the Central A Divisional tournament and grabbed the No. 1 spot with 280.5 points. HHS edged out top-ranked Belgrade which finished second with 263 points, while Lewistown was third with 200, Browning was fourth with 70, Livingston was fifth with 49 and Butte Central was sixth with nine...
