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By Havre Daily Staff The Havre High golf teams laid it all on the line last Friday in Sidney as they played in the Eastern A Divisional held at Sidney Country Club. And when the dust settled on a tough 18 holes, the Blue Pony boys and girls both finished in the fifth place, while each team had an All-Conference performer, while Havre qualified four players for this week's state tournament. "I'm really proud of our kids," HHS head coach George Ferguson said. "It was a really...
High school golf is the first sport to start the new school year, and it's the first to reach the postseason. For the Havre Blue Ponies, that means this week is Eastern A Divisional. After a quick, but normal regular season, the Havre boys and girls will take on the Sidney Country Club and all of the Eastern A Friday morning, with berths at the Class A state tournament on the line. "Our kids have gotten better all season long," HHS head coach George Ferguson said. "I really li...
The Havre Blue Pony golf teams are ready for divisionals. But before the Ponies go there, they played two tough golf courses to wrap up the regular season. On Thursday, Havre took part in the Billings Central Invitational at Peter Yemen Golf Club, where the HHS boys finished fifth, though they shot a stellar 337. Theron Peterson paced Havre with a 79, which got him a Top-10 finish overall. Caleb Spangler fired an 81, while Kale Reno shot 86, and Matt Huse and Shane Patascil...
The final stretch of holes is here for the Havre High golf teams. And the mad dash to the state tournament started this past week with a pair of 18-hole tournaments against Eastern A rivals. Havre was in Glendive for the nine-team Glendive Invitational Thursday, while the Blue Ponies traveled to the 10-team Sidney Invite Friday. “This is the start of the busy portion of our season,” HHS head coach George Ferguson said. “We have four tough tournaments in a two-week stretch and...
After 11 days of no competition, things are heating up for the Havre High golf teams, and it started with a unique visit to Harlowtown on Tuesday. The Blue Pony golfers played at the Jawbone Creek Classic, a match play event against Eastern A rivals Lewistown and Livingston. And, the Ponies fared extremely well in their first meet since a Aug. 20 trip to East Glacier. "It was a great day," HHS head coach George Ferguson said. "We get to play match play, which is rare in high...
After a highly-successful Havre Invitational on Thursday, the turnaround for the Havre High golf teams was short. Last Friday, the Blue Ponies traveled to East Glacier for the 2021 Browning Invitational, where they faced Western A teams like Polson, Whitefish, Frenchtown, Ronan, Columbia Falls and host Browning. And, the tournament was tough because of rain and cold according to head coach George Ferguson. "Pretty early for those types of conditions," Ferguson said. "I'm not...
The weather wasn't summer like, but the Havre High golf teams took advantage of their only full home meet of the 2021 season. Thursday at Prairie Farms Golf Course and Beaver Creek Golf Course, the ponies played host to golfers from Miles City, Browning, Lewistown, CMR and GFH in what head coach George Ferguson called, a great day of golf for his teams, and for everybody who hit the course. "It was a blast," Ferguson said. "I think all the kids enjoyed the courses, it was a st...
Summer rages on, but, the start of the 2021 high school golf season is upon the Havre Blue Ponies, and, HHS head coach George Ferguson couldn't be happier about that. The Blue Ponies open their season after just three practices as they play in the all Class AA Great Falls Invitational today and Tuesday in the Electric City. "So excited to get going," Ferguson said. "We have big numbers on our golf teams this season, and they run the gamut, from a lot of experienced returners,...
By Havre Daily Staff For seven Havre Blue Ponies, the end of the tennis season is near. But, the end also marks the biggest two days of a high school tennis player's life, and that's what makes this weekend so special. Five HHS boys and two girls will head to Billings for Thursday and Friday's Class A state tennis tournament, and while it's always special, with the cancellation of last tennis season due to the coronavirus pandemic, HHS head coach George Ferguson said this...
With his youngest boys and girls tennis teams in his 19 years of coaching, and on just two days rest, Havre High head tennis coach George Ferguson said just about anything could have happened at the first-ever Northeast A Divisional Tournament. In the end though, what happened was, Ferguson’s Blue Ponies did what he thought they would — succeed. And that success included the HHS boys winning their 12th straight divisional championship and the 19th in the last 20 seasons. The...
The Havre High tennis teams have been preparing all season for the divisional tournament. So, even though the Blue Ponies are getting ready to play on short notice, HHS head coach George Ferguson is convinced his teams will be ready to go. The first-ever Northeast A Divisional Tournament was set for Thursday and Friday in Lewistown, but because of impending bad weather, it has been moved up to today and Wednesday. "It's short notice for sure," Ferguson said. "But, this isn't...
By Havre Daily Staff The Havre High tennis teams made their longest trip of the season in order to get ready for the upcoming Northeast A Divisional Tournament. The Blue Ponies trekked to Lewistown Friday for the Fergus Invite, then went on to Miles City to play in the Miles City Invite Saturday. And while it was a long trip, and the Ponies played in more hot weather, HHS head coach George Ferguson said, it was exactly what his teams needed. "The goal was to play our best tenn...
By Havre Daily Staff The Havre High boys tennis program has had a run of success that's hardly been paralleled in Class A tennis, and it spans nearly three decades. Currently, the Blue Ponies have a 12-year divisional championship winning streak going, and, as the Ponies head to the Mayfair Invitational this weekend, they're gearing up to battle for No. 13. During that time, the HHS girls program has had its moments, too, however. Blue Pony head coach George Ferguson guided...
By Havre Daily News Staff The Havre High tennis teams have played in a lot of cold weather this season. This past weekend in Glendive, it was anything but cold outside. Havre headed east to the Elks Invitational Friday and Saturday where the Blue Ponies played six duals in two days of unseasonably hot weather, and while it was tough on his teams, it was a test HHS head coach George Ferguson said his Ponies needed. “Very proud of our kids for how they handled the c...
By Havre Daily Staff The Havre High tennis are going to play a lot of matches this weekend in Glendive. But they also had a stop in Great Falls where, under warm, sunny skies, Havre got plenty of court time against really good competition. Tuesday in Great Falls, the Havre boys blanked Butte Central 7-0 in the morning before splitting with Class AA rivals CMR and GFH in the afternoon. Havre lost to the Rustlers 5-3, but beat the Bison 7-1. On the girls side, the Maroons beat t...
The Havre High tennis teams are used to playing in rough weather, as a colder than normal April continues. However, the Blue Ponies got more weather than they bargained for Saturday in Lewistown. Havre was scheduled to dual all of their Northeast A rivals Saturday in Lewistown, but the final dual against Miles City was washed away by rain, so the Ponies only got to play Lewistown and Glendive, where the Havre boys went undefeated and the Pony girls went 1-1. “We were really l...
By Havre Daily Staff With a successful Havre Invitational behind them, the Havre Blue Pony tennis teams are now about to embark on the busiest portion of their regular season. And it starts with a slight change in the schedule. Normally, this week is reserved for the annual Class A Duals in Cut Bank, and, the Ponies will attend the meet Friday. But, that event has been moved to a one-day affair, so Havre will keep trucking west to take on two Northwest A teams in Whitefish and...
By Havre Daily Staff The Havre High tennis teams didn't get to have the Havre Invitational a year ago, let alone an entire season. But fast forward one year and, despite some adverse playing conditions, the Blue Ponies made up for lost time. Havre played host to the 2021 Havre Invitational Friday and Saturday at both the Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Courts and the MSU-Northern Tennis Courts. And after playing a ton of matches, HHS head coach George Ferguson said, the weekend...
By Havre Daily Staff There are few things the Havre High tennis teams have cherished more over the years than the Havre Invitational. A big reason why is because, unlike sports like football, basketball and others, the Pony tennis teams have but one home meet per season. That alone is reason to relish the opportunity. But, there's more to it than that according to longtime head coach George Ferguson, and when you add on the fact that last season was wiped out due to the...
Havre High head tennis coach George Ferguson wanted to see his Blue Ponies make improvements on the second Saturday of the brand new tennis season. And under sunny, warm skies in Conrad, that’s exactly what he says the Ponies did. Havre was in Conrad for the Conrad Invitational Saturday where the Pony boys went 3-0, and the HHS girls had two ties and a loss. But Ferguson said the scores weren’t what he was looking at when the day was over. “What I saw was a lot of growt...
The Havre High tennis teams couldn't have been more excited to start their season last week at the Cut Bank Invitational. And the excitement hasn't waned. The Blue Ponies will again head west this weekend, only they'll be at Saturday's Conrad Invite, where they move from a tournament format to their first duals of the season. Havre is slated to battle Conrad, Lewistown and Cut Bank Saturday. "Excited to get right back out there," Havre head coach George Ferguson said. "This...
Once upon a time, few people, if anybody associated with high school sports in Montana thought that the fall season would last even long enough to see state golf champions crowned. But the naysayers turned out to be wrong as the Class A state tournament took place last Thursday and Friday at the Butte Country Club. And while no Havre Blue Ponies garnered state titles, Havre High senior Josh Warp finished his Pony career with an exciting two days in Butte. Warp became the...
Fall is about as good as it gets for Havre High senior Caleb Chambliss. That's because he gets to do two sports he loves dearly, almost simultaneously. You see, Chambliss is now a four-year letter-winner for the Blue Pony golf teams, but when he's not on the course, which is usually Monday-Friday during the fall high school golf season, he's got a bow, a shotgun or a rifle in his hands hunting on the weekends. Yes, it's safe to say Chambliss, who is making yet another appearan...
The Havre High golf teams went first. In the high school sports return to play, no sport has been going longer in the COVID-19 pandemic than Class AA and A golf. It began on March 13, and is already down to just three weeks. For the Blue Ponies, this week marks the end of the regular season, as Havre travels to the Billings Central Invite today and the Laurel Invite Friday. And it's been a unusual, but still rewarding regular season for Havre head coach George Ferguson, who...
The Havre Blue Ponies are four weeks into the 2020 high school golf season. And what Havre High head coach George Ferguson is looking for in his players is steady progress. And Ferguson said he saw that during Thursday's dual meet between the Blue Ponies and Lewistown Golden Eagles at Prairie Farms Golf Course. The dual meet replaced the Jawbone Match Play in Harlowton, which was canceled due to the coronavirus this season. And with progress at the forefront, Havre swept the...
