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At the Class A State Tournament in Butte this past weekend, the Havre girls basketball team looked to go on a run and win its fourth straight state championship. But the Blue Ponies can no longer call themselves the defending champions as they lost to Billings Central, 56-49, in the semifinals and then lost to Dillon, 58-55, in a loser-out game to end their season. The Ponies were sent to the loser-out bracket after losing, 56-49, to the Billings Central Rams in the...
This past Friday in the Class A State Tournament in Butte, the Havre High boys basketball team's season came to an end. In a loser-out game against the Billings Central Rams, the Blue Ponies suffered a 78-68 loss to end the year. Looking to keep their season alive, the Ponies jumped out to an 8-4 lead to start the game. But the Rams went on an 8-0 run to take a 12-8 lead. The teams exchanged baskets over the next few minutes until the Rams held a 19-16 lead. Kyler Northrop...
In Butte this past Thursday, both the Havre High girls and boys basketball teams began the Class A State Tournament. As both teams looked to go on a run, the girls advanced with a 54-44 win over Browning while the boys lost, 60-55, to Hamilton. The HHS girls basketball team took care of business against Browning to advance in the tournament and keep their hopes of a fourth straight state championship alive. The Ponies had a hot start taking a 24-14 lead. By halftime, Havre...
After winning its challenge game to finish second in the Northern B Divisionals, the Chinook girls basketball team has qualified for the Class B State Tournament in Billings this weekend. As the Sugarbeeters head into their final games of the year, they will look to build on their win from earlier in the week and go on a run. The Sugarbeeters will begin the tournament tonight at 5 p.m. with a game against the Baker Spartans. Baker heads into the contest with a 19-4 record and...
The Havre High girls basketball team has been one of the premier programs in the state of Montana over the past few years with three straight Class A State championships. Now this weekend, the Blue Ponies will look to make it four in a row when they head to Butte to compete in the Class A State Tournament. The Ponies will begin the tournament Thursday at 1:30 p.m. when they face the Browning Indians. Browning is 15-7 this season and qualified for state after taking fourth in t...
After several months of hard work, the Havre High boys basketball team will wrap up the season with the Class A State Tournament in Butte this weekend. As the Blue Ponies step onto the court for the last time this year, they hope to go on a deep run. The Ponies open the tournament Thursday at 5 p.m. with a game against the Hamilton Broncs. Hamilton enters the tournament with a 19-2 record and is coming off a Western A Divisional championship. The Ponies will need to slow down...
This past weekend at the Northern B Divisional Basketball Tournament in Conrad, the Chinook girls basketball team looked to go on a run to clinch a spot in the Class B State Tournament. Despite some adversity, the Sugarbeeters earned themselves at least a third-place finish in the tournament to keep their season alive. The Sugarbeeters began the tournament Thursday with a 50-29 win over Fairfield. The Sugarbeeters took a 9-5 lead to start the contest and then stretched their...
After taking last week off, the Chinook girls basketball team will return to action this weekend with the Northern B Divisional Tournament in Conrad. As the Sugarbeeters look to qualify for the Class B State Tournament, they will need to go on a deep run this week. The Sugarbeeters will start the tournament today at 6 p.m. with a game against Fairview. The Warriors enter the tournament with an overall record of 9-13 and are coming off a third-place finish in the District 2B...
This past weekend at the Northern B Divisional Boys Basketball Tournament in Malta, the Chinook boys basketball team was looking to go on a run in order to qualify for the Class B State Tournament in a few weeks. Instead, the Sugarbeeters went 1-2 and failed to qualify for state, putting an end to their season. The Sugarbeeters began the tournament Thursday with an 87-43 loss to the Malta Mustangs. Malta took control early as it raced out to a 26-15 lead in the first quarter....
This past weekend in Billings, the Havre High girls basketball team opened the postseason strong. It was not always easy, but the Blue Ponies went 3-0 over the weekend to win the Eastern A Divisional Basketball Tournament and qualify for the Class A State Tournament. The Ponies started the tournament Thursday with a 54-48 win over the Hardin Bulldogs. The Ponies had a slow start as they fell behind 13-11 in the first quarter. The Bulldogs continued to play well as they took a...
At the Eastern A Divisional Basketball Tournament in Billings this past weekend, the Havre High boys basketball team was looking to go on a run and qualify for the upcoming Class A State Tournament. It was not perfect, but the Blue Ponies finished fourth in the tournament to accomplish their goal. The Ponies opened the tournament with a 67-55 win over East Helena Thursday. The Ponies raced out to a 16-11 lead in the opening frame. But the Vigilantes responded to cut the...
At the Great Falls Four Seasons Arena this past Thursday, the Northern C Divisional Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments continued. Looking to stay alive in order to qualify for the Class C State Tournaments, several Hi-Line teams played well while others faltered. Thursday's action started early in the morning with a loser-out game between the Fort Benton boys basketball team and Roy-Winifred. Though their season was on the line, the Longhorns could not keep pace as they... Full story
After several months of hard work, the postseason is finally here for the Havre High girls basketball team. This week at the Metra in Billings, the Blue Ponies will compete in the Eastern A Divisional in order to qualify for the Class A State Tournament. The Ponies will begin the tournament Thursday at 6:30 p.m. when they play Hardin. The Bulldogs enter the tournament with an overall record of 10-9. They split the season series with the Ponies as Hardin won, 57-54, earlier in...
The postseason is finally here for the Havre High boys basketball team. This week at the Metra in Billings, the Blue Ponies will compete in the Eastern A Divisional Tournament. With a chance to clinch a spot in the Class A State Tournament, the Ponies will look to go on a run. The Ponies will face East Helena at 3:30 p.m. Thursday to open the tournament. The East Helena Vigilantes head into the tournament with a record of 5-14, so they will need players such as Deondray Ellis...
After excelling at last week's District 9C basketball tournaments, several teams from the Hi-Line will next head to Great Falls this week for the Northern C Divisional Tournaments. With a chance to qualify for the Class C State Tournaments, these 9C teams will look to play well this week in order to keep their seasons going. The Northern C Divisional Boys Basketball Tournament will begin Wednesday at 4 p.m. when Fort Benton Longhorns face Heart Butte. The Longhorns qualified...
In the final weekend of the regular season, the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams were looking to play well on their road trip. In their final action before the postseason, the Blue Ponies finished strong as the HHS girls team picked up a 52-44 win over Lewistown and then a 59-27 victory at Glendive. The HHS boys team also did well on the road defeating Lewistown, 63-57, and then beating Glendive, 55-48. The Ponies began their final slate of games with a doubleheader...
Make it back to back for Box Elder boys basketball. In the District 9C Boys Basketball Tournament at Havre High Gymnasium this past Friday night, the Bears repeated as district champions with an 88-65 victory over the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks in the title game. It was a tight game in the first quarter, but the Bears pulled ahead for a 24-22 lead over the Hawks. The Bears then took control in the second quarter to take a 45-32 lead into halftime. In the second half, the...
At Havre High Gymnasium Thursday, the District 9C Boys Basketball Tournament continued with its semifinal games. With a chance to advance to the championship game and clinch a spot in the Northern C Divisional Tournament, the Box Elder Bears dominated in an 88-52 win over the Fort Benton Longhorns while the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks survived in a 55-52 victory over the Turner Tornadoes. Before the semifinals, Thursday started with the Big Sandy Pioneers defeating the HLP...
The District 9C Boys Basketball Tournament finally began at Havre High Gymnasium Wednesday. On the first day of action, Fort Benton came back for a 62-55 win over North Star, Turner held off Big Sandy for a 58-43 victory and Chester-Joplin-Inverness dominated in an 83-29 win over Hays-Lodge Pole. The tournament started with the No. 4 seed Fort Benton Longhorns winning, 62-55, against the No. 5 North Star Knights. The Longhorns had to work for the win after they fell behind,...
With their final games of the regular season this weekend, the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams will be looking for strong finishes before heading into the postseason. If the Blue Ponies are going to do that, they will need to beat Lewistown and Glendive on the road. The weekend slate begins Friday night at Lewistown where the HHS girls will play first. The Lewistown girls team heads into the game with an overall record of 8-10 and a Northeast A record of 3-4. The...
After several months of play and hard work, the postseason is getting started with the District 9C Boys Basketball Tournament in Havre this week. Over the course of a few days, schools from the 9C and Hi-Line will compete to qualify for the Northern C Divisionals the following week. The Box Elder Bears enter this week's tournament as the No. 1 seed after going 18-0 during the regular season. Thanks to a 12-0 record in the 9C, the Bears earned a bye to open the tournament and...
In Billings this past weekend, several wrestling teams from the Hi-Line competed in the Class B/C State Wrestling Tournament and the Girls State Wrestling Tournament. In their final action of the year, several wrestlers performed well to place at state. In the Class B/C State Wrestling Tournament, Worden took first with 206 team points while Eureka finished second with 124 points and Conrad took third with 103.5 points. The highest-finishing team from the Hi-Line in that tournament was Fort Benton in 21st place with 29 team...
The season came to an end for the Havre High wrestling teams as they competed in the Class A and Girls State Wrestling Tournaments in Billings. In their final action of the year, the HHS boys team finished eighth while the HHS girls finished 13th in their tournament. As a team, the HHS boys team finished its tournament with 116 team points. Laurel won the Class A State Tournament with 192.5 team points while Sidney/Fairview came in second with 177 points and Lockwood took third with 156 points. In their final tournament of...
With the postseason right around the corner, the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams are looking to get on a roll to end the regular season. The Blue Ponies will have a chance to do that this weekend as both teams get a pair of conference games. Tonight, both teams will face Lewistown at home at Havre High Gymnasium. Then Saturday, both squads will go on the road to face Sidney. The HHS girls basketball team will get its weekend started with a home game against... Full story
After several months of competition, the Class A State Tournament has finally arrived for the Havre High wrestling teams. This weekend, the Blue Ponies will head to the Metra in Billings to compete for some hardware. The HHS boys team goes into the state tournament after finishing sixth in last weekend's Eastern A Divisional Tournament. Several Ponies placed at divisionals to qualify for the state tournament and they will be hoping to do well again to finish the season. Reinha... Full story
