News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 126 - 150 of 1446
After a tough loss against Billings Central last week, the Havre High football team looked to rebound on Friday night against the Miles City Cowboys. Well, in the friendly confines of Blue Pony Stadium, the Blue Ponies responded with a 36-18 victory over the visiting Cowboys. But the night did not start great for the Ponies. Late in the first quarter, the Ponies fumbled the ball and the Cowboys picked it up and ran it back for the score and the 6-0 lead. But the Ponies...
After starting the season last weekend in Hardin, the Havre High cross country teams return to the Hi-Line to host the Havre Invitational this Saturday. With the Blue Ponies running at Prairie Farms Golf Course this weekend, HHS head coach Danielle Parsons expects some good finishes from her runners. "It will be a pretty flat and nice course so it'll be a good day for them to be fast," Parsons said. "They can throw it all down there and see what they can really do." The...
The Havre High volleyball team is off to a hot start this season and it will look to continue that this weekend with another pair of matches. The Blue Ponies start the weekend on Friday night with a road match against Glendive. They will then return home to HHS Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon to face Hardin. As the Ponies head into this weekend slate, HHS head coach Cassie Krueger hopes to see more improvement from her team. "My expectations for this weekend are to find a...
After several weeks of preparation, the Havre High cross country teams finally opened the season this past Friday with the Hardin Invitational. In their first competition of the season, the HHS girls team finished third while the HHS boys team took ninth. The HHS girls team scored 105 total points to finish third in its meet. Hardin won the girls meet with 24 total points while Cody took second with 46 total points. In the girls 5,000-meter run, several Ponies ran well....
This past weekend, the Havre High volleyball team competed in its first true action of the season. And in their first full matches, the Blue Ponies looked good as they defeated Browning in three sets (25-13, 25-21, 25-10) at home on Friday night and then defeated East Helena in three sets (25-16, 25-15, 25-22) on the road. In their home opener at Havre High Gymnasium, the Ponies got to work against Browning. After a 9-9 tie to start the first set, the Ponies went on a 12-2...
Over the years, Billings Central has had the number of the Havre High football team. And that did not change this past Friday night in Billings. On the road at Herb Klindt Field, the Blue Ponies suffered a 24-3 loss to the Rams. The Ponies did show promise on their opening drive of the night. Starting quarterback Ciaran Courtnage converted a pair of third and longs with completions to Carson Harris and Colter Solomon. But on fourth and one at the Rams' 39-yard line, the...
Coming off a dominant home victory over Hardin to open the season, the Havre High football team will have a road test tonight against the Billings Central Rams. As the Blue Ponies head into enemy territory, HHS head coach Jake Eldridge expects a battle. "It's going to be a great ballgame. Billings Central is consistently one of the top teams, not only in our conference but in the entire state," Eldridge said. "They're well coached both schematically and fundamentally and...
In their first action under first-year head coach Danielle Parsons, the Havre High cross country teams will begin the season today with the Hardin Invitational. Hardin offers a tough course to start the season, so Parsons hopes that her runners will use this weekend as a learning experience. "Our goal at this meet is to go and get a time and to learn," Parsons said. "This course will definitely expose to an athlete their weaknesses so after we come back from Hardin, we'll...
The Havre High volleyball team got off to a solid start this season after taking third place at the tip-off tournament in Lewistown this past weekend. Now the Blue Ponies will play in their first full matches of the year as they will play Browning at home and then East Helena on the road this weekend. As the Ponies head further in their first year under head coach Cassie Krueger, the new coach hopes to use these matches to further establish the identity of this team this...
Over the weekend in Lewistown, the Havre High volleyball team played its first matches under first-year head coach Cassie Krueger. As the Blue Ponies looked to start the season strong, they finished third in the tipoff tournament. The Ponies started the tournament Friday morning by splitting a two-set match with Billings Central. The Rams won the first set, 20-18, while the Ponies responded by winning the second set, 20-16. Later on Friday, the Ponies split a match with...
Former Havre Blue Pony Avery Carlson isn't the only local basketball player heading south to Butte to continue her career. Recently, Montana Tech head women's basketball coach Jeff Graham announced the signing of Chinook High School standout Hallie Neibauer to an NAIA national letter of intent. Neibauer is a three-time Class C All-State selection who is about to play her senior season of volleyball for the Sugarbeeters, before starting basketball in December. During her...
The season finally arrived for the Havre High football team on Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium. And the Blue Ponies opened the season in style with a 43-12 victory over the Hardin Bulldogs. The Ponies took little time to get going on Friday night. On their opening possession of the game, quarterback Ciaran Courtnage connected with Tre Gary on passing play to make it first and goal in Hardin territory. On the next play, the Ponies ran it in for the touchdown to take the 7-0...
On Saturday at Tilleman Field, the Montana State University-Northern football began its second season under head coach Jerome Souers. After going winless last season, the Lights defeated nonconference opponent Mayville State University, 14-0, for their first win under Souers. It was a defensive struggle for both teams throughout the game. On the Lights' opening possession of the game, quarterback Oakley Kopp fumbled the ball and Mayville State recovered in Northern territory....
The time has finally arrived for the Havre High football team. After several weeks of preparation, the Blue Ponies will kick off the season tonight in the friendly confines of Blue Pony Stadium. The Ponies will face the Hardin Bulldogs to start the season, so they will be looking to get off on the right foot this fall. The Hardin Bulldogs will be a familiar opponent to start the season. Last year on the road, the Ponies defeated Hardin, 35-0, so they will be looking to play we...
After several weeks of preparation, the Havre High volleyball team will begin the season with the tip-off tournament in Lewistown. These will be the first matches for the Blue Ponies under first-year head coach Cassie Krueger, so she is looking forward to seeing how their work these past few weeks will bear fruit this weekend. "My expectations for the tournament this weekend is to go in with some of our new set-up lineups and test them out and see how well the girls are jiving...
After several days of fall camp, the Havre High football team will compete in its blue/white scrimmage this Saturday at Blue Pony Stadium. In the Blue Ponies' first game-like action of 2023, HHS head coach Jake Eldridge looks forward to finally playing some football this fall. "We're really excited about it and I know the kids are as well. It's usually a fun event with it being the first time we get to be back in Blue Pony Stadium and hopefully we'll fill the stadium up,"...
Under first-year head coach Cassie Krueger, the Havre High volleyball team will get the season started with the Blue/White Scrimmage at Havre High Gymnasium this Saturday. As the Blue Ponies get on the court this weekend, Krueger looks forward to seeing how they look after one week of practice. “The expectation here is to start getting a feel for what our lineups are going to look like once the season starts, but also to start observing the girls and seeing how much t...
On Tuesday, the Havre High golf teams finally began the season with the Lewistown Invitational. In the Blue Ponies' first action of the season, the girls team finished second with a team score of 437 while the boys team took third with a team score of 374. Several Ponies performed well to start the 2023 season. On the girls team, Shea Reber had the best finish with a total score of 97 as she recorded a score of 50 out and a score of 47 in. Brenna Hanson had the second-best...
While the season is still a few weeks away, the Montana State University-Northern cross country teams have their schedule for this fall. The Lights and Skylights will begin the season with the Frontier Conference Preview in Great Falls Sept. 7. The following week on Sept. 15, the MSU-N cross country teams will run at a meet in Missoula hosted by the University of Montana. They will then wrap up the regular season with a meet in Billings Oct. 6, which will be hosted by Montana...
On Tuesday afternoon, the Frontier Conference held its media day in preparation for the upcoming football season this fall. Unlike the past couple years, this media day was virtual with every football coach giving their statements and answering questions through Zoom. Throughout the media session, every coach spoke based on where their team was ranked in the preseason coaches poll. Since the Montana State University-Northern football team was picked to finish last in the...
With the season soon arriving, the Montana State University-Northern football team has been hard at work. Just this past Monday at Tilleman Field, the Lights participated in another practice of their fall camp. At the end of Monday's practice, MSU-N head coach Jerome Souers believes the Lights showed continued improvement. "We progressed today. We got better today and that's our goal every day is to get better at what we're doing," Souers said. "We're fundamentally trying to...
As the Havre High golf teams head into fall, they will be under the leadership of new head coach Dennis Murphy. Murphy has been an assistant coach for the Blue Ponies for the past five years, but he is looking forward to now serving as the head coach. "I'm really excited about it. We have a great group of returning students from a year ago and so I look forward to working with them," Murphy said. "Working with George Ferguson the last five years, I thought our program was bein...
Well after two and a half great years, I am sad to say that I will be leaving the Havre Daily News. I am accepting the position of sports reporter back in my hometown in California in order to be closer to my family. With this new opportunity, I will have to step away from my responsibilities as the sports reporter for the Havre Daily News. During my time here, I have had many great experiences that I will not soon forget. I have gotten to behold the greatness of the state wrestling tournaments at the Metra in Billings these...
The Havre High cross country teams will soon return to the course this fall, and they will be under new leadership. Danielle Parsons will take over for the Blue Ponies this season. As she takes over the program, Parsons hopes that her runners have fun and stay healthy in her first year leading the program. “My expectation is to do the best we can and have a good time doing it,” Parsons said. “My big emphasis is that we end the season with everybody that we started with and to...
After five days of play, the Northwest Regional Baseball Tournament finally crowned a champion Tuesday night. At the end of a back-and-forth game at Legion Field to end the tournament, the Redmond SunWest of Oregon emerged as the regionals champion with an 8-6 win over the Service Cougars of Alaska. "Anytime you win your last game of the season, it's pretty incredible," Redmond head coach Marc Horner said about winning the regional championship. "I'm super proud of these guys...
