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After playing in its first home games of the season last weekend, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club will once again play at Legion Field this Saturday. The Northstars will host the Great Falls Chargers for a conference doubleheader as they look to continue to improve early in the year. "We'd really like to start the conference season with a couple of wins but this early in the season, we're still just trying to grow as a team and try and get better," Havre...
The Havre High softball team returns this Saturday for a doubleheader at Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. The Blue Ponies will host Sidney for a pair of conference games as they look to continue improving with the postseason soon arriving. "We just want to go out and keep getting better," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "We don't know a whole bunch about Sidney so we'll just go out and concentrate on ourselves and just keep trying to improve every time we hit the field." The d...
This Saturday at the Havre Middle School Track, the Havre High track and field teams return to the Hi-Line to host the Havre Lions Invitational. The Blue Ponies only have a few weeks left of the regular season, so HHS head coach Kari Filius hopes to see them continue to improve. "We just want to keep going in the right direction. Every meet, we seem to just get better distances and times," Filius said. "We just want to have fun in front of our home crowd and keep going in the...
This Saturday at the Havre Middle School Track, the Havre High track and field teams will celebrate their senior day during the Havre Lions Invitational. One of the seniors who will be honored is Chloe Shennum, who is excited to compete at home one final time. "I hope to get pretty good times so I'm looking forward to that," Shennum said. "I look forward to meets because I love competing and it's another chance to get a better time. Every time I compete, I feel like I learn...
On Tuesday night in Glasgow, the Havre High track and field teams competed in the Norm Girard North/East Top 10 Meet. In every event, the top 10 athletes in the region competed to see who was the best. Several Blue Ponies had strong performances against the tough competition. On the HHS boys team, Brayden Kimberling took first in both the 100-meter sprint and the 200-meter sprint. He recorded a time of 11.52 in the 100 and he posted a time of 23.12 in the 200. Caleb Tomac...
This past weekend in Missoula, the Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams wrapped up the regular season with a rodeo hosted by the University of Montana. At the end of the weekend, both the MSU-N men’s and women’s teams finished third in their rodeos. In the men’s rodeo, the Lights finished with 480 total points. Montana State University won the men’s rodeo with 960 total points while Montana Western finished second. In the women’s rodeo, the Skylights scored 290 total...
The Havre High track and field teams just competed in the Whitefish ARM Invitational this past weekend, but several Blue Ponies will be right back at it with the North/East Top Ten Meet in Glasgow tonight. Even though they will be facing some tough competition, HHS head coach Kari Filius expects her athletes to do well. "We have quite a few kids that qualified and I'm expecting some really good performances there," Filius said. In the 100-meter sprint, Brayden Kimberling...
This past weekend at Legion Field, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club competed in their first four home games of the season. The Northstars started the weekend strong with three wins against the Billings Expos AA team. However, they ended the weekend with a 9-6 loss to the Kalispell Lakers A team. While the Northstars went 3-1, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes they could have played better. "We were inconsistent. There were a lot of really good...
The Havre High softball team has dominated conference play this season and it looked to carry that over into the Frenchtown Tournament this past weekend. Against some tough competition, the Blue Ponies continued to roll as they went 3-1 at the tournament. “I thought we played really well. Elle Verploegen pitched extremely well all weekend and we showed a little determination,” HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. “Overall, really pleased with how we’re playing and where w...
At the Whitefish ARM Invitational this past Saturday, the Havre High track and field teams had another strong performance this season. In both the boys and girls meets, the Blue Ponies finished third. “We did a really good job. We competed well, the kids had fun, we got to see a couple of really good teams and competed well against them,” HHS head coach Kari Filius said. “We had a lot of PRs and a couple more pre-qualified times from different people.” The HHS girls team took...
After opening the season with a trip to Kalispell, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club will compete in the friendly confines of Legion Field for the first time this season. This weekend, the Northstars will host the Billings Expos AA team and the Kalispell Lakers A team, which Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes gives the Northstars an opportunity to find their footing early in the season. "The expectations are the same as always, just to try and get...
The Havre High softball team has been rolling to start the season, but it will face a tough test this weekend when it competes in the Frenchtown Tournament. The Blue Ponies will face many tough teams at the tournament, so HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti believes it will be a good chance for them to continue improving. “We want to keep getting better every day and I think we’re doing that. It’s going to be a great opportunity for us,” Vigliotti said. “It’ll be a good test for us...
The Havre High track and field teams are in the thick of their season, which will continue with the Whitefish Invitational this weekend. With important meets coming up, HHS head coach Kari Filius hopes to see the Blue Ponies continue to improve their times this weekend. “Hopefully, we can keep getting our times down. It’s our last meet before the top 10, so I want to get a few more kids qualified in the region to go to that top 10 meet on Tuesday,” Filius said. “Just keep ge...
Being up on the Hi-Line far away from the action, it would be easy for exceptional work to go unnoticed. But that is not the case for John Sunchild, who has been nationally recognized for his work as athletic trainer for Rocky Boy and Box Elder High School. Sunchild was one of six finalists for the Henry Shein Medical's Rising Star Award, which was created to recognize trainers that have made an impact on their community. Sunchild never intended to receive any sort of...
The Havre High softball team has dominated the Northeast A so far this season and that was no different Tuesday night at Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. Against Lewistown, the Blue Ponies got rolling to end up winning, 11-0, in only five innings. "I thought we played well," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "Elle (Verploegen) pitched a great game. We got big hits the last couple games. We've just blistered the ball, we've been hitting the ball a lot and defensively, we played...
On Tuesday night down in Great Falls, the Havre High tennis teams continued their season with duals against Great Falls and CMR. The HHS boys team went 1-1 in its duals while the HHS girls team lost a dual and tied in the other. In its first dual, the HHS boys team won 5-3 against Great Falls. In singles, Carter Spangler won, 6-2, 6-0, in his match against Chad Wyman. While the Blue Ponies lost their other singles matches, they did well in doubles to win the dual. The doubles...
On Saturday at Tilleman Field, the Montana State University-Northern football team held a live-ball scrimmage to wrap up its spring ball session of practices. In front of fans, the Lights held 11-on-11 drills where the offense went against the defense. While there were some hiccups during the scrimmage, MSU-N head coach Jerome Souers believes the Lights demonstrated they are heading in the right direction. "I was pleased with the efforts and the attitude. They're learning how...
Heading into the weekend, the Havre High softball team looked to remain undefeated in the Northeast A. After their game against Sidney Friday was canceled, the Blue Ponies went over to Glendive on Saturday for a doubleheader against the Red Devils. It was not always easy, but the Ponies picked up 17-1 and 12-8 wins over Glendive. "It's a good day for us anytime we go on the road and get two wins," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "We faced some adversity in game two being...
This past weekend in Kalispell, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club finally began the 2023 season with four games across two days. The weekend started rough as the Northstars suffered a 13-3 and a 6-1 loss to the Kalispell Lakers AA team on Saturday. The Northstars then competed in a doubleheader against the Kalispell Lakers A team on Sunday, where they lost, 4-3, before ending their weekend with an 11-2 win. The Northstars started their season with their 13-3...
This past Saturday in Laurel, the Havre High track and field teams continued their season with the Gold Strike Invitational. At the meet, the HHS boys team took fourth while the HHS girls team finished fifth, so HHS head coach Kari Filius liked how the Blue Ponies performed. "We did really well. We got some top three places and several first places and some fifth and sixth places. And kids got PRs," Filius said. "I thought we competed real well and did a good job." The HHS...
As the summer soon approaches, it is finally time for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club to begin its season. Heading into this season, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes this Northstar squad has potential. "It's an exciting group of athletes with a pretty good mix of experience and youth," Wirtzberger said. "It seems to be a group that comes to practice with a good work ethic every day so we're excited about what it can be but there's still a long...
After winning the Cal Wearley Track meet last weekend, the Havre High track and field teams will look to keep it up Saturday when they head to Laurel for the Gold Strike Invitational. They will compete against some Class A schools at this meet, so HHS head coach Kari Filius looks forward to seeing how the Blue Ponies fare. "It'll be nice to compete against some Class A teams that we haven't seen yet this year," Filius said. "We'll see where we stack up there to get us...
The Havre High softball team is off to a strong start this season and is looking to continue that with a road trip this weekend. The Blue Ponies will play Sidney Friday night and will then play Glendive in a doubleheader Saturday. As they get into the thick of their conference schedule, HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti looks forward to seeing how the Ponies perform on the road. "If we want to compete in the Northeast A, we got to go on the road, and we're going to have to beat Si...
Over the next few weeks, many athletes from across the Hi-Line will compete in track and field. One of those athletes is Malaysia Baumann from Big Sandy, who looks to make the most out of her final season competing for the Pioneers. "I look forward to making it to state in the triple jump," Baumann said. Baumann has been participating in track and field since middle school. In her time competing for the Big Sandy Pioneers, Baumann has competed in the 100-meter sprint, the...
After just playing in Billings this past Saturday, the Havre High softball team was right back on the diamond on Monday. At home at Sixth Avenue Memorial Field, the Blue Ponies hosted a doubleheader against Miles City. In their first conference games of the season, the Ponies looked strong with a 15-0 win and a 17-2 win over the Cowgirls. "I thought we played two pretty good games," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "Both pitchers threw strikes, which helped. Our defense...
