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This column however, is about both. First, the Havre Daily News recently bid a fond farewell to Kason Clark. Kason gave the HDN nearly three years of dedicated service to the sports section. And as the one who hired him, I not only want to say thank you to Kason for all he did, but I also want to tell him what an incredible job he did. Kason not only carried on the traditions we have built at the HDN, but he helped make them better. Kason was an excellent writer, and he soon...
This past weekend, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team began the season with the Big Sky Challenge in Butte. In their first three matches of the season, the Skylights went 1-2. The Skylights started the weekend Thursday night with their match against the Evergreen State College. In their first match of the season, the Skylights won 3-0. The Skylights started the season strong by winning the first set 25-14. The. Skylights kept it up by winning the second set...
Over the weekend, the Havre High golf teams continued the season with several more tournaments. At the Havre Invitational this past Thursday, the HHS girls team finished first with a team score of 394. Shea Reber finished first with a score of 87. Brenna Hanson finished third with a score of 98 and Cali Pyrak took third with a score of 98. Callie Bebee recorded a score of 111 and Tierra Parker posted a score of 112. At the Havre Invitational, the HHS boys team recorded a team...
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...
The wait is finally over. Sports at Montana State University-Northern are back, starting with the MSU-N volleyball team's season debut this weekend in Butte. The Skylights, of head coach Jerry Wagner, make their 2023 debut at the Big Sky Challenge where they will face The Evergreen State College Thursday, Eastern Oregon Friday and the College of Idaho Saturday. All three teams will be tough opponents from the Cascade Conference. Northern plans to be tough, as well, after...
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...
Championships were on the line this past week at Prairie Farms Golf Course. Last Thursday night saw the ladies conclude their season with the championship match between Prairie Farms and Goodrich Excavation. Goodrich won the championship match 20.5-15.5. The championship team was compiled of Lorrie Keller, Alicia Goodrich, Tara Taborsky and Heather Glahn. Congrats ladies on the championship and congrats to all the women for a great season. Reminder, there will be a fall...
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 summer heat is raging on, but high school sports are now here to stay, and the 2023-2024 season kicks off with Havre High Golf Tuesday in Lewistown. The Blue Ponies are under the direction of head coach Dennis Murphy, while former Class A All-State standout Dustin Haas also joins the coaching staff, And the coaching duo returns a pair of what should be outstanding teams. On the boys side, Havre returns its entire divisional team, which finished fifth in the Eastern A a...
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...
Even after four days of the Northwest Regional Tournament at Legion Field, the championship game still had not been set. The Service Cougars had punched their tickets, but another spot was still to be decided. So on Tuesday afternoon, the Redmond SunWest of Oregon and the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen of Idaho faced each other to decide who would advance to the tournament's championship game. With the season on the line, Redmond defeated Coeur d'Alene 12-7. The SunWest struck first...
It was, and will be, a big week for local golf. First and foremost, I want to wish coach Dennis Murphy, and all of the Havre High golf team good luck on their upcoming season. The Blue Ponies begin practice later this week, and kick off the regular season next week. Obviously, Havre High golf is near and dear to my heart, as I coached it for five seasons. I’m truly going to miss Blue Pony golf, but, with Murph, and Dustin Haas, and all of our great kids, I know the program i...
It was a great season for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club, but it eventually had to come to an end. Unfortunately for the Northstars, it came to an end with a 15-8 loss to the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen at Legion Field Sunday night. The Northstars did show grit as they came back from a six-run deficit to tie the game, 8-8, heading to the seventh inning, but it was still a tough pill to swallow. "Obviously disappointing but we battled back from being down and...
As the Northwest Regional Tournament continued through the weekend at Legion Field, the intensity picked up as teams tried to keep their seasons alive. Through Sunday and Monday, more and more teams were eliminated and only three remained at the end of Monday night: the Service Cougars, the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen and the Redmond SunWest. And these teams had to work hard throughout the later half of the tournament to make it that far. The Redmond SunWest of Oregon stayed...
The time has finally arrived for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club as the Northwest Regional Tournament has begun at Legion Field. As the host team, the Northstars wanted to compete against the many great teams coming from out of state. And through the first two games of the tournament, the Northstars did just that. The Northstars opened the tournament with a 1-0 win over the Ridgeline Wolverines. Then Saturday night, the Northstars played a competitive game a...
After much anticipation, the Northwest Regional Baseball Tournament finally began at Legion Field this past weekend. In the first regional tournament ever in Havre, many close and exciting games started the weekend as several teams from Montana and out of state competed for the regional title. The tournament started Friday morning with a meeting between the Service Cougars and the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen. Service qualified for the tournament after winning the Alaska state...
Over the past couple years, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club has gained more publicity with it hosting both the district and the state tournaments. Now this weekend, the Northstars will get to host the most important tournament of the year: the Northwest Regional tournament. But the Northstars had to work for the opportunity to host this weekend's tournament. The process began in 2021 when the Northstars hosted the state tournament. Once that was over with,...
While the season is still several months away, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has released its schedule for the 2023-24 season. The Lights will begin the season Oct. 28 with a game against Portland Bible College in Butte. The Lights will then start November with a road trip to California to play teams such as La Sierra University, William Jessup University, Menlo College and Pacific Union College. The Lights will return to Montana to play...
Press release MSU-Northern Athletics will induct five individuals and one team into their Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023. Individuals will be inducted at a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 1, as part of Hall of Fame weekend. They will also be recognized during halftime festivities when the Lights host Rocky Mountain College Sept. 2 at Tilleman Field. This year’s inductees include the 1992 NAIA Division II National Champion women’s basketball team as well as individuals Taylor Cummings...
