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With their third loss in the last three weeks in Frontier play, the MSU-Northern men dropped two more spots in the most recent NAIA Coaches Poll. The Lights fell from No. 13 to No. 15 in this week's poll, but, despite the loss at Westminster, and a sweep at the hands of LC State in the last week, the Lights have remained in the NAIA's Top 15 for the last four weeks. The Warriors have already earned 20 wins this season and are ranked No. 3 in this week's poll. Westminster...
In Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News, the headline for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team's win at Lewis-Clark State read: Skylights earn a historic win at LC State. Little did anyone know at the time just how historic the Skylights' 60-50 win Saturday night in Lewiston, Idaho really was. MSU-Northern's Rachelle Bennett, middle, takes a shot during a recent Frontier Conference women's game against Lewis-Clark State in Havre. Bennett was...
Alfie Miller is Northern's latest 3-point sensation The 3-point shot has been a consistent part of the Montana State University-Northern Lights' offense for quite some time now. But when the back-to-back Frontier Conference champion Lights graduated a bevy of talented shooters last spring, questions surrounding who was going to make three's for the Lights surfaced. Enter junior sharp-shooter Alfie Miller. The 5-11 shooting guard from Seattle, Wash., came to Northern from Mount...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling doesn't have a senior. The Lights, at least by grade, aren't what you'd call a veteran team. But none of that means much as Northern heads to the NAIA national tournament this weekend. Nine Lights will converge on Des Moines, Iowa for the biggest wrestling meet of their lives. The NAIA national tournament gets under way Friday morning and runs through Saturday night, and though the Lights don't have a huge contingent, they do...
There's something about the Frontier Conference playoffs, the Armory Gymnasium and the Great Falls Argos which seems to bring out the best in the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Northern trampled the Argos in the 2012 semifinals on its way to a Frontier title. And even though the Lights came into their first-round playoff game with the Argos shooting an awful 21 percent from the floor in its last two games, playing UGF always seems to cure whatever has been ailing...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team broke out of its shooting slump in a big way Wednesday night against the Great Falls Argos. No. 20 Northern hit eight first-half 3-pointers and 12 in all as the Lights trounced the Argos 74-52 in the first round of the Frontier Conference playoffs. The win pushes the Lights (23-8) into Saturday night's semifinals, where they'll face No. 17 UM-Western in Dillon. Northern's Mike LaValley, left, handles the ball during Wednesday night's Frontier Conference playoff game...
The Frontier Conference playoff format is new this season, with only six teams qualifying for the postseason. And that makes what the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team did over the course of the regular season so remarkable. Not only did the Skylights battle their way to an 8-8 record in league play, including winning four tough road games, but they secured a fourth-place finish, and not just a playoff berth, but a home game in the first round as well....
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball has known championships the last two seasons. The Lights have shared the last two Frontier Conference regular season titles, and have won the last two postseason crowns. So it's only fitting that entering the final week of the regular season, the Lights are in championship hunt mode yet again. Montana State University-Northern's Roshawn West lays up a shot during last Saturday's Frontier Conference men's game in Havre....
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team graduated some key players off of the 2012 team, a team which came within two points of reaching the NAIA national tournament. However, Northern head coach Bill Huebsch recently announced a new addition to the Skylights' roster with the singing of 6-2 middle blocker Annie Ferris. She comes to Northern from Pierce College in Washington. Ferris was born in Anchorage, AK, but she was raised all over the world, previously...
Despite a difficult home loss to the UM-Western Bulldogs last Thursday night, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team held steady in the newest NAIA Men's Coaches Poll. Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Lights are ranked No. 13, as they dropped just one spot after splitting with Western and Westminster this past weekend. Northern needs to remain in the NAIA Top 25 for the final two polls in order to be considered an at-large team to...
The NAIA put a new twist on wrestling this season, as it changed the way wrestlers qualify for the national tournament. Instead of automatic and pre-qualifiying as in the past, the NAIA decided that the regional tournaments would be true national qualifiers. That put a lot of pressure on the No. 6 Montana State University-Northern wrestling team going into Saturday's Western Regional in Great Falls. The West is undoubtedly the toughest regional as six No.1-ranked wrestlers...
Reports surfacing across the internet on Tuesday citing that former Montana State University-northern football player Brandon O'Brien had re-enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps following Monday's bombings in Boston turned out to be untrue. The Havre Daily News spoke with O'Brien from his home in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday night and O'Brien said, while he has decided to choose a path in the military, rather than pursue a professional football career, he hasn't re-enlisted in any branch of the military. For full story, see...
Ask any former Montana State University-Northern Light or Skylight, and they'll tell you that there are few things more emotional as a college basketball player than senior night inside the Armory Gymnasium. It's a night to celebrate and say goodbye to players who have meant so much, and given their all to the school, the community, the fans and to the name of the front of their jersey. Montana State University-Northern's Devin Jackson will be honored before Saturday night's...
There are some teams which just seem to be an Achilles heel for others. For the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team, that squad is the UM-Western Bulldogs. The Bulldogs crushed the Skylights last month in Dillon, and on Thursday night at the Armory Gymnasium, they snapped an eight-game losing streak by breaking Northern's heart on Valentines Day. The Bulldogs withstood a final surge from the Skylights and held on for 56-54 win in Havre. The loss was the...
On most nights in the Frontier Conference, if not all, the Montana State University-Northern Lights are at a distinct size disadvantage. And against the tall and rangy UM-Western Bulldogs, that's especially true. And that size mismatch wound up being a major difference Thursday night as the No. 12 Lights lost a heartbreaker on Valentines Day, thanks to 6-8 Western center Jake Owsley's tip-in with six seconds left. Owsley's putback on teammate Gabe Rucker's 3-pointer lifted...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is in Kansas City to play Evangel University in the first round of the NAIA national basketball tournament Wednesday night. And while the Lights are hard at work preparing for Wednesday night's game, they also took part in plenty of other The Montana State University-Northern Lights pose for a team photo while attending an NAIA Champions of Charachter event at a Kansas City YMCA Monday afternoon. activites Monday. Northern spent part of Monday interactiing with local...
As a team, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were certainly elated when they found out they had received an at-large berth in the 2013 NAIA national tournament last Wednesday night. But collectively, the Lights w The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team poses for a photo shortly after arriving in Kansas City Sunday night. The Lights have three days to prepare for the opening round of the NAIA national tournament, which gets underway Wednesday....
Life in the Frontier Conference is never easy. After all, it's one of the most challenging leagues in all of NAIA men's basketball. But for nearly two full seasons, the Montana State University-Northern Lights sure made it seem like winning championships was easy. But after back-to-back regular season and postseason championships in 2010-11 and 2011-12, things were anything but easy for the Lights the last five months. After winning back-to-back Frontier Conference championshi...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has been road warriors of late. And the Skylights did their best to keep that going this past weekend. Northern won its fourth straight game of the season, and third straight on the road by beating Montana Tech 56-47 Friday night in Butte. However, the winning streak came to an end Saturday night in Helena as the Skylights fell to the nationally-ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints, 56-44. Tresch Still, a weekend...
To say the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is red-hot right now would be an understatement. The Skylights captured their fourth straight Frontier Conference win by beating Montana Tech 56-47 Friday night in Butte. Northern won its third straight league road game while holding Tech under 50 points for the second time this season. Nikki Tresch led Northern with 14 points, while Kylee Denham scored 11 and Laci Keller added 10. MSU-N improved to 7-4 in league play and 15-9 overall heading into...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team hasn't played poorly on the road this season. In fact, the Lights have split in both their Frontier Conference road trips thus far, and a road split is always a good thing. However, as the 18th-ranked Lights (7-3, 19-5) embark on this weekend's trip, which includes a visit to surging Montana Tech tonight in Butte, and a stop at struggling Carroll College Saturday night in Helena, veteran MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse...
Back on Jan. 19, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team posted one of the all-time great defensive efforts, holding Montana Tech to just 41 points in a 54-41 win in Havre. In fact, for much of the year, the Skylights have been one of the top defensive teams in the NAIA, so that result should have come as a surprise to no one. Now, Northern (6-4, 14-8), brings a three-game Frontier Conference winning streak into tonight's rematch with the Orediggers in...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team will find out tonight whether or not it goes to its third straight NAIA national tournament. But on Tuesday night, the Lights did receive some good news. Senior Devin Jackson was named Frontier First-Team All-Conference for the third straight year, while junior Roshawn West was named Second-Team All-Conference as the league released its postseason awards. Jackson averaged just over 14 points and four assists per game...
Just a little over a month ago, the Montana State University-Northern football team released its schedule for the upcoming 2013 Frontier Conference football season. But in light of a major change, the Lights re-released their schedule this week. Montana State University-Northern's Jordan Van Voast looks to make a play during a Frontier Conference football game last fall in Havre. The Lights will open the 2013 season on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Dickinson State and will play at...
Spring is in the air, the weather has been mild, and as far as football goes, the Montana State University-Northern Lights are in the midst of a successful spring season. The Lights began spring practice a little over two weeks ago, and are now on the verge of conducting their first of two full scrimmages. The Lights will scrimmage Saturday at 12 p.m. at the Havre High practice field. Montana State University-Northern quarterback Derek Lear looks to pass during a recent...
