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The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has been in some dramatic games this season. But no game the Skylights have won or lost has been as dramatic as Northern's wire-to-wire upset of the No. 6 Lewis-Clark State Warriors Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Skylights toppled the mighty Warriors 55-48, which started a weekend that also saw them lose to the No. 20 Westminster Griffins Saturday night on the same floor in Havre. But a split...
Lewis-Clark State and the University of Great Falls saw basketball standouts earn Frontier Conference Player of the week honors this past week. LC State's Jacob Champoux was named Frontier Men's Player of the Wee. Champoux is a 5-11 junior guard from Seattle, Wash. The Warriors stayed unbeaten with a thrilling, last-second 65-63 Frontier Conference victory over Montana Tech. Champoux scored 23 points. He was 9-of-13 from the field, made 3-of-6, 3-point field goals and 2-of-2...
The holiday break is over, and a break from tough competition for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is over too. The Skylights (7-4) will be on the road for two tough games this weekend, starting with a Friday afternoon affair against 14th-ranke Montana State University-Northern's Jordan Bruursema, left, fires up a shot during a Frontier Conference women's basketball game against Carroll College last month in Havre. The Skylights close out...
It's time for prospective college football players to start making the difficult decision of where to continue their football career. Three such players have already decided that they will continue playing football at Montana State University-Northern. On Wednesday afternoon, the MSU-Northern coaching staff announced the first portion of its 2012 recruiting class with three transfers. All three new Lights are currently enrolled at Northern and will participate in spring ball....
This coming weekend marks the halfway point in the Frontier Conference men's and women's basketball seasons. And oh how the first five games have flown by. This weekend is also a pivotal one for almost every team in the league, as the schedule flips to part two next weekend. On the women's side, Havre and Great Falls will be crucial stops for the two league leaders, Lewis-Clark State and Westminster. LC State took game one of its rivalry with the Griffins last weekend, even...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is hitting the stretch run of the season. It appears the Lights are also hitting their stride. On Thursday night, the No. 8 Lights dismantled Northwest College in a dual in Havre. It was the second demolition of the Trappers by the Lights this season. Then, Northern followed the win in Havre up with a strong showing at the Minot State Open Saturday in Minot, N.D. Northern got a pair of individual titles in Minot, as well as...
MSU-Northern's Devin Jackson, left, dribbles up the floor during Friday afternoon's NAIA men's basketball game at the Armory Gymnasium. It's a good thing the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team had a week to rest up for the Jamestown Jimmies. Because, on Friday afternoon at the Armory Gymnasium, the Jimmies gave the No. 23 Lights all the could handle. Northern had to watch Jamestown miss what would have been a game-winning shot at the buzzer to hang on for a 55-54 win over the NAIA rival. The Lights dug...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team faced a daunting road schedule early on in the season. Now, the Lights will host to have a little post Thanksgiving feast on their home floor. The No. 23 Lights (7-2) will host t MSU-Northern's Savion Udeh does up for a layup during an NAIA men's basketball game earlier this month in Havre. The Lights host the Jamestown Jimmies today and Saturday. he Jamestown Jimmies in a pair of nonconference games this weekend,...
After a weekend of triumphs and a thrilling dual in Ashland, Ore., the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team remaining the No. 4 team in the NAIA, and the Lights are part of a Top 5, which features three Western Region teams. The new NAIA Coaches Poll was released earlier this week, with the Lights remaining at No. 4, while UGF stayed at No. 3 and Southern Oregon still at No. 2. All three teams are in the same region, while Grand View remained atop the poll for the...
If the Carroll College Saints were out for revenge for their loss to the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team in last year's Frontier Conference championship game, they certainly got it. Carroll's Ben Cutler made a running jumper with two seconds left in overtime to lift the Saints to a 53-51 win over the No. 12 Lights Thursday night at the Carroll P.E. Center in Helena. The loss was Northern's first in Frontier Conference play, and Cutler's game-winner...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was in two dramatic games just a week ago, both resulting in home losses. The Skylights found themselves in another tight one Thursday night in Helena, only Northern reversed roles. MSU-N came back from a halftime deficit and another tough shooting night to upend Carroll College 55-50 in Helena Thursday night. The win pushed Northern to 2-2 in Frontier Conference play and returned the Skylights to a good feeling...
MSU-Northern's Nick King (left) goes for a take down in a heavyweight bout during Thursday night's dual between the Lights and Northwest College at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. Montana State University-Northern's Kody Reed (top) pins a Northwest College opponent to the mat during a 184-pound match Thursday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse in Havre. The Lights beat the Trappers 34-10. The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is getting hot, just as it's finally...
Montana State University-Northern senior Anthony Weerheim knows what wrestling success feels like. He's a former Idaho state high school champion and he was an NJCAA All-American at Clackamas College in Oregon before coming to Northern. Weerheim also knows what it's like to succeed for the Lights. Last season, he was stellar, ripping off win after win at 149 pounds. He went into the NAIA national tournament in March as the No. 1-ranked 149-pounder in the country. But that's...
MSU-Northern's David Maddock (left) shoots over Montana Tech's A.J. Paine during Friday night's Frontier Conference men's basketball game in Havre. The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team already took one team's best shot in early Frontier Conference play. Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the No. 13 Lights took another. Northern had tou battle hard, but the Lights won a defensive struggle, 62-52 over Montana Tech. Despite making five 3-pointers...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is off to its best start in over a decade. And the Skylights are also a perfect 1-0 in Frontier Conference play to boot. Never-the-less, Northern head coach Chris Mouat says his team can, and needs to play better, and it needs to start this weekend. Northern is at home again this weekend, where the Skylights will host the Montana Tech Orediggers tonight at 6, and the UM-Western Bulldogs Saturday at 6 p.m. Both...
Montana State University-Northern's Joe Simpson lays in two points during a Frontier Conference men's basketball game against UGF last Friday in Havre. The No. 13 Lights are home to face Montana Tech tonight and UM-Western Saturday night. Big games are nothing new to the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. But trying to get back into a rhythm while playing two big games is another story. Yet, that's exactly what the 13th-ranked Lights (15-2, 1-0) will try...
MSU-N's Nikki Tresch, left, drives by a Carroll College defender during a Frontier Conference women's basketball game last month in Havre. Tresch is averaging 15 points per game in her senior season. Shooting guards, 3-point sharpshooters and excellent ball handlers — those attributes are hard to find all in one package when it comes to NAIA and Frontier Conference women's basketball. The Montana State University-Northern Skylights have had their share of good ones over the ye...
Needless to say, I've had problems with how the NAIA ranks its basketball teams for years now. It all started in 2007-08 when the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was left out of the NAIA national tournament. Call me a homer, but when a Northern team is deserving of better, I'll stand up and try to be heard every time. This is one of those times. The MSU-Northern women's basketball team is off to its best start in over a decade. The Skylights are 14-1...
It was a long road to Springfield, Ill., and the Cliff Keen National Duals for the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team. And once there, the Lights had a rough go on the mat. The sixth-ranked Lights opened the 16-team, dual tournament with a narrow win over Morningside of Iowa on Saturday morning. The Lights beat Morningside 25-24 on criteria, which means the dual was actually tied at the end, but the Lights earned the tiebreaker and advanced to the quarterfinals....
Over the course of his career, Montana State University-Northern senior guard Shaun Tatarka has played with some great backcourt mates. And when Tat Montana State University-Northern's Shaun Tatarka drives into the lane during Friday night's Frontier Conference men's basketball game in Havre. Tatarka became the 17th Light ever to reach 1,000 points in a career. arka achieved greatness himself during Northern's 63-62 win over the University of Great Falls Friday night at the...
MSU-Northern's Nikki Tresch (left) lays in a shot during the second half of Friday night's Frontier women's game between the Skylights and UGF in Havre. The momentum the MSU-Northern women's basketball team built during a 13-1 nonconference campaign helped them overcome a stern challenge in their Frontier Conference opener Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Skylights played great basketball down the stretch and held off rival UGF 55-47. The Skylights finished...
Northern's Devin Jackson (rigth) drives around a Great Falls defender during a Frontier men's game Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. It was everything it was billed to be and more. On Friday night, the the MSU-Northern men's basketball team began defense of its 2011 Frontier Conference championship with a narrow, 63-62 win over a vastly improved University of Great Falls squad at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The game was intense from start to finish. There were...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is staying right where it started in the NAIA Coaches Poll. The Lights sit at No. 23 in the first NAIA regular season poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon. Northern was picked No. 23 in the NAIA Preseason Poll, and the Lights have gone 11-2 since. Three Frontier Conference teams are ranked in this week's poll. Westminster College is at No. 7 after a 9-1 start to its season, while the 10-0 Lewis-Clark State...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team has played very few games in 2012. But the Skylights are finally busy now. Northern embarks on a three-game road trip starting tonight when it visits Evergreen State in Olympia, Wash. The Skylights then head south for games in Oregon against New Hope Christian on Friday night and Willamette University on Saturday night. Northern comes into this weekend's road trip fresh off a tough 56-50 loss to Carroll College...
Montana State University-Northern's Kody Reed, left, holds down UGF's Adam Wolfe during Tuesday night's NAIA dual at the Armory Gymnasium. The Lights beat the Argos by one point. MSU-Northern's Max Payne, top, controls UGF's Brock Picard during the 174-pound match in Tuesday night's NAIA dual at the Armory Gymnasium. Northern's Duell Stadel, left, tries to get away from UGF's Danny Luttrell during Tuesday night's match between the Lights and Argos at the Armory Gymnasium....
