State A Update: Belgrade eliminates Havre

The Havre boys basketball team had a strong finish to the 2013-14 season. But the Belgrade Panthers were a hump the Ponies couldn't get over. On Saturday morning at the Class A state tournament in Great Falls, the Panthers eliminated the Ponies with a 47-26 win.

The loss was Havre's fourth to the Panthers this season. Havre hung tough in the first quarter, but things unraveled in the third as Dane Warp found foul trouble and Belgrade made the Ponies pay. The Panthers went on a 9-1 run to end the third period, then ripped off 12 unanswered in the fourth to win going away.

Warp led Havre with 13 points and Kade Rismon added eight in the final game of the season for HHS. Belgrade advanced to play Laurel in Saturday night's consolation game, while Columbia Falls will play Dillon for the state championship.