Saturday's Prep Football: Ponies heartbroken; Chinook rolls

For the home Hi-Line team, the first day of the Montana high school football playoffs was great. For the road teams, not so much.

The Havre Blue Ponies were stunned by the No. 5 Miles City Cowboys Saturday in Miles City in the first round of the Class A playoffs. Miles City edged the Ponies 48-47 in overtime. HHS led 41-33 with just :35 left in the contest, but the Cowboys scored with 1.5 seconds left, and after a two-point conversion, the game went into to OT tied at 41-41. Havre took the lead in OT, but the Ponies missed the extra point. And one play later, MIles City hit paydirt again, and coverted the extra point to end the contest.

The win gave Miles City a two-game sweep of Havre, and avenged its playoff loss to the Ponies last November in Havre. The Cowboys will play at Whitefish in the Class A quarterfinals next week, while HHS ended its season with a 4-6 overall record.

Meanwhile, in Chinook Saturday, the Sugarbeeters had no problem with Victor in the first round of the Class C playoffs. Chinook rolled to a 52-24 win over the Pirates, and will now host Broadus next Saturday in the quarterfinals.

Finally, North Star lost in the opening round of the Six-Man playoffs Saturday. On the road at Lone Peak, the Knights fell 50-33. The Knights' season ends at 6-3.

For complete playoff coverage, see Monday and Tuesday's HDN.

Saturday's Scores

The Associated Press

PREP FOOTBALL

Football

Helena 28, Helena Capital 24

Class A

First Round

Hamilton 27, Columbia Falls 21

Laurel 48, Lewistown (Fergus) 7

Miles City 48, Havre 47

Class B

First Round

Baker/Plevna 31, Columbus 14

Bigfork 44, Deer Lodge 7

Conrad 14, Missoula Loyola 10

Glasgow/Hinsdale/Nashua 54, Eureka 7

Huntley Project 41, Jefferson (Boulder) 0

Malta-Whitewater-Saco 20, Melstone-Roundup 17

Townsend 41, Forsyth 15

Class C 6-Man

First Round

Custer-Hysham 66, Richey-Lambert 12

Denton-Geyser-Stanford 62, Alberton 6

Geraldine-Highwood 40, Lima 20

Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap 78, Terry 36

Hot Springs 80, Sunburst 27

Lone Peak 50, North Star 33

Savage 78, Bridger 16

Class C 8-Man

First Round

Belt 36, Drummond 26

Broadus 60, Twin Bridges 57

Chinook 52, Victor 24

Ennis 78, Culbertson-Bainville 24

Fairview 80, White Sulphur Springs 34

Great Falls Central 60, Arlee 56

Simms 34, Charlo 30

Wibaux 76, Gardiner 6