Saturday's Prep Football: Ponies, Beeters, Bears advance

Three Hi-Line football teams are headed to the state semifinals next Saturday. The Havre Blue Ponies trounced Columbia Falls 47-13 Saturday in Blue Pony Stadium and will advance to the Class A semifinals, where they'll face Dillon next Saturday in Dillon.

In Class C, the Chinook Sugarbeeters won a barn-burner Saturday in Chinook, defeating the Ennis Mustangs 36-30. Chinook will trip to Fairview next Saturday for a shot at the state championship game. Chester/J-I lost a heartbreaker at Twin Bridges Saturday.

In the Six-Man semifinals, Box Elder crushed Custer-Hysham in Custer, and will travel to Hot Springs for a semifinal game next Saturday.

For full HHS coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. Also, see the Hi-Line Football Roundup in Tuesday's HDN.

Saturday's Scores

The Associated Press

PREP FOOTBALL

State Playoffs

Class A

Quarterfinal

Dillon 32, Billings Central 7

Havre 47, Columbia Falls 13

Miles City 42, Butte Central 20

Whitefish 24, Sidney 0

Class AA

Quarterfinal

Kalispell Glacier 23, Helena 13

Class B

Quarterfinal

Baker/Plevna 37, Manhattan 21

Fairfield 44, Colstrip 8

Huntley Project 35, Malta-Whitewater-Saco 0

Missoula Loyola 26, Bigfork 16

Class C 6-Man

Quarterfinal

Box Elder 56, Custer-Hysham 19

Savage 67, Lone Peak 0

Stanford-Geyser-Denton 58, Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap 16

Class C 8-Man

Quarterfinal

Arlee 42, Wibaux 36

Chinook 36, Ennis 20

Fairview 66, Charlo 52

Twin Bridges 35, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 21