Blue Ponies are Eastern A champs

For the last three years, the Havre High boys basketball team came up short at the Central A Divisional tournament. But, in the first combined Eastern A Divisional, the Blue Ponies had no such shortcomings.

Saturday night at the Billings Metra, the Blue Ponies overcame an early deficit to beat the Hardin Bulldogs, 70-64 in the Eastern A championship game. The win gives HHS a top seed at next week's Class A state tourney in Missoula, and was Havre's first divisional title in quite some time.

The Ponies once again rode the wave of scoring machine Dane Warp, who poured in 34 points, while fellow...