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When football teams reach the state playoffs, anything can happen. Rankings no longer apply and records get thrown out the window. The team that puts together the best game will win The No. 1 Chinook Sugarbeeters encountered that on Saturday in Fairview when they faced the No. 2 Fairview Warriors. The Warriors put together an incredible 30-0 second half to overtake the Beeters 36-16 in Class C football semifinal action. With the loss, the defending state champion Beeters saw their 19-game winning streak snapped. The loss...
Carroll 0 21 14 7 — 42 Northern 0 17 7 0 — 24 Second quarter CC — Matt Ritter 47 pass from Dakota Stonehouse (Tom Yaremko kick) Drive: 6 plays, 84 yards Northern — Orin Johnson 6 pass from Derek Lear (Juan Garcia kick), 11:42 Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards CC — Dustin Rinker 72 run (Yaremko kick), 11:23 Drive: 1 play, 72 yards CC — Ritter 41 pass from Dane Broadhead (Yaremko kick) Drive: 1 play, 59 yards Northern — Garcia 25 field goal, 6:27 Drive: 8 plays, 56 yards Northern — Johnson 13 pass from Lear (Garcia kick), 0:36 Dri...
The Montana State University-Northern football season ended with a hard-fought, 42-24 loss to the second-ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints under gloomy skies Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium. For me, no matter how successful a season is, and make no mistake, the Lights were successful this season, there's always a feeling of emptiness for a moment when the season is over. I can't help it. I just thoroughly enjoy covering college football and I have grown to really...
Montana State University-Northern receiver Kyle Johnston hauls in a great catch during the second quarter of Northern's 42-24 loss to the second-ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium in Havre. For much of the season, Rocky Mountain College's A.J. Tolbert has gotten the lion share of attention as the top receiver in the Frontier Conference. On Saturday, MSU-Northern's Kyle Johnston and Carroll College's Matt Ritter showed just why they b...
Add Charlotte, N.C. to the list of places former Havre High star Marc Mariani will never forget. On Sunday afternoon, Tennessee's Marc Mariani celebrates a punt return for a touchdown during Sunday's game between the Titans and Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. Mariani scored his third career NFL touchdown when he raced 79 yards untouched for a punt return TD in the first quarter of the Tennessee Titans' 30-3 win over the Carolina Panthers. The score was Mariani's second...
Havre High junior Thurman Holdsclaw (right) collides with a Dillon defender during a Class A semifinal game Saturday afternoon in Dillon. Havre High senior Evan Flathers kneels on the field just before the seocnd half of Saturday's Class A semifinal in Dillon. Blue Pony quarterback Justin Jensen rolls out during Saturday's game between the Ponies and Beavers in Dillon. DILLON —Things don't always work out according to plan. That was the case this weekend after the Havre High football team battled through a 6-3 regular season...
MSU-Northern's Orin Johnson (right) crashes ahead for one of two touchdowns he scored in Northern's 42-24 loss to second-ranked Carroll College Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium. Northern's Jared Rohrback (left) and Ralph Huizar bring down Carroll's Matt Ritter during Saturday's game in Havre. The duo said goodbye to some great senior teammates before Saturday's game. The Montana State University-Northern Lights had the Carroll College Fighting Saints on the ropes, if...
HELENA — Police arrested a 48-year-old woman they say shot and killed her husband and another woman early Thursday, leading to a police standoff outside a Helena apartment building. Helena Police Chief Troy McGee said Michelle Coller Gable has been charged with two counts of deliberate homicide. She was treated at a hospital for an undisclosed injury and released into police custody. AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley SWAT team moves around the corner at scene of a double homicide Thursday near downtown Helena, M...
It's still very early in the basketball season, but both the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Skylights are expecting big challenges when they head north of the border this weekend. The 1-0 Lights play two games against CIS powers in Saskatchewan this weekend, while the 1-0 Skylights play three tough games at the Mount Royal Tournament in Calgary, Alberta. The Northern men opened the season with an easy 91-28 win over King's University last Saturday in Havre. North...
Now is the time for the Havre High volleyball team to step up and grab a couple of wins. The divisional tournament is just around the corner, and the two matches lined up for this week should help the Blue Ponies build some confidence, consistency and momentum. Sitting at 2-9 overall and 1-2 in the Central A Conference, the Ponies have an opportunity to add two more wins to those numbers. Today in Conrad the Ponies will face the Class B Cowgirls, and on Saturday the Ponies will face the conference rival Browning Indians in...
It's Act Two time in the Frontier Conference. Midway through the football season, one thing is clear, this isn't the same old Frontier fans have grown to know in the past decade. In other words, the Carroll College Fighting Saints, at the very least don't have the Frontier title locked up in October. But just when it seems teams like Eastern Oregon, Rocky Mountain College and MSU-Northern are stepping up to challenge for the Frontier championship, it is still the saints who...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., split with his senior colleague, his president, and his opponent in the 2012 election, Wednesday, voting against free trade agreements. Tester voted against free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, all of which passed. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chair of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees trade, voted for the bill. Tester, who split with Baucus Tuesday by voting against President Barack Obama's jobs bill, said he voted against the trade agreements because they won't create...
People are using the services of the Domestic Abuse Program a lot more these days. The number of people who were housed in the shelter, operated by District IV Human Resources Development Council's abuse program, has more than doubled since 2009. In 2009, 469 meals were served at the shelter. Last year, 1,143 meals were served. To the staff at the program, the numbers show a good news/bad news situation. Part of the increase is due to stress caused by economic woes. Jamie Quinnell, one of the program staffers, said alcohol...
Meetings across the country, state and Hi-Line are continuing until the end of the month, but after Wednesday night's meeting at the Inverness Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hill County is done with its meetings on potential post office closings. The meeting near the Liberty County border brought together 50 concerned residents with the representatives of Montana's congressmen and Hill County Commissioner Mike Wendland. Recently appointed state Sen. Craig Tilleman, R-Havre, made his debut at one of these meetings. Like at...
The official fall 2011 semester enrollment figures were released and they show a lot of different things happening in Montana's colleges. In Havre, the total head count of students is lower than the year before for the first time since 2007. On the other hand, the full-time equivalent figures, which measure the total number of hours students are attending classes, continued their slow climb that began in 2009. This fall, Montana State University-Northern has 1,273 students, a drop from 2010's 1,304. In FTE, Northern...
Regina Paulson, 88, a Chinook housewife, passed away Oct. 9, 2011, due to natural causes. Funeral services will be on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at 11 a. m., at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chinook, and burial immediately following in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are made by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
June Darlene Jarvis June Darlene Jarvis, 53, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at Northern Montana Hospital from complications with her cancer. Cremation has taken place and her memorial service was held 2 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at the New Hope Pentecostal Church at 3rd Street and 6th Avenue in Havre, with Marvin Russette officiating. Memorials in June's honor may be made to a memorial of one's choice. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. June was born Feb. 21, 1958, in Helena,...
WASHINGTON — Defense leaders and members of Congress drew a line in the sand Thursday, saying the Pentagon must be spared from any budget cuts beyond an initial plan to slash at least $450 billion over the next 10 years. The military, they said, must not take even deeper cuts — a looming threat if lawmakers fail to agree on $1.2 trillion in federal budget savings by Thanksgiving and instead allow automatic cuts to kick in. AP Photo/Cliff Owen Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thu...
MISSOULA (AP) — A 22-year-old man accused of killing three family members on the Crow Indian Reservation appeared Thursday in federal court in Missoula, where he was appointed a public defender and ordered to remain in the custody of U.S. marshals. Sheldon Bernard Chase has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder stemming from last week's shootings of his grandmother, cousin and cousin's boyfriend at their home near Lodge Grass. He faces life in prison if convicted. Chase was captured in Washington state on O...
HELENA — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester released campaign fundraising reports Thursday showing that the Democrat continues to stockpile cash in his closely watched re-election battle against U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, again topping the Republican challenger. In reports covering the fundraising quarter that ended Sept. 30, Tester maintained an edge in the critical race to pile up campaign cash. The Democrat reported $1.2 million in new donations, while Rehberg pulled in less than $700,000. Tester said in an interview that he was going to...
Havre Daily News/Stacy Mantle Havre Area Chamber of Commerce ambassadors Melissa Rague, left, and Bobbie Morse try on formal gowns while planning for the Mom Prom event set for Saturday, Oct. 8, by the Chamber Ambassadors. A local Chamber group is offering a formal event in Havre next month — for women only. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors have set Saturday, Oct. 8, as the date for Mom Prom, a fundraiser for the group's efforts to provide events to the community and to be the Chamber's outreach and welcoming c...
The future of Havre's past has a new man at the reins. Last week was the first for the new manager of the the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum, John Bruington. The position was vacant for less than a month, after former manager John Gilbert resigned at the beginning of August. In the interim, Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas met with Havre-Hill County Library Director Bonnie Williamson, Hill County Commissioner Jeff LaVoi and Hill County Personnel Director Emily Mayer to interview four of the seven applicants for the position...
Havre Daily News/Zach White Havre Fire Department firefighters tell Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line members how to prepare for various disaster scenarios Monday afternoon. After a year of particularly devastating natural disasters and this month marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, September being National Preparedness month seems particularly important. In the spirit of the month, the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line hosted a disaster preparedness presentation on Monday afternoon, to help kids...
Helen Ann Watson, 64, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at her home of a heart attack. Cremation has taken place, and her memorial service will be held 10 a. m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at the First Presbyterian Church with Pastor John Bruington officiating. A full obituary will follow....
Ella Mae Johnson Our precious baby girl Ella was welcomed into this life by her loving parents and big brother on Sept. 3, 2011, and was welcomed into heaven by our loving Father on Sept. 10, 2011. Ella Mae was with us only for a short period of time but she managed to touch many lives and give enough love to last a lifetime. Her life will not be measured by the length of time she was with us, but by the love she gave to us all and the love she received every day by all those who were blessed to know her. Ella will forever...
