Lights left out of NAIA playoffs

George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected]@havredailynews.com

What many experts thought might be the case became offi- cial on Sunday morning. The Montana State University- Northern Lights were left out of the 2008 NAIA playoffs despite being ranked No. 24 in the final regular season poll, beating their last two opponents by a considerable margin and finishing second in the always-tough and highly-regarded Frontier Conference. Northern finished 7-3 in conference play, the only Frontier team besides nine-time league champion Carroll College to have a wi...