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Havre tops hometown Maroons in Class A state girls opener
Havre's Naomi Terry races past a Butte Central defender during the Blue Ponies' win Thursday in the first round of the Class A state girls tournament in Butte. Havre will play top-ranked Columbia Falls in tonight's semifinal.
The Havre High girls basketball team faced a daunting challenge Thursday, taking on the defending state champions in their hometown right off the bat.
Yet it was the Blue Ponies, not the Butte Central Maroons, that looked at home in the Butte Civic Center, as Havre led wire-to-wire for an opening-round, 55-41 victory in the quarterfinals of the Class A state tournament.
“The kids played great,” HHS head coach Dustin Kraske said. “They executed our gameplan very well.”
The win puts HHS (16-6) into the semifinals, where the Ponies will play Columbia Falls at the state tournament for the third st...
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