Havre Blue Ponies in third place as season winds down

By Tiffany L. Rehbein

With just two games remaining in the regular season, the Havre Blue Ponies boys' basketball team is 9-7 overall, according to standings released on Feb. 7.

Havre has 31 seeding points and is averaging 1.938 per game.

Offensively, the Ponies average 60.1 points per game, the third-highest in the league, and they hold their opponents to 59.1 points per game.

The Dillon Beavers are No. 1 in the Central A with an 11-5 record. They have 39 seeding points.

Dillon is averaging the most points offensively with 68.1 per game. They also hold their opponents to the third-lowest output at 54.4 points per game.

The Butte Central Maroons are also 11-5 with 39 seeding points.

However, in head-to-head play, the Beavers have defeated the Maroons both times. On Saturday, Dillon came away with a 57-49 win.

The Fergus County Golden Eagles are even in the league with an 8-8 record.

The Eagles have 30 seeding points.

Lewistown has lost three of its last four games, including dropping a 45-36 decision to Havre.

The Belgrade Panthers are 7-8 in the league with 26 seeding points.

The Panthers hold their opponents to the fewest points with 53.3 per game.

Most recently, they fell to Lewistown 43-39.

The Browning Indians are 3-11 with 17 seeding points and are sixth in the league.

The Anaconda Copperheads are 4-11 with 15 seeding points, while the Park Rangers are in the basement with a 1-15 record and 10 seeding points.

Things don't look to get much brighter for the Rangers who will meet Dillon on Thursday and Butte Central on Friday in Central A action. On Saturday, Browning is at Lewistown.

The Indians upset the Eagles at Browning earlier this season.

Team W L S. Pts. Ave. Off. Def.

Dillon 11 5 39 2.438 68.1 54.4

Butte Central 11 5 39 2.438 57.7 53.6

Havre 9 7 31 1.938 60.1 59.1

Lewistown 8 8 30 1.875 59.3 61.3

Belgrade 7 8 26 1.733 51.0 53.3

Browning 3 11 17 1.214 65.7 72.4

Anaconda 4 11 15 1.000 59.5 63.9

Livingston 1 15 10 .0625 52.8 63.3

Feb. 8 - Anaconda at Big Sky; Feb. 10 - Livingston at

Dillon, Manhattan at Belgrade, Havre at Fort Benton,

Whitehall at Butte Central; Feb. 11 - Cut Bank at

Browning, Lewistown at Billings Central, Columbus at

Belgrade, Livingston at Butte Central, Anaconda at Butte

High, CMR at Havre; Feb. 12 - Browning at Lewistown,

Boulder at Belgrade, Missoula Hellgate at Anaconda, Big Sky at Dillon.