Havre native Peterson wins mens honor
Abby Hjorth, a 5-foot-10 senior on the Montana State
University-Northern women's basketball team, earned Frontier
Conference player of the week honors last week.
Hjorth, a forward from Mapleton, Utah, averaged 16.5 points
a game during two wins over Western Montana College (81-69)
and Montana Tech (89-70).
Hjorth also had six rebounds, five steals and two assists
last week. She made 13 of 19 attempts (68 percent) from the
floor.
She is a health promotions major.
The men's player of the week also had a distinct local
flavor.
Carroll College's Eric Peterson, a 6-foot-6 center from
Havre, averaged 19 points a game to lead the Fighting Saints
to two victories last week.
Peterson was 17-for-24 (71 percent) from the field and
averaged five rebounds a game for Carroll, which handed
Westminster its first conference loss of the season last
week.
Peterson is an environmental st
