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Tonight High School Basketball Havre boys vs Browning, 7 p.m. Box Elder girls Sunburst, 6 p.m. Box Elder boys vs Sunburst, 7:30 Chinook girls at Geraldine, 6 p.m. Chinook boys at Geraldine, 7:30 Chester/J-I girls at Heart Butte, 6 p.m. Chester/J-I boys at Heart Butte, 7:30 North Star girls at Highwood, 6 p.m North Star boys at Highwood, 7:30 HLP girls at Big Sandy, 6 p.m. HLP boys at Big Sandy, 7:30 Harlem girls at Wolf Point, 6 p.m. Harlem boys at Wolf Point, 7:30 Rocky Boy girls at Conrad, 6 p.m. Rocky Boy boys at Conrad, 7...
Montana Prep Basketball Standings BOYS Central A Butte Central 3-0 5-2 Havre 2-2 2-3 Belgrade 2-3 3-4 Lewistown 1-1 2-3 Browning 1-2 3-4 Livingston 1-2 3-3 Southwest A Corvallis 2-0 5-2 Hamilton 2-0 4-3 Dillon 2-1 5-2 Stevensville 1-1 4-3 Anaconda 1-3 1-5 Frenchtown 0-3 0-7 Northwest A Polson 2-0 5-2 Columbia Falls 1-0 6-0 Libby 1-1 3-4 Whitefish 0-1 4-2 Ronan 0-2 4-3 Eastern A Laurel 3-0 5-2 Sidney 2-0 5-0 Hardin 3-1 4-4 Billings Central 1-2 1-7 Miles City 1-4 2-6 Glendive 0-3 0-7 District 1B Rocky Boy 4-0 7-1 Shelby 3-1...
For years, a faction of people have suggested having an all-class state high school basketball tournament. There's also been years in which state champions from all of the classifications have played non-sanctioned games after the season ends in order to determine the best of the best in Montana. Simply put, in basketball, there's times when classification doesn't mean as much. So in honor of that theory, the Havre Daily News sports staff has decided to put together its own Super 15 boys and girls basketball polls each week....
Every tournament and dual on the Havre High wrestling team's schedule is a tough one. But this weekend may very well be the toughest three-day stretch the Blue Ponies will see all season. Today the Central A Blue Ponies will dual Great Falls High in Great Falls. And Friday and Saturday, the Ponies will continue in competition as they travel to Missoula for the Missoula Invitational. "This is probably our biggest grind of the year," Havre High head coach Scott Filius said. "The Rocky Mountain (Missoula Invite) is always just a...
Things were just a little bit different for the Havre High girls basketball team this week. Sitting at 1-5 overall and 1-3 in league play, the Central A Blue Ponies are taking a good long look in the mirror. And in preparation for not only their next two games, but maybe even the remainder of the season, the Ponies are focusing on themselves. Tonight the Ponies will host the conference rival Browning Indians at the Havre High gymnasium at 7 p.m. And on Saturday, the Ponies will return to action as they take to the road to...
HELENA (AP) — Montana lawmakers are considering bills to regulate the growth and sale of medical marijuana. Republican Sen. Dave Lewis of Helena has introduced Senate Bill 154, which would have the Department of Revenue regulate medical marijuana. Lee Newspapers of Montana reports Lewis' bill would require growers to be licensed, file quarterly reports, submit to inspections and pay a 10 percent tax on the sale of marijuana. A separate bill, House Bill 68, would require a licensing fee to pay for the cost of regulation by t...
A Chouteau County commissioner and farmer planned today to formally announce his intention to run in the race to become the next governor of Montana. "I think I can bring a good perspective with my background in agriculture and as a small business owner," Commissioner Jim O'Hara said this morning. O'Hara, who will celebrate his 57th birthday Friday, was scheduled to formally announce his candidacy at 2 this afternoon at the Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton. A semi-retired farmer, who has leased his property to a relative...
During Tuesday's Havre Public School's Board of Trustees meeting, Havre High School Principal Jerry Vandersloot and Assistant Principal Kipp Lewis addressed the board about disciplinary policies put in place this year. With the fall semester wrapping up next week, administrators wanted to share the results of the changes. Shortly after becoming assistant principal last year, Kipp Lewis, with Vandersloot, recommended a policy change, eliminating in-school suspension as a punishment and establishing an equivalent as two...
A former state senator and chair of the state Public Service Commission wanted to set the record straight on a couple of items during a legislative video conference in Havre Wednesday. Democrat Greg Jergeson of Chinook, first elected to the state Senate in 1974, told freshman Sen. Rowlie Hutton, R-Havre, that he "read with interest your column" in the Jan. 6 edition of The Havre Daily News, "and I had some concerns about a couple of instances of what I think were probably a bit of inaccuracy in what you reported." In the...
Two shiny, new, larger buses rolled out on North Central Montana Transit routes this week. Jim Lyons, NCMT director of transportation, was in the parking lot of the old Gary and Leo's Fresh Foods building on 1st Street at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday to see the new 23-passenger bus off on its first route, the blue park and ride line to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. "Twenty-three seats seems to be just about right for the way it's been," Lyons said. "And with the price of gas, and diesel too, skyrocketing it's going to be very...
Resident raises concern about eminent domain proposal During a video conference in Helena and Havre Wednesday, local lawmakers urged constituents to weigh in on issues during the 2011 Legislature. Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, said a meeting the Legislature held Saturday with Montana business owners provided valuable input, and she wants her constituents to keep that trend going. "Don't forget to let us know those things," she said. "Please keep us informed on how you want things addressed, from tax credits to natural resources...
It was the thrill of a lifetime last year when Kelsey Standing Rock's basketball team, the Rocky Boy Stars, won the Montana Class B championship. He was the only freshman on the team. His role on the team caught the eye of some people far away — Australia — and that opened the door to another thrill of a lifetime. Down Under Sports, a 21-year-old organization that invites athletes from the United States to compete in basketball tournaments in Australia and New Zealand, heard of Standing Rock's prowess and asked him to tak...
The Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams are coming off blowout wins over Dickinson State University. But neither team received much favor in this week's NAIA Coaches Polls. On the men's side, the 12-2 Lights dropped from No. 17 to No. 19 in this week's poll, despite a 30-point over the Blue Hawks last Thursday night in Havre. The Lights are on a six-game winning streak and don't play again until they host the AmericInn Classic Dec. 29-30....
Big Sandy's Mateila Cline (right) drives past a Highwood defender during a girls basketball game at the Big Sandy Tournament on Thursday night. Rocky Boy's Leigha Onco dribbles up the floor during a Native American Classic girls basketball game Friday in Havre. The high school girls basketball season started with a big bang this weekend on the Hi-Line. From Havre to Big Sandy to Chester, gyms were packed with fans as basketball made its triumphant return and marked the beginni...
The board of the county museum in Havre is planning to spread some Christmas cheer, with an open house and Christmas music set at the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum for Saturday. Judi Dritshulas, chair of the museum board, said Monday during its monthly meeting that the event will run from 1 through 3:30 p. m., with the First Lutheran Church group, The Faithful Flutes, performing outside the museum's door and refreshments available inside. She added that remaining plaques to be sold, engraved and mounted at the Wahkpa Chu'gn...
BILLINGS — Leaders of Montana's Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians said Monday they expect a new election will be held next year to end a dispute over a 2009 vote that split the landless tribe into opposing factions. Notably absent from the ballot could be Chairman John Sinclair of Havre. Sinclair said Monday he likely will not run again after the turmoil that surrounded his last election. "At this point, I don't expect to run. Let's have an election and get it over with," he said. A three-judge panel of tribal law e...
With parties in agreement, it looks like a new historic site sign pointing the way to a Havre archaeological site should be in place by next spring, the chair of the local museum funding foundation said Monday. "I think it's a done deal, " Chair Elaine Morse told the board of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum during its monthly meeting. The museum funding foundation has requested the Montana Department of Transportation erect the sign for the Wahkpa Chu'gn bison kill archaeological site on Boot Hill Plaza halfway up the...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Northern Montana Vision Center ophthalmologist Marc Whitacre, left, and optometrist Erica Farmer take a closer look Dec. 6 at a historical holiday ornament of the former post office and courthouse building. The couple recently purchased the building depicted. A new tradition in the area has gone over so well the organization sponsoring it is planning to see if it can refill supplies. Lynda Taplin of the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission told the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum...
A three-judge panel working with the Native American Rights Fund will soon make a ruling in the contentious battle to determine who is the legitimate leader of the Little Shell Band of the Chippewa Indians. A lot more is at stake than whether John Gilbert or John Sinclair can call themselves the leader of the tribe. True, either Gilbert or Sinclair will have the honor of leading this proud group of people who have been fighting uphill battles for centuries. But the winner will also have to deal with the many problems the...
WASHINGTON — Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. Inspired by recent deadly crashes — including one in which a teenager sent or received 11 text messages in 11 minutes before an accident — the recommendation would apply even to hands-free devices, a much stricter rule than any current state law. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta National Transportation Safet...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.— For Penn State University, there was the past week — a week of unimaginable turmoil and sorrow, anger and disbelief and shame. And then there is tomorrow. As Penn State leaves a harrowing week behind and takes tentative steps toward a new normal, students and alumni alike wonder what exactly that means. What comes next for a proud institution brought low by allegations that powerful men knew they had a predator in their midst and failed to take action? What should members of its community do now? "Our bes...
BILLINGS (AP) — Students at Montana State University Billings College of Technology have created a digital, three-dimensional model of coal mine tunnels crisscrossing under Red Lodge that give a much better picture than the century-old, ink-on-linen maps. Red Lodge Mayor Brian Roat tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/t7t7ab) that many people hadn't realized how vast the underground complex extended until viewing the computerized map. Historians say organized mining began in the area in 1889 and persisted through the e...
A season of much-improved volleyball and new milestones by the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team came to an end Friday night in Helena. In the first round of the Frontier Conference Tournament, the sixth-seeded Skylights were swept by the third-seeded Carroll College Saints by scores of 25-16, 25-15 and 25-22. Northern, which finished sixth in the final Frontier standings at 5-7 in conference play, wound up with a 13-14 overall record, its best season in seven...
Playing a tough Cascade Conference power for the third team in three weeks, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were simply not going to be denied. The Lights bested Southern Oregon 85-76 at the Lewis-Clark State Tournament Friday night in Lewiston, Idaho – the start of a 2-0 weekend for Northern. The No. 15 Lights also demolished the University of Alberta-Augustana 91-54 on Saturday night. "I was very happy for our guys and our staff all weekend," Northern head c...
The Savage Warriors just seem to have the Big Sandy Pioneers' number late in Class C Six-Man football games. For the thir Photo by the Sidney Herald Photo by the Sidney Herald Big Sandy's Trevor Lackner throws a pass during Saturday's game in Savage.d time in just over a year, the Warriors toppled the Pioneers, this time beating Big Sandy 65-41 in a Six-Man semifinal game Saturday afternoon in Savage. The win sets up a rematch for Savage with Denton in this Saturday's state...
