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The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team couldn't have asked for a better start to their season. Now, the North Stars will look to keep it going in the midst of a long home stand. On Saturday at Legion Field, the North Stars (4-0) will take on the Great Falls Electrics in a single nine-inning, nonconference game. And with only one game this week, the North Stars will look to keep the momentum going. Havre's season began two weeks ago with a sweep of the Great Falls Stallions in Great Falls. The North Stars then...
The fall is officially upon us, and for high school golfers, that means it's time for the postseason. For the Havre High boys and girls golf teams, the postseason begins Saturday when the Blue Ponies compete at the Central A Divisional golf tournament in Lewistown. The 18-hole tournament, which qualifies teams and individuals for next week's Class A state meet, will be held at Judith Shadows Golf Club. The Ponies, under new head coach McKinsey Rodriguez, don't have a lot of divisional experience on their roster. On the girls...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights were snake bitten in a shoot out last week at Eastern Oregon. On Saturday, the Lights will look to avoid the same type of game when they host the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears at 12 p.m. inside Blue Pony Stadium. Saturday's game marks the start of a three-game home stand for the Lights, who won't go on the road again until Oct. 23. And MSU-N head coach Mark Samson says his team is ready to take advantage of the opportunity in front of it. "It's been a good week of practice,...
They say home is where the heart is. And there will be plenty of emotion inside the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse tonight when the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team finally makes its long-awaited home debut. But the Skylights, who are off to their best start in six years, going 2-1 in Frontier Conference play and 9-4 overall, will have to deal with a not-so-friendly visitor when the No. 11 Lewis-Clark State Warriors come calling tonight at 7. It's as challenging a home debut as Northern could ever have, but...
There is a lot of excitement surrounding the Montana State University-Northern volleyball program right now — and with good reason. After all, the Skylights are off to their best start in six years. But each and every time Northern steps on the floor, no matter how much success the team enjoys, the Skylights do so with a heavy heart. But they also do so in honor and memory of a special teammate and an even more inspirational person. This past summer, Skylight volleyball player Shaina Evans was killed in an automobile a...
In the offseason, the Tennessee Titans were looking from a better return game for 2010. So far, the Titans have found it in former Havre Blue Pony Marc Mariani. After two weeks of regular season play, Mariani ranks ninth in kickoff return yards in the NFL. Mariani is averaging just over 24 yards per kick return with a long of 384 He's also seventh in punt return yards and is averaging 10.7 yards per return with a long of 38. Mariani broke his longest punt return last Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and while he did...
After three weeks, the Frontier Conference standings are starting to look a little old school. And this Saturday in Helena, the new biggest kids on the block are going to fight. The hottest team in the Frontier, Montana Tech, is off to a 3-0 start in league play heading into its showdown with No. 3 Carroll College Saturday in Helena. The Orediggers are up to No. 21 in the most recent NAIA Poll, and they deserve the accolades. After a bitter home loss to South Dakota Mines to open the season, Tech has been dominant, and a big...
Montana State University-Northern's Tyson Lucier has been named Frontier Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. In Northern's dramatic 5-=46 loss Saturday at Eastern Oregon University, Lucier blocked one punt and had two tackles on kickoff coverage. Lucier's blocked punt was recovered in the end zone for an MSU-N touchdown. Lucier is a 6-1, 200-pound freshman from Superior and a backup wide receiver for the Lights. Montana Tech's Matt Komac earned offensive honors for the week. In Montana Tech's 38-24 win over Rocky...
The Hi-Line volleyball weekend got off to a wild start on Thursday night. Thursday's match between Box Elder was cancelled and it has been announced that the Bears are planning to forfeit the rest of the varsity season. Meanwhile, in Big Sandy, the North Star Knights swept the first-place District 6C East Big Sandy Pioneers Thursday night by scores of 25-19, 25-15 and 25-23. Tande Smith paced the Knights with nine assist and five blocks and Shelby Lipp added eight kills in the three-game sweep. The Pioneers got eight blocks...
Turnovers only one part of a crazy game MSU-Northern Game Day Notebook George Ferguson, [email protected] As Saturday's Frontier Conference football game at Blue Pony Stadium between MSU-Northern and Montana Tech went on, defensive backs must have been salivating. The Lights and Orediggers combined to throw seven interceptions in Tech's 17-13 win, and neither Northern head coach Mark Samson, nor Tech head coach Bob Green, who is in his 24th season, has seen such a game. "It was one of those things, it's crazy and...
A day Mariani will never forget Courtesy Photo Havre's Marc Mariani fields a kickoff in the first quarter of Sunday's NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders. Mariani was the Titans' opening-day starter on kickoffs and punts. A day Mariani will never forget George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected] When former Havre High three-sport star Marc Mariani found out he would be starting on three different special teams units for the Tennessee Titans, he knew, one way or...
MSU-N spikers on a roll George Ferguson, [email protected] If Thursday night's win at Montana Tech wasn't big enough, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team kept the amazing start to the season rolling. On Friday night in Dillon, the Skylights dominated the UM-Western Bulldogs in a three-game sweep to improve to 2-0 in the Frontier Conference. The Skylights beat the Bulldogs by scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-14, and are tied atop the league standings with Lewis-Clark State. This is not only the first...
Mariani makes the cut Former Havre Blue Pony and UM Grizzly star makes Tennessee Titans' roster By George Ferguson, [email protected] Former Havre High School and University of Montana standout Marc Mariani has had plenty of great days in his football career. With what he's achieved in both high school and college, he's had almost too many to count. But Saturday in Nashville, Tenn., turned out to be one of the best days of Mariani's young career as he found out he's made the Tennessee Titans' 53-man roster for the...
