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Once again, the Box Elder Bears didn't get the true test they were thinking they were going to get. Playing in their first state tournament game in 24 years, the top-ranked Bears cruised past Drummond in the opening round of the Class C state tourney Thursday at the Butte Civic Center. Box Elder won 88-60 and had five players score in double figures. Randall Gardipee led the way with 21 points. The Bears advanced to tonight's semifinal game where they'll face Eastern C champion Fairview at 6:30 p.m. For full coverage, see... Full story
It was a tough debut for the Havre Blue Ponies at the Class A state tournament in Great Falls. Havre lost in its first state tournament game in eight years, falling to Northwest A champion Columbia Falls 50-36 Thursday at the Four Seasons Arena. Dane Warp scored 15 points and Kade Rismon added nine for the Ponies, who will now play Stevensville on Friday at 12:30 p.m. The Wildcats will play Laurel in Friday night's first semifinal.... Full story
The NAIA wrestling season is a long one. It starts with conditioning in September and keeps going through long harsh winters. But standing on the podium as an NAIA All-American, national champion or with a team trophy in hand makes the time, the blood, the sweat, the dieting and all the pain so worth it. And that’s what eight Montana State University-Northern wrestlers are gunning for this weekend in Topeka, Kans. The 2014 NAIA national tournament begins Friday morning and r... Full story
Havre Police Department Marielle Simonson, 21, of Rudyard was issued a summons on a charge of failure to stop and identify self after striking an unattended vehicle after officers were called Wednesday at 9:16 a.m. to investigate a hit-and-run crash at Montana State University-Northern. ——— Officers responded to a 9:28 a.m. Wednesday call from Smithville Road about a Playstation 3, two controllers and three games that were stolen. ——— Officers investigated an 11:06 a.m. Wednesday call from a 9th Avenue business about a ref... Full story
While use of the park has not been in high swing in the last few weeks, planning and preparing for work at Beaver Creek Park has been. Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told the Hill County Park Board Monday night that ice fishermen and a few snowmobilers have used the park recently, but not much else. “The snow just won’t go away,” he added. But work on the park has been happening, including bids being let out for projects to repair flood damage on the park last year and in previous years. The president declared Beaver Creek... Full story
North-Central Montana Transit is still going strong and is looking to the future for ways to expand their services to the people of the Hi-Line. Jim Lyons, the director of NCMT, said the transit system is doing better than officials thought it would when they started five years ago. The transit will soon be receiving a new bus, Lyons said. This bus will be better than what the NCMT currently runs, with under-the-carriage luggage storage, room for 37 passengers, power strips,... Full story
A member of the Hill County Park Board presented some history of the 10,000-acre county park, from before it became a county park and much before it was an official park at all. Robbie Lucke said he had dug through archives at the Havre-Hill County Library and compiled writing by the “father of the park,” Havre businessman L.K. Devlin, and Havre historian Earl J. Bronson. “It’s a very old park history I found in bits and pieces at the library,” Lucke said Monday during the county park board meeting. The use of the park as a... Full story
The predicted precipitation hit Wednesday night in the form of freezing rain, laying a quarter-inch or more coating of ice on cars, buildings and roads during an advisory from Cut Bank through half of North Dakota, creating dangerous driving conditions and delaying school or bus runs in some districts. Rain started falling over night, turning to sleet and snow early in the morning. National Weather Service issued freezing rain advisories from the Rocky Mountain Front along... Full story
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team is headed back to the state tournament this weekend and are hoping to return home with some hardware. Today through Sunday the Ice Hawks will be skating in Billings. Also joining the Ice Hawks this weekend will be No. 1 Great Falls, No. 2 Helena, No. 3 Bozeman, No. 4 Billings, No. 5 Missoula, No. 7 Glasgow and No. 8 Flathead. The Ice Hawks enter the tournament as the sixth seed, and will have a tough first game waiting for them.... Full story
It hasn’t happened often, but both the Rocky Boy Morning Stars and the Harlem Wildcats made it happen this season. Both girls basketball teams will get to play in the Northern B Divisional tournament. The Northern B, which starts today and runs through Saturday in Conrad, is easily the most difficult divisional tournament in Class B, and that’s simply because the top two programs in Class B, the Fairfield Eagles and Malta M-Ettes both reside in the Northern B. And both the... Full story
Thursday High School Basketball State A boys At Great Falls 12:30 p.m. Laurel vs Stevensville 2 p.m. Havre vs Columbia Falls 6:30 p.m. Dillon vs Miles City 8 p.m. Belgrade vs Polson State C boys At Butte 12:30 p.m. Wibaux vs Fairview 2 p.m. Box Elder vs Drummond 6:30 p.m. Westby-Grenora vs D-G-S 8 p.m. Superior vs Broadus Northern B girls At Conrad 1 p.m. — Malta (20-0) vs. Rocky Boy (8-13), first round 2:30 p.m. — Glasgow (7-14) vs. Choteau (14-6), first round 6:30 p.m. — Fairfield (20-0) vs. Harlem (7-13), first round... Full story
Jeremy MacDonald has a longstanding history at both Rocky Boy and Box Elder high schools. MacDonald was a student at both, an athlete for both, and now an employee for both schools. MacDonald is back on the Hi-Line as the current head coach of the Box Elder Bears boys basketball team, a team that is state tournament-bound for the first time since the Bears captured the 1990 state championship. MacDonald and the No. 1 ranked Class C Bears will spend the weekend at the Butte... Full story
