Ponies hold off Columbia Falls to improve to 3-0

COLUMBIA FALLS - One thing that can be said about Friday night's Class A football game between the No. 2 Havre Blue Ponies and No. 5 Columbia Falls Wildcats - regardless of the score, neither team would roll over and die. The Ponies staved off a furious fourth-quarter Columbia Falls comeback to win a pivotal nonconference matchup 41-32.

Columbia Falls' hopes for a win seemed all but lost midway through the fourth quarter as Havre had built a 41-18 lead. However, the Wildcats managed to score a touchdown with nine minutes remaining in the game on a 51-yard touchdown run by injured tailback K...