Runners, softball players lose bid to become Blue Ponies

Efforts Tuesday night by the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association and the Havre Boys Cross Country Club to have the club sports adopted by Havre Public Schools were unsuccessful. School board members said the district cannot afford to support two additional sports.

Although the board did not support the proposals, a motion to reject them outright failed when it resulted in a 3-3 tie vote among school board members. The tie vote meant the board took no action on the requests. The three members who opposed the motion did not say they supported the requests, but wanted to postpone the board's decisi...