Lights ready for their big debut

George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected]@havredailynews.com

Despite barely missing out on the 2008 NAIA playoffs, the Montana State University-Northern football team went out on a high note last season. MSU-N ended its year by thumping rival Montana Tech 35-3 on a chilly November Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium. The win gave the Lights a 7-3 record, a second-place finish in the Frontier Conference and the secondbest season in school history. Now, just nine months later the Lights are hoping to start their 2009 campaign like they finished the last o...