Ponies have a familiar new softball coach

Blue Pony Sydney Huston lays down a bunt during a high school girls fastpitch softball game last spring in Havre.

The head coaching position for the Havre High softball program had sat vacant since the end of last season, but the job has finally been filled.

Danny Wirtzberger is no stranger to coaching Havre Sports, and he can now add Blue Pony fastpitch softball to his list of teams.

Wirtzberger replaces Mike Thill, who coached the Ponies for the past two seasons, but chose to retire after the conclusion of the 2012 season.

"This is something I have thought about doing for the last couple of...