George Ferguson Column: These Ponies stood up to mighty Great Falls

I know just how badly the Havre High boys basketball team wanted to beat Great Falls High Thursday night, and how badly they wanted the old Ole Goat Trophy to come home with them on the Blue Pony Express.

And I’m sure I know just how disappointed the Blue Ponies were when they had to make that bus trip home without the goat, because they came so close to making it happen.

That’s life sometimes and it’s definitely sports. You play games like basketball long enough, and there are going to be times when you get disappointed. There are going to be times when things don’t work out the...