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The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird Volleyball team came into the District 7C Tournament as the most improved team this season. Despite what the win column shows, the Thunderbirds made great strides on the court, challenging the top team more often to earn wins. In the matches where they were playing teams other than the favorites they were very solid. The Thunderbirds opened up the tournament with a play-in game against the Box Elder Bears. Hays/Lodge Pole had swept the Bears in two regular season...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters began their 2021 Montana Class C Eight-man football playoff on the road this past Saturday in Fairview. The 7-1 Sugarbeeters entered the contest as the No. 4 Seed out of the North while the 6-2 Warriors entered as the No. 1 Seed out of the East. The 'Beeters looked to get things going early and started on defense forcing the Warriors into a three and out leading to a punt. Senior Toby Niederegger hauled in the punt at their own 22 yard line and returned the ball 20...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2018. The 'Beeters will begin their Montana Class C Eight-man State football playoff run in the same place they saw their season end three years ago. Friday morning the 7-1 Sugarbeeters will board the bus and make the nearly seven hour 275 mile trek east to take on the 6-2 Fairview Warriors. Head Coach Mike Jones said the team will leave Chinook early Friday morning, make a few stops along the way and check into their...
The Harlem Wildcats and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were in Missoula this past Saturday for the Montana All-Class State Cross Country Meet. The Wildcats contingent consisted of seven runners, six in the boys Class B race and one in the Girls Class B. The Thunderbirds had one athlete in the boys Class C race. Harlem senior Taya Trottier capped off a stellar season by earning All-State recognition with a 12th place finish. The Class B girls race consisted of 154 runners in all. Trottier got off...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Volleyball team closed out their 2021 regular season in fine fashion this past week with a pair of conference wins. On Wednesday the 'Beeters took down Hays/Lodge Pole in Straight sets, defeating the Thunderbirds 25-10, 25-5, 25-15. Thursday they won a decisive match over the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 25-14, 25-18, 25-13 to claim the District 7C No. 3 Seed. The Sugarbeeters were originally supposed to take on the Hawks on Tuesday, but a water line break in town force...
The Harlem Lady Cats closed out their regular season schedule with a couple of wins. On Thursday the girls took down the Rocky Boy Morning Stars in Straight sets 25-19, 25-22, 25-11. Saturday they earned the season sweep over the Poplar Indians with another straight set win. Scores and stats for Poplar were unavailable at press time. The Lady Cats honored their senior players and managers prior to the start of Thursday nights game with Rocky Boy. Harlem took an early lead, built it up a bit,...
The (2-14) Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird Volleyball team finished the regular season this past week with a 3-1 setback to the Big Sandy Pioneers. The Thunderbirds continued to show improvement in taking a set from the Pioneers. Hays/Lodge Pole may not have found the win column often this fall but they were certainly competitive in every match they played, making their opponents earn each point. They enter the District 7C Volleyball Tournament as the No. 8 Seed and will take on the No. 9 Seed Box Elder Bears. The Match is set to get underway at...
Blaine County Homecoming Royalty 2021...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters started their 2021 Northern C Eight-man Football Playoff run with a home contest against the Cascade Badgers. The 'Beeters (6-1) entered the contest as the Pool B Subdivision No.2, Cascade (5-3) carried the A Subdivision No. 3 seed. The winner would advance to the State Tournament as either the Northern C No. 3 or No. 4 Seed. The Badgers won the coin toss and deferred to the second half giving the 'Beeters possession to start the game. The teams defenses established them...
Harlem Cross Country seniors Taya Trottier, Creedence Blackbear, Titan Brockie and Daniel Lawrence ran for the final time at home this past Friday. No results were available. The Class B and Class C State Cross Country Meet will be held this Saturday in Missoula....
Blaine County Honors Area Seniors on their respective Senior Nights....
Blaine County Honors Area Seniors on their respective Senior Nights....
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Volleyball team has been playing very well the past couple of week and were looking to solidify the post-season positioning. This past Thursday the girls were in Box Elder where the swept the Bears easily by scores of 25-5, 25-6, 25-7. Friday night the 'Beeters honored their seniors before their contest with the undefeated Geraldine/Highwood Rivals. Like their first meeting between the teams, the 'Beeters took the Rivals the distance before falling in five sets, 25-22,...
The regular season is quickly winding down for the Harlem Lady Cat Volleyball team. This week the Lady Cats played just one match, falling in a tough five set contest to the Wolf Point Wolves 25-23, 15-25, 25-22, 17-25, 12-15. The Lady Cats got the best of the Wolves back in September, winning on the road 3-1. The second go around didn't produce the same results, but despite the loss, the girls played well. The Wildcats and Wolves matched each other point for point in a very even opening set....
The regular season is quickly winding down for the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird Volleyball team. After a delayed start, the girls packed as many games in as they could to get the conference schedule in before tournament time. This past week the Thunderbirds dropped a pair of matches to the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks. The Thunderbirds were very competitive in the first match. They dropped the opening set 25-19. In set number two the girls gave the Hawks all they could handle, but ran out of gas at the end in a 25-22 set loss. Chester/J-I...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters were looking to bounce back after suffering their first loss of the season the previous week. In doing so the boys headed west to Choteau Friday night to face the Bulldogs of the Northern C 'A' Subdivision. When all was said and done the 'Beeters had picked up a 55-18 win to improve to 6-1. The Sugarbeeters forced a punt from the Bulldogs on their opening drive after being able to get nowhere with the run. Senior Toby Niederegger fielded the Bulldog punt at about the...
The Harlem Wildcats scheduled contest with the Great Falls Central Catholic Mustangs was set to be played this past Friday. The Mustangs ended their season after week number two leaving the Wildcats in need of a game. The Rocky Boy Stars agreed to play the Wildcats in Harlem, but with the Stars already scheduled to play a game on Saturday, the contest would have to take place on a Monday. In a rare Monday Varsity contest the Wildcats were able to host the Stars, hold their Senior Night prior to the start of the game and recognize the 1951...
Finally, The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were able to celebrate Homecoming. After being forced to cancel in 2020 and facing a ton of uncertainty to start this season they were able to have a fun and exciting week. A huge Pep Rally was held Friday at the High School Saturday, prior to the start of their contest with the Cascade Badgers the Thunderbirds honored their seniors with their Senior Day walk. Homecoming Royalty were also announced at halftime and a beautiful day for football was...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter volleyball team had a bit of a hiccup in mid September, but have been on a roll since then. The 'Beeters have strung together five straight conference wins to build some momentum. With just a couple weeks remaining in the regular season, the girls would have an opportunity to address that hiccup. This past Friday the Sugarbeeters were in Fort Benton to take on the Longhorns. In the first match back in September the 'Beeters won the opening set before dropping the next thr...
The Harlem Lady Cat Volleyball team had been on a bit of a roll recently, having won three straight matches. This past week the Lady Cats played some spirited volleyball against two quality opponents, but failed to add to their win column. Tuesday the Lady Cats were in Malta where they dropped three tough sets to the M-ettes, 25-19, 28-26 and 25-20. Saturday Harlem was back home to take on the powerful Glasgow Scotties. The visitors took the first two sets 25-14, 25-14. The Lady Cats won set...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds picked up their first conference win against Box Elder on September 28, sweeping the Bears 25-13, 25-16 and 25-10. They began this last week with a match against the undefeated Geraldine/Highwood Rivals. The Thunderbirds competed hard and made the Rivals earn each point but fell in the first match 25-15, 25-16, 25-7 and match number two 25-9, 25-16, 25-14. Saturday the girls hosted the Fort Benton Longhorns, the District 7C No. 2, in a Homecoming doubleheader....
The Chinook Sugarbeeters added to their three match winning streak with a sweep of the Big Sandy Pioneers on the road last Tuesday. Friday the 'Beeters were at home to take on the visiting Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds where they again earned a 3-0 match win. Friday Chinook traveled to Fort Benton to take part in the Annual Longhorn Mid-season Tournament. The 'Beeters swept the Pioneers early in the season and had no problem turning back the Pioneers the second time around. Chinook wasted little...
The Harlem Lady Cats are starting to build some momentum as the team heads into the second half of the season. Head Coach Kim Faulkinberry, her staff and the players have been working hard all season long and that effort is starting to pay off. Early in the season the Lady Cats would hang close to teams but serving errors or mistakes passing always seemed to doom them late in the set or match. Faulkinberry was very confident that the girls were starting to come together and that they were...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds have shown progress and much improvement to start the season. After finally taking the court in week four of the season, Hays/Lodge Pole has shown to be a much more competitive team. Friday the girls held their own against the Sugarbeeters and on Saturday the Thunderbirds were in Gildford taking part in the North Star Showcase. Hays/Lodge Pole competed in the Gildford Pool along with Chester/Joplin-Inverness, Great Falls Central, Centerville, Shelby JV and North...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters headed west this past Saturday to take on the Simms Tigers in a huge Northern C, 'B' Subdivision contest. Both teams began the day with perfect 5-0 records having steam rolled through the competition. The winner would earn the top spot in the subdivision and take on the 'A' subdivision number one for the Northern C Conference Championship. The winner would also be assured of hosting a first round playoff game as either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed when the Montana Class C...
