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The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds are a young inexperienced team when it comes to varsity football. Head Coach Josh Werk and new Assistant Coach Jerry Racine have given the kids the opportunity to change the culture of the program at Hays/Lodge Pole High School. The team hosted a camp, attended another, and put plenty of time in the weight room hoping to bring a new mindset to the field when the season got underway. That opportunity came this past Friday night under the lights in Rocky Boy. The...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter volleyball team got their season started Friday night with a non-conference home match against the Fort Benton Longhorns. The Longhorns are a strong team out of the District 7C, who many consider to be a contender for the State C in Bozeman come November. The Sugarbeeters are a young team looking to familiarize themselves with plenty of new faces on the court at the varsity level. The 'Beeters came out strong to start the match. In a back and forth opening set the...
The Harlem Cross Country team turned in a stellar performance their first time on the course in the 2019 Cross Country season. The Wildcats were in Wolf Point running the Airport Golf Course with more than 90 athletes taking part. The Wildcats took four boys and three girls to Wolf Point with the boys all finishing in the top 25 and the girls top 11. The Wildcats swept the boys and girls races in getting the season off to a great start. Senior Brad Cichosz dominated the boys field running away...
In addition to all the activities going on uptown, the Brew-fest, Color Run, Car Show, etc. The 100 Year Harlem High School All-Class Reunion offered plenty of opportunities for alumni to enjoy competitively. Don Richman hosted a golf tournament at the Harlem Golf Course with the format being determined the morning of the event and dependent on the number of duffers ready to play nine holes. Myron Hoops organized a 3 on 3 basketball tournament Friday afternoon at the elementary courts for the ar...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Cross Country team has been hard at work preparing for the upcoming season. The Thunderbirds are under the direction of up and coming second year Head Coach Amy Snow. Snow is rather new to the coaching profession but she, along with a young Thunderbird team are looking to come together and have a productive season. The Thunderbirds return junior Isaiah Denny, sophomores Randy Buckles and Troy Shambo to the boys team. Running for the first time will be freshman Cash Messerly and Bill Quincy. For the girls, junior Kassie Buckl...
Monday, September 2 is Labor Day and marks the 'unofficial' end of summer. Kids are back in school, high school football and volleyball have began their seasons and many are looking for one last chance to 'get away' before settling into fall and preparing for winter. In the beginning the Labor Day Holiday was anything but the unofficial end of summer. The Labor Movement was at full strength and a number of organizations, some above board and some a little more clandestine were competing for cont...
The Harlem High School All Reunion is finally here with three days of fun scheduled for this weekend. 'Celebrating 100 Years of Harlem Alumni' the fun will get started Friday morning with registration taking place from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Clothing Company. There will be a hospitality room set up at the Little Rockies Senior Center from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. for those who arrive early to gather and visit. Also happening Friday afternoon will be the opportunity for Harlem Alumni to...
Can you feel that? The excitement building within communities all across the country? If your passion is sports, if you have school age children in Junior/Senior High School or even college, you know what I’m talking about. We all have that ‘thing’, that event, that something that makes us feel alive. Some of us are fortunate enough to have a number of ‘things’ to keep us going throughout the year. Some of us have that one ‘thing’, while others may have a few ‘things’, but one they put above the others. For some it’s the beginning of spring...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Volleyball team is back on the court getting ready for the start of the 2019 Volleyball season. The Sugarbeeters have had some great success through the years and this years squad is looking forward to another good year. The Sugarbeeters are again under the direction of Head Coach Paula Molyneaux. Her ties to the program run deep and her volleyball experience is noteworthy. Molyneaux was the Head Coach of the 'Beeter program from 1990-2002. She later came back to the...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter football team had a very productive summer. The team attended the Montana Tech Eight-Man Football Camp in June and the got together with the Belt Huskies and Great Falls Central Mustangs for another team camp. In addition the team was committed as whole to a summer weight lifting program and starts fall camp with a roster ready to hit the ground running. The 'Beeters are led by second year Head Coach Mike Jones. With a full year under his belt with this team and a...
The Hays/Lodge Pole volleyball team has had a difficult time winning matches, especially within the highly competitive District 6C-East. This year the team has a much improved outlook on the season and that can be attributed to the girls putting in some extra work this summer on the court and certainly in the weight room. Head Coach Gemma Mount is back for her second season as the Head Volleyball coach for the Thunderbirds. Mount started coaching at Hays/Lodge Pole with the Junior High program...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds started fall camp light years ahead of where they have been in the past. The Thunderbirds are again led by Head Coach Josh Werk. This is the third season at the helm for Werk and he and his staff have been putting in the work to get this team ready for week one. “Our team has put in a lot of off season work in the weight room. I was able to take some of our lineman to big man camps at Rocky and MSU Bozeman,” said Werk. One huge addition to the staff has been the hiring of Werk’s cousin Jerry Racine as an Assis...
The Harlem Wildcat football team is again under the direction of Head Coach Stacy Cole. This is year number two with Cole at the helm and Harlem is looking to improve on a rough campaign a season ago. According to a roster found on MaxPreps, the Wildcats have seven seniors this fall, they are: Tyree Doney, Taggert Devaney, Randall Brockie, Truth Brockie, Sonny Gray, Brandon Alcorn and Jevyn Schumacher. Juniors include Andrew Rasmussen, Josh Horn Jr., Brent Cole, Austen Welsh, Jeremiah Mount, Cas...
For the past four seasons the Harlem Lady Cat Volleyball program has been on the rise, and after qualifying for the Northern B Divisional the past two seasons the team has reason to be confident heading into the 2019 campaign. Head Coach, Kim Faulkinberry and her staff, have steadily built up the program numbers through the years and have developed a strong group of athletes within the system, but the Lady Cats have also benefited greatly from the co-op formed with Turner High School. Six girls...
The Harlem Wildcat girls and boys Cross Country Teams have been hard at it, getting ready for the 2019 season. Head Coach, Hope Doney, is in her 10th year at the helm of the Wildcat program and is excited about her team this fall. The girls team has three athletes out this fall including All-State senior L'Tia Lawrence, sophomore Taya Trottier and freshman Amelia Blackcrow. Lawrence has excelled in her career running for the Wildcats, winning a number of meets and earning top 15 finishes at the...
The Chinook Golf and Country Club was the benefactor of nearly 100 man hours turned in by club members Ken Schubert and Dan Harry. Ken and Dan took it upon themselves to improve the outdoor facilities at the course that had become a bit of an eyesore to many. "My wife (Evelyn) volunteered," joked Schubert. "I was thinking I'd just throw a couple of coats of paint on it, call it good. One thing led to another and here we are." When all was said and done Dan and Ken replaced all the siding on the...
Harlem Lumber, as it's known now, can trace its roots in the area all the way back to 1926 when it was known as Monarch Lumber. This past Friday Harlem Lumber welcomed customers, family and friends to come check out their new location as part of their Grand Re-Opening. Owner Rod Wagner and his wife Lorie took over the business back in 2012 from her parents, Charlie and Kay Brekke. Wagner has since taken the location to new heights. The biggest test to date was moving out of an outdated building...
Turner Public Schools returned to school last week and students in Chinook, Harlem and Hays/Lodge Pole will start later this week. This means that the streets surrounding the schools will be busy with kids hustling to and from school as well as the buses and parents or family members dropping their children or siblings off. With all the commotion going on it's time to remind everyone to be extra vigilante around the schools, especially the grade schools with the much younger students. Drivers...
The Sweet Medical Center has been for active in the community going way beyond providing necessary medical treatment. A big reason for that community involvement being such a success has been the hard work of Resource Support Specialist Nora Conner. The Sweet Medical Center has been very active getting their message out and doesn't have any plans to scale back any time soon. Conner has been with Sweet Medical for the past four and a half years and says she wears many hats while performing her...
The Chinook Golf Course held the 23rd Annual Fireball Tournament this past Saturday and again the course was packed with players. Plenty of hole prizes were available including a Trip to Hawaii and $5,000 Hole in one Prizes and even a $10,000 three putt challenge. The team of Jake Diemert, Gerry Vies, Lane Seymour and Mike Seymour took top honors with a score of 59. The quartet also won the Calcutta with a back nine score of 29. Jeff Brandon, Cory Brothers, Jay Jamieson and Cale Kaupp were the...
The Harlem Golf Course played host for the Richman Insurance/EZ-Mart Golf Tournament this past Saturday. Thirteen teams made up the field with four people per team. Playing in a scramble format, the tournament began with registration at 9:00 a.m. followed by a Calcutta, with teams teeing off at 10:00 a.m. A 'Scramble' is played with all four players hitting from the same spot, the team will then choose the ball they would like to play next and everyone will hit from there. The order players hit...
The Chinook Golf Course will host its 24th Annual Fireball Golf Tournament this Saturday, and as has been the case the past several years a full field is expected. The tournament has been played with as many as 22 teams in the past but the optimal number is 18-20 and that is what can be expected this weekend. The tournament is the biggest of the year for the course and this Saturday players will have the opportunity to win some huge cash prizes or potentially even a trip to Hawaii. Each team consists of four players and uses a scramble format....
The summer swim season came to an end this past weekend in Sidney, Montana as the Montana Federation of Swimmers summer season concluded with the State Meet. The Chinook Lions swim team swam very well, capturing the Class A Division Team Championship. The Lions had one individual High Point winner, Katie Tilleman and four individual state champions and two relay wins as well. The Harlem swim team had an exceptional season in the pool and finished second at the state meet in the Class B Division....
The Aero Bar served as a gathering spot for many decades. Located on the west side of Indiana street on the 200 block it was a fixture within the community. In January of 2019 ownership changed hands with JoAnne and JD Powell taking over. They soon changed the name to the Bear Paw Saloon and began work on upgrading and modernizing the establishment. The couple had long wanted to open a bar and when this opportunity came along they were all in. With the idea being to attract a larger crowd, the thought of hosting ‘Open Mic’ nights, bands and...
The Blaine County Sheriff's Department and the Chinook Police Department play a vital role in keeping the citizens of Blaine County secure with a place to call home and feel comfortable with going about their daily lives. Volunteer Fire Departments in Chinook, Turner, Harlem, Fort Belknap and the Bear Paws add another level of protection. An active Boarder Patrol along with the Montana Highway Patrol, assistance from Federal and Tribal Agencies as well as neighboring counties when needed takes...
