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The Chinook Sugarbeeter and Harlem Wildcat wrestling teams stepped back on the mat this past weekend beginning in Shelby Thursday. Both teams took part in the Cut Bank Booster Wrestling Tournament Friday and Saturday. After a long Holiday break the wrestlers from Blaine County performed very well. The Sugarbeeters had seven wrestlers in the field while the Wildcats entered eight. Harlem senior Gavin Horn finished fourth in the 113 pound weight class picking up three wins in the tournament and...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued their march through the District 9C and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds stretched their win streak to four games as both teams began 2018 with a pair of wins and the Harlem Wildcats remain undefeated in the District 2B. The Chinook Sugarbeeters took on the Harlem Wildcats Thursday night in a non-conference tilt to begin the new year. The Sugarbeeters started fast taking a 10-2 lead on the strength of six points from junior Cord Schneider and a three point...
The high school basketball schedule resumed this past weekend with a full slate of games. all four Blaine County teams were in action for the first time in 2018. The Harlem Wildcats continued their hot start to the season picking up a 50-17 win over the Chinook Sugarbeeters Thursday night and a 63-33 win over the Glasgow Scotties Saturday afternoon to improve to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in District 2B play. The Turner Tornadoes also secured a pair of wins to begin the new year. Friday the Tornadoes...
Chinook resident Tammy Williams has served the public for 33 years and this past Thursday was sworn in as Blaine Counties next Clerk and Recorder. Williams will take over the position from Sandi Boardman who is retiring. Williams took the Oath of Office from Judge Perry Miller in a small ceremony in the Blaine County Courthouse that included family, friends and coworkers. Williams is a Chinook High School and Northern Montana College graduate and began her tenure serving the public 33 years...
The high school basketball and wrestling teams have been enjoying the holidays like the rest of us but they have also been hard at work preparing for their next competition. The Chinook Sugarbeeter boys, and the Harlem Ladycat girls basketball teams entered the break with identical 5-1 records and sit at the top of their respective districts while the Turner Tornado girls closed out 2017 at 4-2. The Sugarbeeter wrestling team has been improving greatly from week to week to begin the season and...
Standing on the cusp of a new year it's probably a bit too soon to try and describe how we will recall 2017. Still, it's tradition with news outlets to try and summarize the major news that defined the year. This year we decided to summarize the stories we thought were of note by topic rather than in a chronological order. So, here's what we think were some of the significant stories for 2017. Politics: While there were no regular national or state elections in 2017, there were elections at...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters picked up a big win over the Box Elder Bears Tuesday night and then cruised past the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 69-34 Wednesday to remain undefeated in District 9C play (4-0) and improve to 5-1 overall. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds picked up two more conference wins this week defeating the North Star Knight in Gildford Thursday, and on Friday the Thunderbirds blitzed the Big Sandy Pioneers to improve to 3-1 in District 9C play and 4-2 overall The Turner...
The Harlem Wildcats and Turner Tornadoes rolled through the first three weeks of the 2017-18 high school basketball season compiling identical 5-1 records having picked up a pair of wins this pasty week. Turner methodically opened up a big lead Monday evening, eventually topping the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks 66-37. Tuesday they concluded 2017 with a non conference 54-34 win over the Dodson Coyotes. Turner closes out 2017 with a 5-1 over all record and are 2-1 in District 9C play. The...
The High school basketball season kicked into high gear this past weekend as a Harlem Wildcats, Chinook Sugarbeeters, Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Turner Tornadoes all begin the conference season Each team has a couple of its games under their belt, having played in their own respective preseason tournaments but now the games have a bit more meaning as District 2B and District 9C play got underway. The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats both picked up a pair of important wins to begin...
During the first two weeks of the Chinook Sugarbeeters, Harlem Wildcats, Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Turner Tornadoes each saw action various preseason tournaments in preparation for the start of the conference schedule. This past weekend all four local teams were in action. The Harlem Wildcats stormed past the Malta M-ettes 64-34 at home Friday night and then outlasted the Wolf Point Wolves 48-46 Saturday afternoon the start District 2B play 2-0. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds came back...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team continues to make strides as their season moves along. This past weekend the team was in Fort Benton for the Longhorn mixer, Friday they were at the Charles M. Russell Holiday Classic and Saturday the team split time between the CMR and the Great Falls Bison Invitational. The CMR Holiday Classic, now in its 40th year is one of the most prestigious wrestling tournaments in the state and features wrestlers competing from all over Montana. In all 55 teams made...
It was a big weekend on the hardwood for area Class C and Class B basketball teams as the Harlem Wildcats, Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds saw their first action of the 2017-18 campaign. The Chinook Sugarbeeters easily won their opener defeating the Dutton/Brady Diamondbacks 64-21 and then fell in a thriller on a last-second shot to the Sunburst Refiners 71-69. The Harlem Wildcats were in Pablo on the campus Salish Kootenai College for the Annual Native American Classic....
The 2017-18 high school Basketball season is in full swing now with the Chinook Sugarbeeters, Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and the Harlem Wildcats getting into the mix of things this past weekend. The Turner Tornadoes began their season last weekend at the Class C Showcase in Glasgow and did not play this weekend. The Sugarbeeters were in Chester as part of the Chester-Joplin-Inverness preseason basketball tournament and returned home with a 2-0 record following a 34-23 victory over the...
Erika Arnold, above left, and Cody Arnold below left show their animals at the NILE Convention in Billings, Montana. The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE). According to the NILE website the event is "dedicated to the promotion of livestock, agriculture education, and preserving the western way of life." The show is a week long and is generally held one week in October. A gathering of contestants and entries from 38 states converge for the week long event. Hundreds of registrants...
The Turner Tornadoes kicked off the 2017-18 basketball season last weekend at The Class C Showcase in Glasgow, now it’s time for the rest of the Blaine County teams to take the court for the first time. The Chinook Sugarbeeters will be in Chester this weekend for a pair of games while the Harlem Wildcats will be at the Native American Classic at Salish Kootenai College to get the season started. The Hays Lodge Pole Thunderbirds will be in Billings taking part at the All American Indian shootout. The season should again be very exciting for h...
The Turner Tornadoes kicked off the 2017-18 basketball season this past weekend at the class C Showcase in Glasgow. Both the boys and the girls teams earned splits while in Glasgow with girls picking up a win over the Lustre Christian Lions 49-38 on Friday. Saturday the girls fell to North Country by a score of 50-37 to start the season 1-1. The boys began play with a 97-78 loss against the Frazer Bearcubs. Saturday the team bounced back to edge the Lustre Christian Lions 68-63 to also begin the season 1-1. Turner 49 Lustre Christian 38 The...
The Chinook sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats got the 2017-18 wrestling campaign off to a fine start this past weekend. The Wildcats were in Cascade where they competed in the Badger Invitational and the Sugarbeeters were at the Havre Invitational The Wildcats had [plenty of success at the Badger Invitational finishing 10th overall as a team. Senior Gavin Horn highlighted the Wildcat wrestling effort by pinning all four of his opponents to win the 113 pound championship. Horn began the...
The Winter Sports seasons finally upon us and with that comes the start of the High School Basketball and Wrestling seasons. The Turner Tornado girls and boys basketball teams will be in action this Friday and Saturday in Glasgow at the Class C Showcase while the Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team will be at the Havre Invitational Friday and Saturday while the Harlem Wildcat wrestlers will be in Cascade Friday and Saturday. The Chinook, Harlem and Hays/Lodge Pole boys and girls basketball teams will begin their seasons next week at various...
It's not very often that students, teachers and the communities of Blaine County in general get to see and be a part of something that in a few short days will be featured at the Nations Capital. The Capitol Tree or as it's often referred to, 'The Peoples Tree' past through Blaine County last Thursday, stopping in Chinook and Fort Belknap on its way to Washington D.C. According to the Capital Christmas Tree website it's beginning is as such: How it Began The tradition of the Capitol Christmas...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Volleyball and Football teams recently concluded their 2017 seasons and now it's time to hand out awards for individual accomplishments this past fall. The Sugarbeeter Volleyball team had another successful season on the court finishing second in the District 6C-East standings and were third at the District 6C-East Tournament advancing to the Northern C Divisional once again. Three Chinook Sugarbeeters received recognition for their contributions to the teams success on t...
The veterans of the United States Military are honored annually on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at 11:11 in the morning in celebrations around the country as we celebrate Veterans Day and honor all those who have served or are currently serving and remember those who gave all. Veterans Day began as Armistice Day in 1926 through a congressional resolution. Armistice Day was celebrated on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at 11:11 a.m., the exact day and time that World War I ended...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters concluded their volleyball season at the Northern C Divisional going 1-2. They began the tournament with a hard fought five set win over the Simms Tigers 20-25, 25-20, 16-25, 25-16, 16-14. Chinook and Simms were the first match of the Northern C and began play bright and early with a 9:00 a.m. start. The Tigers pulled away at the end of the first set to win the opener 25-20. The Sugarbeeters rose to the occasion in set number two, bouncing back with a 25-20 set win of...
The time has come to honor our local 4-H Clubs and their members for another outstanding year of achievements. The cumulative efforts of all of Blaine Counties 4-H Clubs will be on display at the Blaine County Fairgrounds this Sunday at 3:00 p.m. as awards are handed out and spaghetti dinner is enjoyed by all in attendance. The afternoon will get underway with door prizes being given away as well as awards being handed out to members recognizing their achievements during the 4-H year, culminating with the Blaine County Fair in July. This year...
The Blaine County Fair Board is set to provide fans of country music a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a great concert as well as support the Blaine County Fair. Eli Barsi, a up and coming country music performer from southeastern, Saskatchewan, Canada will perform at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building on Thursday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m.. Barsi has received rave reviews from country music critics in the United States and Canada, "Eli Barsi is a talented, traditional-minded country...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and the Harlem Wildcats kept their seasons going after earning spots at the Northern B and C Divisional this weekend following their efforts at their respective District Tournaments. The Chinook Sugarbeeters finished third at the District 6C-East Tournament in Chester earning them a spot at the Northern C Divisional. The Sugarbeeters began the District 6C-East Tournament with a tough match against the host Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks. Chinook raced out to a fast start...
