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The Chinook Sugarbeeters dropped a 40-20 Northern Eight-man Subdivision contest to the Cascade Badgers Friday 40-20. The Badgers got on the scoreboard first midway through the opening stanza but the 'Beeters would respond on the ensuing possession. Junior James Christensen started the drive with a five yard blast and then finished it with an 11 yard power run across the goal line. Junior Trajan Hannum hooked up with junior Brendan Edwards for the conversion and the 'Beeters were on top 8-6. The...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters fell to the North Star Knight Thursday in a long and grueling five set match, 26-24, 25-18, 21-25, 14-25, 13-15. The team will look to bounce back this weekend when they host conference foes Big Sandy and Hays/Lodge Pole this Friday and Saturday. Chinook took a back and fourth opening set 26-24 scoring well at the net. Junior Megan Molyneaux collected a trio of kills while senior Erin Pula, junior Kourtney Hanson and junior Rachel Gunderson each slammed home a pair. Molyneaux and senior Sierra Swank each had four...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters picked up their first win of the season this past Friday of the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks 18-16. The win evens the 'Beeters mark at 1-1. It seems as though every time the 'Beeters and Hawks meet on the gridiron fans are in for a treat and Fridays contest was no exception. The teams traded possessions through the bulk of the first quarter but the Sugarbeeter put together a nice drive late in the stanza that culminated with Chase Moxley's one yard touchdown run on...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds kicked off their 2017 football season at home this past Saturday welcoming the Rocky Boy Stars to town. The Thunderbirds and Stars are accustomed to playing games against each other where the score reaches 90, but those are usually in Winter during the basketball season. Saturday the teams combined for 194 points in a game won in overtime by Rocky Boy 98-96. The Stars led early 28-14 but the Thunderbirds kept clawing back. Moke Cliff scored late in the fourth quarter to give the Thunderbirds a 90-84 but the...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters began conference play last Thursday in Box Elder. The reigning District 6C East champions dispatched the Bears in straight sets 25-13, 25-17, 25-19 to begin conference play 1-0. Friday and Saturday the 'Beeters were back on their home court as they hosted the 35th Annual Chinook Invitational Volleyball Tournament. The Varsity Sugarbeeters were joined in the field by the Malta M-ettes, Glasgow Scotties, Geraldine/Highwood Rivals, Simms Tigers, Chester-Joplin-Inverness...
The Chinook Golf Course and Country Club is holding a Community Dinner and Live Auction this Saturday, September 9 at the Blaine County Fairground Commercial Building. The fundraiser is to help raise funds for maintenance and upkeep of the course. Equipment needs to be repaired or updated, fertilizer, bug spray, sand are all other common needs for the course to be able to work properly in addition to many other needs. There is a lot of things planned for the night which begins with a social hour at 4:00 p.m. Beverages are being handled by the C...
Volunteering your time and effort to help others is a fantastic thing to do no matter how old you are but is always refreshing when it is a young person recognizing and wanting to do something to help his or her community. Chinook sixth grader Clara Laird is one such person. The energetic 11 year old first began thinking about wanting to volunteer somewhere way back in fifth grade as the school year began to wind down. "I just thought that their had to be something that somebody my age could do...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters capped their first weekend of action on the court with their fourth title in a row at the Malta Invitational. Friday the girls fell in four sets to the Fort Benton Longhorns at home. In their opening match of the season it was the Longhorns that controlled the match early taking the first two sets 25-17 and 25-21. The third set saw Chinook take charge early scoring the first seven points before a Longhorn timeout. Fort Benton responded with another mini-run but it was...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter football team traveled to Choteau this past Saturday to face the Bulldogs in their first Eight Man football game since being reclassified from the Class B ranks. The 'Beeters played the Bulldogs tough early but experience began to show as the game wore on leading to a 38-0 Choteau win. Head Coach Christian Lehnert understands that this team is young and needs to be more productive on offense, "We need to score in order to win football games so we need to learn to find...
The Harlem Wildcats began the 2017 season in Malta this past weekend with three teams competing on the day. Head Coach Kim Faulkinberry has been working hard on building a program that has experienced a surge in numbers the past few seasons. The girls were competitive in all their matches and look to be a much improved team. The Wildcats picked up a win in pool play over the Nashua Porcupines 25-23. Harlem opened up a big lead early before Nashua mounted a comeback. The Wildcats however...
High School football, volleyball and cross-country teams throughout the class B and Class C began practice earlier this month and the first competition is scheduled for this weekend. One of the great joys of my job has been covering the local teams in our area for the past several years. I have thoroughly enjoyed covering state championship football games for the Chinook Sugarbeeters and a Big Sandy Pioneers, following them throughout the season and relaying to our readers all the excitement that went along with their journey is something that...
The 2017 fall football schedule has a completely different look to it and will have more than a few people asking questions. Others may see it as the way it used to look. Choteau and Rocky Boy are now part of the newly formed MHSA 8 Player Football Alignment having done away with the Class C designation. Choteau and Rocky Boy previously competed in the District 1B. Box Elder moves up to the 8 Player Football Alignment after playing six man football the past four seasons. When the dust was all settled in determining where every school was going...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters have been hard at work, practicing twice a day since the first day of practice August 11. First year head coach Christian Lehnert along with his first year assistant Willie Miller will guide the 2017 Sugarbeeter this fall. Lehnert isn't new to the program having served as an assistant the last three years before taking over the head coaching duties this season. Miller was a standout football player and wrestler for the Sugarbeeters before graduating in 2010. Practices...
The Harlem Wildcat football team began practice on August 11th in preparation for the upcoming season. Head coach Kelly Mills has been hard at work bringing this young group up to speed and getting them ready to compete in the revamped Northern B. The Wildcats graduated much of their production from a season ago and will have to rely on a young and inexperienced group. Mills and his staff have been getting the players up to speed quickly and hope to be competitive this season. This years team...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Football team challenged the rest of the Northern C Six-Man football division last fall finishing with a 4-4 record. This season they expect even bigger and better things. Head coach Ronnie Simpson has a seventeen athletes out this fall and his team will surely be ready for the season opener when they host Noxon this Friday. The Pioneers have missed the postseason the past few seasons but this year they expect to be in the thick of it when the first round starts October...
The Chinook sugarbeeters volleyball team is the defending District 6 C East regular-season and tournament champions in fact they're the five-time defending champions. Head coach Mollie Rose and the girls have been hard at work preparing for the upcoming season and expect another banner year. The Sugarbeeters will open play this weekend with a non-conference match Friday when they host the Fort Benton Longhorns. Saturday the team will travel to east to take part in the annual Malta Preseason...
Harlem Wildcat Head Coach coach Kim Faulkinberry has done a fantastic job increasing the number of girls out for the past four years. This season Faulkinberry has continued to build on a program that has been trending upward. More than 30 girls were out for practice when the team took the court for the first day of practice and may reach forty after school starts this week.. The Wildcats have been working hard and will open play this Saturday at the Malta Invitational Preseason Tournament. With...
Big Sandy Pioneers are once again under the direction of Head Coach Shersteen Cline and will look to challenge the rest of the District 6C-East this fall. Big Sandy will begin the season this Friday when they take on the Centerville Miners in a non-conference road match. Saturday the team will head to Belt to play in the Husky Preseason Invitational. The Invitational is a great way for the team to gage where they are on the court and will provide the team with a great opportunity to face a...
To say that Willie Miller is someone many people may remember competing on the football field or on the wrestling mat for the Chinook Sugarbeeters is a safe bet to those who have followed sports along the Hi-Line for even a few years. If you didn't see him play football or see him wrestle you probably heard something about him, some good, some bad, but he made an impression. Miller a 2010 graduate of Chinook High School returns to the sideline this fall as an Assistant Coach for the Chinook...
Cross Country teams in Harlem and Hay/Lodge Pole began training for competition on August 11 in hopes of qualifying for the State meet in Helena October 21. It is our hope to include team pictures and previews for the two schools in next weeks Blaine County Journal ~ News Opinion. Both the Wildcats and Thunderbirds are expected to return a number of athletes who excelled last year at the State Tournament. The Thunderbirds return All-State senior Isiah RunsAbove and All-State junior Gilbert Snow. RunsAbove finished second last fall and Snow...
The Chinook Golf Course will host its 21st Annual Fireball Golf Tournament this Saturday, and 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 twenty 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....
Rob Klingaman a 2013 Chinook High School graduate recently returned from a four week Medical Internship in Italy and this fall will be an Ambassador at MSU Bozeman for the Atlantis Project. Currently Rob is a majoring in Organismal Biology with a focus in cell biology and neuroscience preparing to be to be a surgeon. He will start med school next fall. As of now Klingaman would like to do orthopedic surgery. The medical field wasn't always Robs first choice, after graduating high school as the...
The Chinook Lions and Harlem Swim teams completed yet another stellar season in the pool culminating with an outstanding performance in Lewistown at the State Swim Meet. Several swimmers turned in fantastic efforts and many improved vastly on their times from the Divisional meet and established personal bests. Overall the Chinook Lions finished fourth in the 22 team meet racking up 450 points over the weekend. The teams are based into four classifications (AA, A, B, C) based on the number of...
It was a banner weekend for Blaine County swimmers at the Eastern Divisional in Sidney. 55 swimmers in all qualified to compete on the big stage at the state meet in Lewistown this Saturday and Sunday. The Chinook Lions finished third overall at the Divisional meet and advanced 41 swimmers (91%) to the state finale. The Harlem swim team swam very well as well and will have 14 swimmers (80%) swimming in Lewistown this weekend. Qualifying such a high percentage of their rosters is a testament to...
The summer swim season has reach the home stretch and teams from Chinook and Harlem are working hard this week to prepare for the Eastern Divisional Swim meet in Sidney this weekend and advance as many swimmers as they can to the State swim meet in Lewistown August 5th and 6th. The Chinook Lions wrapped up their regular season with a strong showing in Roundup this past Saturday and Sunday and the Harlem Swim team split their roster between Roundup and Conrad. Several swimmers established...
