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The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds are headed back to the Montana Class 'C' State basketball tournament for the first time since winning it all in 2007. The team punched its ticket to the big dance Saturday night, outlasting the Box Elder Bears 65-61 in the Northern C Divisional title game. Playing in front of a standing room only crown at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls, District 9C foes Hays/Lodge Pole and Box Elder gave fans all they could ask for. Senior Frank RunsAbove has been...
The Northern C Divisional boys semifinal round was filled with three representatives from the District 9C. The Box Elder Bears challenged the Belt Huskies in the first semifinal while the second featured the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and the Chinook Sugarbeeters. The Thunderbirds turned a narrow three-point halftime lead into a 88-71 win over the Sugarbeeters to advance to the Northern C final against a familiar Box Elder Bear team Saturday night. The Thunderbirds entered the Northern C as...
Fans of the Chinook Sugarbeeters, or simply fans of great basketball certainly got their monies worth following the Chinook Sugarbeeters and their journey through the Northern C Divisional basketball tournament. In what essentially was a play in game, the District 9C No. 3 seeded Sugarbeeters opened play Wednesday evening against the Denton-Geyser-Stanford Bearcats, the District 8C No. 3 seed. The winner would advance to the quarterfinal round to face the District 10C No. 1 seed, Sunburst Refine...
The progression of the Chinook Sugarbeeters through the 2016-17 season was a steady display of growth from week to week with the team playing its best basketball in the post season. Saturday morning at the Northern C Divisional the Sugarbeeters season came to a end following a hard fought 54-46 loss to the Heart Butte Warriors. The Sugarbeeters have proven all season long that they will go hard and compete for all 32 minutes of the contest and did so again against the Warriors Saturday morning....
The District 9C Girls Basketball Tournament held this past weekend at the Havre high school gymnasium mirrored the regular season when looking at the final standings as the No. 1 seeded Box Elder Bears edged that No. 2 seeded Fort Benton Longhorns in the championship. In the consolation final it was the North Star Knights topping the Chinook Sugarbeeters while the Turner's Tornadoes and Chester-Joplin--Inverness Hawks each won a game at the tournament. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Big...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds, Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats all advanced to the next round of post season play after getting things done this past weekend. The Thunderbirds finished second at the District 9C Tournament, falling to the Box Elder Bears in the championship 71-57. The Sugarbeeters topped the North Star Knights 48-24 in the consolation final to finish third. Both teams will advance to the Northern C Divisional being played this Wednesday through Saturday at the Four...
The Turner Tornadoes closed out the regular season with a 56-38 win over the Big Sandy Pioneers Friday night. Thursdays contest with the Box Elder Bears was forfeited after school officials determined the inclement weather in the area made travel unsafe for the teams. The Chinook Sugarbeeters dropped a hard fought contest Friday to the North Star Knight 55-48. The Sugarbeeters and Knight combined for 85 free throw attempts with North Star taking 45 and Chinook 40, both made 22 in the contest....
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds secured the number one overall seed at The District 9C Tournament this past weekend as they completed a undefeated conference schedule with a 66-57 win over the Box Elder Bears in Hays Saturday night. The Bears led early 22 - 18 but the Thunderbirds took the lead 37-35 by intermission following a strong second quarter effort. The Thunderbirds continued to increase their lead after the break outscoring the Bears in the second half 29-22. Senior Tyson Shambo led...
The Chinook High School Cheer Squad is under the direction of Head Coach Jerilyn Wood and has been growing in numbers over the years. Near the end of the High School basketball season the squad has held a 'Cheer Camp' the past few years for youngsters grades K-6. Turnout has been very strong and attracts kids from all over Blaine County with the majority coming from Chinook, Turner and Harlem. This years camp included nine cheerleaders and 44 campers. Youngsters were divided into three groups...
The Blaine County 4H Teen Leader Club includes members from all of the local clubs. The group is preparing to host their Annual Valentine Day Dinner and Dance This Sunday, February 12th. The event takes place at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in the Commercial Building. Dinner is being served from 4-6 p.m. with Spaghetti as the main course. The dance will feature the music of the Plowed Under band and will go from 6-9 p.m. A silent auction will also take place during the event. The money that is...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds have nearly wrapped up a District 9C regular season championship with a pair of lopsided conference wins over the Turner Tornadoes 70-26 and the Fort Benton Longhorns 70-19. The Chinook Sugarbeeters overcame a strong start by the Harlem Wildcats to overcome a 13 point halftime deficit and secure a 51-49 win Friday evening. Saturday the 'Beeters racked up 60 first half points, including 39 in the second quarter in defeating the Turner Tornadoes 90-22. Chinook 51...
February 2nd is Groundhog Day, a day that has been looked upon for centuries to determine the arrival of spring. Nowadays the tradition is purely for entertainment purposes. Hollywood made a motion picture appropriately titled “Groundhog Day” and each year thousands of people descend upon Gobbler’s Knob in a small town in Pennsylvania to see if the infamous Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow or not. Groundhog Day’s first modern observance can be traced back to 1886 when the Punxsutawney Spirit printed “Today is Groundhog day, and...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds moved a step closer to clinching the number one seed at this years District 9C Tournament following a pair of lopsided victories over the North Star Knights 73-38 and the Big sandy Pioneers 81-28 to improve to 13-1 overall and 10-0 in conference play. The Chinook Sugarbeeters completed the season sweep of the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks on Friday 57-18. Saturday the 'Beeters fell to the Box Elder Bears 55-43. The Turner Tornadoes picked up another conference...
The Harlem Wildcats avenged a heartbreaking two point loss to Rocky Boy Friday night in a big way, blasting the Morning Stars 87-57. Saturday the girls completed the regular season sweep of the Cut Bank Wolves with a 59-48 win over the District 2B foe. The Chinook Sugarbeeters took control in the second quarter to run away from the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks for a 53-33 conference win. The Turner Tornadoes also picked up win over the Hawks, escaping with a narrow 58-56 victory to complete th...
The Northern B/C Divisional takes place this Saturday in Shelby with wrestling getting underway at 10 a.m. The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats concluded the regular season in Malta this past weekend and wrestled very well in the process. Chinook senior Tate Niederegger and Harlem senior Reece Hutton each claimed individual titles. Niederegger won the 145 pound weight class with a 11-7 decision. Hutton's championship came at 205, also by decision, 3-1. Chinook junior JJ Colby, sophomore...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters regained their winning ways this past week with a pair of wins over the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds Friday night 45-34 and the Big Sandy Pioneers Saturday 54-30 to even their season record at 6-6 and improved to 4-5 in conference play. The Turner Tornadoes also found the win column this past week as they completed their season sweep of the Dodson Coyotes Tuesday night with a 56-30 win. The Tornadoes then suffered a pair of tough losses to the North Star Knights 49-36...
There are only three weeks left in the High School boys basketball season and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds continue to roll through their regular season schedule. The Thunderbirds picked up two more impressive wins knocking off Chinook 60-43 Friday night and then topping the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks 77-24 Saturday to improve to 11-1 on the season and maintain their top seed in The District 9C Standings The Chinook sugarbeeters bounced back Saturday night with a impressive 75-38 win...
The Turner Tornadoes 56-26 win over the Big Sandy Pioneers this week gave them a 7-2 record as the season reached the midway point on the schedule. The Tornadoes suffered their second conference loss a day earlier, falling 66-24 to the top seeded Box Elder Bears. As it stands the Tornadoes sit in 4-2 in the District 9C. Chinook fell to 4-6 overall and 2-4 in District play following a pair of setbacks to the North Star Knights 45-42 Friday and the Fort Benton Longhorns 44-40 0n Saturday....
Chinook High School Athletic Director Paula Molyneaux has announced that Chinook High School has been granted permission from the MHSA to Live Stream home boys and girls basketball games. The Sugarbeeters games against Fort Benton this past weekend were available on-line and this weekends contests with the Big Sandy Pioneers will be as well. For more information contact the school or visit their website: chinookschools.org. Their is a $10 monthly fee to use the service which provides you access to live and on demand events. Fort Benton and...
The midway point of the high school basketball season has the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds in control of the District 9C The Thunderbirds picked up two more impressive wins over the weekend, including a huge 70-64 win over the Box Elder Bears. Hays/Lodge Pole also defeated the Roy/Winifred Outlaws on Friday but no box score was received. The Chinook Sugarbeeters split their weekend games, falling to the North Star Knights 43-40 Friday night and slipping past the Fort Benton Longhorns 47-37 on...
Chinook High School senior Brooke Elliot recently was nominated by the school for the National Society of the American Revolution Good Citizen's Award for the 2016-17 school year. Nominations for the award included students from Power, Big Sandy, Conrad, White Sulphur Springs, Shelby, Great Falls, Cascade, Simms, Belt, Chouteau and Fairfield High School's. Power's Wednesday Rehm ultimately was chosen as the winner. Elliot is a active member of the school and community and is involved with...
The Turner Tornadoes are off to there best start in school history after picking up a resounding 73-44 win over the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and there first every win over the Chinook Sugarbeeters 41-33 to improve to 6-1 on the season. The Harlem Wildcats also picked up a huge win, topping Chinook 42-33 for there first over the 'Beeters since they were conference foes in the class B ranks. The Wildcats also fell to the Malta M-ettes 63-31 and the Glasgow Scotties 46-26 to fall to 4-3 on the...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds got 2017 off to an electric start as the two teams combine to go 5-0 in their first week of action since the Holiday break. The Thunderbirds won all three of their contest, easily dispatching the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks 87-28 to begin the week. The then took care of the Turner Tornadoes 93-43 and the Fort Benton Longhorns 73-46 to improve to 7-1 on the season. The Sugarbeeters won both their contest using strong second half efforts...
There was a lot going on in Blaine County over the past twelve months and as we get ready to turn the calendar to January, 2017 we at the Blaine County Journal~News Opinion would like to take the time to look back on some of those events. We did not attempt to compile a 'Top 10' list as those seem to be arbitrary at best, but did want to include as many highlights from the past year as we could in our review. In looking through a years worth of front pages we came up with this selection of...
All four Blaine County girls teams head to break with winning records It's been a long time since all four area high school girls basketball teams have entered the holiday break with winning records but that is exactly what has happened this year. Harlem earned a split last week with a very tough 56-54 loss to Rocky Boy and a 65-54 win over the Cut Bank Wolves finishing 2016 with a record of 3-1. The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds stand at 3-2 and earned splits prior to...
