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For Seth and Bryanna Goodman and their family this Saturday was the first time they participated ever in an O-Mok-See. "It's a good family experience." They all stood by the fence, with their horse, waiting for one of the children's names to be called. It was a children's race as mom or dad ran along-side the horse as their children rode in the saddle. Tommy is the name of their horse. "He is a really good little pony." Bryanna said, "Ya, this is fun, I'm really excited we can be a part of...
The Big Sandy Swim Team placed first as a team at the Harlem Swim Meet, outscoring second place Chinook by nine points. The team also brought home five high-point trophies and set three new pool records. On the girls' side of the action, Astrid Ketchum brought home high point honors for the 8-under girls. Mackenzie Werk placed third overall for the 8-under girls. Keirra Oats placed 3rd in the 9-10 girls and Jai Baumann placed 6th in the 11-12 girls division. Three swimmers placed in the 13-14...
The Class C Northern Divisional Track Meet was held May 16th at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls. The Pioneers advanced four athletes to the state meet to be held May 24-25 in Laurel. Divisional favorite Ryan Roth got boxed in by a pair of runners in the last 30 meters, but finished in third place in the 3200. Teammate Jeremiah Genereux ran a personal best in the 3200 to place fifth. Genereux also placed 6th in the 1600. Parker Proulx tossed the javelin 155'7" to place second, while his brother...
The Big Sandy boys track team captured second place at the District 9C track meet on May 8th. The team scored a total of 78 points, to edge out the tied 3rd place finishers NorthStar Knights and Chinook Sugarbeeters. Several of the Pioneers brought home first place finishes. Clint Darlington won the triple jump with a distance of 40'4". Parker Proulx tossed the javelin to a season high finish of 157'11". Ryan Roth set another personal best in the 3200, with a time of 10:47. He added a 5th place...
The Pioneers competed in two track meets this week, the Fairfield Belt Invitational and the Cascade Top 8. Thirty one teams were invited to the Fairfield-Belt meet, which featured the majority of the Class C and B Northern Divisions. In the discus, Kade Strutz brought home a 3rd place finish, while Brock Proulx placed 6th. Strutz placed 5th in the shotput and Brock Proulx placed 7th. Parker Proulx placed 7th in the javelin. The distance running duo of Ryan Roth and Jeremiah Genereux placed 5th...
It was a windy day, like most spring track meets. I saw him coming down the cement stairs from the track field. I asked him if he likes track. He said, "Yes. I run the 100 and the hurdles." Although I learned later, he's never runs the hurdles but wanted to and on that day, he was going to get a chance to. He just loves being a part of a team and playing sports. His skill levels will not make him a winner, but he loves the camaraderie like sitting with friends on the bus and running in the same...
Dorothea Merrill has waited two years to be a part of the state champion Big Sandy Barracudas swim team. Registration is now opened for this year's team. You must be five years of age and able to swim the length of the swimming pool before you can join the team. The registration fee is $50 per swimmer or for a family there is a $125 cap. There is also the cost of a summer swimming pass to the Big Sandy Pool, which will be $60 for a single pass and $100 for a family pass. You must also buy a...
Girls Results 100 Meters - Erin Taylor 15.11; Madison Terry 15.45; Bailey Gasvoda 15.61; Abriana Blanton 16.94 200 Meters - Erin Taylor 31.07; Madison Terry 31.70; Jozlyn Baumann 36.76 400 Meters - Erin Taylor 1:10.39 800 Meters - Seanna Demontiney 3:09.20 1600 Meters - Seanna Demontiney 7:08.88 100 Meter Hurdles - Bailey Gasvoda 19.47; Abriana Blanton 21.10; Alicia Bjornstad 22.18 300 Meter Hurdles - Bailey Gasvoda 54.75; Abriana Blanton 56.08; Alicia Bjornstad 1:00.08 4x100 Relay - Bailey...
The Pioneer track athletes competed in two meets this past week: The Cal Wearly Memorial in Havre and the Choteau Acantha in Choteau. The Havre track provided its typical cold and windy conditions throughout the day. Despite the weather, the boys team placed 7th of 28 teams. The Cal Wearly meet hosted over 700 athletes this year, and showcased many of the Northern Divisions athletes competing in their first meet of the year. Ryan Roth raced to personal records in both the 1600 and 3200, while Brock Proulx and Kade Strutz marked impressive...
Reinhard Bold has been wrestling since kindergarten. This year he is in the seventh grade. That means he has already committed 8 years to his sport. This year he won the Montana State AAU wrestling in the 125-pound weight class. This allowed him to travel to Des Moines Iowa to wrestle in the U.S.A AAU National Middle School Tournament. He was given an All-American award for winning five matches out of eight. He traveled with Team Montana out of Havre. There were three teams each with 22...
The Pioneer track team competed in Cut Bank this past weekend in their first track meet of the season. Despite frigid morning conditions that postponed the jumping events for two hours, the boys came home with a second place finish in the meet. Leading scoring for the Pioneers were Kade Strutz with a first place finish in the discus and second place in the shot, and Brock Proulx, who finished first in the shot and second in the discus. Ryan Roth finished first in the 3200 and 4th in the 1600....
I want to express the passion that we share. Thank you parents for your support, your help and your dedication. We all make it happen! Each year we grow. Each year we learn. We’ve gone from taking three to State and placing one to taking 13 to State and placing six. We’re going to keep growing, we’re going to keep achieving, we’re going to keep setting higher goals! Thanks to my wrestlers! Thanks for working hard. Thanks for giving me everything. Thanks for giving me your best. You’re a special group. We’re not finished yet! Stay tuned! Next...
March 1 at 5:30 10 different school will bring their grade school children for a wrestling tournament here in Big Sandy. If you want to get a good seat you have to go. Schools attending are Malta, Hays, Chinook, Havre, Fort Benton, Chester, Cut Bank, Shelby, and some Great Falls. Big Sandy has 16 athletes; seven are in the six and under, four are in the eight and under and the rest are in the 10 and under. There will be eight mats of wrestlers competing at the same time. All 16 work hard. Coach...
After years of no cheerleaders, Big Sandy High School finally obtains a new cheer team! Audrey Sipler, Jozlyn Bauman, Amaya Edwards, Hope Gasvoda and coach Morgan Simpson formed a wonderful cheer team for school support, team spirit, and positive energy around the community. Throughout the volleyball, football, and basketball seasons, the cheerleaders have worked extremely hard to support the teams and bring spirit to the crowds. The girls would have practices after school where they would make...
The Big Sandy boys and girls basketball teams concluded their seasons this past weekend at the District 9C Tournament. Played at the Havre High School gymnasium last Wednesday through Saturday it was decided what three boys and girls teams would represent the District at the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls this week. Both teams gave a valiant effort, and competed hard every second they were on the court. Unfortunately, the Pioneers were unable to secure one of those spots. The girls began p...
The regular season is in the books and the teams are locked into their positions heading into the District 9C Tournament. The Big Sandy Pioneer boys finished the season with a big win at home Friday night over the Turner Tornadoes, 70-60 and fell unexpectedly Saturday afternoon to the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 56-43. The girls were defeated Friday by a score of 62-24 and then held a lead for much of the contest against the Hawks Saturday afternoon before having it slip away late in a 28-26...
With just one week remaining in the high school basketball season the Big Sandy Pioneer boys picked up a pair of wins to improve their position within the District 9C standings. Friday night the Pioneers knocked out the North Star Knights 56-46. Saturday at home against the Box Elder Bears, the Pioneers came from behind to earn a 58-52 win and improve to 6-6 in District 9C play and 9-7. The wins also moved the Pioneers into the No. 4 spot in the district standings. The Pioneer girls on the...
The Big Sandy Pioneer boys and girls basketball teams were at home on Friday night as they hosted the Denton/Geyser-Stanford Bearcats in a non-conference basketball game. Both teams played well but fell short of picking up a win. The girls were defeated by a score of 67-45 while the boys came up short 62-45. Saturday afternoon they were in Hays to take on the Thunderbirds as they stepped back into District 9-C play. The boys suffered another loss, falling 84-57 while the girls were defeated...
Last week was an end to a busy month for the Fort Benton/Big Sandy wrestling Co-op regular season. Tuesday January 22, they competed in Belt, on Thursday January 24 Big Sandy High School was the home host, and a couple wrestlers finished up in Simms on Friday January 25. In Belt, Fort Benton Senior Connor Schnabel won all 3 of his matches, Brock Hanford won both his matches, Colter Ball won his lone match, and Big Sandy's Bayley Genereux won a match. In Big Sandy Bayley, started the night off...
“Wrestling is a mentally, strong sport, that taught all four of our boy’s self-discipline.” “It’s a sport that taught my kids how to win, and lose graciously”. These are two quotes from mothers that had their sons in wrestling from when they were in the Little Guy wrestling program all the way through till they graduated high school. In other words, wrestling is worth supporting. There is a high school wrestling mixer here in Big Sandy Thursday 24th at 5 p.m. The mixer will feature wrestlers from CJI, Chinook, Harlem, and Malta. Coach Tucke...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys basketball teams began the second half of the district 9C conference schedule this past weekend. Unfortunately the results remained the same. Friday the girls and boys were in Fort Benton to take on the Longhorns. Big Sandy fell in the girls contest 69-20 and were defeated in the boys game 67-53. Saturday in Chinook the girls lost 44-24 while the boys suffered a 70-39 setback. In Fort Benton junior Lainey Gregory dropped in a pair of three point buckets to...
On January 10th the wrestling team traveled to Fairfield for a wrestling mixer. Connor Schnabel, Dillin Geyer, and Hayden Axtman were 2-0 on the night, Colter Ball and Brock Hanford both got a win each at Fairfield. The team traveled to Choteau the next day January 11th- 12th for the Choteau Classic wrestling tournament. Connor wrestled strong and came away with a 4th place finish. Dillin, Hayden, and Brock got one varsity win and one JV win on Saturday. Colter was able to get to two JV wins on Saturday in Choteau. Last week the wrestlers were...
Girls fall to Turner 68-34 Friday, Chester/J-I 34-32 on Saturday. The Big Sandy boys basketball team has yet to lose in 2019 and have now won four straight to begin the new year. Saturday they defeated the Turner Tornadoes on the road 57-51, Saturday they got past the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 49-43. The girls played hard but finding the win column has been difficult thus far. Friday they lost to Turner 68-34 and Saturday lost a nail biter 34-32 to Chester/J-I. Friday the Pioneers went to...
Defeat North Star 60-48 and Box Elder 55-47 to improve to 5-3 The new year started off very well for the Big Sandy Pioneer boys basketball; team as they picked up a pair of District 9C wins over North Star, 60-48 on Friday and Box Elder, 55-47 on Saturday to improve to 5-3 overall and 2-3 in conference to improve to fourth in the District. The Pioneers girls weren't as fortunate as they fell to the Knights Friday, 62-20 and the Bears on Saturday, 68-29. Junior Ryan Roth knocked down a pair of tr...