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Melanie Schwarzbach loves running herself. While she was in high school and during her freshman year at Concordia, she ran the sprints and hurdles. It wasn't until she was an adult that she embraced distance running. Melanie has coached track for 20 years and is the track coach again this year. She is excited because the team is almost doubled in size. This year twenty students are now practicing track in the gym and they will wait until the roads are cleared before they go outside. "We have...
The Big Sandy boys and girls basketball teams competed, start to finish every game they played this season and after this weekends District 9C tournament in Havre it is now over with. The girls entered the tournament as the No. 8 Seed and opened play against the No. 1 seeded Box Elder Bears on Thursday afternoon. Big Sandy played a spirited game throughout and were down just 19-9 after eight minutes to the top ranked Bears. Box Elder began to take control in the second, outscoring the Pioneers...
The regular season concluded this past Monday for the Big Sandy Pioneer boys and girls basketball teams and now their sights are set on the District 9C tournament which begins today (Wednesday) and runs through Saturday. The Pioneer boys picked up their second conference win of the season Saturday night with a down to the wire 52-51 win over the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks. After battling their way to a 27-27 tie during first half action the boys were able to secure the victory with a 18-15 a...
The Big Sandy boys and girls basketball teams fell on Thursday to the Box Elder Bears in what would be their only contest of the weekend. The top seeded Box Elder Bears raced past Big Sandy 68-22 after jumping out to a 48-11 half time lead. Big Sandy was paced on the night by junior Jaylyn Cline's eight points. The boys trailed 29-17 at the intermission but were able to cut the Box Elder lead in half by the start of the fourth trailing just 42-36. Big Sandy matched the Bears for much of the...
'The Longhorn/ Pioneer wrestlers traveled to Malta Saturday February 3rd for the Northern B-C Wrestling Tournament. Connor Schnabel won the Championship at 126 lbs. Landon Taylor finished 2nd at 152lbs. Weston Allderdice finished 3rd at 170lbs. These three wrestlers will represent Fort Benton and Big Sandy at the all class State wrestling tournament in Billings February 9-10th. Ethan Davis placed fifth in Divisionals and Hayden Axtman place sixth. Dylan Darlington wrestled tough but came up...
Wrestling Meet results from Great Falls Meet 1/27/2018 6 & under, Liam Simpson - 3 losses by pin, Kyrsta Cline -2 wins by pin, 1 loss by pin, Gabe Cline- 1 win by decision, 2 losses by decision, Tristan Cox- 3 losses- 2 by pin, 1 by decision, Henry Merrill- 3 losses- 2 by pin, 1 by decision, 8 & under, Ridge Cator- 2 wins by pin, 1 loss by pin, Faith Cator- 2 wins- 1 by pin, 1 by decision, 1 loss by pin, 10 & under, Quinn Rodewald- 2 wins by pin, 1 loss by decision, Wes Cox- 2 wins by decision,...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Varsity girls basketball team has shown vast improvement over the course of the season but had yet to find the win column, that is until this past Friday. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds held a 12-4 advantage heading into the second quarter. Things then began to turn around. Sophomore Amanda Cline scored all 9 of Big Sandy's second quarter points and that was one more than the Thunderbirds scored as a team. The Pioneers had a huge second half outscoring Hays/L.P. in the...
The Longhorn/Pioneer Wrestling team traveled to Belt on Tuesday January 23rd. Landon Taylor won all 3 of his matches, Dylan Darlington was 2-1, and Weston Allderdice was 1-1. On Thursday, January 25th the wrestlers were in Big Sandy to honor the Pioneer wrestlers, Seniors Weston Allderdice and Dylan Darlington, and freshman Dillin Geyer. Weston, Landon, Ethan Davis, Connor Schnabel all were 1-0. The wrestlers finished there regular season in Simms on Friday January 26th. Connor was 2-1 and Weston was 1-1. The Longhorn/Pioneer wrestlers had a...
The second half of the District 9C schedule got underway this past weekend. The Pioneer girls and boys varsity basketball teams faced the Longhorns in Fort Benton on Friday and hosted the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Saturday. Big Sandy suffered losses earlier in the season against both teams and this past weekend were unable to turn the tables in the rematch. Friday the girls couldn't keep up with the Longhorns from the outset and were defeated 65-12. Sophomore Lainey Gregory scored 8 in the contest...
Senior Dylan Darlington placed 4th at the Harlem tournament. Big Sandy /Fort Benton will host their Mixer here Thursday....
Colby Cline is the head coach of the Big Sandy Wrestling team. Colby started wrestling when he was 5 years old. He has been involved with coaching wrestling for 20 years. Colby wrestled for Fort Benton when Shawn Webster wrestled for Big Sandy. Cline loves the sport of wrestling and wants his wrestlers to enjoy the sport he loves. He hopes however the boys will learn more than that and gain from the experience of wrestling tools that will help them for the rest of their lives. "I want them to...
Thomas Dilworth is high on Big Sandy Boys Basketball. He is excited for the community to watch the boys play and improve. He promises if you come to the Big Sandy High School gym you'll be impressed with the intensity in which the boys are playing the game. They play an up-tempo game making it fun to watch. You will get your money's worth when you come watch Big Sandy Basketball. Printed on the backs of the boys' basketball shirts is WYW. The team's motto for this year. It means What's Your...
DJ Camp is the head Girls Pioneer Basketball coach. She is a Bahnmiller who played Pioneer basketball for years. She understands the tradition of Pioneer Basketball. DJ said, "I have a lot of respect and love for Pioneer basketball. When I was young I wanted to play basketball for the Pioneers. I have a lot of admiration for the uniform and the number that each girl wears. It helps me have hope for them. This is such a unique group; each girl is an individual. I love them to death and I firmly...
The Big Sandy varsity boys and girls basketball teams played a pair of District 9C games this past weekend against the Turner Tornadoes and the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks. Friday the girls fell to the Turner Tornadoes 62-20. The team played hard throughout and were paced offensively by junior Jaylyn Cline with six points, senior Andrea Rutledge added five in the contest. The Pioneers boys started strong against the Tornadoes taking a 42-32 lead into halftime. Sophomore Brock Proulx scored...
The Big Sandy varsity boys basketball team began the new year by picking up a huge win for the program, taking down the Box Elder Bears 58-50. The Pioneers trailed 11-10 after one and 29-28 by intermission. The Bears extended their advantage to 42-37 entering the fourth quarter. Sophomore Ryan Roth would help lead the Pioneers back by knocking down a triple and converting three of four free throws down the stretch. Sophomore Clint Darlington scored all five of his points in the final stanza and...
The Longhorn/ Pioneer wrestling team travel to Cut Bank Friday, January 5th and Saturday, January 6th. In the team Standings the Longhorn/Pioneers finished 12th out of 26 teams. They had three individual placers, Landon Taylor placed 3rd at 152#, Connor Schnabel placed 3rd at 126#, Hayden Axtman placed 6th at 170#. Dylan Darlington and Ethan Davis each got a win for the team. Dillin Geyer got a victory in JV matches. Landon and Connor’s only lose cane against Class A opponents who went on to win tournament. Hayden was the only freshman to p...
The Big Sandy Pioneer basketball teams closed out 2017 with setbacks against the Denton/Geyser/Stanford Bearcats in both the boys and girls contests. The kids continue to play hard from start to finish and are adjusting to new systems being installed by new coaches. Both the boys and the girls will take full advantage of the holiday break to improve and will be ready to go when they take the court in 2018. Big Sandy will open 2018 with a home contest against the Box Elder Bears on January 4....
The Big Sandy high school basketball teams began conference play this past weekend with a pair of tough road contests in Fort Benton and Chinook. Friday the girls were defeated by the Longhorns by a score of 63-7. Saturday in Chinook the Pioneers stayed close early but Chinook eventually pulled away to earn a 51-30 win over Big Sandy. The boys had a tough go of things as well, falling in Fort Benton 71-35 and in Chinook 68-23 to begin conference play 0-2. The Pioneers will host...
The Longhorn/Pioneer wrestlers were in front of the home crowd this past Thursday December 14th. They won 12 of 16 matches. Ethan Davis won 3 matches. Landon Taylor, Weston Allderdice, Connor Schnabel, Braden Evans, and Hayden Axtman won 2 matches. Dylan Darlington and Dylan Geyer won 1 match. The Wrestlers went to the CMR Holiday Classic tournament on Friday December 15th and Saturday December 16th. Landon, Ethan, Weston, Connor, and Dylan competed against 50 Montana high schools from all...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys Varsity basketball teams began 2017-18 campaign this past weekend at the Annual Chester-Joplin-Inverness Preseason Tip Off Basketball Tournament. The tournament is actually more like a Jamboree where eight teams from the region get together and each play two games over the course of the three days. The benefit of these tournaments is not only to dust the cobwebs off before starting conference play but to give coaches and fans a chance to see teams play that...
The high school wrestling season got underway this past weekend with the Big Sandy Pioneer wrestlers traveling to Cascade. Big Sandy is again Co-Oping with the Fort Benton Wrestling team. Big Sandy has three wrestlers: Seniors Weston Allderdice, and Dylan Darlington, and Freshman, Dillin Geyer. Weston has been wrestling for four years as a Pioneer, Dylan is stepping up for his senior year, and Dillin Geyer is a freshman and wrestled in junior high. Weston Allderdice went 3-2 for 4th placing the...
The Big Sandy Pioneers recently completed a stellar season on the Gridiron. Big Sandy finished second in the Northern C Six Man Football Division and advanced to the second round of the Montana Class C Six Man Football State Playoffs. A big reason for the Pioneer success was the efforts of senior Weston Allderdice and senior Duke Darlington. Both were active on both sides of the ball and provided all the necessary leadership the younger kids needed to rally behind. The Pioneers will certainly...
Two weeks ago our Lady Pioneers traveled to Missoula to watch the Lady Griz take on University of Kentucky and Gonzanga. The team met and visited with the Lady Griz players after one of the games. They were kept busy between the games with practices and workouts....
The Big Sandy Pioneer football season was a spectacular one that saw the team qualify for the Montana Class C Six-man Football Playoffs for the first time since 2012. Their post season run came to an end this past Friday in Bridger with a 42-7 loss to the Scouts in the quarterfinal round of the 16 team field. The Pioneers gave a valiant effort Friday night but a fast start by the Scouts was simply to much to overcome. Bridger scored three first quarter touchdowns going to the air to find the...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Football team made its return to the Montana Class C Six-man football playoffs a successful one with 55-32 victory over the Richey/Lambert Fusion this past Saturday. With the win, the Pioneers advance to the quarterfinal round of the playoffs against the Bridger Scouts next Saturday in Bridger. The Pioneers were playing their first playoff game since 2012 and found themselves down early after the Fusion scored with 5:56 remaining in the opening quarter to take a 6-0 lead....