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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....
The Big sandy Varsity volleyball teams season came to an end following a pair of losses at the District 6C-East Tournament in Chester on Thursday. The Pioneers played hard all season long and continued to do so in Chester but they came up short in a first round loss to the Box Elder Bears 25-13, 25-6 and 25-17. Jaylyn Cline recorded three kills in the match and Lainey Gregory had five assists and two aces for the squad. The loss sent Big Sandy to a loser out match against the Chinook...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Football team locked up the Number 2 seed in Montana Class C State Football playoffs which begin this Saturday. Big Sandy secured that position by defeating the Augusta Elk 43-6 in the final contest of the regular season in front of their hometown fans. The Pioneer defense was responsible for the first points of the game. Clint Darlington tackled the Elk receiver in the end zone for a safety with 4:50 remaining in the first quarter for a 2-0 lead. Moments later freshman Kad...
Big Sandy Pioneer Football team took a huge step to reaching their ultimate goal this season was an impressive 30-22 come from behind win over the Geraldine/Highwood Rivals this past weekend. With the win the Pioneers virtually assure themselves of the Northern Division's number two seed entering the Montana Class C Six-man football playoffs which begin later this month. Geraldine/Highwood was the first team to find the end zone reaching paydirt at the 3:07 mark of the first quarter and then...
The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team concluded their season this past weekend with matches against the North Star Knights on Friday and the Belt Huskies on Saturday. The Knights bested the Pioneers in straight sets 25-20, 25-16 and 25-13. Saturday the Huskies also completed the season sweep with a 25-6, 25-16, 25-14 match win over Big Sandy. The Pioneers will now turn their attention to the District 6C-East Tournament which will take place in Chester October 26-27. Big sandy finished the regular season with a 2-8 conference mark and were 2-12...
The Big Sandy Pioneer football team faced the Valier Panthers in a clash with postseason implications on the line. The Panthers led the Northern C 6-Man Division while the Pioneers were looking to take over the top spot. With so much on the line getting off to a fast start would set the tone for the entire contest. Unfortunately it was the Panther special teams that got that start returning the opening kickoff 69 yards for a 6-0 lead just seconds into the contest. The Panthers found the endzone again later in the opening quarter to extend...
The Big sandy Pioneer volleyball team has had some great moments on the court this season and have won a few sets against quality teams. Unfortunately they haven't been able to string those moments together enough to pick up that big win, but the girls clearly are playing hard and improving as the regular season winds down and tournament time approaches. This past Thursday the girls were in Chinook to face the Sugarbeeters. Big Sandy played together and forced the 'Beeters to earn every point...
The Big Sandy Pioneer football team are a step closer to securing a berth in the upcoming State 6 Six- Man football playoffs following a 56-26 shellacking of the North Star Knights Friday night concluding another outstanding Chili Feed weekend. The Pioneers started fast taking a lead at the 6:00 minute mark of the first quarter when senior Weston Allderdice weaved his way to the endzone from 21 yards out to put Big sandy up 6-0. Allderdice again found the endzone late in the opening quarter,...
The Big sandy Pioneer volleyball team experienced all ends of the sporting spectrum this week falling to Box Elder and North Star in District 6C-East play and then winning their pool and finishing second at the Chester-J-I Mid-Season volleyball tournament. The Pioneers and Bears battled to five sets in their first match of the season but last Thursday it was the Bears that controlled the flow of the contest winning in three sets 25-14, 25-22 and 25-18. Georgia Wortman led the attack with five...