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It has been a hot and muggy August in the gym for the Lady Pioneers. After watching the American Beach Volleyball duo of Kerri and April battle it out in the heat of Rio, inspiration was in no short supply. Big Sandy volleyball is very positive with former Pioneer standout volleyball player Shersteen Cline, coming in to coach the team and hopes and dreams are running high. Coach Cline and the Lady Pioneers headed to Centerville on Friday to kick-off the season. Saturday the team was back in the...
The Pioneer football team had a bye week to start the season so they took the opportunity to go watch the neighboring Box Elder Bears take on Hot Springs. The Bears finished second in all of Class C Six-Man football a season ago and Hot Springs is always a powerhouse. The boys witnessed a shellacking that could strain any players positive attitude. A score of 75-0 shocked me a bit since the last time the Bears played Hot Springs it was the Bears victory of 42-40 and sent them to the state...
The Big Sandy Barracuas swim season came to a dramatic end on Sunday in more ways than one. The team finished with their highest ranking in the state ever with the Roaring Lion fire providing a striking backdrop for team photos. The Barracudas captured the second place trophy in the Class A division, edging out western division rival Columbia Falls, and taking down Glendive, Roundup and Malta from the eastern division. The Scobey Swim Team, whose team comprises of 44 swimmers, took the Class A...
The Big Sandy Barracudas took 4th place overall with 32 swimmers competing at the Western Divisional Meet this past weekend. The Barracudas finished behind the Bitterroot Swim Team, Conrad and Columbia Falls. This is very impressive, considering that Big Sandy has the smallest school enrollment of any team in the Montana Federation of Swimmers. Our 4th place finish means that we will be swimming in the "Class A" division at the state meet. Class qualifications for state are determined...
The Big Sandy Barracudas took 5th place overall with 32 swimmers competing at the Fort Benton meet this past weekend. The Barracudas competed in their largest meet this season, with approximately 400 swimmers taking to the pool. Bringing home high point honors for the Barracudas was Brady Pleninger with wins in the 100 M free, the 100 M back and the 50 M free. Also earning high point honors in the 11/12 boys category was Dillin Geyer (2nd place) and Cameron Schwarzbach (3rd place). Scoring wins...
The Big Sandy Barracudas took 4th place overall with 23 swimmers competing at the Columbia Falls meet this past weekend. Bringing home high point honors for the Barracudas was Dillin Geyer in the 11/12 boys category, chalking up wins in the 50 M free, 50 M fly and a 2nd place in the 50 M back. Brady Pleninger snagged another high point trophy in the 13/14 boys category with wins in the 100 M free and the 100 M back and a 2nd place finish in the 50 M free. The 13/14-year-old boys relay teams...
The Big Sandy Barracudas took 35 swimmers to the Chinook meet this past weekend. They placed 4th over all as a team out of 14 teams. Bringing home high point honors for the Barracudas was Dillin Geyer, who chalked up wins in the 50 M free, 50 M fly and 50 M back. Brady Pleninger remains undefeated in the 100 M Backstroke and the 13/14-year-old boys relay teams also remain perfect, scoring wins in the free and medley relays. Swimming for the first time for the Barracudas were Jaesun and James...
Rylee Rice of Ainsworth, NE is shown here with all 4 of her gold medals that she earned in the Nebraska JR high championship meet Saturday May 14, 2016. Rylee earned 40points to help lead the Lady Bulldogs to a team win and earning herself Female Most Valuable Athlete of the meet. Rylee qualified for the all class meet by ranking in the top 24 of each of her events. She held the top spot in the 100 hurdles, 200 hurdles, 1600 meter run, and the 800 meter run. It was a beautiful track day for...
The fifth and sixth grade basketball season came to a close last weekend capping off a great six weeks. From 4:00 to 5:30 four days a week the gym was an anthill of activity with 25 kids fine-tuning their basketball skills. Both the boys and girls team were fairly young and had half their respective team mate up of new comers. The girls had 15 girls- seven 6th graders and eight 5th graders. The boys will only be losing one for next year as nine of the ten boys were 4th and 5th graders. Even...
The fifth and sixth grade basketball season is coming to an end this Saturday, April 17. They will be playing here at home. Games start with the girls at 9:00 a.m. and the boys will play at about 10:00 a.m. Each team will play a second game at roughly 3:00 p.m. for the girls and 4:00 p.m. for the boys. Come and cheer on the future Pioneers....
The Big Sandy Pioneer basketball season came to end at the District 9C tournament in Havre following a pair of losses by both the boys and girls teams. Both teams faced the top seeded Box Elder Bears in their opening contest. Box Elder defeated the girls by a score of 59-8 sending them into a loser out contest Friday morning. The girls were then defeated by the Chester-J-I Hawks, 56-28 ending their season. The boys fell to Box Elder by a score of 112-21 in the opener and were defeated by the...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys basketball teams have concluded their regular season schedule and now turn their attention to the District 9C Tournament. The girls finished the season 1-13 in conference play and 1-17 overall but gave every opponent their best effort for 32 minutes. The boys failed to win a game but they are young and improved over the course of the season. Both teams enter the tournament as number eight seeds and will take on the top seeded Box Elder Bears in their first...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys basketball teams failed to pick up a win this past weekend as both teams fell to the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Friday at home and Saturday in Box Elder to the Bears. The Hawks defeated the girls by a score of 57-23. The Bears topped Big Sandy by a 81-11 margin. The boys fell Friday to Chester J-I by a 64-20 margin. Saturday the Bears were 92-27 winners over the Pioneers. The teams will travel north to Turner for games with the Tornadoes Friday night and play...
The Fort Benton/ Big Sandy wrestling co-op participated in the Northern B/C Divisional wrestling tournament his past weekend in Chinook. Five wrestlers qualified for the state tournament this weekend held in Billings. Connor DeBruycker had his best tournament of the year by winning all his matches and became the 145 pounds champion. Joining him at state is Logan Taylor, who placed fourth at 152 pounds, Josh Solf of Big Sandy, he placed 4th at 160 pounds, Matt Blansett, placed fourth at 205...
The boys and girls basketball teams didn't find the win column over the weekends as both fell Friday to the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Saturday to the Denton/Geyser/Stanford Bearcats. The girls had defeated Hays/Lodge Pole in their first meeting but were unable to turn the trick again as they fell 49-38 in the District 9C contest. The boys faced a red hot Thunderbird team and never got going in a 77-23 loss to the Thunderbirds. Saturday the girls played well defensively but struggled...
The wrestling co-op of Fort Benton and Big Sandy will head to Chinook Saturday to wrestle in the Northern B/C Divisional where the top four placers in each weight class will advance to the State Tournament in Billings next weekend. The team has been wrestling hard throughout the season and will put their efforts to the test when they take to the mat Saturday Morning. The Big Sandy contingent on the team includes senior Josh Solf who will compete in the 170 pound division. Joining him will be...
The Pioneer boys and girls basketball teams each suffered a pair of District 9C losses over the weekend. Friday the teams made the trip to Fort Benton to face the Longhorns. The girls fell 52-17 with freshman Jaylyn Cline leading the team with five points in the contest. The boys fell in their contest with the Longhorns by a score of 46-20. Junior Laurence Allderdice led the Pioneers offensively with 13 points. Saturday the teams hosted the Chinook Sugarbeeters with similar results. Senior...
The Fort Benton/Big Sandy wrestlers were at home for Senior night on Thursday January 21st. Fort Benton seniors are Connor DeBruycker, Jade Miller, Logan Taylor and Big Sandy senior Josh Solf were honored with their parents before the matches under the light. Josh won both of his matches and Connor, Jade, and Logan won their only matches of the night, making the senior undefeated on the night. The rest of the team performed well, also. Connor Schnabel, Landon Taylor and Weston Allderdice won...
The Pioneer girls and boys varsity basketball teams each dropped a pair of District 9C contests this past week. Friday the girls were bested at home by the Turner Tornadoes 49-33. Sophomore Jaylyn Cline led the Pioneers with 14 points. Senior Maddy Reichelt added eight and sophomore Jenna Leader seven. The boys fell to the Tornadoes as well 61-41. Junior Laurence Allderdice turned in another fine effort, scoring 21 in the contest. Eighth grader Ryan Roth continues to play well for Big Sandy as...
The Fort Benton / Big Sandy wrestling coop has been very busy the last couple weeks. They have competed in Chester, at the Cut Bank Invitational, in Fairfield, and at the Choteau Classic. This week will be another busy week with the wrestlers at home on Thursday night 6pm in the High School Gym, then will travel to Chinook on Friday and Harlem on Saturday. At Chester the wrestlers got 2-3 matches. Ethan Davis won all three of his matches and Connor Schnabel, Ken Todd, Landon Taylor and Jade...
The Big Sandy Pioneers took to the court this past weekend for a pair of District 9C contest sagainst the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks and the Box Elder Bears. Both girls and boys teams from the Hawks and Bears are expected to be at the top of the conference come tournament time so the young Pioneers had their hands full but neither the girls nor the boys backed down from the challenge. Friday in Chester it was the Hawks winning the girls game 76-18 and the boys game 87-26. Saturday the teams...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys basketball teams traveled to Hays Saturday as they began 2016 with a District 9C clash. The girls and boys teams, both under the tutelage of head coach Ronnie Simpson, have competed hard start to finish, night in, night out. However finding the win column has been difficult in recent years. Both teams finished 2015 with identical 0-3 conference marks and 0-5 overall records but things are bound to turnaround at some point. The Pioneer girls are young and...
The Big Sandy Pioneers boys and girls varsity basketball teams, along with head coach Ronnie Simpson have yet to pick up a win this young season but thats not for a lack of effort. Junior Lawrence Allderdice has played very well for the Pioneers and has received a nice boost from eighth grader Ryan Roth in the process. Those two combine for all 27 of Big Sandy's points Friday night in Fort Benton. The Longhorns defeated the Pioneers by final score of 62-27. Big Sandy traveled to Chinook...
The Big Sandy Pioneers girls and boys basketball teams kicked the 2015-16 campaign off in Chester as part of the annual gathering of teams in the preseason jamboree. Both teams faced the Power Pirates and Dutton/Brady Diamondbacks over the weekend with neither coming away with a win. Junior Laurence Allderdice had a superb performance against Power tossing in 20 points. Sophomore Jaylyn Cline tossed in 19 markers and sophomore Jenna Leader added 14 in the two games. The Pioneers begin conference...
Weston Allderdice, represented the Big Sandy Pioneers ,wrestled extremely well at the Cascade Invitational this past weekend as he picked up a fifth place finish. The Badger Invitational features several top teams including schools from the AA, A and B ranks. Allderdice won his opening match by pinning Josh Meyer of CMR in 2:36 before falling in the second round. He then battled his way back through defeating Dominic Baird of Great Falls High by pinfall then defeating Tyler Duffy, also of Great...