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The Big Sandy Barracudas visited Columbia Falls last weekend for the West Divisionals meet. They took 17 swimmers to the competition, and all 17 did well enough to attend the state championship in Sidney next week. The Divisionals meet consists of nine teams, which the Barracuda's faced all season long. The teams that competed were Big Sandy, Bitterroot, Chester, Choteau, Columbia Falls, Conrad, Cut Bank, Fort Benton, and Shelby. Henry Merrill beat two more pool records. This time in the 200 met...
By Zoe Merrill I was finally able to attend a Big Sandy swim meet. Being there reminded me of how much fun they are to watch. The sport is more than the development of athletes; it is also about families playing together with other families around the state. The swim team was in Conrad last weekend, with a huge park surrounding the outdoor pool. The weather was perfect, the pool warm, and the swimmers worked hard competing. There were 10 teams at this swim meet, including Big Sandy. They...
The Big Sandy swim team went to Hamilton this last week, where they swam in an outdoor pool in sunny weather with temperatures in the high 80’s. There were only 5 teams at this swim meet including Big Sandy, but even though there were only 5 teams there were over 100 swimmers. The teams that were there are: Bitterroot, Choteau, Columbia Falls, and Conrad. The team did a great job with swimmers dropping big numbers from last week. Just a reminder that the times you see are always compared to their preliminary time at that current meet. Girls Res...
The Big Sandy swim team went to an outdoor pool in Chouteau last weekend. There was a mix of sun and clouds, as well as some wind. The high temperature was only 62 degrees. Nine teams, including Big Sandy, participated in this swim meet. They competed against athletes all across the state. The teams that competed were Bitterroot, Chester, Fort Benton, Choteau, Columbia Falls, Conrad, Cut Bank, and Shelby. Travis Baumann, head coach, responded, “All the kids swam great this weekend! Lila Butler (in the 8-year-old age group) and Henry Merrill (in...
The Big Sandy swim team went to Cut Bank this last week, where they swam in an outdoor pool compared to the weekend before at Shelby. The weather was around 60 degrees when events started, and got to a high of 69 degrees both days of the meet. There were nine teams at this swim meet including Big Sandy. They competed against swimmers from the Bitterroot, Chester, Chinook, Choteau, Columbia Falls, Conrad, Cut Bank, and Shelby. Like last week, I will only be posting the swimmers that made it to...
The Montana 6-Man All-Star Football Game took place Friday, May 31st in Custer, Montana. The annual game draws together 18 standout athletes from across the state. This year, Big Sandy High School Senior Samuel Cox represented our community in the competition. Cox was all conference this year, and was invited to play along with Cooper Taylor, who was unable to play due to an ACL injury that he is recovering from. Samuel described his experience at the game: "It was tons of fun. I had never met...
Well, school is out for the summer. Do you know what that officially means? Swimming is back! I wanted to start this year’s swim season with something different. I was visiting with someone recently about how excited I was to be able to keep up with the swimmers and how their times change for the season as they get better. That individual said they don’t read the articles or attend any meets because they don’t understand swimming. I decided to break down a few things before I give you the results of the Big Sandy swim team’s weekend in Shelby....
The Pioneer Tracksters that made it to state, should be very proud of themselves. The fact alone that you make it to state is quite the big deal! These athletes worked hard all season and performed on the highest stage of track and field for the season. Good Job Pioneers!! The results from state track are below: Girls: 800m: Alex Worrall 2:35 1600: Alex Worrall 6th place PR 5:41 Discus: Lainey Terry 83'7 Boys: Discus: Darrell Sunchild 10th place PR 130'9 Coach Wendy had this to say about state...
Five Pioneers have earned their place to compete at state. Alex Worral will compete in the 800 and the mile. Darrell Sunchild and Lainey Terry both will compete in the discus. Both Sonny Phillips and Chase Gasvoda will compete in the Unified boys race. The Pioneer tracksters spent the last couple weeks participating in District and Divisional track meets. Both the girls and boys team placed 5th at Districts. The boys team had nine boys earning the right to compete at Divsionals, and the girls te...
This past week the Pioneer tracksters participated in three track meets. The first being the Jason Groseclose Memorial where there were 11 teams and both the girls and boy’s teams placed 2nd place. The 2nd meet was the Top 8 meet, (not all Pioneers participated), and the last one was the Havre Lion track meet where there were 22 teams. The Pioneer track team will be in Havre this week, at the District track meet on the 8th. Wendy Taylor, head coach said, “Our coaching staff couldn’t be prouder of all the athletes and how well they have trained,...
The Pioneer Tracksters were in Shelby this past weekend at a track meet with 18 other teams. Despite the challenging weather conditions and timing delays due to technical issues, the team performed admirably. Head Coach Wendy Taylor said, “The track meet was wet, and the kids did great under the weather conditions and also the timing delays that we experienced. They had problems with their electronic timing system, so everything was hand time. Those don’t go into the Athletic.net as official times. The Pioneers have 3 more track meets (we...
As the track season kicks off and the weather beckons us to run, I’m here to guide those who are new to the world of track. It’s a sport where your ultimate rival is yourself. Yes, there are others competing against you, but your goal is to set a PR (personal record), measured by fractions of an inch or time. The thrill of track is something I cherish, and I believe that if you attend a track meet, you’ll understand and enjoy it too. I’ll also share the top 10 results from the track meets and any personal bests they have, adding to the excitem...
The Pioneer track team had two track meets this past week. The first was the Cal Wearley track meet in Havre on Wednesday the 10th. This track meet was huge and lasted a long time (approximately 10 hours). There were 34 teams and 693 athletes, with 412 of them being males and 281 of them being females. There were 2000 entries. What I love about this track meet is that no matter how big or long it gets, it is well organized and includes Varsity, JV, and Unified athletes. The Pioneer boys unified...
The Pioneer track team had their first meet this past week in Lewistown. There were 28 teams at this track meet, schools from all classes all across the state. There were so many athletes in each event, that I thought I would not only share the Big Sandy Pioneers names and times as it showed up in the results, but I will also share with you how many athletes were in each event. I was blown away with how many there were in each event. Girls events: 100m: (87 runners) Heather Frank: 15.38 Lainey...
It's snowing, and it's the beginning of the track season. When I talked to Wendy Taylor, head coach of the Big Sandy Pioneer track teams, she clapped her hands and said, "I'm ready. Bring it!" "Shersteen Andreasen is our distance coach and our javelin coach. Tucker Taylor is new to us this year and will be our jumping coach for the triple, long, and high jumps. He will also help with the sprints. And then we have Charlie Klimas from Harve, who will still be our throwing, discus, and shotput coac...
Whenever we play a sport, the goal is to win. And it feels great to win; it hurts when we lose. I am a devoted fan of Pioneers sports; I am proud of the winning, but I also know that winning isn't the lesson the girls will take with them into adulthood. Ok, they'll remember the glory days, but more importantly, who they have become in the process. After all, those profound lessons learned during the hard work, the resiliency to never give up, the effort, and the ability to work as a team will...
What a great season for our Lady Pioneers! If you have followed them all year, you will know that these girls showed true heart all season, especially in making it to the state tournament! The ladies’ amazing season did come to an unfortunate end this past weekend, but no one should be hanging their heads because what these ladies accomplished this season is something to be proud of! “Travis Baumann wrote, “Leading up to State, we had a wonderful time with each school and the community. On Wednesday, the Senior Center made the girls lunch...
Your Lady Pioneers are headed to STATE! Last Monday's challenge game was exciting, and these girls have earned their right to play in the state tournament. They played the Lady Bearcats of DGSG. These ladies played 4 games in 3 days at Districts and then played 6 games in 5 days at Divisionals; that's 10 games in 8 days! Can you say, heart? Cause these girls have got it! They beat DGSG by 4 points with a final score of 56-52, punching their ticket to go to state! When I asked Coach Travis how...
Lady Pioneers take 3rd at Divisional, challenging for 2nd and a chance to go to state. Travis Bauman, head coach of the Lady Pioneers, stated, "This team has been battle-tested all year, especially during this postseason run. We have battled sickness and injuries, needing IVs, puking during games, and rallying right back into the game! These girls have more GRIT, heart, and scrappiness than any team I have seen. The injuries are numerous, and the sickness that we have been plagued with this...
The Lady Pioneers are off to Divisionals! They took a different path at Districts after a loss to Fort Benton, but they fought hard to the end and won the 3rd place game in overtime against Turner. The Lady Pioneers first played Hays and won 47-31; then they lost to Fort Benton 28-40; then they moved on to loser-out action against Box Elder and won 71-44; then played Turner and won in overtime 58-55. When asked about his team's efforts and performance, Coach Travis said, "While we didn't have gr...
The Pioneer boys team came to an unfortunate end this past weekend at Districts. The Pioneers first played Turner and lost with a score of 43-58. They then played Hays and won with a score of 78-66 before playing Fort Benton and losing with a score of 52-66. The Pioneers worked hard this season and improved every game. The Pioneer's first game was against Turner, and both teams were rusty-looking. Turner was the first to score, but it took 2 minutes to score, and Ryder Galbavy was the first to...
From head coach Travis Baumann, "Our team finished the regular season 15-3 overall and 11-1 in conference play, finishing the season as Co-Conference Champions with CJI. We play our first District game Thursday night at 5:30 vs Hays. Thank you for all the support this season, and we hope to see you for a long tournament run! Go Pioneers!" The Lady Pioneers had a successful end to their regular season this past weekend, winning both games. They beat the Lady Longhorns by 10 points in Fort Benton with a final score of 41-31. Then they turned...
Coach Rhett said, "We actually played pretty well and hung around a very talented team, and in my opinion, was a good game against Box Elder, to build off of going into tournaments, and hopefully we can make a run to win a game or two in the district tournament." The Pioneer boys had two challenging games this past weekend. In both games, they were very close and had a few times to come back to get within distance of winning, but unfortunately, they fell short in both games. They lost to Fort Benton by 21 with a final score of 44-65 and by 15...
The kids wrestled well this past weekend. We've seen a lot of improvement this season and hope to have a good showing at the state tournament this weekend. The team qualified 8 wrestlers for the state tournament. Randi Hardman 107 lbs. 3rd Place. State Qualifier Harley LaBuda 120 lbs. 2nd place. State Qualifier Leah Le Pennit 126 lbs. 7th place Dalijalin Sunchild 185 lbs. 3rd place. State Qualifier Quinn Rodewald 120 lbs. 2nd Place. State Qualifier Garrett LeFurgey 126 lbs. 6th place. State...
The Lady Pioneers went 2-0 this past weekend in games with similar scores for both games. They first faced Hays and won by 39 points with a score of 63-24. Then turned around and played North Star and won by 28 points with a score of 65-37. Travis Baumann wrote, "In Hays, we shot 46% and held them to 16%! We had 15 assists on 27 made shots, which is 56% assists on made shots! Our defense dominated the game, generating 21 steals and causing 28 turnovers! We outrebounded Hays 44-19. Every varsity...
