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The Big Sandy Pioneer Volleyball team had a busy week on the court with a match against the Chinook Sugarbeeters on Thursday and then two days of tournament play at the Cascade Badger Invitational. The Sugarbeeters came out on top 3-0 in the District 6C-East opener for both teams. Chinook took the opening set 25-13 the second set 25-15 and closed out the Pioneers with a 25-16 third set win. Senior Jaylyn Cline led the Pioneer attack with four kills in the match. Junior Lainey Gregory added...
The Big Sandy Pioneer football team picked up another win on the young season to improve to 2-0. The win however did not come the way Coach Terry and his squad would have liked as the North Star Knights forfeited the contest leaving the team without a game to play. “The kids were upset, they wanted to play a game, but it is what it is,” said Head Coach Chuck Terry. “We started working on MonDak as soon as we learned about the forfeit.” The MonDak Thunder a co-op of Westby, Montana and Grenora, North Dakota are the defending Montana Class C...
The Big Sandy Pioneers got exactly what they wanted to start the 2018 Northern C Six-man football season, a big win over the visiting Sunburst Refiners Saturday night 41-25. The Pioneers under the direction of first year head coach Chuck Terry started off a little slow but woke up in a big way and had more left in the tank down the stretch than the Refiners. Sunburst got on the scoreboard first with a 18 yard run to take a 6-0 lead over the Pioneers. Both teams defenses played well in the...
The Big Sandy Pioneers volleyball team had a solid start to the season as they began Friday night with a three set sweep of the Centerville Miners. Saturday the team was in Belt for the Husky Preseason invitational. Big Sandy came out swinging Friday night and showed a lot of composure in taking a very close first set win over the Centerville Miners 25-23. Big Sandy had all the momentum in the second set, taking a big lead early and rolling to a 25-11 second set win. They completed the sweep...
Choteau County has a rich agricultural tradition that has transcended generations with many farm and ranch operations surpassing the century mark in recent years. This week, March 18-24, has been designated by the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) as National Ag Week. This Tuesday, March 20 was deemed to be National Ag Day. Each year the ACA picks a theme for the week long celebration with many events taking place on National Ag Day. This years theme is “Agriculture: Food for Life”. About 100 college students will celebrate the week in Washi...
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 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 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...
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 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 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 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...
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 will be carrying a lot of momentum as they head into the weekends rivalry game against the North Star Knights, Friday night. Parker Prouix found Tanner Allderdice for a 42 yard pitch and catch and senior Bryant Jones returned an interception to the house but Big Sandy still trailed 20-16 heading into the second stanza. Things would quickly change from that point as Big Sandy completely took over the contest. Senior Weston Allderdice scored three touchdowns in...
