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At home vs. White Sulphur Springs Saturday in first round playoff game. The Big Sandy Pioneers wrapped up the regular season this past Wednesday with a 79-33 shellacking of the Valier Panthers and will now take the No.2 seed in the Northern C Six-man football division into the state playoffs. The Pioneers will be at home to begin the post season and will host the West No. 3 seed White Sulphur Springs Hornets this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The Pioneers are having no problem moving the football and...
The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team concluded the regular season last Monday with a 3-1 (25-4, 25-20, 20-25, 25-11) win over the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds to finish the regular season with a 3-7 conference mark (3-9 overall) to earn the No. 4 seed at the District 6C-East Tournament. Big Sandy will begin the tournament with the first game of the day Thursday at 10 a.m. against the No. 5 seed Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks. The Pioneers and Hawks both finished with identical 3-7 marks and spl...
The scoreboard operator was busy Friday night in Big Sandy as the Pioneers capped off the 63rd Annual Chili Feed with a 89-52 win over the Power-Dutton-Brady Titans. Big Sandy scored 11 rushing touchdowns in the contest, added another through the air and a 13th on a kickoff return and then added a Safety for good measure. The Titans were tough to stop as well, scoring eight total touchdowns in a game that saw the teams combine for 141 points. The 89 points would win nearly every game on the bask...
The Big Pioneers suffered a pair of setbacks over the weekend falling to the Box Elder Bears Friday 3-0 and the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks on Saturday in five sets, 3-2. Against the Bears it was Box Elder winning the opening set 25-16. Set number two also went the way of the Bears 25-17. Box Elder closed out the Pioneers in the third set 25-23 to complete the sweep. Senior Jaylyn Cline led the offensive attack with five Kills. Junior Lainey Gregory recorded five assists. Saturday the girls...
The Big Sandy Pioneer football team picked up a big win over the weekend as they defeated the Denton/Geyser/Stanford Bearcats 66-31 in a Northern C Six-man contest. The Bearcats came into the contest with a 4-0 conference mark and an overall record of 4-1. The Pioneers stood at 3-2 but both losses came against highly ranked opponents early in the season. Saturday afternoon the Pioneers wasted little time in establishing their dominance. Sophomore Kade Strutz found the end zone three times in the opening quarter, scoring on runs of 22, 5 and 46...
The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team hosted the North Start Knights on Saturday. North Star took control early in the match, taking the opening set 25-15. Big Sandy would fall again in set number two 25-16 before dropping the third set 25-21. Senior Jaylyn Cline led the Pioneer attack with seven Kills while junior Lainey Gregory set up the hitters with 10 assists. Amanda Cline dug up 14 balls in the match for Big Sandy. Big Sandy falls to 2-5 in District 6C-East play and 3-7 overall and...
For the second time this season the Big Sandy Pioneer football team was forced to stay home instead of taking the field for a varsity football contest. Earlier in the season it was the unforeseen forfeit to the North Star Knights that cost them a game, this past week it was the Augusta Elks who had canceled their season back in August. The playoffs are still very much a possibility for the young Pioneers and they can look forward to pursuing that goal this Saturday when they head to Denton to take on the Denton/Geyser/Stanford Bearcats in a...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Volleyball team has become more and more consistent in their play this fall and as a result the girls are finding the win column more and more and when they don't they are making opponents earn it. The Pioneers began the week in Chinook to take on the Sugarbeeters. The girls came out with a lot of confidence and were taking the attack to the home team from the get go. In a back and forth opening set both teams struggled to get the upper hand and both teams having a chance t...
The Big Sandy Pioneers got back on the winning track in a big way this past Friday as they ran all over the visiting Heart Butte Warriors in a lopsided 63-0 win. Sophomore Kade Strutz has been the go to guy for the Pioneers this season but it was junior Brock Proulx that got the Pioneers on the scoreboard first. Proulx stepped in front of an errant Warrior pass and returned the interception 24 yards for the games first score. Strutz then added the conversion run for a 7-0. Following a Safety,...
The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team picked up one of its biggest conference wins in sometime last Thursday as they swept the visiting Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 3-0. Saturday the girls played hard but fell to the North Star Knights 3-0. Against the Hawks Big Sandy took control early and never looked back storming their way to a 25-15 opening set win. Set number two was tightly contested and saw both teams have the opportunity to take control, but in the end it was the Pioneers coming out...
The Big Sandy Pioneer football team has playoff aspirations this fall but now stand at 2-2 following another tough loss to a ranked opponent. The Geraldine/Highwood Rivals raced out to a 24-12 halftime lead and then held on for a 56-42 win over the hometown Pioneers. The Pioneers have faced two of the top teams in the state the past two weeks and with a young team that gets better with every snap, that experience could bode well for them down the stretch. Sophomore Kade Strutz found the endzone...
The Big Sandy Pioneers had a tough go of things on the football field and volleyball court this past weekend but both teams will look to bounce back this week as the season is still very young. The Pioneer football team fell to the defending Class C Six-man football champion and top ranked Westby/Grenora Thunder Friday night 57-28. The girls fell against the Box Elder Bears Thursday night 3-1 in District 6C-East play and were swept 3-0 in non-conference action against the Geraldine/Highwood Riva...
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...
Bailey Gasvoda and Ryan Roth were rewarded their 2017 MVP awards at the recent 2018 Booster Club Kick Off. Last year the track season wasn't very long due to difficult spring weather. It wasn't even through when the annual Pioneer Awards Banquest was held. Coach Melanie Schwarzbach felt it was appropriate to acknowledge their hard work in a public setting. So, at the Booster Kick Off she acknowledged their achievement. Coach Schwarzbach said they were both very hard workers and lead by example...
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...
The Big Sandy swimmers concluded their 2018 season by winning the state championship in Class A of the Montana swimming federation; their highest achievement since the formation of the team seven years ago. The Barracudas placed seven swimmers in the high point rankings, with Dillin Geyer winning the 13-14 boys division and setting pool records in the 50 fly and 100 fly. Cam Schwarzbach placed second in the 13-14 boys division, breaking the 100 free pool record and the 200 free pool and...
The Big Sandy Swim Team brought home a third place trophy from the Western Divisional Swim Meet in Choteau this weekend. The Barracudas scored 639 points to finish behind the swimmers from Bitterroot (1336.5) and Columbia Falls (670). The Barracudas brought home three high point awards and set eleven new pool records. Jenna Leader tied for first in the 15-19 girls division with 40 points; Brady Pleninger won the 15-19 boys with 42 points and Cam Schwarzbach tied for first in the 13-14 boys...
The Big Sandy Swim Team competed with a full team in their last regular season meet for the summer in Fort Benton this last weekend, scoring 876 points to take home a second place trophy. The Bitterroot Swim Team scored 1343 points to take first and Columbia Falls scored 565 points to place third. Brady Pleninger dominated the senior boys division, scoring 42 points to earn high point honors. Kade Strutz had another strong showing by adding 40 points of his own to place second. Cam Schwarzbach...
The Big Sandy Swim Team swam to a third place finish, scoring 681 points at the Columbia Falls Invitational Swim Meet. They finished behind Bitterroot (982 points) and Columbia Falls (767 points); despite both teams putting almost double the number of swimmers in the water. Cam Schwarzbach won high point in the 13-14 boys division and set pool records in the 100 free (formally held by teammate Brady Pleninger) and the 200 free (breaking his own record). Brady Pleninger was the high point winner...
The Big Sky State Games swimming competition was held this last weekend in Billings. Six of the Big Sandy Swim Team members competed for their first time at the state games. This was a new experience for the Barracuda swimmers, as the majority of the competitors are year-round competitors. In order to qualify for the State Games of America, a swimmer must be a gold, silver or bronze medalist in their respective events. The next State Games of America competition will be held in Lynchburg,...
The Big Sandy Swim Team brought home another trophy this weekend. The Barracudas placed third at the Cut Bank swim meet, despite being short several swimmers. They finished 41 points behind the first place Conrad Swim Team. Several Barracudas placed in the high point categories: Astrid Ketchum placed 10th and Henry Merrill placed 7th in the 8-under division. Jai Baumann placed 7th, Ryder Oats was 9th and Darrell SunChild was 10th in the 9-10 divisions. Despite sustaining a knee injury, Kylee...
The Big Sandy Swim Team brought home another trophy this weekend. The Barracudas placed third at the Cut Bank swim meet, despite being short several swimmers. They finished 41 points behind the first place Conrad Swim Team. Several Barracudas placed in the high point categories: Astrid Ketchum placed 10th and Henry Merrill placed 7th in the 8-under division. Jai Baumann placed 7th, Ryder Oats was 9th and Darrell SunChild was 10th in the 9-10 divisions. Despite sustaining a knee injury, Kylee...
The Big Sandy Swim Team scored 717 points at the Chester Swim Meet to bring home their second championship trophy of the season. Several Barracudas placed in the top 5 for their age divisions. On the girls side of the action, Astrid Ketchum placed 4th in the girls 8-under division; Daisy LaBuda placed 4th in girls 11-12; Anna Allderdice placed 5th in girls 13-14. Cam Schwarzbach won the 13-14 boys division, Dillin Geyer placed second and Kody Strutz placed 5th. Brady Pleninger and Kade Strutz ti...
