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The Pioneers split this past weekend with a win in Hays by 4 points and a final score of 44-40. Then the Pioneers played North Star the next night and battled hard but ended up losing by 24 points with a score of 67-43. Rhett Simonton said, "This week, we had some good moments and some learning points that will come with more experience, and hopefully, we can catch our stride at the right time going into tournaments." The Pioneers had great ball movement from the get-go and went up the first...
The Pioneers had two tough losses this past weekend. In the first one they played against CJI, they only lost by 2 points in a battle with five ties and four lead changes. The Pioneers' biggest lead was 5 points, and the Hawks' biggest lead was 8 points. The Pioneers started the game taking care of the basketball and only having 1 turnover in the 1st quarter, and that happened in the last 30 seconds of the quarter. Eyon Sherburn stepped up big for the Pioneers, shooting 7/8 from the floor and 4/...
The Lady Pioneers struggled a bit this last weekend against CJI and DGSG. The first game against the Lady Hawks started rough with 12 fouls (total) and the Lady Pioneers having 8 turnovers in the 1st quarter. They lost by 11 points with a final score of 48-59. They then played the Lady Bearcats This game was aggressive from the get-go, with the refs letting them get after it; it was a very scrappy back-and-forth game, but with Junior leader Eva Yeadon getting 3 fouls in the 1st quarter, the...
Wins against Box Elder 59-53, Cascade 55-43, and Turner 58-43, Travis Baumann said, “Against Box Elder we gave up five 3’s in the first quarter and then battled back with our defense, rebounding and our 4th quarter scoring to capture a 6 point win. Three players were in double digits for scoring and two more with 9. (Yeadon 14, Galbavy 14, and Worrall 10)” The Lady Pioneers had to reschedule this game against the Lady Bears due to weather and electricity issues. The Lady Pioneers faced a tough Lady Bears team, but their hard work and don’t...
It takes a group of hardworking kids to continually volunteer to put themselves through the rigors of a wrestling season. A physical sport that requires dedication to succeed at the highest level. Each wrestler brings their own unique style to the mat. Pushing themselves through months of difficult training while also trying to balance their weight. Knowing that if you lose there is no one to shoulder the blame but yourself. The state of Montana has 13 boys weight divisions; 103, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 205, & 285....
Coach Rhett Simanton said “As a group we played some really great team basketball on both ends of the floor this weekend. It is a great confidence boost going forward and we hope to continue playing that way. “ The Pioneers had a successful weekend with two big wins against Cascade and Turner. Two very big wins for the boys team, with the first one against Cascade winning by 2 points with a final score of 65-63. They then turned around and beat Tuner in overtime by 3 points with a final score of 51-48. Cascade had a post player that was dominat...
The Lady Longhorns and the Lady Pioneers braved the harsh weather and decided to play their game this past weekend. The game was filled with several fouls from the get-go, and both teams struggled to get into a flow of any sort. But that didn’t stop the Lady Pioneers from coming out on top with a final score of 49-36. In the 8-minute quarter, there were a combined 8 fouls, and there were also a combined 11 turnovers in the first quarter, which caused both teams to struggle with trying to do anything with the basketball. The score at the end o...
The Pioneers went back and forth against a tough Longhorn team this past weekend, but unfortunately, Fort Benton just outplayed the Pioneers and ended up winning by 29 points with a score of 61-90. Coach Ryne Labuda said, “It was a tough game this week. We need to get back to playing as a team. In the first half of the CJI game, we worked the ball around, had good ball movement, and found the open guy. We have just gotten away from that and need to go back to that film to see the things we had success with. Defensively, we were out of p...
Congratulations to Eva Yeadon for being selected as the Montana High School Association player of the week. (Dec. 25 - Dec. 31) Eva scored 64 points in 2 games. In the Chester game she was 4-5 shooting 80% from the 3 point line and 14-20 (70%) from the field with a FG% of 74%. Eva had 34 points leading the lady pioneers to a big win over the undefeated CJl Hawks. Eva is a Junior at Big Sandy High School and is averaging 27.5 points per game after six games. Eva has been a tremendous leader for...
The final results from the Cut Bank Invitational for the Big Sandy Pioneer Wrestlers: Randi Hardman, Girls 107 lb. 6th place. She didn't finish the tournament due to injury. Harley LaBuda, Girls 120lb Campion. Daijalin Sunchild girls 185 lb. 4th place. For the boys Quinn Rodewald boys 120 lb. 4th place. Wrestler of the week: "Daijalin Sunchild Wrestling at Girl's 185 has now placed in three consecutive tournaments. In the past, two mixers at Fort Benton and Chester has wrestled combined weight c...
The Lady Pioneers went 2-0 this past weekend against Hays Lodgepole Thunderbirds and North Star Knights. For the first time since 2009, it is believed that the Lady Pioneers have been rated number one in the conference. The girls beat Hays by 25 points with a final score of 51-32. The girls then turned around and beat North Star by 11 with a score of 61-50. The Lady Pioneers had four girls score double digits against the Lady Thunderbirds, with Jai Baumann at 17, Eva Yeadon and Jenny Sant at...
The Pioneers shot the lights out against Hays! Senior Leader Lane Demontiney scored 52 points, with 36 of those coming from three-pointers. He was on fire! Eyon Sherburn also had a great game with 13 points. Aidan Morsette and Karter Jurenka both had nice games offensively. The Pioneers had 17 three-pointers in the game. They beat Hays by 33 points with a score of 94-61. The Pioneers started strong with a great field goal percentage. Lane couldn't be stopped. He had seven three-pointers at...
The Mountaineer didn't have room to publish the results of the last basketball games in the Christmas edition, so we present a brief rundown of the games here. Against DGSG, the Big Sandy Varsity Girls lost 61-69, and the Big Sandy Varsity Boys lost 51-56. In those games, Lane Demontiney was the top scorer for both teams with 28 points, but DGSG had every player score but one. Eyon Sherburn scored 10, and Ryder Galbavy 8. In the girl's game, Eva Yeadon had 30 points, Keira Galbavy 12, Alex...
It's the perfect article to start the New Year-a true example of doing something special for your friends. I didn't even know Levi would play basketball this year until I saw him play in the game. It was then that I looked at the Pioneer roster and saw we had another senior playing basketball. I asked him when he last played, and he said he played his Freshman year and then quit. So why has he started to play this year? Levi said, "This year, seniors weren't available." He smiled and said, "I'm...
The Pioneers had another successful weekend of wrestling. With a warmup on Thursday night at Fort Benton, the girls’ and boy’s teams made a strong showing at the CMR Holiday Classic. The Holiday Classic is an all-class AA to C across Montana. All weight classes wrestled in 64-man brackets. The Big Sandy girls team placed 15th out of 57 teams overall. Out of Class C girls, Big Sandy girls were 2nd to Poplar by only 2 points. All done by 8th graders and a freshman. Sophomore Leah LePennit wrestled strong and showed continued improvement over las...
Travis Baumann, Head Coach wanted to recognize the JV’s efforts “We started the day off with the JV girls playing an excellent game. They passed the ball very well on offense, and played aggressive defense. It was an amazing game to be a part of. It was one of the best games I have witnessed so it truly was amazing to be on the bench with Coach Jurenka to witness it. They were led on both offense and defense by Alex Worral who had a monster game, and it was a foretelling of how she was to play all weekend.” The Lady Pioneers had a great weeke...
The Pioneer boys had a tough weekend, losing both games, but there was a lot of light in both games, and some positive things happened. They still fought hard, and battled until the very end. They started the weekend against Cascade, then turned around and played Turner the next night. The first quarter started great for the Pioneers, with Lane Demontiney knocking down a 3-pointer and the Pioneers applying their ¾ court pressure. Lane also had a great take and another deep 3-pointer to...
The Pioneer basketball looks different from last year’s State contenders. They have two seniors this year, not just one, as reported earlier, with a team of 14 players. There are only four upperclassmen, and the rest comprise a team of younger players. I will tell you, though, that this team worked hard and tried to correct the mistakes that came along. The Pioneers showed true heart but came up with a loss in their first game against Dutton/Brady 48-74. The Pioneers then turned around the next day, played North Toole, and shot the lights o...
It’s that time of the year, BASKETBALL. Pioneer teams traveled to the Hi-Line this past weekend to participate in the Hi-Line Tournament. The Lady Pioneers first played North Toole and won 58-43, then turned around and played Augusta the next day and won 58-16. The Lady Pioneers start the year off 2-0. Travis Baumann, head coach of the Lady Pioneers, said, “In our first game of the year on Friday against Sunburst from the 10C, we came out with some jitters and struggled to shoot the ball as we would have liked, but our defense played dec...
Kyle Rodewald, head coach of the Big Sandy Pioneer wrestling team, wrote, "Coach Taylor, Coach LeFurgey, and I are all very pleased with how our wrestlers have been wrestling. Our team has gone back-to-back weekends, placing every wrestler, both girls and boys, on both weekends. This past weekend in Glasgow, our boys' team did extremely well. They were 12th overall out of 27 teams but 4th out of Easter B/C Divisional teams. We were 1.5 team points behind both Colstrip and Glasgow, who were tied...
The Big Sandy Wrestlers went to their first wrestling invitational and excelled. Tucker Taylor, assistant coach this year, sent me the following information: "The kids wrestled really well at the first tournament of the year! Harley Labuda won the championship at 120 pounds. Those wrestling for the championship but taking 2nd are Quinn Rodewald, boys 120 pound, Randi Hardman girls 107 pounds, and Garrett LeFurgey boys 132 pounds. Wesley Cox took 3rd at 157 pounds and Samuel Cox took 4th at 205....
Rhett Simanton, Co-head coach of the boys’ basketball, said he was “Excited for the season to begin again and hoped to compete hard this season and continue to get better every day.” Fourteen boys are out for the BB program this year. Lane Demontiney is the only senior. Ryne LaBuda, the other head coach, said, “I’m excited about this group of guys because while we lost a lot of talent and experience from the group we had last year, we have a talented group of young boys with great attitudes and work hard. We kept a couple of guys that play...
Lane Demontiey is the only senior on this boy's basketball team. Last year, at the end of the season, he was planning on having four senior teammates. One moved to live with his father, one got injured playing football, and one decided not to play. He said, "It feels good and bad at the same time. We are missing a lot of people that I thought would be with me this year, but I'm really excited to have the opportunity to work with these younger kids and have a good year with them." Lane has taken...
The Lady Pioneers volleyball season unfortunately came to an end this past week at Divisionals. They played a tough Belt team to start off with and lost in 3 sets; the next morning, Big Sandy played Simms and lost in four sets to the Lady Tigers. Both games showed some hard work and great communication from the Lady Pioneers. They did have some errors, but their grit and tenacity were also fully displayed. These ladies should be very proud of themselves for a great season and for showing true...
The Big Sandy Pioneers faced off against Westby Grenora (MonDak) Thunder in the first playoff game of the season this past weekend on a wintery fall day in Big Sandy. The temperature was 18 degrees with a windchill of 6, with snow on the field. The Thunder ended the Pioneers season by beating them 30-6 on the Pioneers home field. The Pioneers were without senior leader Cooper Taylor due to injury against CJI. The Pioneers finished the season with only two losses, but both came at the end of the...
