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SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks hosted Charlo for their final game of the season Oct. 22 and fell to the Vikings 16-62. The loss gives the Blackhawks a 3-5 record for the season. Cannon Hawkinson led the Blackhawks on the ground taking the ball 133 yards on 8 carries including one touchdown. Walker McDonald scored the Blackhawks’ other touchdown on one of his 6 carries for 54 yards and scored on both two-point conversion attempts. Ben Haley completed 4 of 13 passes for 57 yards hitting Kase Anderson for his longest of 41 yards. On the def...
SEELEY LAKE - In the homecoming game Oct. 15, senior Walker McDonald was the only Blackhawk to put points on the board in the 6-42 loss to Flint Creek. No additional stats were available. The Blackhawks kick off Friday, Oct. 22 against Charlo at 7 p.m. for their last home game of the season....
SEELEY LAKE - At their homecoming game, Oct. 16, the Lady Blackhawks finished the Hot Springs Savage Heat in three 25-17, 25-15 and 25-19. No stats were available at press time. The Lady Blackhawks take on Lincoln at home, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. for a varsity-only game. Saturday they travel to take on Valley Christian with JV starting at 4 p.m....
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks found success early in the week taking down Superior Oct. 5 in three sets 25-19, 25-9 and 25-13. They hit a stumbling block when they hosted Granite Oct. 7. Granite's only loss this season was to the Lady Blackhawks on Granite's home court in mid September. The Lady Blackhawks trailed Granite early in the first set but tied up the game at 12-12. They tied it up again at18-18 before Granite pulled ahead to a 21-25 victory. The second set played out...
DARBY - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks swooped into Darby and defeated the Tigers Oct. 2 in three sets 25-19, 25-18 and 25-12. Cora Stone and Sariah Maughan each had 8 kills and two blocks to lead the Lady Blackhawks at the net. Just behind the pair was Trista Wendel with 7 kills and 1 block followed by Trista Alexander with 5 kills, Ava Thornsberry with 3 and Madi DeBernardi with 2. Thornsberry had 18 assists followed by Alexander with 14 and Maughan with 9. Dani Sexton led in digs with 12 followed by Maughan with 10, Alexander with 9 and...
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks hosted the Mission Bulldogs Oct. 1 and suffered their second loss of the season. Their record is now 3-2. The Blackhawks were down 0-12 early after allowing a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter but put up a good fight the second quarter. Owen Hoag pushed his way in for a 1-yard touchdown to put up the Blackhawks' first points early in the second quarter. Walker McDonald made the extra points good to bring the score up to 8-12. The teams battled back and f...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks had no mercy on Victor or Drummond last week. They defeated both teams in three sets and did not allow either team to score more than 15 points in a set. The Lady Blackhawks hosted the Victor Pirates Sept. 23 taking the match 25-8, 25-13 and 25-8. Cora Stone and Sariah Maughan led the Lady Blackhawks at the net with 9 and 8 kills respectively. Mia Saalfeld served up 5 aces while Stone and Ava Thornsberry had 4 aces each. Thornsberry had 13 assists and Dani Sexton...
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks hosted the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks Sept. 24 and suffered their first loss of the season. The first minutes of the game were disastrous for the Blackhawks setting a grim tone for the rest of the game. Blackhawks' kickoff was returned nearly the entire length of the field and Thompson Falls scored a touchdown two plays later. Thompson Falls was back in the end zone three plays later after picking off a pass making it 0-14 with 10:38 on the clock. Thompson Falls t...
SEELEY LAKE – At their Sept. 20 meeting, the Seeley Lake Elementary Superintendant Josh Gibbs updated the School Board on the current status of COVID in the school. While the school skirted COVID last year with no cases at school, SLE’s first case this year was reported Sept. 15. In other business, the Board approved hiring two new staff, discussed installation of solar panels on the school roof and approved a policy on staff sick leave relating to COVID. As of Monday, Gibbs said there were five positive cases in the school and 26 students wer...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board discussed a variety of items at their Sept. 16 meeting including paying plaintiff’s legal fees for failed lawsuits against the District, funding for a high school water testing program and dissolving the District. Board President Tom Morris received a letter from Don Larson asking for “help from the community” to pay legal bills related to a pair of lawsuits Larson filed to fight the proposed community sewer. In the letter, Larson states that he has already paid $84,000 and has been billed for...
TROY – The Blackhawks made the trek to Troy to take on the Trojans Sept. 18. The 200-mile trip didn’t seem to hurt the Blackhawks as they charged to a 40-point lead in the first half. They didn’t let up in the second half finishing the Trojans off 72-8. Owen Hoag completed 7 of 12 passes for 118 yards while Ben Haley connected 1 of 2 passes for 27 yards. On the receiving end, Walker McDonald caught 3 passes for 70 yards and a pair of touchdowns while Haley caught 3 for 61 yards and a touchdown. Jason James also pulled in one for a 10-ya...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks had a victorious week defeating the Darby Tigers at home before cleaning house at a tournament in Arlee. The Lady Blackhawks made fast work of the Tigers Sept. 16 taming them in three sets 25-10, 25-15 and 25-11. Sariah Maughan pounded in 10 kills followed by Cora Stone with 5. Trista Alexander served up a season best 6 aces while Trista Wendel and Maughan each had 5. Alexander and Ava Thornsberry led in setting with 25 and 21 assists respectively. On the defense,...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks split their week on the road with a loss to Charlo Sept. 6 and a win over Granite Sept. 11. The Lady Blackhawks didn’t go down without a fight in Charlo. After dropping the first two sets 15-25 and 23-25 they came out swinging and won the third and fourth set 25-21 and 25-23. They came up short in the final set falling 7-15 to lose the match. Sariah Maughan led the Lady Blackhawks against Charlo with 8 kills while Ava Thornsberry had 18 assists and Trista Wendel had a pair of aces. On the defense Maughan had 2...
The Helmville Rodeo Club hosted their annual Labor Day Rodeo Sunday, Sept. 5 and Monday, Sept. 6 at the Helmville Rodeo Grounds....
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks hosted the Plains Horsemen Sept. 3 for their first home game of the season. The Horsemen kicked off the game with an onside kick. Their attempt to recover the ball failed and the Blackhawks' offense took over at midfield. A play later, Owen Hoag was in for the touchdown putting the Blackhawks up six. The Blackhawks' defenders had the ball back after a deep kickoff and a bobbled snap by the Horsemen led to a safety, setting the tone for the rest of the game. The o...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks took down two district opponents last week extending their record to 3-0. The Lady Blackhawks hosted the Valley Christian Eagles Sept. 2 and made quick work of them, winning in three sets, 25-17, 25-17 and 25-16. Sariah Maughan led the Lady Blackhawks with 15 kills while Ava Thornsberry had 17 assists and 11 digs. Trista Wendel served up 4 aces and Cora Stone and Maughan each had a block. The Lady Blackhawks had a solid win over the Lincoln Lynx on...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks volleyball team faced the Superior Bobcats Aug. 26 in their first match of the season and then headed to Drummond Aug. 28 for a tournament. The Lady Blackhawks made quick work of the Bobcats winning three sets in a row, 25-16, 25-19 and 25-23. Sariah Maughan led the Lady Blackhawks in kills and assists with 14 and 11 respectively while Dani Sexton had 6 aces and Trista Wendel led in digs with 16. Lady Blackhawks Head Coach Pattie Crum was pleased with the win, especially being that they only had eight eligible gi...
ARLEE – The Blackhawks opened their football season with a victory Aug. 27 defeating the Arlee Warriors 26-8. With last year's starting quarterback out for the season, Junior Owen Hoag has taken on the job with Junior Ben Haley as a backup. The Blackhawks hit the ground running averaging 13.4 yards on 27 carries for a total of 362 yards. Hoag led with 122 yards on 12 carries. Walker McDonald and Cannon Hawkinson had the longest plays with each getting one 38-yard run. Hoag ran for three t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board approved their Action Plan and jumped into action with reports on improving the District’s communication and researching sewer alternatives at its Aug. 19 meeting. The Action Plan, which had been discussed at length the last couple months, received very little updates from last month’s meeting with the exception of a spreadsheet to track work. Director Cheri Thompson said she added the spreadsheet so the Board could track work being done and better communicate that information to the publi...
SEELEY LAKE - A half dozen residents participated in a Pathways and Trails Master Plan workshop at the Seeley Lake Community Foundation’s West Wing July 28. Missoula County is beginning the process to create a countywide Pathways and Trails Master Plan to guide the development and prioritization of regionally and locally shared-use pathways and trails that serve communities throughout the county. Missoula County Parks, Trails & Open Lands Manager Juniper Davis explained that the workshop was to gather community input on what gaps or problems t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board continued discussing an Action Plan for moving forward at its July 15 meeting. In other business, Vice President Beth Hutchinson resigned her position ahead of the meeting and the Board approved a job description for an Interim General Manager position. The proposed Action Plan is a four-page document explaining the direction the Board intends to take in the coming year. In the overview it states that the Board will focus on assembling information to inform itself and constituents about w...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board adopted a resolution setting the method and assessment to collect taxes for their 2021-22 fiscal year at a hearing June 28. Following the hearing, the Board held its regular monthly meeting where it discussed an action plan laying out direction for the District and hiring a manager. The Board only received a half dozen protest letters out of the more than 500 properties in the District. District Manager Jean Curtiss said she received a few phone calls regarding the assessment. One of the issues...
MISSOULA - Athletes from Seeley-Swan High School brought home more than a dozen medals and the Lady Blackhawks defended their 2019 team championship at the State Class C Meet May 28-29. Three school records were broken including one fast enough for a state record. The Lady Blackhawks cruised to the championship earning 72 points with second place Hinsdale coming in at 42 points. Fort Benton and Plentywood tied for third with 37 points each. The Lady Blackhawks 4x100 relay team put up a smoking f...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board appointed Cheri Thompson to serve on the Board and adopted an equal assessment method for next year’s tax assessment at their May 20 meeting. In other business, the Board hired an interim manager, heard a presentation on a water study in the area and discussed studying the groundwater with the Health Department. Thompson was the only applicant to fill Director Walt Hill’s seat after he resigned in February. The Board interviewed Thompson at the meeting. Thompson said the reason she applied is b...
MISSOULA - A dozen athletes from Seeley-Swan's track and field team advanced to the State C Meet through the Western C Divisional Meet May 21-22. The Girls finished in second place with 95 points behind Manhattan Christian with 104 and in front of Clark Fork with 58. The Boys took home the third place trophy with 55.5 points behind Twin Bridges with 60 and Manhattan Christian with 112. On the track, Sariah Maughan brought home the gold in the 400, 800 and 1600-meter races while Owen Hoag earned...
