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SEELEY LAKE - Before 69-year-old triathlete Terry VanderWert turns 70, he wants to complete 50 triathlons across all 50 states. After participating in the 16th annual Youth for Christ (YFC) Triathlon on Saturday, Aug. 6. He's only one state away from achieving his goal. "My wife and I recently became empty nesters and we had traveled around at least the Midwest with our son but now he's gone," VanderWert said. "We like road trips, so we figured why don't we just take this triathlon on the...
SEELEY LAKE – Despite temperatures barely reaching 50 degrees, the stands were packed April 28 for the kickoff scrimmage of the Seeley Lake Baseball Club. More than 85 children, three-years-old through eighth grade, registered to play for the season and the Club swept the 2022 Blackfoot Little League Tournament June 11. "For the first year we were just trying to get as much interest as possible, as much participation as possible for the most amount of kids possible," said Organizer Nathan M...
HELMVILLE - The 43rd Annual Father Mac Invitational Fastpitch Softball Tournament was held in Helmville June 3-5. This year's tournament was won by the Helmville Helmvillians when they beat Deer Lodge 8 - 5 in the Championship game. The Tournament is hosted by the Helmville Fastpitch Softball Team, a team in the Blackfoot Valley Fastpitch Softball League. Seven teams from the Blackfoot Valley League played this year from Helmville, Seeley Lake, Deer Lodge, two Missoula teams, Lincoln and Huson....
GREAT FALLS – Seeley-Swan's Boys earned the top spot on the podium for the second time in the school's history at the State C Track Meet in Great Falls May 28. The Boys accumulated 84 points to beat out Manhattan Christian with 62.5 and third place Belt with 40 points. The Girls earned 52 points putting them in third behind Manhattan Christian with 65.5 and Plentywood with 74. Seniors Walker McDonald and Sariah Maughan both set new state records. The last time the Seeley-Swan Boys won the g...
FRENCHTOWN – Seeley-Swan’s Boys earned first place and the Girls took second at the Western C Divisional Track Meet May 20-21. The Boys earned 100 points to put them ahead of Manhattan Christian with 96.5 while the Girls accumulated 60 putting them behind Manhattan Christian’s girls with 89. Eight Seeley-Swan High School athletes advance to the State C meet this week in individual events. The Boys and Girls advance with both the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams. For the Boys, Owen Hoag, Sawyer Shelmerdine, Chase Haines, Walker McDonald and K...
MISSOULA – On May 18, athletes from Seeley Lake Elementary, Swan Valley School and Potomac School competed at the Meet of Champions, the final middle school track meet of the season. To qualify for the meet the athletes had to finish in the top five of the Copper League Qualifier the previous week. Many of the athletes set personal records (PR) at the meet. Seeley Lake Eagles: Sixth Grade • Trey Good 10th in 800-meter 3:00.31 PR • Tully Good 4th in 1600-meter 6:17.14 PR • Tim Garland 2nd in Jave...
MISSOULA – Eighteen of Seeley-Swan's athletes placed in the top five at the 13C District Meet May 13-14 and will advance to Western C Divisional this week. The Boys won the meet earning 154 points to beat out Drummond with 140. The Girls took second with 137 points behind Drummond with 154. The top Seeley-Swan Boys included Owen Hoag, Sawyer Shelmerdine, Chase Haines, Walker McDonald, Klayton Kovatch and Connor Matthew. Hoag won the 100, 200 and 400-meter races. His 200-meter time of 22.34 i...
SHELBY, MONTANA – Seeley-Swan High School boys tied for second at the Class C Divisional Tournament at Marias Valley Golf Course in Shelby, Montana May 9. The girls took third, qualifying both teams for state. "The weather was brutal and the course was very difficult," said Coach Colleen Stone. "We were very happy with the results." Scores for the boys: Ari Nicholas 81; Trey Miller 95 (personal record); Aiden Posthumus 101 and Ben Haley 101. For the girls: Mia Nicholas 98; Cora Stone 111; Ava T...
MISSOULA – Seeley-Swan's Owen Hoag and Walker McDonald won the "Outstanding Male Track Athlete" and "Outstanding Male Field Athlete" awards at the Kim L. Haines Memorial track meet May 7. The pair's performance helped propel the Seeley-Swan Boys to first place in the team points ahead of Broadwater and Loyola. The Seeley-Swan Girls took second at the KLH behind Broadwater and ahead of Drummond. Hoag dominated the short distances on the track winning the 100, 200 and 400-meter events. He cut h...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School golfers showed improvement as the regular season ended last week. Golfers participated in the Wayne Cahoon Memorial Tournament May 3 and tournament in Plains May 6 and head to Divisionals May 9. Scores from the Wayne Cahoon Memorial Tournament at Double Arrow Golf Course in Seeley Lake May 3: • Boys: Ari Nicholas 74, Ben Haley 101, Kase Anderson 106, Kaden Thornsberry 106, Trey Miller 112 and Aaron Jungers 116 • Girls: Mia Nicholas 102, Ava Thorn...
SEELEY LAKE - A pair of school records and several meet records fell over the past week as athletes from Seeley-Swan High School competed in the Russ Pilcher Top 10 in Missoula April 26 and the Fairfield Belt State Preview in Great Falls April 30. Junior Emily Maughan has had her eyes on Seeley-Swan's Long Jump record of 17 feet 4 inches for several years. She recalled that she first felt it was attainable when she was in eighth grade and was jumping around 16 feet. This year, Coach Mike Haines...
Seeley-Swan High School golfers all scored at Missoula Loyola Spring Swing Tournament at the Ranch Club in Missoula April 26. This was a two-day event with SSHS golfers participating just one day, Coach Colleen Stone said. Tough weather conditions did not stop Ari Nicholas from qualifying for state with a 75. "He had a great group to play with and rose to the occasion," Stone said. Other scores for Boys: Aiden Posthumus 102, Kaden Thornsberry 111, Chris Auchenbach 114 and Aaron Jungers 122....
MISSOULA - Seeley-Swan's Owen Hoag set an unexpected school record while Seeley-Swan's Boys took third and the Girls took fourth at the Seeley-Swan Invite track meet April 23. Beaverhead County and Bigfork took the top spots in both the boys and girls points while Superior edged out Seeley-Swan's Girls for third. "For the 200 [school record], it really wasn't even a goal for me. I hadn't even considered breaking it," said Hoag. Hoag has been focused on the 400-meter this season where he is less...
THOMPSON FALLS – Seeley-Swan High School golfers finished strong in the Gary Thompson Falls Invite April 23 with the girls taking second and the boys third place. “There were 80 kids on a 9-hole course, so pretty packed,” said Coach Colleen Stone. Junior Ari Nicholas finished second overall in the boys’ division with an 81 but wasn’t marked as an official score, again. “We have three tournaments this week,” Stone said. “We will make sure he gets marked.” Freshman Mia Nicholas was second overall in the girl’s division, Ava Thornsberry, junior...
HELENA, MONTANA – Seeley-Swan High School Senior Tegan Mauldin will don a purple Fighting Saints uniform next year after signing to play on the junior varsity (JV) basketball team with Carroll College. In the second year recruiting for the JV program, Head JV Coach Taylor Edwards is excited to welcome Mauldin to the team and looks forward to helping her excel at the next level. While on a campus tour at Carroll, Mauldin requested a meeting with the basketball coach. Not only did she get to m...
MISSOULA - The Missoula County Public School Invitational fell victim to Montana's spring weather April 16. The meet was canceled after just five events on the track but the cold and snow didn't keep Seeley-Swan's athletes from shining. In the first event on the track, Hunter Coyle ran his season's fastest 3200 with a time of 14:18.21. Chase Haines shaved nearly a half second off his personal record (PR) in the 110-meter hurdles, crossing the line in fourth place with a time of 16.43. Zach Best...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Swan High School Golf season is in full swing with a new coach Colleen Stone. Mia Nicholas, a freshman homeschool student, qualified for state shooting a 98 during her first high school tournament played in Hamilton, March 31. Other individual scores from the Hamilton Tournament are: junior Ava Thornsberry, 114, senior Tegan Mauldin, participated but no score available, junior Ari Nicholas, 82, freshman Aiden Postumus, 92; junior Ben Haley, 95, freshman Trey Miller, 1...
POLSON - Seeley-Swan’s Boys and Girls track teams both took second place at the 50th Annual Dave Tripp Memorial Track Meet in Polson April 8. The Boys earned 83 team points putting them ahead of Drummond with 69 points and Loyola with 63. Class B Jefferson took the top spot with 175. Seeley-Swan’s Girls earned 72 points behind Drummond with 97 and ahead of Superior and Anaconda with 65 and 62 respectively. Seeley-Swan’s Boys burned up the track. Owen Hoag won the 200-meter in 23.02 seconds and won the 400-meter in 51.07, more than five secon...
FRENCHTOWN - Mother nature provided a mixture of weather for the Frenchtown Invitational April 2 including sprinkles of rain, flurries of snow, wind and sunshine in no particular order. Seeley-Swan High School athletes took the weather in stride as they competed against hundreds of athletes from 18 schools. However, a few of the top runners were a little blue to learn that the event's automatic timing system was not functioning. Relying only on hand times, nobody could auto qualify for state or...
POTOMAC – With only seven girls out for the Potomac School Girls Basketball team not only did they see a lot of playing time, Head Coach Beth Copenhaver said there was a lot of improvement. The Pioneers finished sixth in the Copper League Tournament. "I've been most proud of the effort that they put on the court," Copenhaver said. "At the end of the day, if you go out and put everything out there and you work your hardest, that is what matters, that is what we count as a win – that we put our...
CORVALLIS - Seeley Swan High School's track team competed against athletes from 17 A, B and C class schools at the first meet of the season March 26. Seeley-Swan's returning state champions Walker McDonald, Owen Hoag and Sariah Maughan all showed they are back to defend their titles. McDonald took first place in the discus with a throw of 161 feet, just 4 feet shy of his best throw last year. He won by nearly 20 feet over Seeley-Swan's Klayton Kovatch. Kovatch took second place and extended his...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles finished the season as the Copper League Champions after beating Bonner for first place March 17. Head Coach Bradley Miller said it was a great season, with a lot of improvements. "I was a very, very lucky coach this year," Miller said. "I did a lot and I had to do a lot but they made it really easy towards the end of the season. They all figured it out and got together as a team and decided what they wanted to do and they went out and did it. That m...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School Senior Tegan Mauldin was voted the Missoulian's Prep Athlete of the Week March 2. Mauldin tallied 44 points over four divisional basketball games in Frenchtown, including 16 in a loser-out game and 12 in the third-place game, both team highs. Mauldin did not starting playing basketball at Seeley Lake Elementary until junior high. "I didn't want to be in front of people, that was terrifying," Maudlin said. She decided to go out for the team in seventh grade...
FRENCHTOWN - The Lady Blackhawks season came to an end at the Western C Divisional Tournament Feb. 24-26 but they didn't go down without a fight. The Lady Blackhawks had two wins and two losses to finish out their season with a 22-2 record. In their opening game the Lady Blackhawks faced the West Yellowstone Wolverines. After trailing early in the game, the Lady Blackhawks rebounded in the second quarter outscoring the Wolverines 17-2. They held them off through the second half to a 50-36 victor...
FRENCHTOWN - The Lady Blackhawks blew through the District 13C tournament, taking home the top trophy and maintained their undefeated season. They got a bye in the first round and then took down Darby in the quarterfinal Feb. 18 before defeating Granite in the Championship game Feb. 19. Darby put up very little fight as the Lady Blackhawks put them down 24-6 in the first quarter and didn't let up until the final frame. The final score was 68-28. Emily Maughan put in 10 baskets for 20 points to...
