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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...
FRENCHTOWN - The Blackhawks put up a great fight at the 13C District Tournament but in the end fell just one basket short of extending their season to the divisional tournament. The Blackhawks defeated Granite 63-46 in their opening game Feb. 17 before falling to Darby in the semifinal 56-74. In the consolation bracket the Blackhawks faced Valley Christian Feb. 19. By half time the Boys looked like their season would be ending sooner than later as they trailed 15 points. They clawed their way...
The Seeley-Swan High School Boys Basketball seniors were recognized with their family and friends Feb. 5 and Feb. 12 ahead of the varsity game....
SEELEY LAKE - The Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks wrapped up their regular season taking on Charlo on the road and hosting Hot Springs Feb. 11 and 12. Charlo put up the best fight of the season for the undefeated Lady Blackhawks. The Lady Blackhawks led by 9 at the half but Charlo fought back tying the game at 40-40 and sent the game into overtime. In overtime, the Lady Blackhawks shut out Charlo. Kyla Conley put in one basket and then she and Tegan Mauldin each shot 3 of 4 free throws in...
SEELEY LAKE – On Feb. 1, national signing day, Seeley-Swan High School Senior Sawyer Shelmerdine took a big step toward fulfilling a childhood dream. He signed a letter of intent to play football for Dakota State University. Shelmerdine's goal of playing college football goes back to his earliest school days. He remembers writing it in his kindergarten goal book. He has kept his goal as the years went by but it hasn't always been easy. An injury sidelined Shelmerdine for much of his sophomore y...
SEELEY LAKE– The Swan Valley Warhawks hosted the Blackfoot Valley League Tournament at Seeley Lake Elementary Feb. 5. Helmville defeated Ellison and Swan Valley to take home the championship. The Warhawks wrapped up their basketball season in second place after defeating Elliston and falling to Helmville. Despite a season filled with "micro challenges to push through," Head Coach Chris Auchenbach was proud of how hard the players worked and "the season was fantastic." At the peak of their s...
Next week: The Blackhawks Boys Basketball Seniors...
SEELEY LAKE - The Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks traveled to Darby to face the Tigers Feb. 4 and hosted the Granite Prospectors Feb. 5. The Boys split the week falling to Darby before defeating Granite while the Lady Blackhawks added a pair of wins to their season. The Boys kept pace with the Tigers early in the game but by half time they were trailing by 8 points. Tigers kept out of reach in the second half and the Blackhawks fell 34-52. Walker McDonald led the Blackhawks with 10 points followed by Owen Hoag and Klayton Kovatch with 7 points...
