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SEELEY LAKE - The Lady Blackhawks chalked up two more victories last week to extend their record to 11-0. They hosted the Darby Tigers Feb. 5 and traveled to Philipsburg to take on the Granite Prospectors Feb. 6. The Tigers stood no chance against the Lady Blackhawks. The score was 24-0 in just the first quarter. The Lady Blackhawks finished them off 61-16. Three Lady Blackhawks scored into the double digits. Klaire Kovatch led the way with 13 while Emily Maughan scored 12 and Sariah Maughan...
SEELEY LAKE - The Lady Blackhawks extended their record to 9-0 last week with three more victories taking on Victor, Drummond and Valley Christian. The Victor Pirates hosted the Lady Blackhawks Jan. 28 and put up very little fight. The Lady Blackhawks dominated the game winning by 74 points. The final score was 83-9. Nearly all the Lady Blackhawks scored points with three of them scoring enough to defeat the Pirates single handedly. Klaire Kovatch and Aspen Conley scored 12 each while Bethany...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks started their week off with a win against Victor but then fell to Drummond and Valley Christian. They are now 3-6 for the season. The Blackhawks traveled to Victor Jan. 28 and brought home a solid win over the Pirates outscoring them in every quarter. The final score was 70-55. Sawyer Shelmerdine racked up 23 points from 8 two-pointers, 1 three-pointer and 4 free throws to lead the Blackhawks. Two more Blackhawks scored into the double digits with Chase...
SEELEY LAKE - As the sole senior Blackhawk, Quinlan Ream was recognized at the home game Saturday, Jan. 30....
SEELEY LAKE - The fans were in for a special treat Jan. 22 as the Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks took on the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks. Lincoln was originally scheduled but due to a lack of available players they had to cancel. The Blue Hawks proved to be a much more formidable match for the Lady Blackhawks. The Blue Hawks struck first and the teams went shot for shot early in the game. The stalemate didn't last long though as the Lady Blackhawks went cold. They were taking plenty of shots but...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks faced the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks on their home court Jan. 22. The Blackhawks started out strong hanging with the Blue Hawks for the first four minutes of play but then stalled out. They allowed the Blue Hawks to score six unanswered points to finish off the first quarter. The second quarter was equally rough and the Blackhawks went into the second half trailing 16 points. The Blue Hawks kept the pace through the rest of the game and the Blackhawks...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School recognized their senior Lady Blackhawk athletes along with their families and friends at their home game Saturday, Jan. 16....
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks added a pair of wins to their record last week decimating the Darby Tigers on the road Jan. 15 and defeating the Granite Prospectors on their home court Jan. 16. The Lady Blackhawks showed no mercy to the Tigers scoring more than enough points in the first quarter to win the game. But the Lady Blackhawks didn't stop there. They added another 27 points in the second quarter to lead 60-13 going into the second half. The final score was 79-27. Nearly al...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks came up short in both their games last week falling to Darby at home Jan. 15 and Granite on the road Jan. 16. The Blackhawks had their hands full taking on Darby's Tigers and found themselves trailing early in the game. By the half they were down 13 to 27. While they had a better second half they couldn't close in on the Tigers. The final score was 38 to 59. Oskar Murphy, Chase Haines and Jason James lead the Blackhawks with 9 points each. Murphy put up...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks continued to steamroll the competition with solid victories over the Trojans of Drummond on the road Jan. 8 and the Valley Christian Eagles at home Jan. 9. The Lady Blackhawks showed no mercy to Drummond nearly outscoring them three to one in the first quarter. Within the first few minutes of the second quarter, the Lady Blackhawks had already put up more points than Drummond would in the whole game. The final score was 70-31. Bethany Hoag sunk a...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks split their week with a victory over Drummond at home Jan. 8 and a loss on the road to Valley Christian Jan 9. The Blackhawks fought hard against the Drummond Trojans throughout the first half. The Trojans were punishing the Blackhawks on the long shots, scoring more than half their points from behind the three-point line. Despite this, the Blackhawks managed to take a razor thin lead into the second half. The Blackhawks came out strong in the third...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School's basketball teams played their first games this past weekend. To prevent players and fans from contracting coronavirus, organizers had to make certain adaptations during games. SSHS Athletic Director Shawn Holmes said the biggest change they had to make was having the boys and girls teams play in separate locations. They would still be able to play on the same night but the varsity and junior varsity teams for one gender would play a home game while the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks opened their basketball season with victories over the Clark Fork Coop Mountain Cats Jan. 2. Due to COVID-19 precautions, the Boys played at home while the Ladies were on the road. Blackhawks The Blackhawks traded shots with the Cats throughout the first quarter and were able to build a 13-point lead in the second quarter. They maintained their distance in the third but the Cats were not going to go home quietly. The Cats came out...
SEELEY LAKE – While an after-school basketball game at Seeley Lake Elementary typically has the stands packed, this season only four spectators per player were allowed due to COVID restrictions. However, that did not deter the SLE Eagles from improving their game and having fun this season. Despite the Copper League postponing the start of boys basketball until after the New Year, the Eagles have played several games since starting their season the end of October. Head Coach Brett Haines has lin...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School senior Klaire Kovatch signed a national letter of intent to throw discus, javelin and potentially weight and hammer for the Colorado State University Division 1 track and field team on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Kovatch said part of the reason she decided to sign with CSU was that it was relatively close to home with a major airport nearby and that they offered the degree she is looking to pursue which is food science and human nutrition. "I liked the idea that...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks hosted the Lone Peak Bighorns in their opening match of the Western C Divisional Tournament Nov. 3. The Lady Blackhawks were able to build enough of a lead in the middle of the first game to hold off a late rally by the Bighorns for the 25-22 win. The teams traded shots early in game two but the Lady Blackhawks soon found themselves trailing by a half dozen points. They fought hard, closing to within a couple of points late in the game, but the B...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks were the top seed going into the District 13C Tournament but the championship was far from a sure bet. Both Granite and Drummond handed the Lady Blackhawks losses during the regular season. The Lady Blackhawks dominated the first game against the Granite Prospectors, 25-12 Thursday, Oct. 29 at home. The second game started out in similar fashion with the Lady Blackhawks taking a 12-5 lead but that would soon be erased. The Prospectors dug in, o...
KALISPELL, MONTANA – On a snow-covered course, 85 runners battled cold and wind during the Class C girls race at the Montana High School Association championships on Oct. 24. The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks came into the race as defending team champions and lost a close race to Manhattan Christian by one point, 29-30. "It was tough watching them out there, they were slipping around on the course," coach Shawn Holmes said. "But they ran hard in these conditions. I'm so proud of them." The B...
SEELEY LAKE - "This is so fun! This is So Fun!!" shouted Haidyn Bradshaw as the Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles Volleyball Team finished the season strong with an impressive sweep over the Valley Christian Eagles. The fans were so excited and the girls and coaches were ecstatic and jumping up and down. The season started out rather interesting because of COVID. The team started with 12 girls, grew to 17 after the first week and wrapped up the end of the season with 24 players including five eighth...
The Lady Blackhawks swept the week winning all three matches in three sets. This placed them first seed going into District Tournaments this week. The Ladies headed to Lincoln Tuesday, Oct. 20 to face the Lynx. While the Lynx came within three points of a win in the first game, the Blackhawks shifted the focus, winning 25-13 and 25-12 in the next two games. Senior Bethany Hoag dominated the net with 11 kills and senior Jordan Johnson led the Ladies with 12 assists. While the Blackhawks' 20 aces...
PLAINS – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks played their final game of the season on the road taking on the Horsemen of Plains Oct. 23. The teams battled through a blizzard in what Blackhawks Head Coach Jay Crum would describe as the “funnest game I’ve ever coached.” While the game started with some green showing, the snow completely covered all the grass on the field by halftime. The game remained scoreless until the final minute when the Horsemen scored a lone touchdown to win with 6 points. But even that didn’t come without controversy related t...
SEELEY LAKE – It was the second time the Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles faced Hellgate Elementary. With no points on the board and a fourth down, the Eagles connected. The ball was thrown up the flag route to the corner for a finger-tip catch by seventh grader Noah Stone. This set up eighth grader Tyler Haines for the only touchdown of the game. "That was the game of the year. It was a battle," said Head Coach Brett Haines. "It was incredibly exciting for us to win that one on the road." The Seel...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks added a pair of wins to their record last week defeating Plains and the Clark Fork Co-op. The Lady Blackhawks made quick work of Plains Oct. 15 putting them down in three games, 25-12, 25-9 and 25-19. More than a third of the Lady Blackhawks’ points came from aces and kills. Dani Sexton and Jordan Johnson had 3 aces each while Klaire Kovatch and Sariah Maughan had 2 aces each. Kovatch and Bethany Hoag had 5 kills each while Maughan had 4, Aspen Conley had 3 and Trista Wendel had 2. Johnson had 15 of the t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks hosted the Arlee Warriors for their last home game of the season Oct. 17. The Blackhawks came out strong scoring a touchdown in the opening minutes and then following up with another with four minutes remaining in the first quarter. Both touchdowns were passes where Quarterback Walker McDonald connected with Owen Hoag. The first touchdown was a 29-yard play while the second was for 70 yards. Neither conversion was successful. Both teams had several unsucc...
MISSOULA – The Blackhawks Cross Country team continued to pick up speed Friday, Oct. 16 at the Linda Vista meet hosted by Darby and Seeley-Swan High School. Head Coach Shawn Holmes said the runners had a great meet where they hosted mainly B schools there for their Divisional. In the middle school race, eighth grader Sam Ayers took the bronze, setting a new season record of 13:15. He only missed his personal record from last year set at the Arlee Fish Hatchery by 14 seconds. For the boys, C...
