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SEELEY LAKE – The Lady Blackhawks are under new leadership this year with David Cahoon stepping into the head coaching role. Cahoon said they are looking forward to working hard, having a good attitude and playing as a team. While Cahoon has always enjoyed playing football, he didn't start playing basketball until he was a freshman at Seeley-Swan High School. He had to work more on the fundamentals and understanding the basics of basketball because he hadn't developed the skills and the knowledg...
RONAN – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Boys took on Arlee and Frenchtown’s JV at last week’s Western Tip-Off Tournament. The Boys came out strong against Arlee in the opening quarter leading by 3 points but the Warriors slipped by in the second quarter outscoring the Blackhawks 13 to 6. The Blackhawks nearly matched the Warriors in the second half but could never regain the lead and fell 46-52. Owen Mercado racked up 24 points for the Blackhawks including hitting a pair of three pointers and shooting 6 for 7 from the free throw line. Dakota Wood...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles are set for take-off in the last couple weeks of the boys' basketball season. This year there are 16 boys on the fifth and sixth grade B team and nine boys on the seventh and eighth grade A Team. Head Coach Brett Haines and Assistant Coach Brad Miller are happy with the progress and look forward to continued improvement in the final weeks of the season. Eagles A Team Haines said the A Team is working hard on their basketball skills and seeing i...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) fall sports awards banquet was held Nov. 20 at Seeley-Swan High School. The banquet was held to present varsity letters, pins, chevrons, All-Conference and Academic All-State awards to members of the SSHS varsity fall sports team members. This year Blackhawk Awards were also presented to the football players. Each player receives a letter after participating in the required number of varsity games or meets. They receive a pin for every activity...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks season came to an end at the hands of the Valley Christian Eagles at the District 13-C Tournament Nov. 1. The Lady Blackhawks had a rough start to the tournament falling to Clark Fork 19-25, 23-25 and 24-26 in their first match but they didn't go down without a fight. They sent home Victor 25-10, 25-14 and 25-11 and Lincoln 26-24, 21-25, 25-14, 25-27 and 15-10 before falling to the Eagles 17-25, 25-27, 25-19, 25-10 and 6-15 for third place....
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School dual-athlete Sariah Maughan won the Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 27. She was nominated for leading the volleyball team in the five-set win against Clark Fork Oct. 24 followed by her fourth place finish leading the Lady Blackhawks to the Class C Cross Country State title. Maughan and her three siblings were always very active when they were little. She started playing volleyball, basketball and track in fifth grade. "My parents said that we n...
With temperatures hovering just below the 30 degree mark and snow on the course, the Seeley-Swan High School Lady Blackhawks flew to victory at the Class C State Cross Country meet in Great Falls, Oct. 26. They beat the two-time Class C State Champion West Yellowstone by six points after taking four of the top 10 places. This is the fifth State Championship title for SSHS in Cross Country after it became a sanctioned sport in 1971. The Lady Blackhawks took the championship in 1973 and 1978. The...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School recognized their senior volleyball athletes and managers along with their families at the last volleyball home game of the season Saturday, Oct. 26....
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks wrapped up their last week of the regular season with a victory over Clark Fork and loss to Plains. The Ladies are seeded number one heading into the District 13-C Tournament with a conference record of 8-2. Their overall record is 12-4. The Lady Blackhawks started off their week with a trip to Alberton to face the Clark Fork Mountain Cats. They defeated the Cats in the first set 26-24 and then traded wins back and forth. The Cats won sets two and four, 20-25 and...
THOMPSON FALLS – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks football season came to an end with a loss to the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks Oct. 25. The game was a blowout in the first quarter with the Blackhawks down 0-27. By the half they were down 40 and at the final buzzer it was 0-55. The loss brings the Blackhawks’ season record to 4-4....
POTOMAC – With 16 Pioneers on the team this year, Potomac School's Flag Football team came away with nine wins and two losses. "This was a great year for Potomac flag football," said head coach Marty Preston. Preston is a Potomac resident and father and has been the coach for the last two and a half years with his first year beginning after the season started. Preston's son Martin was the assistant coach this year. For the Prestons, flag football is a family affair. Marty's son Hunter played l...
SEELEY LAKE - Third and fourth graders had the opportunity to participate in the Lil' Eagles Fly High Volleyball Camp, Oct. 14-16. Eagles Volleyball Coach Chelsea Cahoon said they came up with the idea after a girl asked if she could join the team just for practices. She knew she was too young but loved the sport. There were also several other younger girls who would stay and watch, saying they wished they could play. "We thought since most of the girls never even touch a volleyball until...
LINCOLN - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks defeated the Lincoln Lynx on the road Oct. 19. The Ladies, won in three sets, 25-16, 25-18 and 25-18. The victory was extra sweet for the Lady Blackhawks as the Lynx were one of their two early season losses to conference foes. They have a 7-2 in conference record with a week left to play in the regular season before heading into District tournaments. Klaire Kovatch scored a third of all the team’s kills with 11 kills out of 19 attempted and just 7 errors. Sariah Maughan and Bethany Hoag together had an...
MISSOULA – The Blackhawk cross country team raced in their closest meet of the year at the Missoula City Meet held at Linda Vista Golf Course Oct. 15. They competed against the double A Schools and three other C Schools. With the quick turn around from the Arlee meet, the only Blackhawks to set new personal records were Sariah Maughan and Jayla Kauffman. Maughan finished 17th out of a field of 113 girls in a time of 21:14.54, a 6:51 mile pace. Kauffman finished 85th in a time of 27:57.62, a 9:01...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan football player Dakota Wood was voted Missoulian's Prep Athletes of the Week. Wood received more than 400 votes after he was nominated for scoring three touchdowns in the game against Victor, Oct. 5. Wood has been playing football for eight years. "I enjoy being out on the field with my teammates," said Wood. "I like being the leader on the team, working hard and pushing everyone else and having everyone else push me harder in practice and in the games." In his senior...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School recognized their senior football athletes and managers and the senior cross country athletes along with their families at the last home football game of the season Friday, Oct. 11....
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles' flag football team is wrapping up their season this week. Head Coach Brett Haines is happy with the season and the progress the boys made posting a 7-4-1 record. He added it was a great group of players to coach. While the numbers fluctuated, Haines said they had up to 19 players including four eighth graders who led the team. They started out really strong winning their first games. However when eighth grader Cannon Hawkinson was injured and n...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks defeated two conference foes last week taking on Victor Oct. 11 and Darby Oct. 12. The Lady Blackhawks finished off Victor in three sets, 25-13, 25-16 and 25-16. Sariah Maughan led the Ladies with 10 kills and had the highest hit percentage with 21 kills attempted and just 4 errors. Aspen Conley racked up 6 aces out of 26 serves and she led with 8 assists. On the defense, Klaire Kovatch led with 4 solo blocks and 1 assisted block. Emma Stevenson and Maughan had 6 digs each while Trista Wendel received 10 serves w...
ARLEE – For the first time this season, a full Blackhawk team of five girls traveled to Arlee for the Arlee Fish Hatchery Challenge Oct. 10. While the meet in the past has always been for Class B and C schools, this year Class A schools joined the race with strong teams from Hamilton and Ronan. The Lady Blackhawks missed the gold by one point finishing second to Hamilton. The team knew that this meet would be a challenge on a very difficult course. They were up for it as they set new personal r...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks had a rough start against the undefeated Clark Fork Mountain Cats falling 28 points behind early in the final home game of the season Oct. 11. The Blackhawks finally got some points on the board when Brayden Rodriguez caught the ball and ran in a tipped pass for a 25-yard touchdown in the final minute of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Blackhawks matched the Cats touchdown for touchdown. Caleb Maughan scored on a 22-yard play, Dakota Wood r...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks had a pair of victories last week hosting the Valley Christian Eagles Oct. 4 before heading to St. Regis to take on the Tigers Oct. 5. The Lady Blackhawks took the match from the Eagles in four sets, 27-25, 25-19, 22-25 and 25-15. Klaire Kovatch led the Ladies with 9 kills against the Eagles while Emma Stevenson had the highest hit percentage getting 6 kills in 19 attempts with just 2 errors. Trista Wendel scored 6 of the team’s 15 aces. Defensively, four Ladies dug into the double digits in digs with Aspen C...
VICTOR – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks walked all over the Victor Pirates Oct. 12 bringing their season record to 4-2 and leaving the Pirates winless. The Blackhawks found success on the ground and in the air. They rushed for 229 yards with an average of 10 yards per carry and completed 9 of 15 attempted passes for 156 yards. The game was a blowout with the Blackhawks scoring four touchdowns in the first quarter. A touchdown in the second quarter put the Blackhawks up 40-0 going into the second hal...
SEELEY LAKE - The 2019 Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles Volleyball team is part of the Copper League which consists of several A (eighth grade) and B (seventh grade) home and away matches and an eighth grade tournament at the season's end. This season, the Eagles started with 12 players: one eighth grader, three seventh graders, four sixth graders and four fifth graders. We have since grown to 21 players: three eighth graders, three seventh, nine sixth and six fifth graders. Since we are a young...
POTOMAC – The Potomac Pioneers girls volleyball team is having a great season this year with only two losses in their eight games. With four eighth graders on the 14-person team, Assistant Coach Kyla Nelson said they have strong leadership, are learning to work together as a team and are learning the fundamentals of the game. Nelson said they have been focusing on fundamentals: placing their feet and the swing for passing; getting their hands and feet in place for setting; and the approach, w...
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks took on the Bulldogs of St. Ignatius for their Homecoming Sept. 28. The game was a hard-fought battle in the first half with neither team's offense being able to move the ball very well. With just four minutes left in the half the Bulldogs scored a touchdown. The Blackhawks broke up the conversion. A half dozen plays later, the Blackhawks scored a touchdown of their own. Caleb Maughan had a great kick return followed by a couple of runs and a couple of pass r...
