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MISSOULA - Nearly 20 teams from A, B and C Class schools sent athletes to the Seeley-Swan High School Invitational track meet April 20. Despite the rain, the Girls and Boys of Seeley-Swan shined. The Girls took first place with 112 points ahead of Big Fork's 94.5 while the Boys were second place trailing Big Fork 74 to 104. The Lady Blackhawks had a well-rounded victory with individuals placing in 12 events including 4 first places. Klaire Kovatch not only won the discus but she extended her...
POLSON - The Boys and Girls of Seeley-Swan took second place at the Dave Tripp Memorial track meet April 12. The meet attracted three Class B schools and 12 Class C schools. The Boys were just 3.5 points short of Powell County's 105 points while the Girls were 12.5 points behind Charlo's 105.5 points. On the track the Boys shined in the 100, 200, 400-meter and both relays. Logan Robinson won both the 100 and 200-meter races with times of 11.62 and 23.44 seconds. Dakota Wood hot on his heels...
MISSOULA - Three Seeley-Swan school records fell April 6 at the opening track meet. The records include the Girls pole vault, Boys 200-meter and the Boys 4x400 relay. Terra Bertsch cleared 10 feet to break a 2017 school record of 9 foot, 10 inches held by Cera Strumpfer. Bertsch was a freshman on the track team in 2017 when Strumpfer set her record. However Bertsch didn't compete in the event until she was a sophomore. She said she always enjoyed watching the pole vault and looked up to...
MISSOULA - After two weeks of canceled meets due to the unusually snowy winter in Missoula and the Bitterroot, the track season finally got under way April 6. The meet featured approximately 1,000 athletes from 28 teams across A, B and C class schools. Despite the sea of athletes to wade though, the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Boys placed fourth with 53 points while the Ladies took sixth with 40 points. Both the Boys' relay teams took first place. The 4x100 relay team consisting of Logan Robinson,...
BILLINGS – "Winning the national championship was our goal from the very beginning and we all knew what we had to do to get there," said Paige Holmes, 2016 Seeley-Swan High School graduate and guard for the Montana Western University Bulldogs. "I still can't believe that I am a part of the national champion team. It is really a dream come true." Montana Western Bulldogs took the program's first NAIA Division 1 National title with a 75-59 victory over Oklahoma City University Stars Tuesday, M...
POTOMAC - "One of the greatest strengths that I saw was the support the girls gave to each other continually through the whole season," said Potomac Pioneers Head Coach Christi Taillefer about the team this year. This year there were 13 girls that played for the Pioneers. It was a young team with two eighth graders, four seventh graders, four sixth graders and three fifth graders. The coaches and players felt the season went pretty well. It was a season of many firsts, for the coaches and some...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) winter sports awards banquet was held March 19 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 basketball teams. Letters, Pins & Chevrons: Students earned a letter if basketball was the first activity they have lettered in along with a pin. Pins are awarded to students who have previously lettered in another activity. Chevrons...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles went undefeated in their regular season with a 16-0 record. Head Coach Brett Haines said this is the first time the team has gone undefeated and they played like they were number one in the tournaments. The Eagles took the championship title for the girls Copper League Small Schools 2019. In the tournament, the first game was Wednesday night against Clinton. Clinton proved to be no competition for the Eagles winning 57-6. "At some point I needed t...
BILLINGS – Seeley-Swan High School senior Chance Johnson was selected to participate in the Treasure State Senior Classic Tournament March 14-16. He was one of 12 seniors to represent the Western Class C Division in the tournament. Johnson enjoyed the high level of competition and opportunity to play on the same side of the court with some of his past rivals. The annual tournament features seniors from AA, A, B and C classes. The Western C team was one of four C teams and was made up of p...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles girls closed out their regular season on a high note, beating Frenchtown 36-11. Head Coach Brett Haines said it has been a great season and they are ready for tournaments. Haines said he was looking forward to this year since the seventh grade girls almost went undefeated last year. The now eighth graders lived up to the expectation and played well again this year. Haines said his guards and his forwards are all strong and it is a well-balanced t...
After a slow start to their season, four Hellgate Civilian Shooters have received an invite to Junior Olympics in April, the first Hellgate team has secured an invite to the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) three-position (3P) Air Rifle National Championships in June, and Seeley Lake's Sam Weisenburger won the State Junior Olympic 3-P Air Rifle match the last weekend in February followed closely by teammate Libby Diller. This is Weisenburger's second year getting an invite to the National Jun...
WEST YELLOWSTONE – The Seeley Lake Nordic Team finished their season at the West Yellowstone Rendezvous March 2. Head Coach Bridget Laird said it was a fun season even though the team was smaller that in past years. She felt adding the Junior Prep Team helped boost participation for the younger skiers and also re-establishing the Seeley Lake Biathlon brought new excitement for the sport. The Race Team competed in five races this winter: the Glacier Glide in Whitefish, the Seeley Lake Skiesta, t...
BUTTE, MONT. - The Lady Blackhawks' season came to an end at the hands of the Manhattan Christian Eagles at the Western C Divisional Tournament Feb. 23. The Ladies fell to West Yellowstone in the opening round and then sent Drummond home in their first loser out game. The Lady Blackhawks faced an uphill battle in the second half with West Yellowstone after falling 18 points behind in the first half. The Ladies nearly matched West Yellowstone in the third quarter and made a run in the final...
FRENCHTOWN - The Lady Blackhawks defeated the Darby Tigers for the District 13C Title Feb. 16. On their way to the top the Ladies got a bye in the first round and then defeated the Lincoln Lynx in the semifinal. The championship game started out in true Lady Blackhawks fashion as they poured in the baskets and left the Tigers to eating scraps. By the end of the first buzzer the Lady Blackhawks were up 15-4. The Tigers soon began to demand a bigger piece of the pie. The teams went nearly point...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School recognized their senior basketball athletes and managers along with their families at the last home game of the season Friday, Feb. 8....
FRENCHTOWN - The Blackhawks had a bumpy ride at the District 13C tournament defeating Victor in a semifinal, falling to Darby in the championship game and then being upset by the Clark Fork Coop in a challenge game. The Blackhawks easily rolled over Victor Feb. 15, outscoring the Pirates in every frame to a final score of 69-41. Three Blackhawks scored into the double digits. Owen Mercado led the way with 21 followed by Cordell Turner with 19 and Chance Johnson scoring 14. The Boys hit 13 of 20...
SEELEY LAKE - Basketball fans got their money's worth Friday night as Seeley-Swan battled Darby's Tigers. After watching the Lady Blackhawks defeat Darby, they were kept on the edge of their seats through double overtime in the Boys' game. The Blackhawks eventually fell after a buzzer beating three-pointer by the Tigers. The Lady Blackhawks struggled in the first half to contain Darby's three-point game with 21 of Darby's 26 points coming from three pointers. In the second half the Ladies shut...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School recognized their senior basketball athletes and managers along with their families at the last home game of the season Friday, Feb. 8. This week we feature the Ladies. Look for the four senior boys in next week's issue....
DRUMMOND - On Feb. 2, the Swan Valley Warhawks, the Avon Elks, the Hall Huskies and the Helmville Mustangs met for their final tournament in Drummond. The Warhawks took second place in the tournament. The tournament started with the SVES Warharks playing against the Hall Huskies. The game came to a tie with a score of 45-45, and resulted in a three minute overtime. During overtime, the Warhawks won the game 53-47. They then were able to move to the Championship game against the Helmville Mustang...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks hosted the Deer Lodge Wardens Feb. 2 and headed to Lincoln Feb. 4 to take on the Lynx in a rescheduled game from Feb. 1. The Blackhawks got off to a rough start against the Wardens falling 16 points behind by the half. They came out strong in the third quarter nearly matching the Wardens but were unable to gain any ground. Final score was 43-64. Owen Mercado and Chance Johnson led the Blackhawks scoring 18 and 17 points respectively....
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks took on the Clark Fork Coop Mountain Cats in Alberton Jan. 25 and then hosted the Horsemen and Trotters from Plains Jan. 26. The Blackhawks took a sizable lead over the Mountain Cats in the first half but blew the game out in the third quarter, more than doubling their score. The Blackhawks finished the Cats off 55-27. Cordell Turner led the Boys with 15 points with Chance Johnson just behind at 14. Johnson had 2 of the team's 5...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks decimated the Valley Christian Eagles on the Eagles home court Jan. 19. The Blackhawks finished strong after a slow start racking up 27 points in the final frame nearly doubling their score. The final score was 60-24. Four Boys scored into the double digits with Chance Johnson scoring 17, Cordell Turner 13, Dakota Wood 12 and Owen Mercado 11. The remaining points were scored by Hunter Shelmerdine with 4 and Walker McDonald with 3. Wood...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks had a busy week hosting Granite Jan 8, traveling to Darby Jan. 11 and they were back at home Jan. 12 to take on Victor. The Boys defeated Granite and Victor but fell to Darby while the Ladies fell to Granite and defeated Darby and Victor. The Blackhawks found themselves in debt after the first quarter against the Granite Prospectors but the Boys fought their way back by the half. The Boys carried their second quarter momentum though...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks hosted Lincoln Jan. 3 and Charlo Jan. 4. Both the Boys and Ladies easily defeated Lincoln but couldn't overcome the stiff competition from Charlo. The Lady Blackhawks wasted no time burying Lincoln, outscoring them 2 to 1 in the first quarter and 4 to 1 in the second quarter. They didn't let up much in the second half running the score up to 69-26 by the final buzzer. Terra Bertsch and Ashley Miller led the assault with 11 points...
MISSOULA – With each team trading their only losses for the season, the Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles boys basketball team faced the Potomac Pioneers Dec. 18 at the Adam's Center in Missoula for the Copper League Small Schools Championship. Despite the Eagles trying to close the gap in the fourth quarter, the Pioneers maintained their lead and took the Championship 24-13. Both teams won one game of tournament play before meeting at the championship. The Eagles beat MIS and the Pioneers took DeSm...
