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FRENCHTOWN - The track season for the Potomac Pioneers culminated at the Meet of Champions May 16 in Frenchtown. There were seven athletes from Potomac that qualified for the final meet. It was a chilly wet day for athletes and coaches alike. Potomac's Head Track Coach Raynee Pace was extremely proud of the athletes this year. "They worked hard in practice, tried out different and more challenging events and always worked to set high goals and break their personal records," said Pace. 6th Grade...
FRENCHTOWN-Ten athletes from the Seeley-Swan High School track and field teams will extend their season next week at the Class C State Championship in Laurel, Mont. Nine Blackhawks placed in the top five in their events at last week's Western C Divisional track meet, the qualifier for the state meet. The boys and girls 4x100m and 4x400m relays also qualified. "We got a lot of kids to state, more than I think we have in the past," said Coach Mike Haines. "It was pretty impressive but we can get b...
FRENCHTOWN - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks brought home both the Girls and Boys 13-C Championships from the district track meet May 12-13. The Lady Blackhawks dominated the competition earning 225 points, nearly three times the points of second place Darby. The Boys also bested Darby for the championship though on a tighter margin, 154 to 113. Thirteen Ladies and 12 Boys placed in the top five of individual events and will advance to the Western C Divisional this week. Both the Boys and Girls 400...
FRENCHTOWN - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks ran, jumped and threw to new levels setting personal records (PR) and in the process, breaking two school records at the Kim L. Haines Memorial track meet May 6. Lady Blackhawks Cera Strumpfer and Alex Bohlman each set new school records. Strumpfer cleared 9 feet, 10 inches to break Shawna Nemmers 1996 record of 9 feet, 9 inches. The jump earned Strumpfer first place in the event. Bohlman took first place and furthered her own school record from last week...
MISSOULA - Golfers from nearly a dozen schools took to the fairways of the Ranch Club Golf Course and Canyon River Golf Course for the Loyola Invitational May 1 and 2. The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks came out strong on day one of the tournament. All four Boys shot 88 and under at the Ranch Club. Their combined score of 334 put them in second just 2 strokes behind Loyola in first place. They had a solid 8-stroke lead over third place Shelby. McKinley Nicholas led the Blackhawks after 18 holes at the R...
RONAN – Swan Valley Warhawk Rose Mercer broke the Swan Valley Elementary School triple jump record March 31 at the first meet of the season in Ronan, Mont. She jumped 28 feet, 10.75 inches beating the record set by Trinity Hamilton in the early 1990s by nearly two inches. Mercer had tried triple jump a couple times last year for the first time and she said she was not very good. With the help of assistant coach Dana Conley, she earned the fourth place spot and competed at the Meet of C...
GREAT FALLS - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks headed over the mountains to challenge athletes from more than two dozen Class A, B and C schools April 29. The Lady Blackhawks took third while the Boys took fourth. Earlier in the week the Blackhawks’ top athletes participated in the Russ Pilcher Top 10 in Missoula. To make the cut, athletes had to rank in the top ten of all schools, across all classes, in western Montana. Alex Bohlman, Cera Strumpfer and the Boys and Girls 4x400 relay teams rose to the challenge at the Top 10. Bohlman placed first i...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks did not let the threatening clouds douse their game April 25 at Double Arrow Golf Course. The Boys finished with a score of 252, ten strokes ahead of Big Fork and Thompson Falls who were tied in second. All five Blackhawks finished in the top 15. Malachi Nicholas led the Blackhawks shooting just five over par with a 77, his best score of the season. Malachi tied for first place with Bigfork's Colton Stodgill for individual scores. Malachi and Stodgill...
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. - For the second year in a row, 2013 Seeley-Swan High School graduate John Parcell of Condon won the 2017 Western Collegiate Stihl Timbersports Championship April 19-21 at Northern Arizona University. Parcell will be one of eight collegiate athletes who will chop and saw their way towards the title of Best Lumberjack in the USA at the Stihl Timbersports 2017 U.S. Championships in Milwaukee, Wisc. July 28-30. "I hoped I could do it again," said Parcell who was nominated by the...
FRENCHTOWN - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks hosted athletes from seven Class B and 16 Class C schools at the Seeley-Swan High School Invitational in Frenchtown April 22. The Blackhawks competed earlier in the week at the Big Sky Quad in Missoula. Five Blackhawks and three Lady Blackhawks set personal records (PR) at Frenchtown and one qualified for state. Freshman Terra Bertsch reached a new height with a five-foot high jump. The jump earned her a spot at State. In addition to the PR in the high jum...
ALBERTON – Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) eighth-grader Klaire Kovatch set a new SLE discus record April 20 at the Alberton track meet. She threw 102 feet, 2 inches. That broke Alika Schneiter's record of 87 feet, 1 inch set in 1992. Kovatch said her goal this season was to break the school discus record. Last year she came within six feet of the record. "I knew I was capable of throwing farther than it," wrote Kovatch in an email. She practiced almost every other day on her throw and the f...
POTOMAC - The Bonner Wrestling Club (BWC) had 38 members this season with 12 wrestlers representing the Seeley Lake and Potomac area. The BWC participated in seven meets over a course of six weeks, ending with state in Columbia Falls. The team organizers Josh and Cari Sessums have been involved with the BWC for nine years. Cari said the first year was spent getting established and the wrestlers practiced but not as a team. The goal of BWC is to create a family atmosphere while teaching an indivi...
FRENCHTOWN – Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) and Potomac School started their track season with their first meet of the season in Frenchtown, April 11. Athletes from 12 schools participated in the Copper League Meet. SLE Eagles The Eagles brought 50 competitors to the first meet including nine athletes from Condon and one from Ovando. While several placed in the top six, many finished first place in their events. In the girls field events, eighth-grader Bethany Hoag took first in the triple jump a...
BIGFORK - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks headed to Bigfork on a snowy April 15. The Blackhawks didn't let the cool temperatures get to them as the Ladies earned 72.4 team points for fourth place and the Boys took 37 team points for sixth. Alex Bohlman led the Lady Blackhawks taking first place in the 200-meter and javelin while Cera Strumpfer cleared 9 foot in the pole vault for first place. The Ladies 4x400 relay consisting of Alex, Andi Bohlman, Lily Mercer and Cera Strumpfer took first place...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks golf team started their week out in Ronan April 11 before heading to Bigfork April 14. McKinley Nicholas and Jessie Hood continue to make the top ten list. Nicholas’s 75 strokes at Ronan earned him second while he tied for fourth with 83 strokes at Bigfork. Hood shot a 104 in Ronan for sixth place and a 107 for tenth place at Bigfork. Nicholas’s second place finish at Ronan propelled the Blackhawks to a Class C victory over Plains, Superior and Darby. Shane Lindemer finished just outside the top ten with 94 str...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Wrestling Team's season came to a close with the All-City Tournament April 5 at Sentinel High School. Of the nearly dozen wrestlers who had been participating in the inaugural program, three competed in the tournament. Sixth-grader Sean Mercado brought home a third place while eight-grader Soren Moon took fourth in his age and weight class. Head Coach Chris Mauldin was excited to see the momentum the program gained its first year. He also enjoyed watching the t...
CORVALLIS - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks took on 19 teams ranging from Class C all the way to AA at the Darby/Florence Invitational April 6. The team then headed to the Frenchtown Invitational April 8 and faced competition from nine Class A, seven Class B and seven Class C schools. The Blackhawks earned 44 team points placing them in fourth at Corvallis while on the girls side, the Lady Blackhawks took fifth with 41.83 points. Logan Maughan led the Blackhawks placing in three individual events....
PLAINS - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks golf team headed to Plains April 8. The Blackhawks only fielded three golfers but made their mark with two of them scoring in the top 10. McKinley Nicholas completed the par 72 course in just 80 strokes. He finished 7 strokes behind the top spot and tied for third. Shane Lindemer missed the top 15 by just one stroke with a score of 99. Jessie Hood also broke into the top 15 with 111 strokes. She placed seventh out of more than 20 girls. This week they head to Ronan April 11 and then to Bigfork April...
FRENCHTOWN - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks' track season began March 30 at the Jim Johnson Invitational in Frenchtown. Nineteen A, B and C class teams competed. The Lady Blackhawks took sixth place with 34 team points while the Boys earned 20 team points for ninth place. Freshman Terra Bertsch led the Lady Blackhawks, placing in three events. She took second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.04. Bertsch earned a fourth place with a 4'8" high jump and she anchored the Lady Blackhawks 4x100...
HAMILTON - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks golf team took on Hamilton Golf Club’s course in the opening meet of the season. The March 31 event featured Class B and C schools. The Blackhawks smoked the Class C competition with 285 strokes. It was a 35-stroke margin over second place, Plains at 320. Darby finished third with 406 strokes. McKinley Nicholas shot an 88 to lead the Blackhawks to the Class C victory. Malachi Nicholas was just six strokes over his brother with 94. Both earned spots in the top ten. Shane Lindemer shot a 103 and Bo Jungers s...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) eighth-grader Amber Koepke has stepped up to the mat as the only female wrestler on the Seeley Lake Wrestling Team. After starting the season a few weeks behind the rest of the team, she has one match under her belt and looks forward to competing in the All-City Championship April 6 at Sentinel High School. Koepke said she grew up loving the feeling of being different. Instead of playing with stereotypical girls' toys like Barbie and doing makeup, s...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) winter sports awards banquet was held March 14 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 winter sports team members. Lady Blackhawks Head Coach Shawn Holmes highlighted some of the stats for the seniors on the team. They have a high school career record of 91 wins and 11 loses. The seniors have won four conference and dist...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) Eagles put their name in the record books after taking the championship game in the Large School A Copper League. This was the first year the Eagles have participated in the Copper League. Head Coach Brett Haines could not be happier with how well the girls did this season. The Eagles joined the Copper League this year and competed with the large schools. This included the Missoula schools. "I knew we could compete," said Haines. "I didn't realize w...
MISSOULA - The Potomac Pioneers girls' basketball season ended with a second place finish for the Copper League Small Schools Team at the Adams Center in Missoula. Their playoff game March 14 was in Clinton against Hellgate. Potomac won with a final score of 18-16. This put them in the championship game against Clinton March 16 at the Adams Center in Missoula. At the half, Potomac was ahead by four points. The first few minutes of the second half brought some fouls for Potomac which slowed...
WEST YELLOWSTONE – Among 540 skiers from across the United States, 13 racers from the Seeley Lake Nordic Team and seven other local racers participated in this year's Yellowstone Rendezvous March 4. The team's head coach Bridget Laird was excited to see the athletes' hard work pay off and said the skiers "represented Seeley Lake really well." Laird said the team has been fortunate to have consistently great snow conditions for training and hosting local races. There were 27 skiers on the team t...
