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SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks soared over the Eagles, tamed the Tigers and made the Pirates walk the plank last week. The three victories against 13-C foes push the Lady Blackhawks' overall record to 9-1. Versus Valley Christian The Lady Blackhawks hosted the Valley Christian Eagles Jan. 12. It was a blowout game that ended with the Lady Blackhawks on top 48-7. Tessa Grimes led the Lady Blackhawks scoring 9 baskets worth 18 points. Terra Bertsch hit 2 of 3 free throws. The team...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks finished last week with a pair of wins after dropping a close game to Valley Christian. They now have a 6-4 overall record. Versus Valley Christian The Blackhawks hosted the Valley Christian Eagles Jan. 12. The Boys struggled in the first quarter to control the Eagles' Zach Baugher allowing him to land 14 points. The Blackhawks headed into the second quarter trailing by 6 but held Baugher to just 5 points through the rest of the game. The Blackhawks...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Elementary School (SVES) War Hawk basketball teams opened their season against the Hall Huskies Saturday, Jan. 7. The "A" squad had a comfortable win against Hall (54-32) and it was a close loss (16-24) for the "B" squad. The "B" squad had a tough time finding the shooting range the first half and trailed 4 to 16 at half time. The team from Hall took advantage of the younger players playing for the first time during the first half, but the Warhawks worked very hard...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks rolled over three more teams last week. The victories extended their overall record to 6-1. Versus Arlee The Lady Blackhawks headed to Arlee to take on the Scarlets Jan. 5. After a close first quarter, the Lady Blackhawks started pulling ahead and went into the second half sporting an eight-point lead. The Ladies blew the game out in the second half, outscoring the Scarlets more than three to one. The final score was 42-20. Tessa Grimes led the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks won a pair of home games after falling to Arlee on the road last week. They now have a 4-3 overall record. Versus Arlee The Blackhawks took on the Arlee Warriors on the road Jan. 5. The Boys fell behind early in the game heading into the second half with a 22-point deficit. Though the Blackhawks found success at the free throw line, they had a hard time matching Arlee's heavy hitters. Phillip Malatare and Tyler Tanner racked up a combined 60 points for...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks took on the Bigfork Valkyries Dec. 20 at home. The last time the teams met, the Lady Blackhawks pulled off an 18-point comeback for the win. The Vals proved again to be a formidable team. The Lady Blackhawks and Vals went basket-for-basket through most of the game. Neither team could build more than a couple point lead in the first half. Early in the third quarter the Vals managed to gain a 6-point advantage. The lead was quickly erased as the Lady...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks faced an uphill battle against the Bigfork Vikings Dec. 20 at home. The Blackhawks were outscored by the Class B Vikings three to one for most of the game. The Blackhawks finally gained some traction in the fourth quarter. They held the Vikings to just six points while putting up eight of their own. The final score was 26-63. Chance Johnson led the Blackhawks in points with 8 while Bradley Miller had 7. The Blackhawks had only two shots from the...
POTOMAC - The Potomac School Pioneers boys basketball A and B teams ended their season by winning their division tournament. Coaches Brad Hall and his son Sam Hall were pleased with the season. This year the schools within the Copper League were divided into divisions. Potomac School was in the small school division. Fifth through eighth-graders made up the A and B teams and altogether played 14 games winning eight. The Pioneers had two tournament games against the Missoula International School...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks defeated Granite and fell to Hot Springs at the Western C Tip-off last week. The Blackhawks now have a 2-1 overall record for the season. Versus Granite The Blackhawks took on the Granite Prospectors in Ronan on Dec. 9. The Blackhawks had a solid victory over the Prospectors, outscoring them in every quarter to a final score of 69-32. Gunner Sloan led the Blackhawks with 23 points from 10, two-point baskets and 3 free throws. Cameron Haines racked up 20...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks racked up a pair of wins the Western C Tip-off last week. The Ladies defeated Granite and St. Regis to extend their overall record to 3-0. Versus Granite The Lady Blackhawks played the Granite Prospectors at the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo on Dec. 9. The Lady Blackhawks steadily pulled out of reach of the Prospectors. They scored into the double digits while holding the Prospectors under ten each quarter. The Lady Blackhawks won with a final...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) boys basketball team wraps up their season Thursday, Dec. 15 with their final game against Philipsburg. The Eagle's A team, made up of primarily seventh and eighth- graders, went 7-4 for the season (4-4 in the Copper League) while the fifth and sixth-graders on the B team had a record of 4-8 (2-7 in the Copper League) prior to the final game. "The season went well," said Head Coach Brett Haines. "We went into the Copper League this year and it w...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks defeated the Clark Fork Mountain Cats in their first game of the season Dec. 3 at home. The Blackhawks took an early lead, outscoring the Mountain Cats two to one in the first quarter. They buried the Cats allowing only 10 points total in the remaining quarters. The final score was 69-22. Cameron Haines led the Blackhawks with 15 points. Just two points behind Haines, Gunner Sloan and Chance Johnson each had 13 points. Haines and Avery Smith had the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks faced the Clark Fork Mountain Cats at home Dec. 3. Both teams struggled in the first quarter to put points on the board. They headed into the second quarter with the Lady Blackhawks leading 6-2. After the slow start the Lady Blackhawks blew the game out in the second quarter. The Ladies held the Mountain Cats to just 5 points while they ran up 26. Alex Bohlman scored 10 of her 16 game points in the second quarter while her sister Andi Bohlman scored...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) fall sports awards banquet was held Nov. 15 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. All-Conference awards are selected by District 8C (Football) and District 10C (Volleyball) coaches. Academic All-State awards are presented to student athletes who maintain a 3.5 or better grade point average...
POTOMAC - The Potomac School boys basketball team began their season with four wins and a loss for the A team and 3 losses for the B team. Father and son coaches Brad Hall and Sam Hall are coaching the 15 fifth- through eighth-graders that make up the A and B Pioneer teams. The Halls have a certain strategy for the Pioneers. "The goal is to teach the fundamentals, and then teach the plays," said Brad. The first game was away against the Clinton Cougars Nov. 1. The Pioneers' A team won by two...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks season came to an end at the Western C Divisional Tournament in Butte, Mont. Nov. 4. The Ladies handed Drummond a loss in the opening round but fell to Lone Peak and were eliminated by district foe, Valley Christian. "We set ourselves on a good path going into divisionals and bracketing was in our favor to make a better run than we did," said Lady Blackhawks Head Coach Tammy Lewis. "At the end of it all though, I am proud of the girls and the season...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles tipped off the boys basketball season at home against Drummond, Nov. 3. According to Head Coach Brett Haines, their goals have not changed from last year: Teamwork, work the offense, run the plays correctly, look for each other and play smart. The team has three eighth-graders and three seventh-graders on the A team and 13 sixth-graders and three fifth-graders on the B team. Haines said he was happy to pick up seventh-grader Walker McDonald who i...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks brought down the undefeated Valley Christian Eagles for the District 13-C Championship in Seeley Lake Oct. 29. The feat was easier said than done, as the Lady Blackhawks had to beat the Eagles twice in the double elimination tournament. Both teams had a bye in the first round and defeated their opponents in three games each in the second round. The Lady Blackhawks defeated Clark Fork and Valley Christian defeated Darby. The Lady Blackhawks sent the...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks split the final week of the regular season winning against Darby and falling to Valley Christian. The Ladies record heading into District Tournaments is 8-2 in conference and 12-4 overall. Versus Valley Christian The Lady Blackhawks headed to Missoula to take on the Valley Christian Eagles Oct. 18. The Eagles handed the Ladies their fourth loss of the season. The Eagles remain the only team to win against the Lady Blackhawks in both meetings during the season....
SEELEY LAKE & POTOMAC – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles wrapped up their season with a 5-4 record for the eighth grade A team and 7-2 record for the B team of seventh graders. "We are so proud of all of the girls who played volleyball this season," wrote Head Coach Angela Harris in an email. This season Coach Harris and Assistant Coach Jama Mauldin focused on bringing the girls together as a team. Concepts such as celebration and communication were part of the team goals. "As a team, we recogn...
KALISPELL – The Blackhawks Cross Country team placed two runners in the top 15 medal winners at the state meet held at the Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Mont. Oct. 22. Cera Strumpfer placed ninth with a personal best of 20:28.97. She ran a very fast 6:22 first mile time. Logan Maughan finished 10th with a time of 17:12.31 passing six runners at the end. Running in only his third race of the year, Avery Smith knocked 1:06 off his best time. Playing in a football game the night before, sleeping in h...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks finished out their season 0-7 with a loss to the Flint Creek Titans Oct. 21. Blackhawks Head Coach Ryan Sokoloski described the season as a "rough season" but was pleased with the effort the team put in. "Due to injuries we had to put a lot of people in positions they weren't used to at critical junctures in games," said Sokoloski. "They fought to the end, which is what I'm proud of. I can't ask for any more." Bradley Miller scored the final touchdown of...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles flag football team ended their season with a win at home against Clinton, Oct. 13. Their record for the season was 6-4-1. Head Coach Brett Haines said despite a few little disappointments with some of the earlier games, the athletes really worked together as a team in the end. Haines said eighth-grader Beau Sloan had a good year, always playing tough and having a good attitude. "I will miss having Beau on the team next year," said Haines. Haines w...
