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SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks hosted the Twin Bridges Falcons Sept. 23. The Blackhawks defense came out strong forcing the Falcons to punt on their opening drive. When the Blackhawks offense couldn't move the ball either, the defenders came back with another big fourth down stop. The game took a turn in the middle of the first quarter when the Falcons broke away for a 61-yard touchdown. Following the touchdown, a pair of turnovers set the Falcons up for two more touchdowns finishing...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary school flag football season started Sept. 13 with a rough game against Superior. After focusing on their defense, the team is getting better with every practice. Head Coach Brett Haines is optimistic and is looking forward to how the team will do when they meet Superior again this week. There are 32 players in fifth through eighth grade this year. There are six eighth-graders. Haines said he has good leadership from eighth grade quarterback Owen Mercado....
MISSOULA – Cool fall temperatures favored "cool" running results from the Seeley-Swan High School Blackhawks Cross Country team Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Mountain West Meet in Missoula. The Blackhawks competed against many large teams from Montana, Washington and Idaho. Every member on the team scored a season personal record (PR) and/or a personal best. The boys team had seven runners at the meet, a first for the Blackhawks. They ran in the varsity race of 410 runners. They placed second a...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks headed to Philipsburg and defeated the Granite Prospectors last week. The team then took on multiple opponents at the Mineral County Shootout in St. Regis. The Lady Blackhawks now have a 3-1 in conference and 4-3 overall record. Versus Granite The Lady Blackhawks made quick work of the Prospectors Sept. 26 in Philipsburg. The Ladies won the match in three games, 25-14, 25-20 and 25-16. Lady Blackhawks Captain Alex Bohlman led with 3 aces, 14 digs, 6 assists, 10 kills and 3 blocks. Andi Bohlman had the Ladies...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles girls volleyball team hit the court running this fall with only three practices before their first game. In their first home game against Frenchtown Sept. 16, both the A and B teams swept the Broncos. "We've had to get it together very quickly," said Head Coach Angela Harris. "It's been okay because it's a new season." Volleyball joined the Copper League this year and are meeting new teams on the court that they have never played before. Also, s...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks faced three opponents last week. They started on the road against the Lincoln Lynx before hosting the Victor Pirates and the Drummond Trojans. The Lady Blackhawks won the first two matches before falling to Drummond giving them a 3-1 in conference and 3-3 overall record. Versus Lincoln The Lady Blackhawks headed to Lincoln Sept. 15 for a quick three game victory over the Lynx. The Ladies won each of the three games with good margin, 25-18, 25-14 and 25-13. Andi Bo...
RONAN - The Seeley-Swan High School boys Cross Country team did well at their meet in Ronan, Mont. Thursday, Sept. 15. This meet marked the first time that we have had six boy runners compete on the team. It takes five runners to be considered a team when competing against AA, A and B schools. The top five SSHS boy finishers ran in a group, separating out in the last mile. The boys beat Darby, Arlee, Charlo and Granite and placed sixth against the larger schools. The team is hopeful it will...
POTOMAC - Potomac School sports season opened with Pioneers Volleyball. The volleyball team is made up of 13 fifth through eighth grade girls with the fifth and sixth making the B team and the seventh and eighth making the A team. Their first home match was Sept. 14 against the DeSmet Padres. DeSmet defeated Potomac in the first match of the season for both teams. Coach Kristy Pohlman has set goals for the season that stem from teaching the girls the fundamentals of volleyball. "I believe even...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks took on the Mountain Cats of the Clark Fork Co-op and the Valley Christian Eagles last week. The Ladies split the week giving them a 1-1 in conference and 1-2 overall record. Versus Clark Fork Co-op The Lady Blackhawks traveled to Superior Sept. 8 to tame the Mountain Cats. The Ladies defeated the Cats with a wide margin in game one, 25-16. The Cats put up a better fight but the Lady Blackhawks still prevailed 25-23 before finishing the Cats off in game three,...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks headed to Superior to take on the Clark Fork Co-op's Mountain Cats Sept. 9. After allowing the Mountain Cats a pair of unanswered touchdowns in the opening quarter, the Blackhawks put their first points on the board. Shane Lindemer took a pass from Bradley Miller in for the 55-yard touchdown. Miller hit Chance Johnson for the two-point conversion cutting the Mountain Cats lead to just 6. The Mountain Cats spent the rest of the half and the third quarter running up the...
KALISPELL – The Seeley-Swan High School Cross Country teams got their first chance to run on the State Cross Country course, Sept. 9 at the Flathead Invitational Meet at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Mont. All of the SSHS athletes ran season personal records (PRs). The course includes one and a half mile loops including a long hill with a finish downhill. The uneven ground cause some rolled ankles. The athletes received print-outs that posted each mile time as well as pace and finish times. This w...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) Cross County team began their season this week with the largest team they have had, seven boys and four girls. Their first meet was the Big Sky Invitational in Missoula, Sept. 1. Logan Maughan, Cameron Haines, Lane Mackie-Wendell and Logan Robinson return this year for the boys and Cera Strumpfer and Elizabeth Done are back on the team for the girls. Avery Smith joined the high school team after running with the middle school last year. Cordell...
SEELEY LAKE -The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks hosted the Charlo Vikings Sept. 1. After dropping the first game to the Vikings, 14-25, the Lady Blackhawks bounced back in games two and three, 25-18 and 26-24. Game four went to the Vikings pushing the match to a fifth game. The Lady Blackhawks came out strong, leading by five though the first part of the game. The Vikings caught the Ladies and tied the game at 11. The Lady Blackhawks couldn't fend off the Vikings and fell, 13-15, giving Charlo the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks hosted the Darby Tigers Sept. 2 for the varsity's first home game of the season. The Blackhawks defense came out strong, stopping the Tigers' opening drive. The Tigers' punt put the Blackhawks offense deep into their own territory The offense was unable to move the ball and was forced to punt. A wild snap set the Tigers up at the 1-yard line for an early touchdown and two-point conversion. The teams traded possessions throughout the rest of the first...
VICTOR - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks headed to Victor to take on the Pirates Aug. 27 for the opening game of the football season. The Pirates showed no mercy as they handed the Blackhawks a 6-58 loss. The Blackhawks' lone touchdown came on a 60-yard pass to Hunter Sokoloski from Shane Lindemer. "We weren't as bad as the score would indicate," said Blackhawk Head Coach Ryan Sokoloski. Coach Sokoloski explained that most of the mistakes were fundamental type mistakes, missed tackles and blocks...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks volleyball season got underway in Drummond, Aug. 27. The modified tournament featured short matches. The Lady Blackhawks took on five teams. In morning pool play, they beat Twin Bridges and Sheridan outright while they split with Drummond and Charlo. They won the split by points against Charlo but lost to Drummond. The Ladies headed into the afternoon seeded second in their pool but fell to Granite in their final match. Valley Christian topped Charlo for the...
SEELEY LAKE – Siblings Damon and Dacia Loconte each started skating last year. This year, Damon played as a goalie for the Missoula Bruins Squirts for nine and 10-year-olds. He is the second rated goalie in the state across all divisions including high school. Dacia skated to five medals in figure skating competitions across the northwest. Damon was the only goalie for his team this year with the exception of state. He played on the traveling team playing tournaments in Washington, Idaho and a...
SEELEY LAKE - It was nearly a photo finish for the women's top two competitors in the inaugural Seeley Lake 50K Friday, July 15. Seeley Lake's Kim Grover held her lead over Carolina Davies of Helena finishing just 12 seconds ahead of Davies with a time of 5:12:46.98. Jonah Weaver of Portland, Ore. won the title for the men with a time of 4:24:27.09. Eleven runners participated out of the 20 that pre-registered. Eight of the runners were from Helena while others came from Hamilton, Mont., Seeley...
SEELEY LAKE - The Hellgate Civilian Shooters returned from their National Shooting Competition at Camp Perry, Ohio placing 22 out of 40 invited teams. "We didn't perform like I thought we could have," said Head Coach Trace Weisenburger. "But it all comes down to the experience of the teams. We are going to take some lessons we learned from this competition and use them to our benefit." The team consisted of Seeley Lake shooters Justin Thomas, Ibby Lorentz and Sam Weisenburger, Alex Weisenburger...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Invitational Girls Basketball Tournament was held Friday and Saturday, June 24-25 at Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) and Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) School. The tournament attracted regional teams from Whitefish to Florence and Shelby to Centerville including last year's top Class C team in the state Belt and Class B's second place team Fairfield. Last season the Lady Blackhawks worked their way to the State Class C tournament and took fourth. Five seniors from the team...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks finished out their season earning second place at the State Class C Meet May 28. The team finished with 62 points, four short of first place Plains with 66. All six of the Lady Blackhawks who went to state came home with at least one medal. The Lady Blackhawks set a new State Class C Record and school record in the 1600-meter relay. Teammates Alex Bohlman, Paige Holmes, Stephanie Robbins and Lily Mercer competed the relay in 4:03.92. They shaved more...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks 1600-meter relay team earned a spot on the podium at the State Class C Meet May 27-28. Keaton Johnson, Logan Robinson, Gavin Mercado and Hunter Shelmerdine completed the relay with a time of 3:36.25 taking fifth place. They were 3 seconds behind fourth place, Belt and a half second ahead of Twin Bridges. Mitch Parcell, the Blackhawks lone individual competitor at the state meet, finished his season placing ninth in the 800-meter with a time of...
HAMILTON – Monday, May 16, the Seeley-Swan Golf team travelled to Hamilton for the 2016 State meet. It was their last round of golf for the season. Six Blackhawks qualified and competed in the two-day match, four boys and two girls. Junior Jessie Hood shot a 107 on day one and 111 on day two for a total of 218. This gave her the 15th place medal. Serena Loney shot a 145 on day one, but was unable to compete on day two. Seniors Joshua Cahoon and Jacob Haley, and Juniors McKinley Nicholas and S...
MISSOULA - The top five athletes from the Missoula County Public Schools and schools from the Copper League competed against each other at the Meet of Champions, May 19 at Big Sky Stadium. Potomac School sent 11 athletes. Three athletes from Swan Valley School (SVE) and one thrower from Salmon Prairie School joined with Seeley Lake Elementary's (SLE) 24 individual athletes and relay teams for the meet to end their season. Potomac Pioneers Potomac head coach Amy Vann is very proud of the track...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks triumphed over the competition for first place at the Western C Divisional Track Meet May 21. The Lady Blackhawks earned 89 points to beat out Plains and Ennis with 70 points each. Four Lady Blackhawks advanced to state in individual events while two more earned places on relay teams. Only one of the Boys advanced in an individual event. The Boys 1600-meter relay team also earned a spot at state. Alex Bohlman led the Ladies in points. She took first...
