FRENCHTOWN - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks were victorious at the Class C Tip-off Tournament Dec. 1-2. Both the Boys and the Girls came home with two victories each.
The Lady Blackhawks had a tight game with Philipsburg. The teams matched each other with 8 points each in the first quarter. The Lady Blackhawks took an 8-point advantage in the second quarter and built on it for a 42-30 victory.
Ashley Miller led the charge against Philipsburg with 14 points. Terra Bertsch broke into the double digits with 11.
Also scoring: Autumn Morse 6, Klaire Kovatch, 5 Lily Mercer 2, Taylor Dillree, 2 Chloe Robbins 1 and Bethany Hoag 1.
The Ladies then took on Hot Springs. They jumped ahead in the first quarter and held on through the second. Hot Springs came out shooting after the halftime break and the Lady Blackhawks were trailing by the final quarter.
The Lady Blackhawks weren't going home empty handed and outscored Hot Springs two to one in the final frame for the victory. The final score was 44-41.
Kovatch and Miller led with 10 points each while Bertsch was just one point behind with 9.
Also scoring: Robbins 7, Mercer 2 and Dillree 2.
Michael Robbins is the Lady Blackhawks new Head Coach this year. Coach Robbins has been the assistant coach for several years and moved up to replace long time Head Coach Shawn Holmes. David Cahoon has come on as the Assistant Coach.
Coach Robbins said this year's team is young but has a lot of talent. Initially he plans to change very little but will tweak their strategy as needed.
"Mr. Holmes is a pretty well-respected coach and his system works very well," said Coach Robbins.
The Boys' first victim was Hot Springs. They blew the game out in the second quarter with 21 points to Hot Spring's 3 and road it out to a 52-28 win.
Keaton Johnson had 12 points followed by Cameron Haines with 10.
Also scoring: Chance Johnson 8, Hunter Shelmerdine 6, Avery Smith 5, Owen Mercado 3, Nate Santone 2, Cordell Turner 2, Dakota Wood 2 and Hunter Sokoloski 2.
The Boys cleaned St. Regis's clock in their second game of the tournament. They outscored St. Regis four to one in the first quarter and kept sinking basket after basket through the next two quarters.
By the fourth quarter the referees were letting the clock run, as the Blackhawks were more than 40 points ahead. The final score was 67-22.
Three Blackhawks scored in the double digits. Smith and Haines had 15 each while Turner put up 14 points.
Also scoring: Keaton Johnson 7, Chance Johnson 6, Mercado 4, Santone 2, Wood 2 and Shelmerdine 2.
Blackhawks Head Coach Mike Haines was pleased with the Boys' opening games. Despite having only 13 players out this year, he remains optimistic that they can put together another winning season.
Several players put a lot of time in this summer hitting the gym and playing basketball to get a little better. Coach Haines hopes to build on those improvements and get a little stronger each week.
This Week
The Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks took on Bigfork Dec. 5. They will then host the Clark Fork Co-op Dec. 8 with JV Boys starting at 3 p.m.
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