Blackhawks Win Two at Home

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 the Warriors. The Blackhawks fell with a final score of 41-94.

Gunner Sloan led the Blackhawks with 17 points. Sloan hit 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Cameron Haines, Chance Johnson and Bradley Miller hit all their free throws bringing the teams total to 11 of 12.

Also scoring: Miller 9; Johnson 7; Haines 4; Avery Smith 2 and Cordell Turner 2.

Versus Lincoln

The Blackhawks took on the Lincoln Lynx Jan. 6 at home. The Lynx were undefeated in the conference heading into the game and the Blackhawks were looking to change that.

The Blackhawks built a 7-point lead in the first half and extended it to 16 by the start of the fourth quarter.

The Lynx weren't ready to go home with the loss quite yet and made a run at the Blackhawks in the final quarter. The Blackhawks held them off and won with a final score of 44-35.

Cameron Haines hit 3, three-pointers on his way to leading the Blackhawks with 13 points. Chance Johnson was right behind him with 12 points and Bradley Miller broke into the double digits with 10.

Chance nailed 6 of 7 from the free throw line.

Also scoring: Keaton Johnson 5; Nino Robinett 2 and Gunner Sloan 2.

Versus Charlo

For the third game in just three nights, the Blackhawks hosted Charlo Jan. 7.

The teams traded buckets in the beginning of the first quarter in what looked like the start of a hard-fought game.

The Blackhawks started putting up a small lead near the end of the first quarter. They took off in the second quarter and outpaced Charlo though the rest of the game. Final score was 59-26.

Keaton Johnson led the Blackhawks with 17 points followed by Cameron Haines' 14 points.

The team sunk 9 three pointers accounting for nearly half the game's points. Haines hit 4, Keaton and Nino Robinett hit 2 each and Cordell Turner sunk 1.

While they were on from the three point line, the team only managed 40 percent from the free throw line hitting just 4 of 10 shots.

Also scoring: Bradley Miller 9; Robinett 6; Avery Smith 5; Chance Johnson 4; Turner 3 and Logan Robinson 1.

Next week

The Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks each have three games this week. The first starts at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at home taking on Valley Christian.

They then head to Darby Jan. 13 with games starting at 2:30 p.m.

Back at home Jan. 14, the teams will take on Victor with games starting at 1 p.m.