Seeley-Swan Girls Golf Team (L-R): Bethany Hoag, Trista Wendel, Ava Thornsberry, Cora Stone and Tegan Mauldin.
Seeley-Swan golfers that played in Bigfork April 15 (L-R): Cadence Mauldin, Casey Carver, Ben Haley, Seth Richardson, Bethany Hoag, Kase Anderson and Tegan Mauldin.
Friday, April 16 Seeley-Swan Golf teams placed second for the Class C schools at the Plains High School Golf Invitational. Girls Trista Wendel and Ava Thornsberry also qualified for State Golf. They will join teammates Bethany Hoag and Tegan Mauldin who qualified for State at the meet in Hamilton March 25. Several Seeley-Swan golfers also participated in the Steve Hullett Invitational in Bigfork, Montana Thursday, April 15.
The Blackhawks met tough competition in Bigfork on Thursday. Of the nine teams, the Seeley-Swan boys shot 514, 90 strokes short of eighth placed Powell County.
Ben Haley led the boys with a score of 118 for 37th. He was followed by teammates Casey Carver, 124, Kase Anderson, 127, Seth Richardson, 145 and Cadence Mauldin, 155.
One two girls golfed. Hoag tied for sixth with a score of 119. Teammate Tegan Mauldin placed 17th with 131 strokes.
Head Coach Kellen Palmer said while they have eight boys and five girls on the team, there are a lot of meets scheduled during the weekdays. They are trying to balance the amount of school missed with making sure everyone gets to participate since they can only take five boys and five girls to each meet.
The Seeley-Swan boys secured a second place finish on Friday in Plains with a team score of 331, 60 strokes short of first place Clark Fork.
Haley again led the Blackhawks with 105, five strokes short of qualifying for state. Anderson's card of 110 was six strokes ahead of Carver. Cullen Bertsch shot a 134 followed by Connor Matthew who posted a card of 163.
The girls brought all five players and placed second as well with a team score of 331, just eight strokes behind Plains.
Hoag again led the girls with 109 for sixth place. Wendel tied for seventh with 110 and Thornsberry tied for ninth with 112. Mauldin shot a 120 followed by Cora Stone's card of 128, only 8 strokes shy of the state meet qualifying score.
Palmer said they have finally been able to get out on the driving range which "makes a big difference." He added Double Arrow Golf Pro Nate Miller has continued to work with the team making small swing adjustments that have helped improve the teams' game.
"All of the golfers, Ava and Trista included, have done a great job of putting in the work," Palmer wrote in an email. "They have been very coachable and really have been driven to improve and work on some little things that turn into big things."
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