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The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds fell in their home opener to the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks Saturday afternoon 30-22. The Thunderbirds have been very competitive early on this season competing in the Northern C for the first time. Hays/Lodge Pole kept the game close start to finish after losing junior running back Chance Main to an undisclosed injury in the first quarter. Senior Frank RunsAbove took over the backfield duties for the Thunderbirds. Hays/Lodge Pole trailed the Hawks 16-8 at the intermission and were not able to close the gap...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter volleyball team turned in another outstanding performance as they won the 34th Annual Chinook Invitational volleyball tournament on their home court. The team defeated the Glasgow Scottie's in straight sets 25-21, 25-24 to take the title. The week began with Chinook traveling to Box Elder to take on the Bears in the District 6C-East Conference opener for both teams. The 'Beeters came away with a 3-1 win to go 1-0 in conference play. The Sugarbeeters have dominated...
A special session of the Chinook School Board was held Tuesday, August 30. Chairwoman Miller called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm at the Chinook High School Title I room. She asked everyone to rise and pledge allegiance to flag. Present were Board members Ernest Johnsonn, Scott DePriest, Pauly Miller, Mark Harshman, Joel Pruttis, Scott Gunderson and Mike Copenhaver. Viki Tilleman was excused. New Business First the Board considered Certified/Classified Contracts; Janelle Downs sixth grade; Mr. Hannum recommends to approve hiring. No...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter football team took to the field for the first time this past Saturday for Northern C clash against the Centerville Miners. After spotting the Miners and early 14-0 lead the Sugarbeeters responded with scores in the third and fourth quarters to tie things up at 14-14 midway through the final stanza. A late score by Centerville gave the visitors a heartbreaking 20-14 win over the home standing Sugarbeeters. The game started auspiciously for the 'Beeters when Centerville...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds made their debut in the Northern C Football division this past Saturday as they took on the Great Falls Central Mustangs to begin their season. Head coach Sean Mount has been steadily building a program for the past few years and this growth has led to a team that's ready to compete. In what turned out to be a good old-fashioned barn burner the Hays/Lodgepole Thunderbirds took a late lead in the fourth quarter before falling in the final seconds 48-44. Getting...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters volleyball team got the season started in the best of possible ways this past weekend. Friday night the girls faced the Fort Benton Longhorns in a non-conference match that would give the team some solid footing heading into the Malta Invitational preseason tournament Saturday. The Longhorns got the best of the 'Beeters in the first set 25-21 but Chinook bounced back in set number two to win 25-20 and then dominated the third set 25-10 before closing the deal out with a...
The Harlem Wildcat volleyball team took to the court for the first time this past Saturday at the Malta Invitational preseason tournament. Head coach Kim Faulkinberry and her squad joined the Chinook Sugarbeeters, Tri-City Titans, Poplar Indians and North Country Mavericks in pool play. In pool play action the Wildcats fell to Tri-Cities 25-20, to the Poplar Indians 25-20, North Country 25-20 and Chinook 25-7 in Pool B play prior to a single elimination tournament. In the first round of the tour...
The volleyball and cross country teams at Hays/Lodge Pole high school have been busy practicing and are ready to compete this fall. Heading up the cross country team is head coach Corey Morgan. The volleyball team is being led by head coach Tennae Singer. Colette Hawley will assist her. Out this fall for the cross country team is RayLeigh Kirkaldie, Isaiah Denny, Isaiah RunsAbove, Diana Snow, Maxine Plainfeather, Maddison Plainfeather, Darrellyn BlackWolf and Trinity Plainfeather. Morgan has a...
The Hi-Line and especially Chinook has been blessed with some great football the past several years. The Sugarbeeters have been at the top of the field for quite some time having won Class C Eight-man State Football championships in 2010 and 2015 as well as multiple Northern C crowns. This fall is expected to be another great season on the gridiron and the Harlem Wildcats and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds expect to join the Sugarbeeters in the win column throughout the fall. Chinook was hit hard by graduation this spring and while the team...
The volleyball season is once again upon us as gyms across the high-line will be filled with action as the 2016 season gets underway Friday. Teams were able to practice for the first time on Friday, August 12 and after two weeks of practice and conditioning the Sugarbeeters and Wildcats will face live action for the first time this weekend. Chinook will begin play this Friday at home against Fort Benton and then join Harlem in Malta Saturday for the M-ettes annual tournament. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds are expected to play this fall and...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters have been dominate the past several years winning a fist full of District 6C East Conference and District championships. The team has qualified for the Northern C Divisional the past three seasons as well, qualifying for the state tournament in both 2013 and 2015. Head coach Mollie Rose again has a strong group of girls that will look to defend their titles and excel on the court. The 'Beeters have been very good defensively and have focused on being a strong passing...
Another season of Chinook Sugarbeeter football is upon us. Practice has been going strong and with two-a-days behind them the players that make up the 2016 version of the Chinook Sugarbeeters are ready to put on the pads and face an actual opponent. Head Coach Scott Friede is back at the helm for his third season. Christian Lehnert is back for his third season as assistant coach. Joining the coaching staff this fall is Tanner Cummings. The 'Beeters have some work to this fall as they return...
Kelly Mills returns for his second season at the helm of the Harlem Wildcat football team. A season ago Mills fielded a very young team and began the season with just 16 kids on the roster. "We were young, I started a number of freshman and sophomores who had never played football before. We didn't have any depth on the line and were put in a tough situation there," said head coach Kelly Mills. This fall the atmosphere coming in is completely different. The Wildcats are much more experienced...
The Harlem Wildcat Volleyball team has been practicing for just over a week now and look forward to getting to play matches against other opponents. They will get that opportunity this weekend when they will take three teams to play in the Annual Malta Pre-Season Tournament. This years squad again has very strong number which allows head coach Kim Faulkinberry an opportunity to field a varsity, junior varsity and C-squad which only helps the program grow. The Wildcats have had solid numbers for...
The Harlem Wildcat cross Country team has been very successful the past few seasons qualifying boys and girls teams for the state meet. Last year Head Coach Hope SpeaksThunder took six boys to the state meet and finished 15th in the team race. She also took five girls where the finished 22nd. This years team returns several of those athletes as the Wildcats will look to represented again this fall in Kalispell at the State Meet. Senior Val TalksDifferent was a state qualifier last season and...
The Chinook Golf Course and Country Club is set to hold its annual Fireball Tournament this Saturday. The Fireball has become one of those tournaments golfers from all over the hi-line look forward to. What began as a fundraiser for the course to raise money to pay off the clubhouse has become a feature event of the course filling the field each year. Last years tournament saw the field expand from 18 teams to 20 to try and accommodate interested players. This year another large field is in the works. The tournament setup is a four-person...
The days are getting a little shorter, summer youth activities are winding down and junior and senior high school student athletes are gearing up for the fall sports season. As the community transitions from one season to the next the agricultural sector prepares for its annual harvest. The farming and ranching industries of Blaine County are vital to the well being of everyone who calls this section of the Hi-Line home, Winter wheat harvest is in full swing and spring wheat is ready to be cut...
This weekend the 60th Annual Hays Powwow will take place at the Mission Canyon Powwow Arena on The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Visitors by the thousands will converge on the Powwow grounds where they will be surrounded by breathtaking scenery and moved by the glamour, spirit and colors of another spectacular celebration. For those who have yet to witness the pageantry of the American Indian Powwow, this weekends event will certainly be among the finest as it features a full weekend of...
This past Sunday new Men’s and Women’s champions were crowned as the Chinook Golf and Country Club held its annual club tournament. Troy Azure won the men’s championship flight with a round of 38-37 75. Azure earned a par on the 18th hole to take the overall lead on the final hole after trailing by a stroke through 17. Brent Schellin (38-39 77) and Lane Seymour (39-38 77) finished in a tie for second. Mike Seymour was fourth in the clubs top division and Jeff Finley rounded out the group. Barb Eslick’s 49-43 92 won top honors for the woman a...
Another competitive summer swim season concluded this weekend in Hamilton with the Montana State Federation swim meet. In what has turned out to be another record setting season in the pool for the Chinook Lions and a banner year for the Harlem swim teams, both shined in Hamilton. The Chinook 8 and Under boys relay teams established new Federation, State and Pool records in both the 100 Yard Freestyle and 100 yard Medley Relays. Saturday the quartet of Kohen Sullivan, Nathaniel Plainfeather,...
The Montana Federation of Swimmers Eastern divisional was held in Malta this past weekend. Teams from Chinook and Harlem were on hand for the event. With everything on the line swimmers looked to finish in the top 12 in their respective events and advance to the State swim meet in Hamilton this Saturday and Sunday. At the end of the day the Chinook Lions qualified 45 swimmers individually for the state meet including 13 relay teams. Harlem will send ten individuals to compete next week on the...
As has become custom the past few years the Pig Wrestling competition closed out another successful Blaine County Fair with a superb performance. 48 teams made up the field at this years event and again proved to be one of the biggest draws of the weekend, “It’s a tremendous turnout. The Pig Wrestling and the Derby are two of our biggest draws,” stated event organizer Don Richman. Four divisions make up the competitive field; PeeWees, Juniors, Men and Women. This years competition was stiff and some fast times were recorded but most of all f...
Swimmers from Chinook and Harlem are primed to head to Malta this weekend for the Eastern Divisional following a strong showing in the regular season finale. The teams traveled to Fort Benton and continued to perform at a high level. The Chinook boys eight and under freestyle relay team continues to shatter records. For the second week in a row they established a new Federation record. Gavin Schmele, Brockton Elliot, Daniel Tilleman and Nathanial Plainfeather combine to swim the four lengths of the pool in 1:15.62 breaking their own record by...
The summer swim season is reaching the home stretch with just three weekends left. This past Saturday and Sunday a small contingent of swimmers from Harlem and Chinook made the trek east to Glendive. This coming weekend the teams will head to Fort Benton where they will put the finishing touches on the regular season. The Eastern Divisional swim meet is the following weekend in Malta and the Federation State swim meet is in Hamilton the last weekend of July. In Glendive Harlem's Andrew...
The Chinook Lions swim team captured another team championship by winning the Glasgow Kiwanis swim meet this past weekend. In the process the Lions had four individual High Point winners and nine different event winners. The Harlem swim team also continued its success in the pool with three individual winners as well as a High Point winner. Chinook's Daniel Tilleman won the eight and under boys High Point while Katie Tilleman captured the girls trophy. Britton Elliot claimed the High Point for...
