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The Hays/Lodge Pole Archery Club recently completed its second season with the completion of their second annual Archery Tournament. Hays/Lodge Pole is one of just a handful of schools offering the opportunity to their students but slowly that number is increasing. The Hays/Lodge Pole archery program has been actively shooting since November and this year included Junior High Students in addition to the High School. The Archery Tournament included 80 students competing for top honors in each...
The PAWS Animal Shelter is holding a Low-Cost Vaccination/Microchip Clinic on Saturday, March 4 from 10 am - 3:00 pm at the Girl Scout House in Chinook. PAWS is committed to providing opportunities for local Dog owners to keep their pets healthy. The Clinic will provide Distemper/Parvo Combo Vaccine for free and will offer a One Year Rabies Shot for $10. The Microchip will be available as well for just $10. PAWS Manager Alyssa Hewitt stated, “Supplies are limited so people should show up early. Dogs must be weaned or at least 6-8 weeks of age f...
The Chinook School Board went over a variety of topics at their most recent meeting, the following is a summary of what transpired. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Billmayer visitors were welcomed, Matt Molyneaux, Leslee Weber, Nick Turner, Jill Paulsen, Jacob Waldner, Paula Molyneaux, Daniel MacLeod, and Walter Waldner. Board members present included Frank Billmayer, Chad Beck, Kevin Elias, Teddy Crowley, Shane Strobe, and Scott DePriest. Russell Alisch was absent. The Board next addressed an amendment to the school handbook,...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are once again District 9C Champions, in their final season before moving to the District 1B next fall. The 'Beeters claimed the title after defeating the Turner Tornadoes, Box Elder Bears and North Star Knights in succession to improve to 21-0 on the season. Chinook will now head to the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls this week being played at the Four Seasons Arena. The 'Beeters will begin their tournament run Thursday morning against the District 10C No. 2 Seed...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird boys basketball teams saw their seasons come to an end this past Friday at the District 9C Tournament. The Sugarbeeters entered the tournament as the District 9C No. 7 seed while the Thunderbirds were the District 9C No. 8 seed. Chinook and Hays/Lodge Pole both struggled to pick up wins with the 'Beeters collecting three and the Thunderbirds just one. Despite their record both teams have shown the ability to compete with any team in...
The Harlem Lady Cats didn't have any post season magic happen this year as their season came to a close this past Friday in Malta at the District 2B Tournament. The Lady Cats have competed valiantly all season long, but youth and inexperience have caused the girls to go through some growing pains. The Lady Cats entered the District to B 0-8 in conference and 3-16 overall. The Lady Cats faced the Glasgow Scotties in their tournament opener Thursday night and turned in a solid effort that...
The Turner Tornadoes may not have won many games this season, but they did play hard for 32 minutes every game and got a ton of valuable minutes for a very young team that will just continue to grow. After falling to the top seeded Sugarbeeters in a first round contest Turner found themselves in a Loser Out contest Thursday morning with the Big Sandy Pioneers. The No. 8 Tornadoes competed hard early on against the No. 4 Pioneers but in the end depth and experience took over leading to a 56-33...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds entered the District 9C Tournament as the No. 7 Seed with a 2-12 conference mark and an overall record of 6-12. A casual observer may have expected the Thunderbirds to do what seven seeds are expected to do. Show up, play a couple of games and go home. Those who have watched this group play this season, in person or on NFHS, have seen a team more than capable of holding their own against anyone on the court. Despite having just a couple conference wins they have...
The Turner Tornadoes entered the District 9C Tournament as the No. 5 Seed with a 5-9 conference mark and an overall record of 8-10. Turner opened with the No. 4 Seed Fort Benton Longhorns. Turner won the season opener at home with the Longhorns while Fort Benton won handily in their second meeting in Fort Benton. The rubber match proved to be another great contest between the two but in the end it was Fort Benton that walked away with a narrow 58-54 win. Junior Ryan Doyle paced the offense with...
The Harlem Wildcats faced a tough challenge this season right out of the gate. After finishing second at the State B Tournament a season ago, the Wildcats returned just four players with very limited Varsity experience. Head Coach, Ben Carrywater and his staff did a remarkable job in building his very young team up on the shoulders of his very deserving upperclassmen. The Wildcats may not have won any championships this year but they did do a great job of competing and getting better. It may be...
District 9C Tournament Havre High School Gymnasium Girls Box Scores Chinook 52 Turner 15 (1st Rd) Turner 2 0 6 7 - 15 Chinook 13 21 15 3 - 52 Turner - Dakota Krass 0-8 1-2 1; Abby Grabofsky 0-1 0-0 0; Ali Doyle 1-4 0-0 2; Meridian Snider 1-5 0-1 2; Bridget Reed 2-7 2-2 6; Holly Grabofsky 0-0 0-0 0; Cassidy Grabofsky 0-5 0-0 0; Hannah Richman 1-2 1-2 3; Natalie Richman 0-0 0-0 0. Team Totals 5-32 5-9 15. Chinook - Torin Cecrle 0-0 2-2 2; Sami Malsam 0-1 0-0 0; Bree Swanson 5-11 0-2 10; Alexus Seymour 4-10 2-4 10; Addison Olsen 0-0 0-0 0; Mya...
Chinook senior Tyler Schoen recently committed to playing football at Western Montana University in Dillon, MT. Schoen was thrilled he got to share it with everyone, "I would like to thank everyone who came and watched, everyone who was there helped me in some way through my high school career. I plan on getting a degree in business administration and minoring in farm and ranch operations. I chose Western because of the schooling system they have. They have a block schedule so it's one class at...
Chinook senior Flint Annis signs his National Letter of Intent to play football for the MSU Northern Lights this fall. “I decided to sign at Northern because of my love for the sport, along with its closeness to home and great college program. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue playing on to the next level, football has always been one of my greatest passions, and moving on to the next stage has always been a dream of mine. While I attend MSU Northern I will be studying Ag Operations/Ag Business. I will use this to help me with f...
School Spelling Bees have been held at Blaine County's Elementary and Junior High Schools with winners from each school advancing on to the Blaine County Spelling Bee on Tuesday, February 21 at the Chinook High School Auditorium at 10:00 am. Harlem Elementary held their Bee on Friday, February 3. Janice Gilham was proud of the effort put forth by the students saying, "All of the participants did an impressive job, but fifth grader, Arin Healy-Paris, managed to hold off his competitors to come...
Blaine County Museum director, Samantha French has expanded her involvement in strengthening Museum profiles across the state. Recently French was asked to join the Museums Association of Montana (MAM) board, and gladly accepted the offer. The MAM mission statement states, "We are a non-profit, professional organization whose goal is to strengthen all of Montana's Museums. MAM is an organization dedicated to helping museums throughout the state to better tell their stories, preserve our historic...
Spring is just around the corner, and with the warmer weather comes many things, longer days, spring cleaning and more time outdoors as people shake off their cabin fever. Spring also brings road construction and while it can be a pain waiting in line for pilot cars or bouncing along temporary pathways to navigate through construction, the repair is greatly needed. Road conditions on US Highway 2, Montana Highway 66 as well as all the Blaine County roads are in a constant need of repair....
The Chinook JUMP Youth Group held their Annual 'SOUPer Bowl' this past Sunday at Wallner Hall. The faith based non-denominational youth group has used the event to raise funds through the years for a variety of different needs in the community. This year the SOUPer Bowl raised $700 for the local Food Bank. Taco Soup was on the menu and featured an array fixings to really do up your bowl. Leader Chrissy Downs said that traffic was good, about average or maybe a little below for the day. Leader...
Chinook High School Senior, Anna Terry completed her first Cross Country season for the Sugarbeeters this past fall in the schools inaugural season. Now Terry will continue her running career at Carrol College having recently signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Saints Cross Country program. Terry has had plenty of success on the track as well, and has earned All-State Honors in both sports. In making her decision Anna Stated, "After careful consideration, I decided to sign with...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Lady Cats each placed two wrestlers on the podium at the State Wrestling Tournament in Billings this past weekend. Chinook senior Tyler Schoen claimed his second straight Class B/C State Wrestling title and teammate senior Lane Snider finished fifth in the 145 pound weight class for the 'Beeters. Senior Amelia Blackcrow finished fourth at 165 pounds to lead the Lady Cats while teammate, junior Kaitlynn Johnson was sixth in the 126 pound division. Schoen was...
The regular season came to a close for our local girls basketball teams this past weekend and some edge of your seat games highlighted the action. The 'Beeters finished undefeated, a perfect 14-0 in District 9C play and 18-0 overall but it came with tense conclusions that had fans glued to the action. Friday in the 'Beeters home finale they edged the North Star Knights 44-43, holding the ball out of bounds as time wound down. Friday in Fort Benton the 'Beeters trailed the entire first half but a...
The District 9C has concluded its regular season schedules and teams and fans alike are getting set for another thrilling District 9C Girls Tournament this week. The tournament gets underway today in Havre at the Blue Pony Gymnasium and will conclude Friday night. The Sugarbeeters will be favored heading into the tournament but two close games to end the regular season suggest anything can happen. Chinook enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed and concluded the regular season with a perfect...
The Harlem Lady Cats are preparing this week for the District 2B Girls Basketball Tournament in Malta this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Lady Cats will be looking to make some magic again this year after their stellar run a season ago. This years team though is far younger with far less experience. The Lady Cats have shown a ton of heart all season but have struggled to find the win column. Harlem finished the regular season 0-8 in District 2B play and 3-15 overall. Harlem will begin their...
It was a wild weekend on the hardwood for Blaine County boy's basketball. The Chinook Sugarbeeters closed out the their home schedule Friday night with a 74-46 thumping of the North Star Knights. Saturday the team was in Fort Benton to take on the Longhorns. Chinook struggled early and couldn't rebound in a 59-39 loss to conclude their regular season schedule. The Turner Tornadoes fell at home Friday night to the Big Sandy Pioneers 64-35 but bounced back nicely in Gildford Saturday holding on...
The District 9C regular season has concluded and the teams have secured their tournament seeds. The brackets are set for the 2023 District 9C Boys basketball tournament this week. The boys tournament runs Thursday through Saturday with the top three seeds advancing to the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls February 22-25. The Turner Tornadoes earned the highest seeding among the three Blaine County Schools. The Tornadoes enter the tournament as the No. 5 seed compiling a conference record of...
The Harlem Wildcats will head to the District 2B Tournament in Glasgow as the No. 5 seed after finishing the regular season with a 1-7 conference mark and an overall record of 2-16. The Wildcats will begin play this Thursday at 3:00 pm against the No. 4 seed Glasgow Scotties. The teams split their regular season meetings with each winning on their home court. Harlem defeated Glasgow with a pair of free throws late 51-50 back on January 13. The Scotties won in Glasgow this past Saturday by a...
