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The Chinook Sugarbeeters began the season with a hard fought battle on the road to the Culbertson Cowboys losing 18-8. The ‘Beeters had a bye week two, and were on the road again this past Saturday to take on the Shelby Coyotes. In another tough contest the Coyotes outlasted the ‘Beeters in 30-20 win in the conference opener for Chinook. The ‘Beeters found themselves in a tough back and forth affair with Chinook taking a 20-14 lead midway through the second half, but penalties and mistakes piled up late. The Coyotes took full advantage scori...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter, Harlem Wildcat and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird Cross Country teams were in Havre this past Saturday. All three area schools had plenty of athletes run. Chinook led the way with 14 runners, nine boys and five girls. The Wildcats had 12 runners with 11 boys including seven freshmen and one girl in the field. The Thunderbird roster included three girls and one boy. The Wildcat boys were led by dynamic freshman Branlin Foote who posted a time of 17:16.55 to finish second in...
The Harlem Wildcat football team was back in action this Friday taking on the North Stars in Rocky Boy. The Wildcats had their way start to finish handing Rocky Boy a resounding 82-22 thumping to pick up their first win of the season and improving their record to 1-2 on the season. The Wildcats hosted the Polar Indians in their home opener. The Indians took down the Wildcats 64-36 in high scoring non-conference clash to begin the season. Harlem welcomed the Shelby Coyotes in week number two. The...
Following the football game on August 25, which the Chinook Beeters lost, 8-18, Julian Powell wore a chain with a railroad spike pendant to school. The interesting accessory wasn't a fashion statement but evidence of his having won the Hardest Hit Award for his defensive role in the game against the Culbertson Cowboys. Powell, a freshman at Chinook High School, plays Nose Guard for the Sugarbeeters. When asked about his reaction to receiving the award, Powell said: "I was shocked, really,...
The Sugarbeeter volleyball team suffered just one loss enroute to first place in its own tournament Saturday in Chinook. Chinook opened the tournament on Court 1 with a win over Glasgow. In its second game an hour later, the Beeters fell behind the Outlaws of Roy-Winifred 1-12 before staging a strong comeback to lose by just seven points, 18-25. The big difference came early in the game as 6-foot 4-inch senior and Class C all-stater Isabelle Heggem dominated play at the net with several kills. Chinook squad of Coach Paula Molyneaux stayed...
The Lady 'Cats hosted the Wolf Point Wolves Thursday evening, before heading to Poplar for a showdown Friday and a match up with Fairview there on Saturday. "We were defeated in three (on Thursday), but the Lady 'Cats didn’t give up as we nearly took the third set," head coach Kim Faulkinberry said. "Wolf Point has some great hitters, and they found their groove before we did." Harlem showed true grit on Friday afternoon against the Indians in a stunning comeback win. "We dropped the first two sets before we rallied back to take the next t...
All six harriers figured in Harlem Wildcat’s high finish at the 36-team meet Friday just outside of Kalispell. The meet featured numerous Class AA and A schools from around the state, a few of which were among the 14 schools unable to keep up with ‘Cats. Leading the team to its 22nd-place finish was freshman Branlin Foote, who turned in a quality time of 17:26.36 over the 3.1-mile course. Finishing in 130th place with a time of 19:42.79 was freshman Gregory Gardipee, followed by sophomore Delane LaMere in 21:14.61. Freshman Lathan Bla...
The Harlem Wildcats gave their hometown fans plenty to cheer about despite falling to Shelby in a Northern 8-man conference clash Friday night. Wildcat sophomore Miles Fetter took the opening kickoff at the five-yard line and raced 35 yards to the midfield stripe. On the first play from scrimmage, sophomore running back Code McCabe gathered in a pitch from senior quarterback Leon Champagne and powered forward for nine yards to Shelby's 31-yard line. McCabe rumbled up the middle for 12 yards and...
While Sugarbeeters took second among the six teams in the varsity competition, the school's JV and C squads each went 2-0 for the day. Chinook's three teams each kicked the year off with wins to start their season the day before. "We were at Rocky Boy (North Stars) on Friday," Head Coach Paula Moyneaux said. "All three squads won, 3-0." After going 2-0 in pool play, the varsity 1-1 in the single-elimination tournament play, to earn second-place honors in the six-team field. The Lady 'Beeters...
Harlem’s varsity netters were a little slow getting out of the gate in their first game of the year, but they picked up their game as the Malta tournament continued. The Lady ‘Cats never posed a serious threat as they fell 10-25 to Chinook in their first game. The second game was a completely different story as the lead bounced back and forth among the in-county rivals until before the Sugarbeeters reeled off the last eight points to take the second game 25-17 and the match. About thr...
Harlem varsity boys, led by freshman Branlin Foote’s second-place time of 17 minutes and 47.31 seconds, placed fifth among the 14-team field at the Wolf Point Cross Country Meet on Friday. Also contributing to the team score of 122 were: Lathan Blackwolf; 26th in a time of 24:07.39; Shayne Stiffarm, 29th in 25:44.25; Kelbi Bigby, 30th in 25:51.27; Romeo Main, 36th in 28:41.08, and Carter Lawrence, 38th, in 30:24.44. Poplar won the varsity boys title with 35 points, followed by Trinity Christian of Williston with 46, Plentywood with 81 and S...
The Harlem Wildcats' wild 64-36 loss to the Poplar Indians in Harlem Friday evening was a classic tale of two halves. Harlem took the opening kickoff and promptly fumbled the ball away to the visiting Indians. Poplar needed a short fourth-down carry to get its first score of the evening with 10:41 left in the first quarter. The extra point was good, giving the visitors a brief 7-0 lead. The Wildcats then capitalized on their first play from scrimmage, picking up a first down out near the 30 with...
The Sugarbeeters got a bit of jump on the season after their Saturday afternoon visit to Culbertson was moved to Friday evening. The last-minute adjustment due to a conflicting volleyball tournament might or might not have had an impact on the final score. Nevertheless, the underaged and undersized visitors mounted a tough resistance. While giving up a single touchdown each in quarters one, three and four, the Chinook eight denied their opponents any points-after-touchdown. The ‘Beeter gridders accumulated 11 first downs in the contest and c...
The Chinook Swim Team closed out another spectacular season. Chinook was sixth in the Class AA team results but were exceptional when taking points in consideration to number of Swimmers on the team. Chinook would have won class B and C as well. The Lions had two High Point Winners, Britton Elliot and Dentin DePriest. In addition, the Lions had several swimmers win Individual champions including Dentin DePriest, Kolton DePriest, Britton Elliot, Brockton Elliot, Bryce Elliot Rachel Stephens and...
The Chinook Lions hosted the Eastern Division swim Meet July 21-22. This situation was great for the kids as they got the opportunity swim in front of their hometown fans as well as in their own pool. The Lions qualified thirty swimmers for the State Swim Meet in Conrad this past weekend, results will be in next week's Blaine County Journal ~ News Opinion. At the Eastern Divisional the Lions claimed three High Point Trophies to go along with 9 Individual Champions in their respective event. The...
Editor's note: Due to printing deadlines in Helena we have to have all or our paper ready to be sent on Sunday. We will have the Eastern C Divisional results in next week's paper. This note will really need to be enforced during the High School Athletic seasons. Coaches will have to have their information into me Saturday night to be included in that week's paper. The following are results from the Lions meets in Fort Benton and Glendive. The Chinook Lions did their best to get some final work...
The Chinook Lions Swim team was in Sidney, Montana July 8-9 and again turned in a fantastic effort. With just one meet in Fort Benton (July 15/16) before the Divisional Swim Meet is held in Chinook, July 22-23, teams are fine tuning their strokes to be ready for the post season. The Lions had three High Point Trophy winners this week with Bryce Elliot capturing the honor in the Boys 13-14 age group and Dentin DePriest and Britton Elliot winning the Boys and Girls 15-19 age group. The Lions had...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are bringing back their Football Camp for the first time since 2019. The Day Camp will be held August 1-3, 8:30-11:00 am daily. The ‘Beeter Football Team will be hosting the ‘Fundamental Skills Camp’ for athletes Grade 4-8. The three-day camp instructors will be the ‘Beeter Coaching Staff as well as players. The camp will focus on Technique, Speed and Strength training. Cost for the camp is $40 and includes a camp T-shirt. “We are putting this on like we have done in the past pre-covid. This is a good chance for the e...
The Chinook Lions and Harlem swim teams each had excellent showings at the annual Harlem Invitational swim meet, July 1-2. The Chinook team took home an incredible 8 high point awards, while Harlem claimed one, along with excellent performances by multiple additional swimmers. Chinook nearly ran the gamut with high point winners in the 8 and under girls division, 9-10 boys, 13-14 boys and girls and 15+ boys and girls. Harlem claimed the 11-12 girls high point award. Starting things off with the...
Ginger Hansen recently hosted the 7th annual Chinook Golf Course Fundraiser Auction and Dinner. Each year the annual fundraiser has proven to be the most successful fundraiser for the golf course. For the past 7 years this event has raised the most money for the Chinook Golf Course including all tournaments. Ginger has done a remarkable job organizing volunteers and getting donations for auction items. This year was no exception. To host an event like this takes the generous contribution of...
The Chinook Lion and Harlem swim teams were in Roundup June 24-25, with both teams performing very well. The Lions again secured several High Point Trophies while the Harlem swimmers got quality time in the pool for their up and coming younger swimmers. The Lions were led on the day by Katie Tilleman who broke the Federation record in the 13-14 Girls 50 Meter Butterfly by completing the two lengths of the pool in :30.92. Tilleman also captured gold in the 50 meter Freetsyle with a time of...
School may be out for summer, but that doesn't mean that many student athletes aren't working as hard as they can to prepare for the upcoming season in volleyball, basketball, football, wrestling or even tennis. The month of June provides coaches and student athletes the opportunity to compete and practice together in an effort to improve their program prior to the start of the season during the school year. The Chinook Sugarbeeters and the Harlem Lady Cat basketball teams have been very busy...
The Chinook Lions Swim Team was in Scobey week two and performed very well. The summer swim season is very short so getting in the pool as often as you can is very important. The team continues to get better with each meet and while their numbers in Scobey were small, their performance was impressive. The Lions had three swimmers capture individual High Point Honors, Daniel Tilleman and Brockton Elliot tied for the Senior (15-19) Boys Individual High Point while Katie Tilleman took home top hono...
The Chinook Lions Swim travelled to Plentywood the first weekend of June to get their 2023 summer swim season underway. Head coach Benton Elliot took a small contingent of swimmers to the season opening meet and all performed very well. The Lions had a couple of High Point award winners, and a number of personal best times were established as well. Leading the way was Daniel Tilleman who took home the top spot in all three of his individual events. First Daniel captured gold in the 50 Meter...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Tennis team was back in Great Falls this past weekend looking to bring home hardware once again from the Montana Class B/C State Tournament. The 'Beeters sent two Singles and two Doubles teams to the State tournament. When the dust settled Chinook junior, Mya Berreth had captured gold, defeating her Fairfield opponent 6-2, 6-4 in the championship to claim the Singles title. Sophomore, Rilee Molyneaux went 3-2 to earn All-state honors with a fifth place finish. Both...
