The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks will head out on the road to square off against the St. Ignatius Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Seeley-Swan knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully St. Ignatius likes a good challenge.
Seeley-Swan is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Darby, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Seeley-Swan was ranked tenth). The Blackhawks blew past the Tigers 40-16 on Friday. The 40-point effort marked the Blackhawks' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Quinlan McClure and Blake Irwin were among the main playmakers for Seeley-Swan as the former gained 178 total yards and a touchdown and the latter threw for 171 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes. McClure was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 65 yards.
Seeley-Swan didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Cash Schuster. Seeley-Swan got some further help from Derrick Brovold: he picked up two sacks and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Ignatius). They took their game on Saturday with ease, bagging a 68-28 victory over Troy. The Bulldogs haven't had any issues with the Trojans recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Seeley-Swan's victory bumped their record up to 7-0. As for St. Ignatius, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Everything came up roses for Seeley-Swan against St. Ignatius in their previous matchup back in September of 2024, as the team secured a 34-6 win. Will the Blackhawks repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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