Seeley Swan High School - Snow Country Yearbook (Seeley Lake, MT)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1979 volume:

snow country ’79 annual staff photographers susan davis vvanda weaver kelly best mr. pagett rachel vannoy tammy erickson larae conley jim teafoe jaylund rammell stu eschenbacker osudjap dSUdJJO ;of Htiov n s) ppuir- the ’78 football season The 1978-79 Football season was a memorable one. Despite a 3-4 win-loss record, the players finished the season with enthusiasm. The season could have been better, of course, but injuries and the schedule were awesome. The Blackhawks started their season at home against Arlee. The awesome running attack of Tom Walker and Jim Teafoe plus a crushing defense gave SSHS a 34-14 win. The second game was away. Philipsburg, which later was to be the district champion, was ready. The Blackhawks did well, but mental mistakes resulted in their first loss 24-14. In game three, the Charlo Vikings came to town. Kevin Frye, Harry Johnson, and Steve Johnson stopped the run and held Charlo at bay giving SSHS a 18-16 halltime lead. Unfortunately the second half belonged to Charlo and they won 32-24. Game four was against co-leader, undefeated Hot Springs at Hot Springs. Seeley Swan pulled within 22-20 in the third quarter only to lose 30-22, but Jim Teafoe had one of his best games. Homecoming was against Superior. Tom Walker burst 64 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage and Chuck Jacobs caught a 22 yard pass from Jeff Tanner on the last play from scrimmage for a touchdown as SSHS won 51-6. St. Regis was tough on their homefield. Seeley Swan broke to a 16-0 lead only to have the Tigers tie it up at halftime. Then, in the third quarter, quarterback Jeff Tanner found himself stuck with the ball on a broken play and won the game with a 52 yard touchdown run. It was his best game in his four year career. The final game was against Alberton at home. The Blackhawks marched the ball to pay dirt on the first possession, but injuries and a faulty pass defense was all the edge Alberton needed to win 42-26. Wayne Cahoon and Guy Johnson will always be remembered for their defensive play throughout the season, while Tom Montgomery was an asset at left end. These three Seniors plus Jeff Tanner, Jim Teafoe, Tom Walker, and Russ Conley left SSHS football with the best season in 9 years. running for s.s.h.s.s cross-country champs «, Seeley-Swan Girls Cross Country team had an outstanding season winning all of their major meets. On October 14 at the University of Montana Invitational Meet, Chris Jungers set a new meet record in the Girls Novice race winning 24 1 2 seconds in front of the second place runner. The team went on to Yin the 1st place trophy at the Poison Invitational. Climaxing the season was the victory' of the Montana State Girls Cross Country Race for Class B and C schools at Helena. The championship team consisted of senior, LaRae Conley; junior, Dora Morris; sophomore, Pam Himes; freshmen, Debbie Herron, Chris Jungers, Robin Pilsworth, and Tonya Rammell. LaRae, Pam and Chris won individual gold medals. All won team gold medals and black letters. 1978 was a great season for girls cross country at Seeley-Swan because of a great team. They trained hard and were not thwarted by bears, snakes, barking dogs, or an occasionally lost coach. They won with Style ! «CDZVjMUI - - 32Xf? 5VW I� 1 f Rammell, and Coach Baretta. Bottom row-7!to r. «■ LaRae Coach Cooper • . f i • We began the 1978 season with high hopes and a lot of confidence as we had six veteran runners, including two seniors. Our confidence was well- founded as we were undefeated in the small local meets as long as we had our full team healthy and running. We ran over 400 miles in our ten weeks of training and it paid off as we won the Poison invitational meet (again) over some area Class B and A teams, and we knew we were ready for State. The State Meet gave us both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat'' within the space of one hour. We ran a fine race as out of 145 runners Bob Baier finished a blaring 4th, Randy Frye 20th, Wes Rammell 21st, Dean Dellwo 29th, and Mike Haines 31st to complete the scoring. For this excellent effort we were soon rewarded with the state championship trophy. Our jubilation was short-lived, however, as one hour later the trophy was taken away from us. In a narrow and controversial decision an opposing runner had been disqualified and later reinstated. The result for us was that we were state runners-up by 7 points rather than champions. Thus we were both disappointed and proud and will have to wait another year for the elusive state championship trophy. Isworth, Dora Morris, Tonya Rammell, Pam Himes, Debbie Herron, and Chris Jungers. black letter winners LaRae Conley, Chris Jungers, Pam Himes, Dora Morris, Debbie Herron, Tonya Rammell, and Robin Pilsworth. Bob Baier, Randy Frye, Wes Rammell, Dean Dellwo, Mike Haines, John Owens, and Jaylund Rammell GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES •varsity SSHS 32 Libby 48 SSHS 49 Troy 26 SSHS 36 Arlee 52 SSHS 31 Arlee 57 SSHS 33 P-Burg 50 SSHS 41 Drummond 43 SSHS 55 Alberton 40 SSHS 36 Florence 48 SSHS 71 Victor 39 SSHS 42 Ip-Burg 43 iSSHS 34 Superior 56 SSHS 34 Drummond 50- SSHS 53 Alberton 56 SSHS 52 Florence 54 SSHS 38 Victor 33 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT AT ALBERTON SSHS 58 Alberton 42 SSHS 40 Drummond 42 SSHS 32 Victor 24 SSHS 33 P-Burg 27 Kelly Blekkenk Brenda Carey Bill Ellis Bill Gillespie Steve Gossard Sherry Mahn Mary Halgren John Hallam Polly Hamilton Debbie Herron Christy Jungers Greg Keiper Ross Lemons Sandy Martin John Owens Robin Pilsworth Kelly Quinn Tanya Rammell Marty Rose Donna Siebert Wayne Tanner Tammy Wilkie Chris Williams Donna Williams Bill Wood Paul Young Top Row, 1-r: Mr. Anderson, Tammy Erickson (Manager), Curtis Gehrke, Jeff Tanner, Wayne Cahoon, Tom Montgomery, Harry Johnson, Manuel Kesterson, mark Cahoon, Mr. Mecham (Head Coach). Middle Row: John Hallam, Jaylund Rammell, Shane Rose, Ross Lemons, Wayne Tanner, Randy Hanson, Wesley Rammell. Bottom Row: Cheerleaders-Dora Johnson, Dawn Smith, Brenda Farra, Rhonda Flake. wrestling season ’78-’79 Seeley Swan Wrestling 1978-79 This years wrestling season proved to be both interesting and disappointing. We had the kids to win it all, had everything worked out as it could have. As it turned out, we were in Thompson Falls' shadow all season. They beat us by a slight margin at the Mission Tourney as the season opened. They beat us by 2 points at Divisionals and gave us our only dual loss of the season. In all 3 cases we frittered it away by giving away matches we had as good as won. I feel members and coaches should equally share the responsibility for this. We just didn't put it together in such a way that we could win the big ones. On the bright side, we did have two State Champions and one runner-up. Jeff Tanner won his second straight Championship. Wes Rammell wrestled the best match of his high school career to beat Fisher from Thompson Falls and win the State Title. Wayne Cahoon, struggling to regain the conditioning he had lost to a bout with the flu, lost in the finals to Davis of Thompson Falls. Wayne is one of the most 22 dedicated wrestlers we have had and is a fine college prospect. Curtis Gehrke is also a good wrestler and could make his mark in the college ranks. Tom Montgomery and Randy Hanson lost heartbreakers in the Divisional and didn't qualify for State. These six seniors will be greatly missed and hard to replace. Shane Rose and Harry Johnson, juniors, along with Wayne Tanner, a freshman qualified for State; but they didn't make it through the competition. Curtis Gehrke placed second at State as a sophomore two eyars ago. The future of wrestling at Seeley Swan High School looks bright. Mr. Byron Anderson is a good dedicated coach and there are a number of good young wrestlers returning. This group will be bolstered by a crop of experienced freshmen. After 15 years as Head Wrestling Coach, it's not an easy thing to leave the program. Wrestling is a big thing in my life. Good luck to all. Carl D. Mecham tELfr SWAN 26 Teila Axnon Mitch Baretta Angela Beatty Randy Frye Mike Haines Pam Himes Dora Johnson Mark Cahoon Lynda Conley Robyn Conley Theresa Dell wo Jackie Jungers Shelley Kaser Matt Doucett Brenda Farra Manuel Kesterson Brenda Laden Kelly Lease Roger Martin Lori Farra Rhonda Flake Cretchen Foote Curtis Friede Gerry Melton John Miller M III u V iT m i 31 I A y 0. o $ O cN� - «i ■V ' W r- Coach Baretta, Ken Wood, Matt Doucett, Mitch Baretta, David Friede, Dean Dellwo, Dave Stewart, Bob Montgomery , Curt Hoehn, Steve Johnson, Curtis Friede, Mike Haines, Bob Baier, Head Coach Haines. Cheerleaders-Cindy Hillstead, Shelly Nicholson, Pam Richards, Lesley Pagett, and Gretchen Foote. ■ es 9 1 r I a v — t v« u c • vV ru • l.W ll L � ll L n . 1 (1 UJ £ Boy's B.Ball-'A' Squad SSHS 59 Dutton 43 SSHS SSHS 68 58 Darby Charlo 62 34 SSHS 65 Frenchtown 35 SSHS 58 Darby 52 SSHS 47 Charlo 51 SSHS 50 Superior 25 SSHS 5? Corvallis 50 SSHS 46 Darby 47 SSHS 60 P-Burg 37 SSHS 93 Drummond 50 SSHS 59 Alberton 30 SSHS 65 Florence 80 SSHS 68 Victor 33 SSHS 65 P-Burg 48 SSHS 65 Drummond 45 SSHS 67 Alberton 52 SSHS 68 Florence 60 SSHS 56 Victor 37 District Tourney SSHS 65 P-Burg 37 SSHS 63 Drummond 49 Divisional Tourney SSHS 46 White Sulphur 38 SSHS 59 St. Regis 65 SSHS 42 Charlo 38 SSHS 51 White Sulphur 44 CindwnTlstead Foot and Pam tSretchen kt Jl Since our JV Team was very mature this year with several juniors and experienced sophomores on the roster it was one of our best JV teams ever. We had virtually the same team as last year with the short, but husky juniors doing some rugged rebounding and the sophomores providing some fine outside shooting. This combination allowed us to achieve a 13 win, 3 loss record including a thrilling 3-overtime victory the JV's at Florence. Next year's squad will be much younger with fewer juniors and some very inexperienced sophomores making up the team. Boy's B.Ball-'B' Squad SSHS 58 Darby 64 SSHS 64 Charlo 40 SSHS 49 Frenchtown 46 SSHS SSHS 59 67 Darby Charlo 51 40 SSHS 58 Superior 55 SSHS 43 P-Burg 48 SSHS 65 Drummond 52 SSHS 64 Alberton 32 SSHS 59 Florence 54 SSHS 54 Victor 32 SSHS 53 P-Burg 61 SSHS 56 Drummond 53 SSHS 63 Alberton 44 SSHS 57 Florence 38 SSHS 56 Victor 32 jr. varsity basketball pep club top row 1. to r. -Nancy Underwood, Shelly Kaser, Pam Himes, Shelly Nelson, Jackie Juners, Teila Anion, and Dawn Lemons. Middle row 1. to r. -Sandy Martin, Sherry Hahn, Donna Williams, Chris Williams, Tonya Rammell, Kelly Blekkenk, Rachel Vannoy, Sandy Hooker, and Dora Morris. Middle row 1. to r. Chris Jungers, Lynda Conley, Donna Johnson, Brenda Farra, Dora Johnson, Wanda Weaver, Kelly Best, Leslie Pagett, Shelly Nicholson, Cindy Hillstead, Bottom row 1. to r.-Ronda Flake, Jenny Meyers, Pam Richards, Cretchen Foote, Tammy Erickson, Val Kaser, Carla Cole, Lory Wilhelm, Cerri Meyers, Sharon Williams, and Faith Vannoy. you’re a good man Charlie brown CAST OF CHARACTERS Charlie Brown ..............................Russ Conley Directors ...............Mr. David Gutting Snoopy......................................Roger Martin - Mrs. Peggy Kimmet Lucy .................Cheryl Miller C Pam Richards • Mr. Larry Pagett Patty..................Robyn Conley C Dawn Smith Musical Accompaniment . .Jim Teafoe, Nancy Morris, Linus ...................fen Sparks C Kelly Lease Chris Jungers, Mr. Gutting, and Mr. Pagett. Schroeder .....................Bill Ellis C Bob Siloto Student Director ..............Jackie Jungers Christmas concert pep band junior c office girls lori - val - carla - kathy - tammy - gerri spring juniors Mark Erickson Stuart Eschenbacher Geoff Foote Gary Freyholtz Dav.'d Friede Kevin Frye Bob Baier Kelly Best Tom Brechbill Duane Brumfield David Dailey Susan Davis Marki Doucett Debbie Guizzo Scott Gossard Penny Hamilton Glenda Hawkins Cindy Hillstead Curt Hoehn Les Hostetler Sandy Hooker Tim Hulett Harry Johnson Steve Johnson Theresa Johnson Mark King Dawn Lemons Cheryl Miller Boh Montgomery Dora Morris Toni Nash Shelly Nicholson Lesley Pagett Jeffrey Pfleger Jaylund Rammell Theresa Reinhard Jeri Tanner Roberta Underwood Debbie Walker Wanda Weaver Kenny Wood Mr. Anderson Mrs. Cooper Mrs. Gehrke Mrs. Baier Miss Drake Mr. Gordon Mr. Baretta Miss Fought Mr. Gutting Mr. Conley Mr. Foust Mr. Haines faculty 51 Mis. Hanson Mr. Ogden Mrs. Hoehn Mr. Vagg Mr. Kimmet Mr. Swanson NOT PICTURED Mr. LaValle Mr. Baier 52 in appreciation Top Row: Sharon Williams, Nancy Morris, Bill Hooker, Bill Ellis, Roger Martin, Dora Johnson, Lesley Pagett, Second Row From Top: Cretchen Foote, Pam Richards, Brenda Farra, Rachel Vannoy, Angela Beatty, Mary Welch, Faith Vannoy, Third Row From Top: Jenny Meyer, Shelley Kaser, Sherry Hahn, Sandy Martin, Toni Nash, Bottom Row: Mr. Cutting, Kelly Best, Sandy Hooker, Kelly Blekkenk, Tawni Byrd, Val Kaser, and Mr. Pagett. b a k a k Top Row: Nancy Morris, Dora Morris, Lynda Conley, Pam Himes, Marty Hallam, Sean Foust, Second Row From Top: Roger Miller, John Hallam, Third Row From Top: Dana Wilkie, Dave Whitmer, Cheryl Miller, Sheli Nelson, Matt Smith, Lesley Pagett, Fourth Row From Top: Jim Teafoe, Cindy Hillstead, Jackie Jungers, Rachel Vannoy, Cindy McCaffree, Bottom Row: Shelly Nicholson, Patty Davis, Leanna Sterling, Steve Gossard, Christy Jungers, Genny Meyer, Pam Richards, Marki Doucett, and Mr. Gutting. —music S4 55 SEELEY GIRLS 1ST AT DISTRICT Shelly Nicholson-1st 180 yd. dash, 220 yd. dash, 440 yd. relay, and 2nd in the 110 yd. hurdles. Lesley Pagett-1st 80 yd. hurdles, 110 yd. hurdles, medley relay, 440 yd. relay, and 2nd in the 220 yd. dash. Dawn Wood-1st 440 yd. relay, medley relay, 2nd in the 100 yd. dash, and 3rd in the 220 vd. dash, 110 hurdles. Debbie Walker-1st 440 relay, medley relay, and 4th in the 100 yd. dash. Gerri Meyer- 1st discus. Lynda Conley-3rd shot put. Dora Johnson - 4th shot put. Chris Williams-4th javelin, and 5th in the shot put. LaRae Conley-1st medley relay. Chris Jungers-lst 2-mile, and 2nd in the mile. Dora Morris-2nd 2-mile, and 3rd in the mile. Tonya Rammell-3rd 2-mile, and 4th in the mile. Robin Pilsworth-Sth 2-mile, and 5th in the mile. GIRLS TAKE 2ND AT DIVISIONAL TRACK MEET Lesley Pagett- 1st 80 yd. hurdles, 110 yd. hurdles, 440 yd. relay, and 2nd in the medley relay. Shelly Nicholson-1st 440 yd. relay, 2nd in the 110 hurdles, 220 yd. dash, and medley relay, 3rd in the 100 yd. dash. Dawn Wood - 1st 440 yd. relay, 2nd in the medley relay, and 3rd in the 110 yd. hurdles. Debbie Walker-1st 440 yd. relay. LaRae Conley-2nd medley relay. Dora Morris-4th 2-mile, and 5th in the mile. Chris Jungers-3rd 2-mile. TEAM TAKES 3RD AT STATE TRACK MEET Lesley Pagett Shelly Nicholson Debbie Walker Dawn Wood State Champion-80 yd. hurdles in 11.2 State Champion-440 yd. relay in 50.9 2nd -110 yd. hurdles in 15.2 State Champion-440 yd. relay in 50.9 5th -100 yd. dash in 11.9 State Champion-440 yd, relay in 50.9 State Champion-440 yd. relay in 50.9 We will always remember 1979 as the year we never really got started. As a young and inexperienced team which lacked speed, we needed to get outside and work on our field events. But the snow, rain and bone-chilling cold did not permit it and consequently we never did get properly prepared. Additionally, our district was very tough this year as it w'as loaded with experienced sprinters and field event competitors. In spite of that fact we were able to take fourth in the district, finishing only fourteen points behind the championship team. Dave Stewart was divisional high jump champion with an excellent leap of 6'2 , and we took four boys to state. At state we placed 13th out of 90 teams. Stuart Eschenbacher ran a strong third in the high hurdles and as a junior he will return to try for a state championship next year. Senior Jim Teafoe set a new school record with a tremendous leap of 20 9 1 2 while placing second in the long jump at the state meet. Jim was our captain this year and, as always, his tremendous enthusiasm and competitive desire were an inspiration to us all. His graduation will leave a gaping hole in the ranks of our track team in the years to come. - Coach Baretta Cindy Bush LaRae Conley Clay Dunbar Tawni Byrd Russ Conley Tammy Erickson Wayne Cahoon Toby Davis Curtis Gehrke Carla Cole Dean Dellwo Texanna Goodman 61 seniors 62 Randy Hanson Val Kaser Ted Needles Chuck Jacobs Barrie Lewis Molly O'Kelley Bucky Johnson Gerri Meyer Jeff Pocha Guy Johnson Tom Montgomery' Wes Rammell Jeff Tanner Jim Teafoe Betty Welch Sharon Williams Class Officers: Molly O'Kelley, Texanna Goodman, and Sharon Williams George Ruppert Faith Vannoy Lori Wilhelm Dave Stewart Tom Walker Dawn Wood senior credits — Cindy Bush-Pep Club: 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1,2, 3, 4 Gymnastics 1, 2 Track 1, 2 Student Senate 1,2, 3 State Club 2, 3 Valkeryies (drill team) 2 Transfer from Hellgate 4 Wayne Cahoon: Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 1,3,4 LaRae Conley: Cross Country 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3,4 Track 1,2,3 Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Wrestling Cheerleader 2 Annual Staff 3 Statistition 4 Toby Davis: Basketball 1, 2 Track 1 Librarian 3, 4 Tammy Erickson: Transfer from Idaho 1 Pep Club 2, 3, 4 Wrestling Cheerleader 2 Basketball 2 Vice President 3 Wrestling Manager 3 Football Statistition 3 Prom Oueen 3 Annual Staff 3 Pep Club Secretary 4 Football Manager 4 Office Girl 4 Science Aid 4 Honor Roll 2, 3, 4 Texanna Goodman: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Track 1, 2, 3 Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Senate 1 Annual Staff 1, 2 House of Representatives 2 Vice President 4 Member of Student Government 4 Randy Hanson: Basketball 1 Track 1, 2, 3 Football 1 Wrestling 2,3,4 Guy Johnson: Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Wrestling 1, 2, 3, Track 1,3,4 Val Kaser: Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4 School Play 1 Track 1 Chorus 1, 4 Annual Staff 2, 3 Football Cheerleader 2 Football Manager 3 Football Statistition 4 Office Girl 4 Gerri Meyer: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball Cheerleader 1 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Secretary 3, 4 Annual Staff 3, 4 Boys Basketball Statistition 3 Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice President Pep Club 4 Tom Montgomery: Transfer from Oregon 2 Wrestling 2, 3, 4 Football 2, 4 Dave Stewart: Football 1 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Track 3, 4 President 3 Member of Western Montana Bank Junior Board 3 Transfer from California 3 Wes Rammell: Cross-Country 1, 2, 3, 4 Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4 Jeff Tanner: Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4 House of Representatives 1 Class President 2 Wrestling, 3rd at State 2 Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4 Wrestled Japanese 2, 4 Wrestling, State Champion 3, 4 Jim Teafoe: Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1 Track 1, 2,3,4 Drama 3 Beginners Band 3 Played Music in Your A Good Man Charlie Brown 4 Band 4 Faith Vannoy: Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Annual Staff 3 Chorus 3, 4 Creative Writing 2 Journalism 4 Lory Wilhelm: Cross Country 1 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Pep Club 1,2,3 Boys Basketball Cheerleader 1 Statistition 2, 3 Office Girl 4 Dawn Wood: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Pep Club President 4 Chorus 1, 4 House of Representatives 2 Annual Staff 3 Homecoming Queen 4 Basketball Cheerleader 1 Alternate Cheerleader 3 r-r-S £g J ji f. sfeSSil � v?Msr fc§? ■: � £•� -y:-y ■+ , , u'T . 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