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The Whitehall/Harrison High School football team picked an opportune time to play their best football of the season. With a spot in the playoffs on the line last Friday night at home against Townsend; the Trojans scored 21 points in both the first and second quarters on their way to a 56-12 rout of the visiting Bulldogs. Following the game, Whitehall Head Coach Dan Lacey said it was by far the teams best half of the season. "We executed our game plan to a 'T'. Everything we were doing was...
Just moments before kickoff of Whitehall/Harrison's game October 14 against Libby a storm moved in and rain began to fall onto the FieldTurf at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. Minutes into the game the rain would dissipate, but it did not stop a frenzied storm on both sides of the ball by the Trojans, who for the second week came out of the gates early and never looked back in a convincing 59-7 neutral site victory. Whitehall (7-1, 2-1 Southern 5B) would score a total of seven...
The Montana High School Association Executive Board will meet next month and among the items on their agenda could be a vote to lower the enrollment number for Class B/C Schools across the state. At their regular board meeting last week, the Whitehall School Board of Trustees heard an update from Superintendent John Sullivan about the possible change. Sullivan said he has heard the proposed number for Class B/C is 107 students. This would be a change from the current number of 119. Sullivan said schools below 107 would be in Class C, and those...
The six seniors on the Whitehall High School volleyball team will be recognized at a ceremony prior to their Thursday matchup against Jefferson. Alicia Loomis, Mesquite Melton, Kaya Welch, Rachel Smith, Katie Smith and Monica Sepulveda will all be playing their last home as members of the Lady Trojans. "The six seniors have really made my first year easy. They bought into my crazy ideas and funky drills with no complaints. I was a little nervous as to how they would receive me, but it was all...
The Whitehall High School Cross Country team will have one more regular season competition before the state meet next week in Kalispell. The Trojans will compete Saturday in Townsend, with action set to begin at 10 a.m. Last week, Whitehall runners were able to face off with the best in the state at the Capital City 7 on 7 Invitational at the Bill Roberts Golf Course in Helena. The invitational featured seven varsity races in both the boys and girls divisions, as well as junior varsity races....
Friday night will be a special one for the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team. The Trojans will not only be looking to improve their record to 7-1 on the season against non-conference foe Libby, they will be doing so at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. Trojans Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Dan Lacey said he was looking at all of the Class B Montana High School Association match ups, and saw the only team that was not playing during Whitehall’s bye week was Libby. “So I contacted Libby’s AD and we were able to set u...
Going into last Friday night's home game against Three Forks, Whitehall/Harrison High School Football Coach Dan Lacey said his team was eager to get back onto the field after a tough road loss last week. He was right. The Trojans (6-1, 2-1 Southern 5B) came out of the gates quickly, and scored 36 points in the first quarter of the 50-6 win over the visiting Wolves (0-7). "We really executed our game plan tonight. We understood we had an opportunity to bounce back from a tough loss last week and...
By JACK H. SMITH Ledger Publisher Going into Friday night's home game against Three Forks, Whitehall/Harrison High School Football Coach Dan Lacey said his team was eager to get back onto the field after a tough road loss last week. He was right. The Trojans (6-1, 2-1 Southern 5B) came out of the gates quickly, and scored 36 points in the first quarter of the 50-6 win over the visiting Wolves (0-7). "We really executed our game plan tonight. We understood we had an opportunity to bounce back...
The Whitehall High School volleyball team ran into some strong competition last Saturday at the Manhattan Christian High School Tournament. The Lady Trojans finished the pool play event with a 2-6 record, picking up wins over Cut Bank (21-13), and Shields Valley (25-21). Whitehall lost to White Sulphur Springs (21-20), Colstrip (21-3), Townsend (21-20), Twin Bridges (25-15), Manhattan Christian (25-22) and Cut Bank. First-year head coach Lauren McDonald said the tournament was not one of the...
For the second straight week, the Whitehall High School Cross Country team went head to head with larger schools from across Southwest Montana last Saturday at the Butte Invitational. Senior runner Hunter Flynn once again showed he is one of the best in the state finishing 19th out of 154 runners with a time of 16:19.50. Sophomore Clancy Russell was the next Trojan to finish with a time of 18:34.10. Justin Gipson ended the race with a time of 19:25.60, Ryan Gipson finished the race at 19:40.00, Cade Briggs had a time of 22:06.90, Kadin Smith...
There is no quit in the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team. After trailing 14-0 late in the third quarter last Friday against host Manhattan, the Trojans were able to claw their way back into the game and pulled within one with 1:39 left in the game. Whitehall (5-1, 1-1 Southern 5B) rolled the dice and went for the two-point conversion, but was unable to connect and suffered their first loss of the season, 14-13. Following the game, head coach Dan Lacey praised his team for fighting th...
Recent changes to what once was the Whitehall High School Rodeo Club should net positive results for local competitors. The new Whitehall Rodeo Club was recently formed and unlike its predecessor, will operate outside of the local school district. Sponsor Jodi Icenoggle said by offering the club outside the school, home-schooled students would now be able to join, and the club would also like to include junior high students to get them started competing earlier. Icenoggle said Whitehall High...
Going into Friday night's game at Jefferson County High School in Boulder, the senior class members of the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team had yet to pick up a varsity win over their archrival. They have now. After falling behind 12-7 with 9:52 left in the second quarter, it was all Whitehall (5-0, 1-0 Southern 5B) who scored 26 consecutive points on their way to a dominant 33-18 win. Just moments after the game, head coach Dan Lacey said getting the win for the seniors was the...
Through every point, set, and match of the 2016 season, the Whitehall High School volleyball team has continued to show improvement. While the Lady Trojans were unable to pickup a victory last week over Sweet Grass County or rival Boulder, they played extremely competitive against the two strong teams. Last Tuesday, the Lady Trojans fought hard against visiting Big Timber, but ultimately fell in four sets. The Lady Herders won the first two sets 25-18, and 25-22. Whitehall came back strong in...
The Whitehall High School Cross Country team faced stiff competition at last Saturday’s Mountain West Classic in Missoula. The boy’s varsity race featured 410 runners from 65 high schools, many of them from Montana Class A and AA. Whitehall senior Hunter Flynn had the top time for the Trojans. He finished in 72nd place with a time of 16:39. Clancy Russell was the next Whitehall runner to cross the line. The sophomore finished the race at 18:59.95. Ryan Murphy finished with a time of 20:22.39, Cade Briggs had a time of 21:35.96 and Adrian Bri...
You couldn't have scripted a better start to the game last Friday night for the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team. The Trojans (4-0) scored on long touchdown strikes from Braden Larsen to Wyatt Alexander on both their second and third plays from scrimmage, and never looked back in a 32-6 homecoming win over Powell County High School (Deer Lodge). After receiving the opening kickoff, Larsen found an open Alexander on the second play of the game for a 51-yard touchdown. After stopping...
The Whitehall High School volleyball team had a great performance last Saturday at the Windy City Classic Tournament in Varsity Gym. In pool play, Whitehall was able to pick up a 25-11, 25-12 win over Harrison, and a 25-24, 25-5 victory over West Yellowstone. In their other pool game, the Lady Trojans split with Shelby, 25-24, and 13-25. "The girls played extremely well this weekend. And boy, were the odds stacked against them. I think half of our girls were sicker than dogs, they had played...
The members of the Whitehall Junior High rodeo team shined earlier this month at the Montana High School Rodeo Association Junior High Rodeo. Competing in front of their home fans, Whitehall had several first place and multiple top ten finishes. Eighth-grader Garris Robertson had a great overall rodeo. His two-day average was good enough for first place in both calf roping and team roping with partner Gage Duncan of Belgrade. Robertson and partner Haven Wolstein of Helena were fifth in the two-day average in Ribbon Roping. He was third overall...
The Whitehall High School Cross Country team had two top ten finishers at last Saturday’s Manhattan Invite. Senior Hunter Flynn finished third in the race with a time of 16:39.74. He finished just behind second-place finisher Colter Barney of Manhattan (16:38.86.). Bryant Edgerton of Townsend won the race with an incredible time of 15:44.41. Senior Ann Russell finished in eight place in the girls varsity race with a time of 21:22.69. Grace Wyse of Townsend finished in first place at 19:48.84. This week the team will travel to the Mountain W...
Going into Friday night's game at Jefferson County High School in Boulder, the senior class members of the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team had yet to pick up a varsity win over their archrival. They have now. After falling behind 12-7 with 9:52 left in the second quarter, it was all Whitehall (5-0, 1-0 Southern 5B) who scored 26 consecutive points on their way to a dominant 33-18 win. Just moments after the game, head coach Dan Lacey said getting the win for the seniors was the...
There will be wall-to-wall volleyball action this Saturday at Whitehall High School. The annual Windy City Classic is set to begin at 9 a.m., and will feature eight teams and both junior varsity and varsity games. Along with the Lady Trojans, the tournament will include teams from West Yellowstone, Boulder, Shelby, Choteau, Powell County, Harrison, Sheridan and Belgrade ("Froshmore" team). Last week the Lady Trojans were able to pickup their first win of the season with a come from behind...
It wasn't easy, by no means was pretty, but the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team displayed the heart of champion and dug deep to get their third consecutive win to start the season Friday night at Mitchell Stadium in Anaconda. After not giving up a point in their first two games of the season, the Trojans (3-0) would find themselves behind 27-21 at halftime. The defense quickly recovered and was able to pitch a shutout in the second half of the thrilling 28-27 victory over the...
Prior to the start of Sunday's action at the local Montana High School Rodeo Association and Junior High Rodeo, Whitehall's Cole Dunagan was recognized as a senior class member competing at his last home event. He did not disappoint the home fans with his performance. After finishing 11th in tie down roping on Saturday, Dunagan placed third on Sunday, and ended up finishing fifth in the two-day average. Brooke Smith was also able to get a top ten finish in the two-day average for barrel racing....
The first several cross country meets of the season have featured an epic battle for the top spot between Whitehall senior Hunter Flynn and Townsend's Bryant Edgerton. The fierce competition continued last Saturday at the Harrison Invite in Pony. Edgerton was able to capture the top spot with a time of 15:54.04, but Flynn continued to close the gap between the two with an incredible second place time of 16:20.13. Nathan Gallegos of Townsend finished third at 16:32.39, and teammate Jack Dolan...
You couldn't have scripted a better start to the game last Friday night for the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team. The Trojans (4-0) scored on long touchdown strikes from Braden Larsen to Wyatt Alexander on both their second and third plays from scrimmage, and never looked back in a 32-6 homecoming win over Powell County High School (Deer Lodge). After receiving the opening kickoff, Larsen found an open Alexander on the second play of the game for a 51-yard touchdown. After stopping...
