Punt, Pass & Kick Sectional

Ronan participants in the Sectional Punt, Pass, and Kick competition flash some pigskin on the Chiefs’ home field. In the back row, from left to right, are Dylan McLeod, Chenoa Wander, Micalann McCrea, Veyanna Curley and Kuba Detwiler. In the front row, from left to right, are Maggi Lake, Colter Cornwell, Davonte Clark-Gardiner and Daniel Bishop. The Ronan contingent featured three first-place winners who came out on top of other youngsters from Western Montana at the Oct. 7 exhibition in Missoula. Taking top honors in the 8-9 year-old girls’ division was Adriana Tatukivei (not pictured), while Karalani Tatukivei (not pictured) paced the 10-11 year-old girls. Micalann McCrea reclaimed her crown as the region’s top dog in the 12-13 year-old girls’ bracket, racking up a combined distance of 258’5”. McCrea has a good chance of qualifying for the regional championship, held at the home of the Seattle Seahawks on Dec. 8. In 2010, McCrea also advanced to the Seattle showdown, where she went on to claim the Seahawks regional title for her division. Historically, Western Montana has been well-represented at the events, as a press release states that, “Western Montana garnered three individual championships in Seattle in 2010 and two last year.”