County kids advance to PPK regional

Nearly 100 boys and girls ages 6-15 participated at the Western Montana Sectional competition of the NFL Punt Pass & Kick program held Oct. 5 in Missoula.

All winners of the sectional competition are now eligible to compete in the Seattle Seahawk regional competition, but must await the results of all other sectionals conducted this month throughout the Pacific Northwest.

 Only the top four sectional winners advance to the Seattle event, which is scheduled for Monday, December 14th prior to the Seahawk game vs. the San Francisco 49ers.

Western Montana has traditionally qualified most of its age group champions for the Seattle event, with nine out of ten age group winners advancing in 2013.

 Also, at least one of the Montana sectional winners has gone on to claim the Seattle Seahawks Team Championship for an age group each year since the current program was re-established in 1995.

Western Montana garnered two individual championships in Seattle in 2013.

Top finishers in the sectional competition from the Mission Valley area and their combined score (total distance in the three events) were as follows:

Girls age 6-7

3rd, Ashlynn Meyer 28’ 11” St.

Ign

(punt 3’ 1” / pass 18’ 0” / kick 7’ 10”)

Girls age 8-9

1st, Chloe Davis 148’ 1” Ronan

(punt 49’ 9” / pass 53’ 8” / kick 44’ 8”)

Girls age 10-11

1st, Macao Jackson  203’ 0” Ronan

(punt 66’ 2” / pass 69’ 1” / kick 67’ 9”)

Boys age 12-13

1st, Wrangler Gaustad 315’ 6” Charlo

(punt 82’ 8” / pass 133’ 3” / kick 99’ 7”)

Girls age 12-13

2nd, Karalaini Tatukivei 188’ 0” Charlo

(punt 39’ 7” / pass 67’ 6” / 98’ 0”)

Boys age 14-15

2nd, Corbin Davis 268’ 9” Polson

( punt 95’ 3” / pass127’ 8” / kick 45’ 10”)

3rd, Spencer Gordon 263’ 10” Charlo or Bozeman

Girls age 14-15

2nd, Allie Delaney 169’ 5” Charlo

(punt 33’ 2” / pass 60’ 1” / kick 76’ 2”)

3rd, Trinity Lewandowski 156’ 0” St.

Ign

(punt 33’ 8” / pass 45’ 9” / kick 76’ 7”)

(Compiled by John Heglie)