News you can use
News you can use
Seymour has one thing left to do
Chinook's Lane Seymour has had success in every sport he's played in his time as a Sugarbeeters. He's shined on the football field and the golf course. And now, he's looking to make the most out of what has already been an outstanding Beeter career on the hardwood.
When it comes to multiple-sport high school athletes along the Hi-Line over the past few years, few have been better than Chinook's Lane Seymour.
Seymour, who is a senior this year for the Sugarbeeters is among the rarest of breeds, a three-star athlete. And while many athletes play multiple sports, few do it better than Seymour, who has helped guide Chinook to numerous team achievements in golf, football and basketball, while racking up an incredible number of awards and postseason honors along the way.
Recently, Seymour led Chinook to a third-place finish in the District 9C boys basketball tournament, thanks in large part to his 15-point performance in the fourth quarter of a consolation game against Chester/J-I last Saturday at the HHS gymnasium. But that was not unusual for Seymour, who has been putting together performances like that throughout his career and senior season.
As a basketball player, the son of Chinook basketball coach Mike Seymour has been a two-time All-Conference player and is well on his way to being named a third time after averaging more than 21 points and nine rebounds per game this year on the hardwood.
Yet, Seymour doesn't just stand out on the basketball floor, he does on the football field and golf course, as well. This past year in football, he helped the Beeters make it to the Class C 8-man state championship game before falling to Wibaux, and along the way he set the school's single-game receiving record and the record for career receiving yards in addition to earning Class C All-State honors.
But as good as Seymour is in team sports like football and basketball, his best sport may be golf, where he has been an All-State golfer in each of his first three seasons for the Beeters. During that time, he has finished the individual runner-up at the state golf tournament twice, while as a team, Chinook finished third his freshman year, followed by consecutive runner-up finishes when he was a sophomore and junior.
The bottom line is that Seymour has done just about everything one could do as a high school athlete except win a team or individual state championship, which is something he is determined to do. He came close this fall in football and has a great chance to do it during golf in the spring. But right now, his basketball team is still in the hunt as the Beeters prepare for the Northern C divisional this week in Great Falls.
Even though Chinook is 0-4 at divisionals during Seymour's time, there is no reason to believe the Beeters can’t do damage at divisionals, starting with Power tonight.
But before Seymour and the Beeters take on Power in the first round of the Northern C, the Havre Daily News caught up with him for five questions:
HDN: Of the three sports you play, which is your favorite and why?
Seymour: “That’s really tough, I get asked that all the time. In the summer and spring I am really zeroed in on golf, in the fall there is nothing like playing football. Then, when it’s cold, you can’t do either of the other two because it’s too cold and you get to spend time with your friends and Dad. Honestly, I can’t pick, just whatever season it is that’s my favorite one.”
HDN: What is the greatest achievement of your high school sports career?
Seymour: “I would say our football season as a whole when we made it to the state championship game. It was really a team effort — we all came together, everyone contributed, there wasn’t one dominant force, it was a group effort. So that was probably the greatest achievement of my sports career.”
HDN: What moment of your sports career has been the most memorable?
Seymour: “After our game against Fairview when everyone from Chinook rushed the field to congratulate us. That was pretty special. Everybody you looked at was just beaming. Seeing my dad and my mom and a lot my family members. They were all so happy, not just for me but for my teammates as well.”
HDN: What has it been like playing under you dad, who is the head basketball coach, the past four years?
Seymour: “There has been a lot of ups and have been downs, but with every down there’s been, he is the first person to bring you right back up. Everyone gets in arguments, and being his son, everyone thinks they can outwit Dad, but it never works, he’s always going to be right. But it’s been incredible; I’ve learned so much. He has just always been there and if anyone else has a question for their coach they have to wait till the next day, I just go into his room or the kitchen 10 feet away and ask him. So, it’s been wonderful.”
HDN: You have done a lot of things but how badly do you want to win a state title as a team or individual (golf)?
Seymour: “Actually, we talk about this a lot, me and Zach Schellin and Cody McCracken. We played on a 3-on-3 team when we were little and it seemed everywhere we went we took second. No matter if it was in Chinook or wherever it was, we always took second. We like to joke around about that and in football this year it happened again. I have been really close, a lot and it’s definitely something that I want to happen badly.”
Reader Comments(0)