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<p>PHS players left to right: Lydia Dupuis awaits as Jaiden “Just Do It” Toth and Lauren “Lickety Split” Lefthand attempt to stop a spike by Frenchtown outside hitter, Lacey Hochhalter, while middle hitter, Morgan Ray waits.</p>
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Frenchtown 3, Polson 1
At Polson on Thursday Sept. 11, the host Pirates were able to keep the visiting Lady Broncs penned up in an enclosure during their first wrangle, but thereafter they broke down the fences and out of the corral.
The score would seesaw back and forth much of the first game until Polson emerged from a 21 apiece tie to massage a small buffer until victory.
Lydia “Does It All” Dupuis played a key role in winning that first set.
Trailing by 15-18, Dupuis hit the trifecta, rattling off three aces in a row to tie things up at 18 apiece.
She would later pick up her fourth ace shortly thereafter to make it 20-18 in the favor of the Lady Pirates.
In the second game after a 3-3 tie, the Lady Broncs stampeded to tie matters up at one apiece.
In the third game, back-to-back service aces by setter Jaiden “Just Do It” Toth built an early 4-1 lead, but Frenchtown would tie, then continued to expand their margin of separation until the chasm was too wide to overcome 25-15.
The fourth game was tightly contested much like the first game in the early going, Polson maintaining a narrow lead until the Lady Broncs closed the gap at 8 apiece.
Thereafter, Frenchtown started to chip away, nursing a single point narrow lead into two, two into three until the match ended a half dozen points short for Lady Pirates.
Haley “the Hurricane” Fyant led all spikers with 16 kills, which went far to offset an equally rich performance by Morgan Ray of Frenchtown with her 14 kills.
But the visiting Lady Broncs also had a trio of others with 5 kills or better, whereas the Lady Pirates could only counter with Lauren “Lickety Split” Lefthand with her handful.
Polson (0-1, 1-1) is schedule to compete this weekend on Saturday at the Smelter City Tournament in Anaconda.
Frenchtown def Polson 23-25, 25-9, 25-15, 25-19
KILLS - Frenchtown 41 (Morgan Ray 14, Faith Bauer 10, Lacey Hochhalter 6, Maura Wear 5, Allie Hochhalter 3, Haley Cyr 2, Laci Willett), Polson 31 (Haley Fyant 16, Lauren Lefthand 5, Taylor Rost 3, Dupuis 2, Taylor Brackey, Chadelle Smith, Nicole Lake, Jaiden Toth).
ACES - Frenchtown 9 (Kaitlyn Kaiser 4, Bauer 2, Jaylyn Bundy, Haley Cyr, Cora Jo Boultinghouse), Polson 10 (Dupuis 4, Toth 4, Rost, Sarah Rausch).
ASSISTS - Frenchtown 39 (Cyr 35, Maggie Kirwan 3, Bauer), Polson 26 (Jaiden Toth).
DIGS - Frenchtown 40 (Cyr 12, Bundy 10, L.Hochhalter 7, Lindsey Shepard 4, Laci Willett 3, Ray 3, Kaiser 2), Polson 45 (Toth 14, Taylor Davis 9, Dupuis 8, Libby Clay 5, Rausch 3, Lefthand 3, Fyant 2, Taylor Brackey).
BLOCKS - Frenchtown 10 (Wear 1BS+3BA, A.Hochhalter 1BS+1BA, Bauer 5BA, Ray 3BA, L.Hochhalter 1BS, Kaiser 1BA), Polson 5 (Nicole Lake 2, Lefthand 2, Toth).
gm stats courtesy of Frtwn mgr Emilio Sweargin and Polson coaches
Polson 3, Thompson Falls 1
Thursday, Sep.
9 at Thompson Falls, Haley Fyant spiked 16 kills and Chadelle Smith tallied another 10 as the Pirates tethered the host Bluehawks in four tightly contested clashes that tilted into extras the final two games.
Jaiden Toth helped set the table with 29 assists, 23 digs and 8 aces for the NWA Lady Pirates (1-0).
Polson def Thompson Falls 18-25, 25-18, 26-24, 27-25
KILLS – Polson 45 (Haley Fyant 18, Chadelle Smith 11, Jaiden Toth 4, Nicole Lake 3, Taylor Rost 3, Lydia Dupuis 2, Taylor Davis 2, Taylor Brackey), TF 35.
BLOCKS - Polson 7 (Lake 2, Smith 2, Toth 2, Rost), TF 9.
ASSISTS - Polson 35 (Jaiden Toth 35), TF 29.
DIGS - Polson 103 (Toth 26, Davis 25, Libby Clay 17, Rausch 12, Dupuis 8, Brackey 4, Smith 3, Lake 3, Rost 2, Skyla Krantz), T. Falls 80.
ACES - Polson 13 (Toth 9, Lydia Dupuis 2, Davis, Rausch), T. Falls 9.
Smelter City Classic volleyball Tournament
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014
Lady Pirates go 10-4 at Smelter City Classic at Anaconda
Polson def Stevensville 19-14, 10-5
Polson, Anaconda split 19-15, 9-13
Polson def Drummond 19-4, 19-9
Polson def Park 19-15, 12-11
Polson, Corvallis split 14-19, 10-9
Polson def Butte Central 19-11, 12-11
CFalls swept Polson 3-19, 15-19