VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP

St. Ignatius 3, Arlee 1

At St. Ignatius this past Saturday, Sept. 20th, the visiting Scarlets took the first set in convincing fashion, then pushed the host Lady Bulldogs to extras in the third, but were unable to pull off a cross classification coup.  Mission got a big game from Lindsay Johnson with 11 kills and a pair of blocks, with Jordyn Eichert setting the table with 25 assists.  

The Scarlets received a half dozen kills from Morgan Malatare, a quartet of aces from Violet Pablo and 15 digs from Kaylee Samsel.  Both teams were sizzling at the service line, combining for over 30 aces.  

St. Ignatius (4-2) will have already hosted 6B  Loyola this past Tuesday and travels to Bigfork this Thursday the 25th.  Arlee (4-2) will have already tangled with cross country rival Charlo this Tuesday past and hosts visiting Noxon this Thursday the 25th.

Mission St Ignatius def Arlee 15-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-18.

KILLS -  Arlee 19 (Malatare 6), StIgn 31 (Johnson 11).   ACES - Arlee 14 (Pablo 4), StIgn 17 (Trinity Lewandowski 5).   ASSISTS - Arlee 18 (Becca Whitesell 14), StIgn 25 (Eichert 25).   BLOCKS - Arlee 3 (Pablo, Whitesell, Carly Hergett), StIgn 3 (Johnson 2).  DIGS - Arlee 84 (Kaylee Samsel 15, Malatare 14), StIgn 50 (Johnson 8, Courtney Heath 8, Emilie Charlo 8).

StIgn 3, Deer Lodge 2

At St. Ignatius this past Thursday the 18th, the visiting 7B Lady Wardens swept the first two sets from host Mission, forcing the Lady Bulldogs to rally from a deficit with their backs against the wall to prevail in the fifth and ferocious finale that stretched into extras.  Mission got a big game from Lindsey Johnson who spiked a dozen kills, while Jordyn Eichert set the table with the lions share of assists, dug out 21 digs as well as served up a pair of aces.  

St. Ignatius extends their record to 3-2 overall, remaining at 2-0 in 6B.

St. Ignatius def Deer Lodge 20-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-21, 16-14.

KILLS - DL 28, StIgn 30 (Johnson 12).  ACES - DL 17, StIgn 6 (Eichert 2, Trinity Lewandowski 2).  ASSISTS - DL 45, StIgn 17 (Eichert 16).  BLOCKS - DL 3, StIgn 6 (Johnson 4).  DIGS - DL 61, StIgn 80 (Eichert 21).

Charlo 3, Hot Spring 0

At Hot Springs this past Saturday, Sept. 20th, the visiting Lady Vikings iced the first two sets, but that wasn’t enough to cool off the Savage Heat who pushed the third set into extras before succumbing to a sweep by their 10C visitors.  Sienna Brown led Charlo with 14 kills, Ashley Tryon served up 4 aces and Mikaylan Roylance set the table with 17 assists.  Charlo (5-0, 5-1 overall) will have hosted a cross county clash with visiting Arlee this past Tuesday, then travels to Superior to participate in the Superior Tournament this Saturday the 27th.

Charlo def Hot Springs 25-17, 25-13, 26-24.

KILLS - Charlo 37 (Sienna Brown 14 A. Tryon 10), HS 11.  ACES - Charlo 15 (Ashley Tryon 4), HS 4.  ASSISTS - Charlo 29 (Mikaylan Roylance 17, Madison Foust 10), HS 6.  BLOCKS - Charlo 2 (A. Tryon, L. Tryon), DIGS - Charlo 24 (Brooke Doty 8), HS 68.

St. Regis 3, TER 0

At St. Regis, the visiting Two Eagle River Lady Eagles got a huge game out of Tyra Michel, who tallied 8 spikes, 3 aces, 6 blocks as well as 6 assists, but the host Lady Tigers were successful in defending their territory nonetheless in this District 10C showdown.

 Two Eagle (0-5) travels to Noxon on Friday the 26th, then are scheduled to participate in the Mineral County Tournament on Saturday the 27th.   

St. Regis def Two Eagle River 25-13, 25-13, 25-23.

KILLS - TER 18 (Tyra Michel 8), StR 33.  ACES - TER 7 (Michel 3), StR12.  ASSISTS - TER 14 (Michel 6), StR 20. BLOCKS - TER 6 (Michel 6), StR 3.  DIGS - TER 25 (ShayLynn Andrew 7), StR 18.

 Arlee 3, Hot Springs 0

At Arlee this past Thursday, Sept. 18th, the host Scarlets dominated the first and last matches, but the visiting Savage Heat sizzled in the second game, pushing the pace into extras before the Scarlets emerged from the fracas with the advantage.  

Violet Pablo and Morgan Malatare combined for over half of their team kills, while Becca Whitesell set the table with 19 assists as well as pitched in with a trio of blocks.  Arlee extended their record to 3-1 in District 10C, 4-1 overall with the victory.

Arlee def Hot Springs 25-14, 29-27, 25-13.

KILLS - HS 18, Arlee 30 (Pablo 9).   ACES - HS 1, Arlee 9 (Malatare 3).   ASSISTS - HS 13, Arlee 22 (Whitesell 19).  BLOCKS - HS 2, Arlee 5 (Whitesell 3).  DIGS - HS 59, Arlee 63 (Kaylee Samsel 15, Autumn Moran 13).

Kats claw Lady Pirates

CFalls 3, Polson 0

At Polson this past Saturday, the host Lady Pirates battled their best to counter the height advantage of the visiting Wildkat towering front line, but came out on the short end in straight sets.  

The first game was tied a half dozen times or so in the early going, but the Kats clawed their way to a 15-21 advantage before the Lady Pirates put together a little run, closing the gap to within three at 21-24 before CFalls iced the set.  In the second game after a couple of ties with the score deadlocked 10-10, the Kats put distance between the scores on the scoreboard to win the second set handily.  The third game traded leads in the early going and tied at 4 apiece before the Kats nudged ahead 9-13.  The Lady Pirates battled their way back to knot the score up again at 15 apiece with middle hitter Nicole Lake contributing some of her quartet of kills in that game.    After a Haley Fyant kill and a Libby “Can Ya Dig It” Clay ace, Polson eeked ahead 17-16, only to see the score swing the other way 18-19 on a Cydney Finberg spike and a Morgan Stengar stuff by CFalls.  

The Kats edged ahead by three, but a pair of back to back spiking errors and a Taylor “Run This Court” Rost kill tied the set up once again at 21 apiece.  The remainder of the game fluctuated between a 1-2 point advantage for CFalls before a net violation cut the gap to 23-24, but the Lady Pirates could not capitalize on any further momentum shifts as the visitors closed out the set as well as captured the match.  Haley “the Hurricane”  Fyant led the Lady Pirates with 14 kills, with Lydia “Does It All” Dupuis pitching in a quintet.  Newly christened homecoming queen Jaiden “Just Do It” Toth set the table with two dozen assists and contributed 20 digs, with 9 of them coming in the third set by this observers tally.   Taylor “Digs It All” Davis excavated out another 14 digs.  The Lady Pirates (0-2, 1-3) travel to Whitefish this Thursday the 25th, then play host to visiting Libby on Friday the 26th.

Columbia Falls def Polson 25-21, 25-16, 25-23.

KILLS - CF 34 (Kiara Burlage 8, Carla Nicosia 7, Ciera Finberg 6), Polson 32 (Fyant 14, Dupuis 5, Lake 4, Taylor Brackey 3, Lauren Lefthand 3, Rost 2, Toth).  ACES - CF 6 (Shaylene Fishel 3, C.Nicosia, Cyd Finberg, Keavyn Baker), Polson 6 (Clay 3).  ASSISTS - CF 23 (Cyd Finberg 21, Peyton Kehr 2), Polson 29 (Toth 24, Brackey 5).  BLOCKS - CF 7 BS+BA (Ciera Finberg 3, Stengar 3),  Polson 2 (Toth, Rost).  DIGS - CF 42 (Fishel 10, Cyd Finberg 9, Ciera Finberg 8), Polson 71 (Toth 20, Davis 14, Clay 9, Sarah Rausch 9, Dupuis 7, Brackey 4,  Rost 2, Chadelle Smith, Fyant, Lake, 3 rogue).

 Maidens tame Trotters

Ronan 3, Plains 1

At Ronan this past Saturday, the host Maidens picked up their first win of the season as they jumped out to a 2-0 advantage, then held off a charge by the visiting Lady Trotters of Plains.  

Kendra Starkel and McKenzie Dulmes combined for 16 kills and Sydnee Clairmont along with Jordyn Clairmont set the table with 17 assists.  Starkel and Jordyn Clairmont had hot hands at the service line, combining for 14 aces in the victory.

Plains setter Kim Earhart held serve for 11 straight points in the third set from point 5-16 in the Trotter lone match victory.

Ronan def Plains 25-20, 25-20, 10-25, 25-18.

KILLS - Plains 17 (Hailey Phillips 7), Ronan 29 (Starkel 8, Dulmes 8, Dani Richwine 6, S. Clairmont 2, Ashley Peterson 2, Ali Buhr, S. Clairmont, Bailey Speagle).  ACES - Plains 11 (Kim Earhart 4), Ronan 18 (Starkel 9, J. Clairmont 5, Richwine 2, S.Clairmont, Sadie Wirz),  ASSISTS - Plains 16 (K.Earhart 10), Ronan 17 (S. Clairmont 12, J. Clairmont 5).   BLOCKS - Plains 9 (Phillips 6), Ronan 4 (S.Clairmont 2, Dulmes 2) DIGS - Plains >3 (Phillips, Leah Thompson, Lily Huenink), Ronan 34 (Starkel 12, Richwine 11, S. Clairmont 5, Dulmes 3, Wirz 2, J. Clairmont).