Bison take tourney honors
Glacier’s Jolee Kampf goes up for the kill during the Wolfpack’s match with Great Falls C.M. Russell on Saturday during the Kalispell Tip-Off Volleyball Tournament at Glacier High. At right is the Rustlers’ Jordan Bagley. Karen Nichols photos/Daily Inter Lake
Wolfpack finish third, Flathead winds up fifth at tip-off event
The Daily Inter Lake
There was just about enough volleyball for everybody at Saturday's 2008 Kalispell Tip-Off Volleyball Tournament.
Among the six varsity teams at Glacier, Great Falls finished as the top team.
Both the Bison and the CMR Rustlers wound up with 7-1 records, but Great Falls won the tiebreaker on total points.
The Glacier Wolfpack was third with a 5-3 record, followed by Libby and Flathead, fourth and fifth, respectively with 2-6 records. Whitefish was sixth at 1-7.
"I think things went pretty well," Glacier coach Christy Harkins said.
"Everybody got a lot of playing. There was a good level of competition there. Things were good. Everything was on time. The kids got a lot of playing."
She was especially happy with Glacier's 5-3 record, considering Glacier middle hitter Emilee Hashley rolled an ankle early in the Wolfpack's second match of the day.
"We had to throw plan 'A' into the hopper and start over again," Harkins said.
The Wolfpack, with its subvarsity teams all at Flathead for that part of the invitational, started the day with nine athletes.
Hashley's injury dropped Glacier to eight players.
"We had to try a whole new lineup for the second game and we had a whole new learning curve after that," she said.
The Wolfpack plays host Tuesday to Missoula Hellgate. Varsity game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Results
1. Great Falls High (7-1)
Defeated Glacier 25-17, 25-18; Defeated Libby 25-11, 25-16; Split Flathead 25-18, 23-25; Defeated Whitefish 25-12, 25-19
2. CMR (7-1)
Great Falls High won tiebreak by total points
Defeated Whitefish 25-23, 25-19; Split Glacier 20-25, 25-23; Defeated Libby 25-23, 25-21; Defeated Flathead 25-21, 25-20
3. Glacier (5-3)
Lost to Great Falls High 17-25, 18-25; Split CMR 25-20, 23-25; Defeated Whitefish 25-9, 25-15; Defeated Libby 25-12, 25-15
4. Libby (2-6)
Defeated Flathead 25-15, 25-19; Lost to Great Falls High 17-25, 16-25; Lost to CMR 23-25, 21-25; Lost to Glacier 12-25, 15-25
5. Flathead (2-6)
Lost to Libby head-to-head
Lost to Libby 15-25, 19-25; Split Whitefish 21-25, 25-22; Split Great Falls 18-25, 25-23; Lost to CMR 21-25, 20-25
6. Whitefish (1-7)
Lost to CMR 23-25, 19-25; Split Flathead 25-21, 22-25; Lost to Glacier 9-25, 15-25; Lost to Great Falls 12-25, 19-25