Sentinel spikes Glacier; Stillwater stays unbeaten

Lexy Boschee had 10 kills and two aces in a losing effort on Thursday for the Glacier Wolfpack volleyball team.

Visiting Missoula Sentinel (7-3, 2-2) defeated the Wolfpack 25-15, 18-25, 25-10, 25-19.

Morgan McCarthy had 22 kills and five blocks for the Spartans.

"We could not stop her," said Wolfpack coach Christy Harkins.

"They came out aggressive and they were ready to play. The match obviously meant quite a bit to them and we did not match their intensity," she said.

Other leaders for Glacier were Tiffany Marks with five blocks and Kendra Bouley with 19 digs.

The Wolfpack (8-4, 3-2) is off now until next Thursday when it travels to Missoula to take on Big Sky.

The JV, sophomores and freshman have matches on Monday with Stillwater Christian.

Kills - Sentinel 52 (Morgan McCarthy 22), Glacier 31 (Lexy Boschee 10), Assists - Sentienl 44 (Catie Propp 42), Glacier 30 (Paige Latimer 30); Blocks - Sentinel 7 (M. McCarthy 5), Glacier 7 (Tiffany Marks 5); Digs - Sentinel 56 (Kimmy Kavran 18), Glacier 77 (Kendra Bouley 19); Aces - Sentinel 6 (Catie Propp 2), Glacier 4 (Lexy Boschee 2).

Eureka 3, Bigfork 2

EUREKA - Selene Elster had 19 kills and Alyssa White had 49 assists and 22 digs as Eureka dealt visiting Bigfork its first conference loss on Thursday.

Scores were 25-23, 25-23, 16-25, 21-25, 15-12.

Mallery Knoll had 16 kills and 39 digs for the Valkyries (4-3, 3-1).

"It was kind of an exciting, evenly matched match," said Eureka coach Rhonda Hammond.

"It was pretty good volleyball, a lot of long rallies, kind of fun to watch," she said.

"We would kind of get down, but the girls didn't quit. They tried to stay up," Hammond said.

"Both teams would just fight back and forth. There was no quit out of either team. It was fun to watch (the Vals) play, too. Both teams would make some unforced errors, then hit the ball hard," she said.

Eureka (4-1, 5-2) plays host to Thompson Falls on Saturday.

Kills - Bigfork 41 (Mallery Knoll 16, Kirsten Campbell 10, Mel Vanderveer 9), Eureka 54 (Selene Elster 19, Cassidy Morgan 15); Assists - Bigfork 32 (Hannah Barrett 15, Taylor Peck 14), Eureka 52 (Alyssa White 49); Blocks - Bigfork 7 (Mel Vanderveer 3), Eureka 8 (Katie Thomson 4); Digs - Bigfork 144 (Knoll 39, Ariell Stallknect 26); Eureka 97 (Jac Lemer 25, Alyssa White 22); Aces - Bigfork 9 (Kirsten Campbell 3), Eureka 9 (Tasha Mikita 6, Alex Holland 2).

Whitefish 3,

Columbia Falls 0

COLUMBIA FALLS - Olivia Nagler had seven kills, 18 assists and eight digs as the Whitefish Bulldogs defeated Columbia Falls 25-15, 25-19, 25-18 on Thursday night.

The Wildkats (0-2, 0-3) were led by Danielle Gilley with nine kills, two blocks and 12 digs.

"I'm proud of her for stepping up and doing the best she can and leading by example," said Columbia Falls coach Addy Connelly.

"It's hard to lose to Whitefish at home, but as the night went on, they got a little more comfortable out there," Connelly said.

"Our serve receive was pretty good and our hitting was much better (than in recent weeks). We didn't have near as many errors. But just being young, we still have to dial it in.

"Our goal is divisional and it's going to take us awhile to get there," she said.

"Stat-wise, Columbia Falls and Whitefish were pretty close together. But we're just young, inexperienced. There are times of improvement and there is a huge learning curve that is possible. It's up to me to coach them in the right direction.

"But we are making progress. I can't ask for more than that," she said.

Columbia Falls travels to Libby on Saturday.

Kills - Whitefish 29 (Heather Bailey 8, Olivia Nagler 7), Columbia Falls 28 (Danielle Gilley 9, Jessie Gist 7), Assists : Whitefish 28 (Olivia Nagler 18), Columbia Falls 24 (Hope Burlage 15); Blocks - Whitefish 8 (Nagler 4, Columbia Falls 3 (Gilley 2); Digs - Whitefsh 38 (Nagler 8, Bailey 7), Columbia Falls 47 (Gilley 12, Gabrielle Stenger 10); Aces - Whitefish 4 Taylor Havens 2, Columbia Falls 2 (No leader).

Stillwater 3,

FV Home School 0

Stillwater Christian stayed undefeated by sweeping Flathead Valley Home School 25-4, 25-16, 25-19 at SCS.

Stillwater Christian (12-0 overall and 4-0 MCAA West Division) was led by Jordan Danz, nine kills and eight digs, and Julia Smith, 10 aces.

Shelby Sladek had five kills and 10 digs for FVHS.

Kills - FVHS 15 (Shelby Sladek 5), Stillwater 30 (Jordan Danz 9, Katie Harrel 8); Blocks - FVHS 2 (Jade Prier 1, Mariah Burden 1), Stillwater 6 (Harrel 5); Assists - FVHS 11 (Shelby Luchgt 6, Sladek 4), Stillwater 28 (Morgan Paolini 27); Digs - FVHS 25 (Sladek 10), Stillwater 32 (Danz 8, Paolini 7); Aces - FVHS 4 (Cassia Wagner 3), Stillwater 18 (Julia Smith 10).

Ronan 3, Libby 1

RONAN - Tailyr Irvine totaled 10 kills and two blocks to lift Ronan to a 26-24, 25-16, 21-25, 25-16 Northwestern A volleyball victory over Libby.

Lexie Hageness led the Loggers in assists, 24, and aces, five.

Kim Tangen had a match-high 11 kills for Libby.

Kills - Libby 29 (Kim Tangen 11), Ronan 31 (Tailyr Irvine 10). Blocks - Libby 3 (Becky Boulware 2), Ronan 4 (Irvine 2). Digs - Libby 45 (Alyssa Walker 15), Ronan 38 (Marissa McCrea 17). Assists - Libby 27 (Lexie Hageness 24), Ronan 25 (Alice Vangunten 9, Taylor Lynch 9). Aces - Libby 13 (Hageness 5), Ronan 9 (Tuesday Salmon 4).