Flathead, Glacier move to championship bracket in volleyball
GREAT FALLS - Flathead and Glacier have both advanced to the championship bracket at the Electric City Invitational volleyball tournament.
Flathead finished second in pool play on Friday behind Billings Senior at Great Falls High.
Glacier wound up fourth in pool play at C.M. Russell.
Flathead faces Bozeman at 10 a.m. today at CMR, while Glacier tangles with Billings Senior at 11.
Electric City Invitational
C.M. Russell Pool
Friday
At Russell Fieldhouse
Helena def. Butte 20-16, 20-11; Havre def. Bozeman 20-13, 20-16; Missoula Hellgate def. CMR 20-15, 20-18; Billings West def. Glacier 20-13, 20-17; Billings West def. Havre 20-8, 20-16; Butte def. Bozeman 18-20, 20-17; Glacier def. Missoula Hellgate 20-7, 20-7; Helena def. CMR 20-11, 20-13;
Helena def. Missoula Hellgate 20-11, 20-8; Glacier def. Havre 20-15, 20-9;
Bozeman def. CMR 20-11, 20-14; Billings West def. Butte 20-10, 20-14;
Bozeman def. Helena 20-13, 15-20; Missoula Hellgate def. Havre 20-19, 20-15; Glacier def. Butte 20-12, 20-18; Billings West def. CMR 20-15, 20-7;
Butte def. Havre 20-13, 20-19; Bozeman def. Missoula Hellgate 20-18, 20-11; Billings West def. Helena 20-15, 20-14; Glacier def. CMR 20-10, 20-7; Havre split with CMR 10-20, 20-19; Helena split with Glacier 20-10, 15-20;
Missoula Hellgate def. Butte 20-18, 20-12; Billings West def. Bozeman 20-15, 20-10; Billings West def. Missoula Hellgate 20-15, 20-13; Butte def. CMR 20-8, 20-15; Bozeman deg. Glacier 20-18, 20-19; Helena def. Havre 20-7, 20-14;
Pool finish - 1. Billings West, 2. Helena High, 3. Bozeman; 4. Glacier ; 5. Missoula Hellgate; 6. Butte High; 7. C.M. Russell; 8. Havre.
Great Falls High pool
Friday
At Bill Swarthout Fieldhouse
Billings Senior splits with Missoula Big Sky 15-20, 20-11; Helena Capital splits with Missoula Sentinel 14-20, 20-11; Great Falls def. Lewistown 20-18, 20-17; Flathead def. Billings Skyview 20-18, 20-18; Flathead def. Helena Capital 20-18, 20-16; Billings Senior def. Missoula Sentinel 20-12, 20-13; Billings Skyview splits with Lewistown 20-8, 13-20; Great Falls splits with Missoula Big Sky 14-20, 20-11; Billings Skyview def. Helena Capital 20-13, 20-6; Lewistown def. Missoula Big Sky 20-10, 20-12; Missoula Sentinel def. Great Falls 20-15, 20-12; Billings Senior splits with Flathead 13-20, 20-8; Missoula Sentinel def. Misssoula Big Sky 20-12, 20-12; Lewistown splits with Helena Capital 20-12, 18-20; Billings Senior def. Billings Skyview 20-15, 20-14; Great Falls splits with Flathead 15-20, 20-8; Missoula Sentinel def. Lewsitown 20-13, 20-12; Billings Senior def. Helena Capital 20-7, 20-15; Billings Skyview splits with Great Falls 15-20, 20-10; Flathead def. Missoula Big Sky 20-9, 20-9; Great Falls def. Helena Capital 20-15, 20-7; Billings Skyview def. Missoula Big Sky 20-11, 20-16; Billings Senior def. Lewistown 20-17, 20-11; Flathead def. Missoula Sentinel 20-15, 20-15; Billings Senior def. Great Falls 20-13, 20-9; Flathead def. Lewistown 20-15, 20-12; Missoula Sentinel split with Billings Skyview 20-9, 16-20; Helena Capital split with Missoula Big Sky 20-16, 19-20
Pool finish - 1. Billings Senior, 2. Flathead, 3. Missoula Sentinel, 4. Billings Skyview, 5. Great Falls High; 6. Lewistown; 7. Helena Capital; 8. Missoula Big Sky.
Today's schedule
CONSOLATION BRACKET
At Swarthout Fieldhouse
10 a.m. - Missoula Hellgate vs. Missoula Big Sky; C.M. Russell vs. Lewistown
11 a.m. - Havre vs. Great Falls; Butte vs. Helena Capital
Games continue starting hourly through finals at 3 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
At Russell Fieldhouse
10 a.m. - Billings West vs. Billings Skyview; Bozeman vs. Flathead
11 a.m. - Glacier vs. Billings Senior; Missoula Sentinel vs. Helena
Games continue starting hourly through finals at 3 p.m.
Northwestern A versus Southwestern A
ANACONDA - Whitefish and Hamilton posted the best records for their respective conferences at the Northwest/Southwest A Tipoff Tournament.
Northwestern A Whitefish went 6-4, while Southwestern A Hamilton was the lone unbeaten team at 8-0.
Play continues today.
Northwest/Southwest A Tipoff
Tournament
At the Memorial Gym and Fred Moodry Middle School
Friday's results
Columbia Falls tied Corvallis 17-25, 25-23; Dillon def. Libby 26-24, 25-20; Polson def. Butte Central 25-19, 25-23; Hamilton def. Frenchtown 25-23, 25-15; Whitefish tied Stevensville 27-25, 18-25; Anaconda tied Corvallis 17-25, 25-20; Columbia Falls def. Dillon 29-27, 25-22; Butte Central def. Libby 25-23, 25-19; Hamilton def. Polson 25-19, 25-23; Stevensville def. Frenchtown 25-21, 25-18; Whitefish tied Anaconda 26-24, 18-25;
Butte Central def. Columbia Falls 25-22, 25-21; Hamilton def. Libby 25-12, 25-23; Stevensville def. Polson 30-29, 25-19; Anaconda def. Frenchtown 25-23, 25-10; Whitefish def. Corvallis 25-10, 25-23; Butte Central def. Dillon 25-18, 25-7; Hamilton def. Columbia Falls 26-24, 25-16; Libby tied Stevensville 19-25, 25-13; Polson tied Anaconda 22-25, 25-23; Frenchtown tied Corvallis 12-25, 25-18; Dillon def. Whitefish 25-15, 25-18; Columbia Falls tied Stevensville 25-21, 15-25; Anaconda def. Libby 25-12, 25-19; Polson tied Corvallis 21-25, 25-19; Whitefish def. Butte Central 27-25, 25-21.
Standings
Northwest A
Team Record
Whitefish 6-4
C. Falls 4-6
Polson 4-6
Frenchtown 1-7
Libby 1-9
Southwestern A
Team Record
Hamilton 8-0
Anaconda 7-3
Stevensville 7-3
Butte Central 6-4
Dillon 4-4
Corvallis 4-6
Stillwater Christian 3, Helena Christian 0
Stillwater Christian School stayed unbeaten on the volleyball season by downing Helena Christian High School 25-11, 25-9, 25-15 in opening-round play of the Cougar Classic at Stillwater Christian.
It was also the first MCAA conference match for SCS.
Sarah Smith led SCS in digs (11) and aces (6).
Stillwater (5-0 and 1-0) has two Cougar Classic matches today - 11:15 a.m. versus Foothills Community Christian School and 1:45 p.m. versus Great Falls Home School.
Stillwater stats
Kills - 26 (Jordan Danz 8, Sarah Paolini 4); Assists - 19 (Morgan Paolini 16); Blocks - 5 (NA); Digs - 39 (Sarah Smith 11, Sarah Paolini 9); Aces - 17 (Smith 6, Morgan Paolini 5).