Volleyball: Flathead, Glacier sweep Great Falls schools

GREAT FALLS — Flathead and Glacier opened the Class AA volleyball season Saturday by sweeping the Great Falls schools.

Flathead defeated Great Falls High and C.M. Russell by 3-0 scores. 

Glacier stopped Great Falls High 3-0 and C.M. Russell 3-1. 

Flathead

Timi Severson totaled 10 kills in the match with CMR and nine versus Great Falls.

Lizzie Sherwood added seven kills in the CMR outing and Emma Andrews had 11 against Great Falls High.

Flathead collected 15 aces against Great Falls, led by Severson with four.

“All day long I thought our defense made a huge difference for us,” Flathead coach Leon Wilcox said. “CMR couldn’t put a ball down against us, hardly. Our service was outstanding for this early in the year. That’s encouraging. We only gave up one ace against Great Falls High.”

On Severson ...

“She’s doing a great job playing the middle,” Wilcox said. “Very talented.

“Lizzie is pretty seasoned as a sophomore. I feel like we’re pretty solid all around.”

Flathead’s next outing is Sept. 12 with Billings Skyview in Great Falls.

Flathead def. CMR, 25-10, 25-18, 25-11

Kills - Flathead 29 (Timi Severson 10, Lizzie Sherwood 7), CMR 15 (Ashlee Atchison 4); Assists - Flathead 25 (Jessica Simmons 25), CMR 15 (Taylor Mangan 4, Karlee Simonson 4); Blocks - Flathead 7 (Severson 6); Digs - Flathead 47 (Emma Andrews 13); Aces - Flathead 12 (Iris Matulevich 5, Andrews 3).

Flathead def. GFH 25-22, 25-13, 25-12

Kills - Flathead 31 (Emma Andrews 11, Timi Severson 9), GFH 24 (Alissa Perkins 7, Nora Klick 7); Assists - Flathead 28 (Simmons 28), GFH 23 (Kasey Linskey 21); Blocks - Flathead 7 (Severson 5, Simmons 4), GFH 3 (Alison Lee, Linskey, Klick); Digs - Flathead 39 (Andrews 12, Matulevich 9), GFH 29 (Skyler Ortiz 16); Aces - Flathead 15 (Severson 4, Andrews 3, Iris Matulevich 3, Nouf Rashoodi 3), GFH 2 (Ortiz 2).

Glacier

Cassi Hashley led the Wolfpack at the net with 11 kills versus Great Falls High and 13 against CMR.

Tessa Krueger added 10 kills in the CMR match and Katie Wiley had 10 in the Great Falls contest.

“We have a lot of things we still need to work on,” Glacier coach Christy Harkins said, “but it’s still preseason.

“I was really impressed with how hard the girls competed today,” she added.

“They competed real well ... really a great team effort.”

Glacier is back in business with a Western AA match on Saturday at Missoula Hellgate.

Glacier def. Great Falls High 25-16, 25-15, 25-21

GFH—Digs: 30 (Ortiz 13); Blocks: 5 (Ainsley Perkins 3, Alison Lee 5); Kills: 19 (Alissa Perkins 5; Alison Lee 5); Assists: 14 (Linskey 12): Aces: 3 (Linskey, Ortiz, Ainsley Perkins). 

GLACIER — Digs: 29 (Shelbi Kusler 12); Blocks: 6

(Brielle Bumgarner 5); Kills: 37 (Cassi Hashley 11, Katie Wiley 10); Assists: 33 (Hannah Liss 30); Aces: 11 (Liss 4, Hannah Atlee 4).

Glacier def. C.M. Russell High

 23-25, 25-17, 25-15, 25-20

GFH—Kills: 23 (Katie Smith 7); Assists: 21 (Mangan 14); Blocks: 6 (Simonson 3). 

GLACIER —Kills: 44 (Hashley 13, Tessa Krueger 10); Blocks: 8 (Bumgarner 4); Digs: 31 (Kusler 11); Assists: 44 (Liss 43); Aces: 15 (Hashley 4, Liss 4).

Class A

Whitefish 

The Bulldogs settled for a split in road matches to open the season.

The Bulldogs downed Hamilton 3-2, but fell to Corvallis in three.

Marlow Schulz led Whitefish in kills in both outings with 11 and seven, respectively.

Bekah Weaver had four blocks and 12 assists against Corvallis.

Corvallis def. Whitefish, 

25-11, 25-15, 25-20.

Kills – Whitefish 17 (Marlow Schulz 7), Corvallis 21 (Joanna Avery 9). Blocks – Whitefish 8 (Bekah Weaver 4, Myndi Holbrook 4), Corvallis 6 (Avery 3). Digs – Whitefish 15 (Maura Kalbfresh 4), Corvallis 40 (Alex Price 16). Assists – Whitefish 15 (Weaver 12), Corvallis 21 (Price 14). Aces – Whitefish 0, Corvallis 6 (Avery).

Whitefish def. Hamilton, 

25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 11-25, 15-11

Kills – Whitefish 43 (Marlow Schulz 11), Hamilton 31 (Penny Gwynn 9). Blocks – Whitefish 6 (Schulz 3), Hamilton 4. Digs – Whitefish 71 (Brittany Barnes 28), Hamilton 38 (Shannon Casale 17). Assists – Whitefish 32 (Bekah Weaver 20), Hamilton 30 (Makayla Horvath 27). Aces – Whitefish 8 (Weaver 2), Hamilton 5.

Columbia Falls

The visiting Wildkats lost a tough outing to Hamilton 3-2 and fell to Corvallis in three.

Winter Kemppainen collected six kills against Corvallis and eight in the Hamilton outing.

Corvallis def. Columbia Falls, 

25-12, 25-13, 25-17

Kills – C. Falls 16 (Winter Kemppainen 6), Corvallis 31 (Kelsey Irwin 11). Blocks – C. Falls 4, Corvallis 6 (Joanna Avery 2). Digs – C. Falls 12 (Carla Niciosia 6), Corvallis 26 (Laura Berner 9). Assists – C. Falls 12 (Cydney Finberg 8), Corvallis 26 (Alex Price 19). Aces – C. Falls 0, Corvallis 11 (Avery 6).

Hamilton def. Columbia Falls,

 22-25, 25-13, 24-26, 25-17, 15-8.

Kills – C. Falls  (Winter Kemppainen 8), Hamilton 52 (Penny Gwynn 15). Blocks –  C. Falls (Ciera Finberg 3), Hamilton 2. Digs – C. Falls (Shay Fishel 18), Hamilton 60 (Kelsey Pitzinger). Assists – C. Falls (Cydney Finberg 11), Hamilton 50 (Makayla Horvath 34). Aces – C. Falls (Kemppainean 2), Hamilton 11 (Gwynn 3).