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Volleyball: Flathead hosts Helena; Wolfpack tops coaches' poll

by The Daily Inter Lake
| November 3, 2014 11:14 PM

Area volleyball teams will be looking to qualify for the upcoming all-class state volleyball tournament with either play-in matches or divisional tournaments scheduled this week.

Flathead will host a Class AA Western Division state play-in match 6 p.m. Thursday at home versus Helena High.

The Bravettes (12-10 overall, 6-6 league) earned the right to host by being the No. 3 seed. Helena High (7-14, 4-8) is seeded sixth.

Flathead has been to state five-straight years and six out of the last seven years.

Glacier, by winning the Western regular-season title, has a bye to state. The Wolfpack was rewarded for another stellar campaign on Monday when it was voted No. 1 for the first time ever in the final coaches’ poll of the season. The Wolfpack, ranked No. 2 for much of the year, has won back-to-back divisional titles with perfect records.

Libby will host the two-day Northwestern A Divisional tournament. That action is set for Friday and Saturday. The top two teams advance to state.

Bigfork and Eureka will compete in the Western B Divisional in Ronan. That starts Thursday. The top two finishers go to state.

The state tournament for Class AA, A, B and C will be held Nov. 13-15 in Bozeman.

Class AA

Coaches’ Power Poll

Final 1st Place

Votes

School 1. Glacier (4)

2. Bozeman (1)

3. Billings Senior (3)

4. Helena Capital

5. Billings Skyview

Also receiving votes: Flathead

Final Regular Season Standings

Western Division

Overall League

W L W L

Glacier 23 1 12 0

Helena Capital 13 9 9 3

Flathead 12 10 6 6

Missoula Hellgate 9 11 5 7

Missoula Sentinel 10 12 5 7

Helena High 7 14 4 8

Missoula Big Sky 5 18 1 11

Eastern Division

Bozeman 22 3 11 1

Billings Senior 27 1 11 1

Billings Skyview 19 9 8 4

Billings West 15 13 6 6

Great Falls High 8 15 3 9

C.M. Russell 4 18 2 10

Butte 4 16 1 11

State Play-In Schedule

Seeds in parenthesis

Western Division

Glacier (1) — automatic bye to state

Tuesday

7 p.m. — Missoula Big Sky (7) at Helena Capital (2)

Thursday

6 p.m. — Helene High (6) at Flathead (3)

7 p.m. — Missoula Sentinel (5) at Missoula Hellgate (4)

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Eastern Division

Bozeman (1) — automatic bye to state

Thursday

4 p.m. — Butte (7) at Billings Senior (2)

5 p.m. — Great Falls High (5) at Billings West (4)

6 p.m. — Great Falls C.M. Russell (6) at Billings Skyview (3)

Class A

Northwestern Divisional

At Libby

Friday

Columbia Falls, Frenchtown, Libby — have first-round byes

First Round

11 a.m. — Whitefish vs. Polson

Second Round

1 p.m. — Frenchtown vs. Libby

3 p.m. — Columbia Falls vs. Whitefish/Polson winner

Class B

Western Divisonal

At Ronan

Thursday

First Round

10 a.m. — Florence vs. Bigfork

11:30 a.m. — Eureka vs. St. Ignatius

1 p.m. — Thompson Falls versus Ronan

2:30 p.m. — Missoula Loyola vs. Plains

6 p.m. — Winners of Games 1/2

7:30 p.m. — Winners of Games 3/4